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ESAIC Council

The Council consists of the members of the Board of Directors and the elected National Representatives of Active Members in individual European countries.

Any European country (as defined by the World Health Organisation) with at least 25 Active/ Trainee Members or at least 10% of practising anaesthesiologists in that country, whichever is the smaller number, shall be entitled to elect one representative to the Council.

Elections for Council representatives take place every year when necessary.

The term of office of the National Council Representatives is a 3-year term, indefinitely renewable for consecutive 2-year terms..

Below is the composition of the council as of 01 January 2023.

Council Members

CountryCouncil Member
AlbaniaDr Alfred Ibrahimi
AustriaProf. Edith Fleischmann
BelgiumProf. Mona Momeni
Bosnia & HerzegovinaDr Anita Djurdjevic Svraka
CroatiaProf. Tatjana Šimurina
Czech RepublicProf. Martina Kosinová
DenmarkDr. Dorte Bülow Keld
FinlandDr. Leila Niemi-Murola
FranceProf. Sigismond Lasocki
GermanyProf. Michael Sander
GreeceDr Eleana Garini
HungaryDr. Andrea Szekely
IrelandProf. Ellen O'Sullivan
IsraelProf. Alexander Ioscovich
ItalyProf. Cesare Grigoretti
KosovoDr Medita Hashimi
LatviaProf. Olegs Sabelnikovs
LithuaniaDr Vilma Traškaitė
MacedoniaDr Andrijan Kartalov
MaltaDr Johann Scicluna
MontenegroDr Marijana Karisik
NetherlandsDr Christiaan Keijzer
NorwayDr Ib Jammer
PolandDr Paul Andruszkiewicz
PortugalDr Gustavo Norte
RomaniaProf. Dana Rodica Tomescu
RussiaProf. Mihail Kirov
SerbiaProf. Vojislava Neskovic
SlovakiaDr Vladimír Hudák
SloveniaDr. Andreja Möller Petrun
SpainDr Maria José Colomina
SwedenDr Lill Blomqwist
SwitzerlandDr. Sonja Saudan
Trainee CroatiaDr Antonia Kustura
Trainee United KingdomDr Olivia Dow
TurkeyDr Jülide Ergil
UkraineProf. Iurii Kuchyn
United KingdomDr. Aamer B. Ahmed

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