Members of Council and Committees 2005 - 2006

Council

	Name	Term of Office
President	Tom Treasure	2005-2006
Vice President	Siegfried Hagl	2005-2006
Secretary General	Bruce Keogh	2003-2006
Treasurer	Jose Pomar	1999-2008
Editor-in-chief	Ludwig von Segesser	2000-2010
Information Officer	Paul Sergeant	2000-2006
Past President	Torkel Aberg	2005-2006
Councillors	Friedhelm Beyersdorf	2002-2006
	Juan Comas	2004-2007
	Stefano Elia	2004-2007
	Timothy J Gardner	2003-2006
	Pieter Kappetein	2004-2007
	Ralf Alexander Schmid	2004-2007
Co-Chairman Trainees Resource Group	Maciej Kolowca	2006-2009

Programme Committee

Ex officio	Tom Treasure	2005-2006
Ex officio	Siegfried Hagl	2005-2006
Ex officio	Bruce Keogh	2003-2006
Ex officio	Ludwig von Segesser	2000-2010
Chair Postgraduate Education Com.	Manuel Antunes	2005-2008
	Martin Grabenwoeger	2005-2008
	Walter Klepetko	2005-2008
	Daniel Loisance	2004-2007
	Uwe Mehlhorn	2004-2007
	Carlos Mestres	2004-2007
	Dominique Metras	2004-2007
Editor MMCTS	Marko Turina	2003-
Chair Congenital Heart Disease Com.	Pascal Vouhé	2006-2009

Membership Committee

Chairman	Robert Dion	2000-2007
Ex officio	Tom Treasure	2005-2006
Ex officio	Bruce Keogh	2003-2006
	Rimantas Benetis	2005-2007
	Sertac Cicek	2005-2007
	Raffaele De Simone	2005-2007
	Roberto Di Bartolomeo	2006-2008
	William Fountain	2005-2007
	Anders Franco-Cereceda	2005-2007
	Alain Prat	2005-2007
	Jose Roquette	2005-2007

Resource Group of the Membership Committee

	Bohumil Hucin	Czech Republic
	Morten Helvind	Denmark
	Martti Lepojärvi	Finland
	Andres Sulling	Estonia
	Dimitrios Dougenis	Greece
	Romans Lacis	Latvia
	Vytautas Sirvydis	Lithuania
	Alexander Wahba	Norway
	Zbigniew Religa	Poland
	Thierry Carrel	Switzerland
	John Pepper	United Kingdom

Nominating Committee

Chairman	Marcos Murtra	2006
	Marko Turina	2007
	Walter Klepetko	2008
	James Monro	2009
	Torkel Aberg	2010

Speciality Committees

Thoracic Surgery Committee

Chairman	Walter Klepetko	2006-
Ex officio	Tom Treasure	2006
Ex officio	Bruce Keogh
	Stephano Elia	2006-2007
	Ralph Schmid	2006-2007
	Dirk van Raemdonck	2006-
	Paul van Schil	2006

Congenital Heart Disease Committee

Chairman	Pascal Vouhé	2005-2008
Ex officio	Tom Treasure	2005-2006
Ex officio	Bruce Keogh	2003-2006
Ex officio	Bohdan Maruszewski	2005-2008
	Juan Comas	2001-2007
	Rene Pretre	2006-2009
	Heikki Sairanen	2003-2006
	Tom Spray	2004-2007
	Giovanni Stellin	2003-2006
	Victor Tsang	2004-2007

Postgraduate Education Committee

Chairman	Manuel Antunes	2005-2008
Ex officio	Tom Treasure	2005-2006
Ex officio	Bruce Keogh	2003-2006
	Gebrine El Khoury	2004-2007
	Volkmar Falk	2005-2008
	Philippe Kolh	2004-2007
	Francesco Maisano	2005-2008
	Alexander Wahba	2005-2008
Organiser of Anatomical Exhibition	Gaetano Thiene
Bergamo School: Cardiac Director	Pieter Kappetein	2004-2007
Bergamo School: Thoracic Director	Walter Klepetko	2004-2007
Chairman Cong. Heart Surg. Com.	Pascal Vouhé	2006-2009

Resource Group of the Postgraduate Education Committee

	Cristina Basso
	Giancarlo Crupi
	Brigitte Osswald
	Alberto Repossini

Educational Oversight Committee
Chairman	Manuel Antunes	2006-2009
Ex officio	Tom Treasure	2005-2006
Ex officio	Bruce Keogh	2003-2006
Health Management	Juan Comas	2006-2009
Techno-College	Volkmar Falk	2006-2009
European School	Pieter Kappetein	2006-2009
Thoracic Committee	Walter Klepetko	2006-2009
Int. Co-Op. Committee	Marko Turina	2006-2009
Editor	Ludwig von Segesser	2006-2009

Endovascular Surgery Resource Group

Chairman	Marko Turina	2006
Ex officio	Tom Treasure	2005-2006
Ex officio	Bruce Keogh	2003-2006
	Friedhelm Beyersdorf	2006
	Volkmar Falk	2006
	Timothy Gardner	2006
	Pieter Kappetein	2006
	Claudio Muneretto	2006
	Jose Pomar	2006
	Ludwig von Segesser	2006

Journal Promotion Committee

Chairman	Alain Prat	2005-2007
Editor, ex officio	Ludwig von Segesser	2000-2010
Ex officio	Tom Treasure	2005-2006
Ex officio	Bruce Keogh	2003-2006
	Pieter Kappetein	2005-2007
	Carlos Mestres	2001-2007
	Rafael Sadaba	2005-2007

