Scientific Committee

The Scientific Committee (SC) fulfils the following functions:

• Determines the Scientific Programme for the Annual Euroanaesthesia Meeting
• Monitors the process of the Scientific Programme at the Annual Meeting
• Assesses abstracts submitted for presentation at the Annual Meeting and proposes the Best Abstracts
• Coordinates and administers the Euroanaesthesia Best Abstract Prize
• Determines the Scientific Programme for the ESAIC Focus Meeting
• Carries out other functions as decided by the Board

Composition

Chairperson

Idit Matot

Members 

Alexander Zarbock	Research Committee Chair
Stefan De Hert	Education and Training Committee Chair
Daniel Arnal	Patient Safety and Quality Chair
Maria Iulia Crisan*	Trainee Representative
Raffaella Donadio*	Education and Scientific Affairs Manager
Emilie Nootens*	Scientific Programme Lead
Sarah Herbineaux*	Scientific Programme Administrator

* No voting rights

Scientific Subcommittees

General Anaesthesiology

1. Contact the SSC1. 

Daniela Ionescu (Romania)	Chairperson
Johan Heilberg (Denmark)	Member
Konstantinos Stroumpoulis (Greece)	Member
Hugo Vereecke (Belgium)	Member
Henrik Rueffert (Germany) representing the European Malignant Hyperthermia Group (EMHG)	Specialist Society Member
Hans Donald De Boer (Netherlands) representing the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Society for Perioperative Care (ERAS)	Specialist Society Member
Paul Michel Mertes (France) representing the International Suspected Perioperative Allergy Group (ISPAR)	Specialist Society Member

 

Ambulatory Anaesthesia

2. Contact the SSC2. 

Roberta Monzani (Italy)	Chairperson
Gilda Ginella	Past Chairperson
Jeroen Hermanides (The Netherlands)	Member
Tatjana Simurina (Croatia)	Member
Ron Flaishon (Israel)	Member

 

3. Regional Anaesthesia

Contact the SSC3. 

Luc Sermeus (Belgium)	Chairperson
Emmanuel Boselli (France)	Member
Alan Macfarlane (United Kingdom)	Member

 

4. Obstetric Anaesthesiology

Contact the SSC4. 

Carolyn Weiniger (Israel)	Chairperson
Nicolas Brogly (Spain)	Member
Alexander Ioscovich (Israel)	Member
Nuala Lucas (United Kingdom)	Member
Pierre Yves Dewandre (Belgium)	Member

 

5. Paediatric Anaesthesiology

Contact the SSC5. 

Markus F. Stevens (Netherlands)	Chairperson
Peter Kenderessy (Slovakia)	Member
Margaret Ekstein (Israel)	Member
Maren Kleine-Brueggeney (Switzerland)	Member
Nadia Najafi (Belgium) representing the European Society for Paediatric Anaesthesiology (ESPA)	Specialist Society Member

 

6. Neuroanaesthesiology

Contact the SSC6. 

Vincent Bonhomme (Belgium)	Chairperson
Martin Söhle (Germany)	Member
Chiara Robba (Italy)	Member
Aeyal Raz (Israel)	Member

 

7. Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anaesthesiology

Contact the SSC7. 

Nandor Marczin (United Kingdom)	Chairperson
Bernard Cholley (France)	Past Chairperson
Thomas Werner Ludwig Scheeren (The Netherlands)	Member
Mona Momeni (Belgium)	Member
Steffen Rex (Belgium) representing the European Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesiologists (EACTA)	Specialist Society Member

 

8. Acute and Chronic Pain and Palliative Medicine Pain Management

Contact the SSC8. 

Ulrike Stamer (Switzerland)	Chairperson
Hélène Beloeil (France)	Member
Kris Vissers (Netherlands)	Member
Patrice Forget (United Kingdom)	Member

 

9. Intensive Care Medicine

Contact the SSC9. 

Christian Putensen (Germany)	Chairperson
Caterina Aurilio (Italy)	Member
Gary Mills (United Kingdom)	Member
Michael Sander (Germany)	Member
Andrea Cortegiani (Italy)	Member
Vincenzo Russotto (Italy)	Member
Evgeni Brotfain (Israel)	Member
Yael Lichter (Israel)	Member
Manu Malbrain (Belgium) representing the World Society of the Abdominal Compartment Syndrome (WSACS)	Specialist Society Member

 

10. Critical Emergency Medicine: Trauma and Resuscitation

Contact the SSC10. 

Bernd Böttiger (Germany)	Chairperson
Jacob Steinmetz (Denmark)	Member
Giuseppe Ristagno (Italy)	Member
Or Goren (Israel)	Member
Athanasios Chalkias (Greece)	Member

 

11. Respiration and Airway Management

Contact the SSC11. 

Kemal Tolga Saracoglu (Turkey)	Chairperson
Tom van Zundert (Belgium)	Member
Peter Biro (Switzerland)	Member
Gianmaria Cammarota (Italy)	Member
Carlo Alberto Volta (Italy)	Member
Jan-Paul Mulier (Belgium) representing the European Society for Peri-operative Care of the Obese Patient (ESPCOP)	Specialist Society Member
Ana Isabel Pinto Pereira (Portugal) representing the European Airway Management Society (EAMS)	Specialist Society Member

 

12. Transfusion, Haemostasis and Thrombosis

Contact the SSC12. 

Isabell Pekrull (Germany)	Chairperson
Cristian von Heymann (Germany)	Past Chairperson
Daniel Bolliger (Switzerland)	Member
Elèni Arnaoutoglou (Greece)	Member
Pierre Albaladejo (France)	Member
Dana Rodica    Tomescu (Romania) representing the Liver Intensive Care Group of Europe (LICAGE)	Specialist Society Member

 

13. Pharmacology

Contact the SSC13. 

Laura Hannivvort (The Netherlands)	Chairperson
Michel Struys (The Netherlands)	Past Chairperson
Tony Gin (China)	Member
Maria Wittmann (Germany)	Member

 

14. Monitoring, Ultrasound and Equipment

Contact the SSC14. 

Alexandre Joosten (France)	Chair
Bernd Saugel (Germany)	Past Chairperson
Valérie Billard (France)	Member
Barak Cohen (Israel)	Member
Teodora Nicolescu (Romania) representing the European Soceity  for Computing and Technology in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care (ESCTAIC)	Specialist Society Member
Adrian Wong (United Kingdom) representing the International Fluid Academy (IFA)	Specialist Society Member

 

15. Geriatric Anaesthesiology

Contact the SSC15. 

Finn Radtke (Denmark)	Chairperson
Concezione Tommasino (Italy)	Past Chairperson
Paola Aceto (Italy)	Member
Ana Kowark (Germany)	Member

 

16. Ethics

Contact the SSC16. 

Paul McConnell (United Kingdom)	Chairperson
Ornella Piazza (Italy)	Member
Yehuda Ginosar (Israel)	Member
Vladimir Cerny (Czech Republic)	Member