Structure

The Council

Last updated : 05/11/2024 - 609 views

The Council members are :

  • The members of the Executive Committee
  • The National Representatives of the members of the European countries
  • The Representatives of the members of countries outside Europe (called “international members”)
  • The Chairpersons of each Scientific Section of the Society
  • The Chairpersons of each Education Sub-Committee

The terms for each Council position are two years, non-renewable. The election criteria and process of the Council members are defined in the Standard Operational Procedures.

The duties of a Council member are:

  • To represent the members of a country or a region
  • To be responsible for mutual contact 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 Autumn, 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 (Oct 2024-Oct 2025)

AustriaStefan Schaller, Vienna
BelgiumHarlinde Peperstraete, Ghent
CroatiaIna Filipović-Grčić, Split
Czech RepublicPeter Waldauf, Prague
DenmarkSine Wichmann, Copenhagen
EstoniaAndrus Lomp, Tallinn
FinlandPirkka Pekkarinen, Helsinki
FranceOlfa Hamzaoui, Reims
GermanyAhmed Tawfik, Wiesbaden
GreeceIoannis Vasileiadis, Athens
HungaryAndrás Kállai, Budapest
IndiaPradip Kumar Bhattacharya, Ranchi
IrelandPierce Geoghegan, Dublin
IsraelYael Haviv Yadid, Ramat-Gan
ItalyDenise Battaglini, Genova
LithuaniaTomas Jovaisa, Vilnius
The NetherlandsIwan C.C. van der Horst, Maastricht
NorwayTheresa Olasveengen, Oslo
PolandTomasz Skalec, Wroclaw
PortugalMiguel Tavares, Porto
RomaniaCosmin Balan, Bucharest
SloveniaAndreja Moller Petrun, Maribor
SpainPaula Ramirez Galleymore, Valencia
SwedenHelena Odenstedt Herges, Göteborg
SwitzerlandSascha David, Zurich
TurkeyPinar Zeyneloglu, Ankara
United KingdomLara Prisco, Oxford
Representative of the Countries counting <25 ordinary members:Natalija Vukovic, Serbia

International Members Representatives (Oct 2024-Oct 2025)

Africa RepresentativeKhalid Abidi, Morocco
Asia-Pacific RepresentativeKent Doi, Japan
Central & South American RepresentativeLudhmila Hajjar, Brazil
Middle East RepresentativeAli Ait Hssain, Qatar
North American RepresentativeJavier Amador-Castaneda, USA