ESVS Committees
Prof. Igor Koncar, Serbia
Chairman
ESVS ACADEMY
The ESVS Academy Committee is in charge of developing and managing education and training activities of the ESVS.
ESVS LIBRARY COMMITTEE
The ESVS Library Committee is responsible for the development and supervision of the ESVS Library. The ESVS Library platform includes various educational materials, such as videos from ESVS events (Webinars, Masterclasses, Annual Meetings and more), podcasts, abstract books and other documents. In addition, the ESVS Library hosts the ESVS electronic textbook– “Virtual Vascular” with chapters on pre-defined topics written by experts in different fields of vascular surgery and updated on a regular basis.
Prof. Athanasios Saratzis, United Kingdom
Chairman
PODCAST COMMITTEE
The Podcast Committee is responsible for planning, writing, recording and editing all ESVS Podcasts. The group was born in 2019 and became a committee in 2023. The team has released over 150 open access podcasts to date.
Melina Vega de Ceniga
Chair
Prof. Robert Hinchliffe, United Kingdom
Chairman
EUROPEAN RESEARCH HUB
The European Research Hub was set up in 2022 and seeks to increase the participation in high quality clinical research in vascular disease throughout Europe and internationally.
Prof. Robert Hinchliffe, Uniter Kingdom
Charmain
Prof. Anders Wanhainen, Sweden
Chairman
GUIDELINES COMMITTEE
The Guidelines Committee was set up in 2013 with the responsibility to identify topics and develop guidelines.
Prof. Anders Wanhainen, Sweden
Charmain
IRBD COMMITTEE
The Industry Relationships and Business Development (IRBD) Committee is in charge of developing partnerships with medical devices and pharmaceutical companies in the vascular healthcare field.
The IRBD connects ESVS and all of its activities and committees to potential sponsors. This sponsorship is used to run the society and facilitate the work of our office and of all the volunteers within the society. One of the main objectives of the IRBD is to protect the scientific independence of ESVS.
Dr. Vincent Jongkind, The Netherlands
Chairman
Prof. Hence Verhagen, The Netherlands
Chairman
PROGRAMME COMMITTEE
The ESVS Annual Meeting’s scientific programme is under the responsibility of the ESVS Programme Committee.
Prof. Sebastian Debus, Germany
Charmain
Dr. Vaiva Dabravolskaitė, Sweden
Task Force Lead
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Task Force
To promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the ESVS, facilitate positive change within the Society representative of the community it serves.
Dr. Petar Zlatanovic
Secretary
EVST
The European Vascular Surgeons in Training (EVST) represents the interests of trainees in vascular surgery within the European Society for Vascular Surgery, especially with regards to training, education, careers, research and exchange programmes.
Desiree Van Den Hondel
Academy Committee Representative
VASCUNET
Vascunet is a committee of the European Society of Vascular Surgery which aims to increase knowledge and understanding of vascular disease, and to promote excellence in vascular surgery, by means of international vascular audit.
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Cristina Lopez Espada (Chair)
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Stefano Ancetti
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Jacob Budtz-Lilly (Co-Chair ICVR)
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Carlo Setacci
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Fabien Lareyre
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Dirk Grotemeyer
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Barry Beiles
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Kevin Cassar
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Kevin Mani (Co-Chair ICVR)
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Matthew Grima
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Michaela Kluckner
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Gert Jan de Borst
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Paulo E. Ocke Reis
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Manar Khashram
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Ivan Cvjetko
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Jo Krysa
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Milijenko Kovačević
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Martin Altreuther
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Nikolaj Eldrup
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Arkadiusz Kazimierczak
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Riikka Tulamo
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Frederico Bastos Goncalves
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Maarit Venermo
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Mihai Ionac
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Christian-Alexander Behrendt
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Ana Maria Vrancianu
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Nicla Settembre
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Alexei Svetlikov
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Ulrich Rother
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Igor Koncar
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Andreas Lazaris
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Andrew MTL Choong
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Konstantinos G. Moulakakis
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Arun Pherwani
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Gabor Menyhei
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Birgitta Sigvant
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Zoltan Szeberin
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Thomas Lattman
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Elin Laxdal
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Jonathan Boyle
EVeR COMMITTEE
The European Venous Registry (EVeR) Steering Committee is responsible for the strategic and scientific oversight of the Registry. It ensures the quality of the registry’s design, data monitoring, analysis, and stakeholder engagement.
The committee safeguards the registry’s scientific integrity and guides its development to improve venous care across Europe.
Prof. Robert Hinchliffe, United Kingdom
Chairman
Dr. Julie Bayley
Dr. Stephen Black
Dr. Alexandra Gratl
Dr. Sam Hawley
Dr. Arina ten Cate-Hoek
Dr. Mert Meric
Dr. Gerry O’Sullivan
Dr. Baris Ozdemir
