Board of Directors

2024 – 2025

Executive Board

Christine Gaarder
Christine GaarderPresident
Oslo, Norway
Frank Hildebrand
Frank HildebrandPast President
Aachen, Germany
Jan Verbruggen
Jan VerbruggenPresident Elect
Maastricht, The Netherlands
Hayato Kurihara
Hayato KuriharaVice-President
Milan, Italy
Hans-Christoph Pape
Hans-Christoph PapeGeneral Secretary
Zurich, Switzerland
Cristina Rey Valcarcel
Cristina Rey ValcarcelAdvisory Council Chair
Madrid, Spain
Isidro Martinez Casas
Isidro Martinez CasasTreasurer
Seville, Spain
Ingo Marzi
Ingo MarziEditor-in-chief (EJTES)
Frankfurt, Germany

Section Chairs & Vice Chairs

Emergency Surgery

Carlos Yánez Benítez
Carlos Yánez BenítezChair
Zaragoza, Spain
Matti Tolonen
Matti TolonenVice Chair
Helsinki, Finland

Disaster & Military Surgery

Carl Montan
Carl MontanChair
Stockholm, Sweden
Gerhard Achatz
Gerhard AchatzVice Chair
Ulm, Germany

Skeletal Trauma and Sports Medicine

Christoph Nau
Christoph NauChair
Frankfurt, Germany
Michel Teuben
Michel TeubenVice Chair
Zurich, Switzerland

Visceral Trauma

Shahin Mohseni
Shahin MohseniChair
Orebro, Sweden
Susan Brundage
Susan BrundageVice Chair
Baltimore, United States

Polytrauma

Roman Pfeifer
Roman PfeiferChair
Zurich, Switzerland
Klemens Horst
Klemens HorstVice Chair
Aachen, Germany

Nurse-Section

Knut Magne Kolstadbraaten
Knut Magne KolstadbraatenChair
Oslo, Norway
Frédéric Lodier
Frédéric LodierVice Chair
Lyon, France

Committees

Education Committee

Diego Mariani
Diego MarianiChair
Legnano, Italy
Sascha Halvachizadeh
Sascha Halvachizadeh Vice Chair
Zurich, Switzerland

Research Committee

Gary Bass
Gary BassChair
Philadelphia, United States
Frank Hildebrand
Frank HildebrandVice Chair
Aachen, Germany

Delegates of Institutional Members

ATCN Europe
Frédéric Lodier
Frédéric Lodier
Lyon, France
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ATLS European Association
Christoph Woelfl
Christoph Woelfl
Neuwied am Rhein, Germany
Albanian Society for Trauma and Emergency Surgery
Agron Dogjani
Agron Dogjani
Tirana, Albania
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Rainer Mittermayr
Rainer Mittermayr
Vienna, Austria
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Belgian Orthopaedic Trauma Association

Guy Putzeys
Guy Putzeys
Bellegem, Belgium
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Belgian Trauma Society
Michiel Herteleer
Michiel Herteleer
Leuven, Belgium
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British Trauma Society
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Croatian Trauma Society
Bore Bakota
Bore Bakota
Karlovac, Croatia
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Chrysanthos Georgiou
Chrysanthos Georgiou
Nicosia, Cyprus
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Pavel Drác
Pavel Drác
Olomouc, Czech Republic
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Michael Sugrue
Michael Sugrue
Letterkenny, Ireland
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Jochem Hoogendoorn
Jochem Hoogendoorn
The Hague, The Netherlands
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Estonian Society of Acute Care Surgery
Peep Talving
Peep Talving
Tallinn, Estonia
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Finnish Trauma Association
Anna Kerola
Anna Kerola
Helsinki, Finland
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Vincent Dubuisson
Vincent Dubuisson
Bordeaux, France
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Gerhard Achatz
Gerhard Achatz
Ulm, Germany
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Hellenic Society for Trauma and Emergency Surgery
George Pappas-Gogos
George Pappas-Gogos
Ioannina, Greece
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Takayuki A. Kurokawa
Takayuki A. Kurokawa
Szeged, Hungary
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Medical Response on Major Incidents & Disasters
Eric Voiglio
Eric Voiglio
Monaco, Monaco
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Christine Gaarder
Christine Gaarder
Oslo, Norway
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Pan-Ukrainian Association of Traumatology and Osteosynthesis
Andriy Kalashnikov
Andriy Kalashnikov
Kiev, Ukraine
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Portuguese Surgical Society
Jorge Pereira
Jorge Pereira
Viseu, Portugal
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Serbian Society of Emergency Surgery
Krstina Doklestić Vasiljev
Krstina Doklestić Vasiljev
Belgrade, Serbia
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Slovakian Trauma Society
Peter Simko
Peter Simko
Bratislava, Slovakia
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Slovenian Association of Surgeons
Simon Herman
Simon Herman
Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Slovenian Society of Trauma Surgeons
Matej Cimerman
Matej Cimerman
Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Spanish Surgeons Association
Cristina Rey Valcarcel
Cristina Rey Valcarcel
Madrid, Spain
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Swedish Trauma Association
Shahin Mohseni
Shahin Mohseni
Orebro, Sweden
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Swiss Society of General Surgery and Traumatology
Christian Michelitsch
Christian Michelitsch
Chur, Switzerland
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Thomas Lustenberger
Thomas Lustenberger
Aarau, Switzerland
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Turkish Association for Trauma and Emergency Surgery
Ali Fuat Kaan GÖK
Ali Fuat Kaan GÖK
Ankara/Istanbul, Turkey
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