International medical and scientific board
The international scientific and medical board links us to the MS medical and research community
Last updated: 5th April 2018
The international medical and scientific board is composed of up to two people appointed by each 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.
Chair: Professor Xavier Montalban (Spain)
Vice Chair: Professor Reinhard Hohlfeld (Germany)
Executive Committee: Professor Giancarlo Comi (Italy), Professor Per Soelberg Sorenson (Denmark), Professor Jeff Cohen (USA), Professor Brenda Banwell (Canada), Professor Catherine Lubetzki (France), Professor Kazuo Fujihara (Japan)
Members
Argentina: Professor Jorge Correale, Prof Dra Adriana Carra
Australia: Dr Bill Carroll, Professor Jeannette Lechner-Scott
Austria: Dr Ulf Baumhackl, Dr Hans Lassmann
Belgium: Dr Pierrette Seeldrayers, Prof Bénédicte Dubois
Brazil: Dra Maria Cristina Brandao Giacomo, Dra Liliana Russo
Canada: Professor Jack Antel, Professor Samuel Ludwin, Professor Brenda Banwell
Chile: Vacant
Cyprus: Dr Marios Pantzaris
Czech Republic: Dr Eva Havrdová, Dr Olga Zapletalova
Denmark: Professor Per Sorensen, Professor Finn Sellebjerg
Egypt: Dr. Magd Zakaria
Finland: Dr Juhani Ruutiainen, Dr Juha-Pekka Erälinna
France: Professor Bruno Brochet, Professor Catherine Lubetzki
Germany: Professor Frauke Zipp, Professor Reinhard Hohlfeld
Greece: Professor John Matsoukas, Professor Anastasios Orologas
Hungary: Dr Etelka Jófeju
Iceland: Dr María Hrafnsdóttir
India: Professor Lekha Pandit, Professor B. S. Singhal
Iran: Dr Mohammed Ali Sahraian, Professor Jamshid Lotfi
Ireland: Dr Una Fitzgerald
Israel: Dr Oded Abramsky, Dr. Ron Milo
Italy: Professor Giancarlo Comi, Dr Gianvito Martino, Dr Marco Salvetti
Japan: Professor Kazuo Fujihara, Dr Takashi Yamamur
Latvia: Dr Jolanta Kalnina
Lebanon: Basem Yamout
Luxembourg: Vacant
Malta: Dr Norbert Vella
Mexico: Dr Carlos Cuevas Garcia, Dr Raul Arcega Revilla
Netherlands: Professor Bernard Uitdehaag, Dr Jan Meilof
New Zealand: Dr Ernest Willoughby, Dr Deborah Mason
Norway: Dr Kjell-Morten Myhr, Trygve Holmøy
Poland: Dr Jacek Losy
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: Dr Kwang-Kook Kim
Spain: Dr Guillermo Izquierdo, Professor Xavier Montalban
Sweden: Professor Sten Fredrikson, Professor Oluf Andersen
Switzerland: Professor Tobias Derfuss, Dr Claude Vaney
Tunisia: Professor Riadh Gouider, Professor Chokri Mhiri
Turkey: Professor Dr Mefkure Eraksoy, Professor Dr Aksel Siva
UK: Professor Alastair Compston, Professor Olga Ciccarelli
Uruguay: Dr. Cecilia Orellana, Dr Carlos Oehninger
USA: Professor Jeff Cohen, Professor Fred D Lublin