Council & Executive Committee
The overall leadership of UEG rests with the Council for strategic direction.
The Executive Committee, comprising of the President, Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary General together with the UEG Secretariat is responsible for the daily management and administration of UEG’s business.
The UEG Council consists of:
Council, January 2019
President
Paul Fockens
Amsterdam UMC
Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Meibergdreef 9
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Vice President
Axel Dignass
Agaplesion Markus Krankenhaus
Wilhelm-Epstein-Str. 4
D-60431 Frankfurt/Main
Deutschland
Axel.Dignass@fdk.info
Secretary General
Magnus Simrén
Sahlgrenska University Hospital
Department of Internal Medicine
413 45 Gothenburg
Sweden
magnus.simren@medicine.gu.se
Treasurer
Peter Jansen
Academic Medical Center
Department of Gastroenterology
Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Treasurer Elect
Berthold Koletzko
Medizin. Universität München Dr. von Hauner Kinderklinik
Lindwurmstr. 4,80337 München
Germany
Chair Education Committee
Charles Murray
Royal Free Hospital
Department of Gastroenterology
Pond Street
NW3 2QG London
United Kingdom
Chair Scientific Committee
Herbert Tilg
Innsbruck Medical University
Anichstrasse 35
6020 Innsbruck
Austria
herbert.tilg@i-med.ac.at
Chair Public Affairs Committee
Markus Peck-Radosavljevic
Klinikum Klagenfurt am Wörthersee
Feschnigstraße 11
9020 Klagenfurt am Wörthersee
Austria
markus@peck.at
Chair National Societies Committee
Dan Lucian Dumitrascu
University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iuliu Hatieganu
2nd Medical Dept.
Clinicilor 2-4
400003 Cluj-Napoca
Romania
Chair Research Committee
Luigi Ricciardiello
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences
Gastroenterology Unit
University of Bologna
Via Massarenti 9
40138 Bologna
Italy
Liver Representative
Laurent Castera
Hôpital Beaujon
Service d’Hépatologie
100 boulevard General Leclerc
92110 Clichy
France
laurent.castera@bjn.aphp.fr
Endoscopy Representative
Lars Aabakken
Rikshospitalet-Radiumhospitalet HF
Dept. Of Medical Gastroenterology
Sognsvannsv. 20,0027Oslo
Norway
General Gastroenterology Representatives
Asbjørn Mohr Drewes
Department of Gastroenterology
Aalborg University Hospital
Mølleparkvej 4
9000 Aalborg
Denmark
Janneke van der Woude
Erasmus Medisch Centrum Dept. of Gastroenterology
´s Gravendijkwal 230
3015 CE Rotterdam
The Netherlands
Surgery Representative
Richard Van Hillegersberg
University Medical Center
Department of Surgery
P.O. Box 85500
3508 Utrecht
The Netherlands
r.vanhillegersberg@umcutrecht.nl
Independent Councillor
Enrique Dominguez-Munoz
University Hospital of Santiago de Compostela
Travesía da Choupana
15706 Santiago de Compostela
Spain
enriquedominguezmunoz@hotmail.com
Chair Quality of Care Task Force
Wafaa Khannoussi
Mohammed VI University Hospital Oujda
Department of Hepato-Gastroenterology
60049 Oujda
Morocco
Chair Equality & Diversity Task Force
Nurdan Tözün
Head of Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine
Acibadem University School of Medicine
Kayışdağı Caddesi No:32, 34752
Ataşehir, Istanbul
Turkey
Chair Young Talent Group
Yasmijn van Herwaarden
Radboud University Medical Center
Geert Grooteplein-Zuid 10
6525 GA Nijmegen
The Netherlands
Yasmijn.vanHerwaarden@Radboudumc.nl
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