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
Axel Dignass
Agaplesion Markus Krankenhaus
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Vice President
Helena Cortez-Pinto
Faculdade de Medicina de Lisboa, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte, HSM
Lisbon, Portugal
Secretary General
Magnus Simrén
Sahlgrenska University Hospital
Gothenburg, Sweden
Treasurer
Berthold Koletzko
Medizin. Universität München Dr. von Hauner Kinderklinik
München, Germany
Chair Education Committee
Charles Murray
Royal Free Hospital
London, United Kingdom
Chair Scientific Committee
Herbert Tilg
Innsbruck Medical University
Innsbruck, Austria
Chair Public Affairs Committee
Markus Peck-Radosavljevic
Klinikum Klagenfurt am Wörthersee
Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, Austria
Chair National Societies Committee
Dan Lucian Dumitrascu
University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iuliu Hatieganu
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Chair Research Committee
Luigi Ricciardiello
University of Bologna
Bologna, Italy
Liver Representative
Laurent Castera
Hôpital Beaujon
Clichy, France
Endoscopy Representative
Mario Dinis-Ribeiro
Instituto Português de Oncologia, Porto
Porto , Portugal
General Gastroenterology Representatives
Asbjørn Mohr Drewes
Aalborg University Hospital
Aalborg, Denmark
Janneke van der Woude
Erasmus Medisch Centrum Dept. of Gastroenterology
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Surgery Representative
Richard Van Hillegersberg
University Medical Center
Utrecht, The Netherlands
Independent Councillor
Enrique Dominguez-Munoz
University Hospital of Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Chair Quality of Care Task Force
Wafaa Khannoussi
Mohammed VI University Hospital Oujda
Oujda, Morocco
Chair Equality & Diversity Task Force
Dina Tiniakos
Newcastle University
Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Aretaieion Hospital, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens
Athens, Greece
Chair Young Talent Group
Henriette Heinrich
Stadtspital Triemli Zurich
Zurich, Switzerland
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