International Medical and Scientific Board

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 Mohammad Sahraian
• Professor Frauke Zipp
• Professor Bruno Stankoff (ECTRIMS President)
• Professor Mark Freedman (ACTRIMS President)
• Professor Ho Jin Kim (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 Finn Sellebjerg, Professor Melinda Magyari, Dr Nana Folmann Hempler

Egypt: Professor Magd Zakaria, Professor Nevin Mohieldin Shalaby

Estonia: Vacant

Finland: Dr Juhani Ruutiainen, Dr Juha-Pekka Erälinna

France: 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: Professor Mohammed Ali Sahraian, Professor Jamshid Lotfi

Ireland: Professor Susan Coote, Dr Hugh Kearney

Israel: Professor 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

Republic of North Macedonia: Vacant

Norway: Professor Trygve Holmøy, Professor Øivind Torkildsen

Poland: Professor Jacek Losy, Professor Krzysztof Selmaj

Portugal: Dr Lívia de Sousa

Russia: Professor Alexey Boyko, Dr Mikhail Kurapov

Slovakia: Vacant

Slovenia: Dr Beatrika Koncan-Vracko

South Africa: Vacant

South Korea: Professor Hojin Kim, Professor Jiyoung Oh

Spain: Professor Xavier Montalban

Switzerland: Dr Robert Hoepner, Professor Milo Puhan

Tunisia: Professor Riadh Gouider, Professor Chokri Mhiri

Turkey: Professor Mefkure Eraksoy, Professor Aksel Siva

UK: Dr Tarunya Arun, Dr Declan Chard, Dr Emma Gray

Uruguay: Dr Valeria Rocha, Dr Carlos Oehninger

USA: Professor Jeff Cohen, Professor Ellen Mowry, Dr Douglas Landsman