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The ESICM Council

 The Council members are:

  • The national representatives of the members in the individual European countries.
  • The representatives of the international members.
  • The Chairpersons of each scientific section of the Association
  • The members of the Executive Committee
  • The Chairperson of the N&AHP Committee


The representatives of the members of the Association in individual countries should be elected by the Ordinary and Honorary members of these countries.
The number of representatives which can be elected are:

  • European countries:
    • One national representative per European country with more than 15 ESICM Ordinary and Honorary members.
    • One common representative for all European countries having less than 15 ESICM Ordinary and Honorary members.
  • International members may elect one representative for each of the following five defined regions if they have 100 or more members (alphabetic order):
    • Africa
    • Asia-Pacific
    • Central and South America
    • Middle-East
    • North America
  • National and international representatives are elected for one term of 3 years, non- renewable.
  • The definitions for the five regions are given in Appendix A of the ESICM General Standard Operating Procedures.


The duties of a Council member include

  • To be responsible for mutual contacts between the Society and the country members, the local intensive care society and the health authorities
  • To promote the Society in the country and to recruit members
  • To attend the Council meetings twice a year. One is held in March in Brussels, and one in the Fall during the Annual Congress of the Society
  • To vote on resolutions from the Executive Committee
  • To present proposals to the Executive Committee
  • To actively participate in the ESICM’s various activities and committees
  • To help in the organisation of EDIC
  • To ratify the Executive Committee changes in the SOPs. 



National Representatives 

Austria   Andreas Valentin, Vienna
Belgium   Jan De Waele, Gent
Croatia   Radovan Radonic, Zagreb
Czech Republic   Martin Matejovic, Plzen
Denmark   Palle Toft, Odense
Finland   Ville Pettila, Helsinki
France   Elie Azoulay, Paris
Germany   Hermann Wrigge, Bonn
Greece   Despoina Koulenti, Pireas/Athens
Hungary   Akos Csomos, Budapest
Ireland   Patrick Seigne, Cork
Israel   Moshe Hersch, Jerusalem
Italy   Alessandro Protti, Milano
The Netherlands   Johan Groeneveld, Amsterdam
Norway   Anne Guttormsen, Bergen
Poland   Barbara Tamowicz, Poznan
Portugal   Paulo Maia, Porto
Romania   Natalia Hagau, Cluj-Napoca
Russia   Edward Nicolayenko, Moscow
Spain   Jordi Mancebo, Barcelona
Sweden   Silvana Naredi, Umea
Switzerland   Lukas Ebnoether, Basel
Turkey   Yalim Dikmen, Istanbul
United Kingdom   Geoffrey Bellingan, London

 

Representative of the Countries counting <15 ordinary members: Martin Max, Luxembourg
 

International Members Representatives

Asia-Pacific Representative Michael O'leary, Australia
Central & South American Representative Eliezer Silva, Brazil
Middle East Representative Jamal Alhashemi, Saudi Arabia
North American Representative Samuel Ajizian, USA
 
 

Executive Committee members

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