International Medical and Scientific Board
The international scientific and medical board links us to the MS medical and research community
Last updated: 29th November 2023
The International Medical and Scientific Board is composed of up to two people per country appointed by our member organisation. Its role is to advise on matters related to international MS research, and to form a professional link between the MS medical and research community and the MS International Federation.
Executive Committee
Chair: Professor Brenda Banwell
Deputy Chair: Professor Jorge Correale
- Professor Olga Ciccarelli
- Professor Mohammad Sahraian
- Professor Frauke Zipp
- Professor Mar Tintoré (ECTRIMS President)
- Professor Mark Freedman (ACTRIMS President)
- Professor Kazuo Fujihara (PACTRIMS President)
- Professor Fernando Gracia (LACTRIMS President)
- Dr Giampaolo Brichetto (RIMS President)
- Professor Bassem Yamout (MENACTRIMS President)
Members
Argentina: Professor Jorge Correale, Professor Adriana Carrá
Australia: Professor Bill Carroll, Professor Jeannette Lechner-Scott, Dr Julia Morahan
Austria: Professor Hans Lassmann, Professor Thomas Berger
Belgium: Professor Marie B D’hooghe, Professor Dominique Dive
Brazil: Dr Guilherme Sciascia do Olival, Dr Alice Estevo Dias
Canada: Professor Jack Antel
Cyprus: Dr Marios Pantziaris, Dr Angelos Gregoriou
Czech Republic: Professor Eva Havrdová, Professor Jan Mareš
Denmark: Professor Per Soelberg Sorensen, Professor Finn Sellebjerg, Dr Nana Folmann Hempler
Egypt: Professor Magd Zakaria, Professor Nevin Mohieldin Shalaby
Estonia: Vacant
Finland: Dr Juhani Ruutiainen, Dr Juha-Pekka Erälinna
France: Professor Bruno Brochet, Professor Catherine Lubetzki, Dr Emmanuelle Plassart-Schiess
Germany: Professor Frauke Zipp, Professor Reinhard Hohlfeld, Dr Alexander Stahmann
Greece: Dr Notas Konstantinos, Professor Anastasios Orologas
Iceland: Vacant
India: Professor Kameshwar Prasad, Professor Sureshkumar Radhakrishnan
Iran: Dr Mohammed Ali Sahraian, Professor Jamshid Lotfi
Ireland: Prof Susan Coote, Profesor Hugh Kearney
Israel: Dr Ron Milo, Professor Dimitrios Karussis
Italy: Professor Marco Salvetti, Professor Matilde Inglese, Dr Paola Zaratin
Japan: Professor Kazuo Fujihara, Professor Takashi Yamamura
Latvia: Dr Jolanta Kalnina
Lebanon: Professor Bassem Yamout, Dr Maya Zeineddine
Luxembourg: Vacant
Malta: Dr Norbert Vella
Netherlands: Professor Bernard Uitdehaag, Dr Jan Meilof, Dr Kirstin Heutinck
New Zealand: Dr Ernest Willoughby, Dr Deborah Mason
Norway: Dr Kjell-Morten Myhr, Professor Trygve Holmøy
Poland: Professor Jacek Losy, Professor Krzysztof Selmaj
Portugal: Dr Lívia de Sousa, Dr Ana Martins da Silva
Russia: Professor Alexey Boyko, Dr Mikhail Kurapov
Slovakia: Vacant
Slovenia: Dr Beatrika Koncan-Vracko
South Korea: Professor Hojin Kim, Professor Jiyoung Oh
Spain: Dr Guillermo Izquierdo, Professor Xavier Montalban
Sweden: Professor Sten Fredrikson, Professor Oluf Andersen
Switzerland: Dr Robert Hoepner, Professor Milo Puhan
Tunisia: Professor Riadh Gouider, Professor Chokri Mhiri
Turkey: Professor Mefkure Eraksoy, Professor Aksel Siva
UK: Professor Olga Ciccarelli, Dr Tarunya Arun, Dr Emma Gray
Uruguay: Dr Valeria Rocha, Dr Carlos Oehninger
USA: Professor Jeff Cohen, Professor Ellen Mowry, Dr Douglas Landsman