Surgical Training and Manpower Committee

Chairman	Rafael Sadaba	2006-2009
Ex officio	Tom Treasure	2005-2006
Ex officio	Bruce Keogh	2003-2006
	Massimiliano Codispoti	2002-2005
	Juan Comas	2005-2008
	Michael Gorlitzer	2004-2007
	Pieter Kappetein	2001-2006
	Jolanda Kluin	2004-2007
Co-chair	Maciej Kolowka	2003-2006
	Sacha Salzberg	2006-2009
	Mattias Siepe	2006-2009
	Bruno Turinetto	2004-2007

International Co-Operation Committee

Chairman	Marko Turina	2004-2007
Ex officio	Tom Treasure	2005-2006
Ex officio	Bruce Keogh	2003-2006
	Ottavio Alfieri	2004-2007
	Jean Bachet	2004-2007
	Leo Bockeria	2004-2007
	Stefano Elia	2005-2008
	Tomasz Grodzki	2005-2008
	Erik Jansen	2005-2008
	Carlos Mestres	2004-2007
	Ralf Alexander Schmid	2005-2008
	Jarle Vaage	2004-2007
	Walter Weder	2005-2008

New Technology Resource Group

Chairman	Volkmar Falk	2006-
Ex officio	Tom Treasure	2005-2006
Ex officio	Bruce Keogh	2003-2006
	Friedhelm Beyersdorf	2005-
	Walter Chitwood	2005-
	Gino Gerosa	2005
	Martin Grabenwoeger	2005-
	Tomasz Grodzki	2003-
	Vassilios Gulielmos	2005-
	Walter Klepetko	2005-
	Antoon Lerut	2003-
	Michael Mack	2005-
	Francesco Maisano	2005-
	Friedrich Wilhelm Mohr	2005-
	Michael Rolf Muller	2005-
	Jose Pomar	2005-
	Ludwig von Segesser	2003-2010
	Hugo Vanermen	2002-
	Stephen Westaby	2003-
	Gerhard Wimmer Greinecker	2003-

External Relations

President	Tom Treasure	2005-2006
Secretary General	Bruce Keogh	2004-2006
Treasurer	Jose Pomar	2004-2008
Editor-in-chief	Ludwig von Segesser	2004-2010

Research and Allied Committees

Science and Technology Committee

Chairman	Vacant	2006-
Ex officio	Tom Treasure	2005-2006
Ex officio	Bruce Keogh	2004-2006

Regulatory Committees

Committee on the Constitution

Chairman	Francis Fontan	2001-2007
Ex officio	Tom Treasure	2005-2006
Ex officio	Bruce Keogh	2003-2006
	Eugene Baudet	2003-2006
	Williem Daenen	2005-2008
	Walter Klepetko	2004-2007
	Deirdre Watson	2001-2007

Audit and Guidelines Committee

Chairman	Samer Nashef	2001-2007
Ex officio	Tom Treasure	2005-2006
Ex officio	Bruce Keogh	2003-2006
	Joel Dunning	2005-2007
	Alessandro Fabbri	2005-2007
	Francois Lacour-Gayet	2003-2006
	Alain Pavie	2005-2007
	Michael Versteegh	2001-2007
	Tom Treasure	2005-2007
	Vacant	2006-2009

Award Committees

Francis Fontan Prize Committee

Chairman	Francis Fontan	1995-
President	Tom Treasure	2005-2006
Vice President	Siegfried Hagl	2005-2006
Past President	Torkel Aberg	2005-2006
Secretary General	Bruce Keogh	2003-2006

Cardiac Young Investigator

Chairman	Alain Pavie	2006-2009
	Friedhelm Beyersdorf	2006-2009
	Bruce Keogh	2003-2009
	Günther Laufer	2006-2009

Thoracic Young Investigator

Chairman	Erino A Rendina	2006-2009
	Stefano Elia	2006-2009
	Ralph Schmid	2006-2009
	Douglas E Wood	2006-2009

Congenital Young Investigator

Chairman	Pascal Vouhe	2006-2009
	Giovanni Stellin	2003-2007
	Victor Tsang	2006-2009
	Michail Wojtalik	2006-2009

Hans G. Borst Award

Chairman	Jean Bachet	2006-2009
	Thierry Carrel	2006-2009
	Michael Grabenwoger	2006-2009
	Axel Haverich	2003-2007

C W Lillehei Young Investigator Award

Chairman	Ottavio Alfieri	2006-2009
	Manuel Antunes	2003-2007
	Roberto Di Bartolomeo	2006-2009
	Carlos Mestres	2006-2009

A Ricchi Transplant Services Foundation Award

	Robert Bonser	2005-2008
	Jose Pomar	2005-2008
	Axel Haverich	2005-2008
	Pieter Kappetein	2005-2008
	Walter Klepetko	2005-2008

Historians

	Armand Piwnica
	Marcos Murtra

Education Committees/Bodies

European Board of Cardiovascular Perfusion

Alexander Wahba

2005-2008

Members of Council and Committees 2005 - 2006

Council

Programme Committee

Membership Committee

Resource Group of the Membership Committee

Nominating Committee

Speciality Committees

Thoracic Surgery Committee

Congenital Heart Disease Committee

Postgraduate Education Committee

Resource Group of the Postgraduate Education Committee

Educational Oversight Committee

Endovascular Surgery Resource Group

Journal Promotion Committee

Surgical Training and Manpower Committee

International Co-Operation Committee

New Technology Resource Group

External Relations

Research and Allied Committees Science and Technology Committee

Regulatory Committees

Committee on the Constitution

Audit and Guidelines Committee

Award Committees

Francis Fontan Prize Committee

Cardiac Young Investigator

Thoracic Young Investigator

Congenital Young Investigator

Hans G. Borst Award

C W Lillehei Young Investigator Award

A Ricchi Transplant Services Foundation Award

Historians

Education Committees/Bodies

Research and Allied Committees

Science and Technology Committee