International Medical and Scientific Board
The international scientific and medical board links us to the MS medical and research community
Last updated: 17th July 2020
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
- Dr Laura Musambayi
- Professor Mohammad Sahraian
- Professor Frauke Zipp
- Professor Jeffrey Cohen (ACTRIMS President)
- Professor Kazuo Fujihara (PACTRIMS President)
- Professor Fernando Hamuy Diaz de Bedoya (LACTRIMS President)
- Professor Bernhard Hemmer (ECTRIMS President)
- Professor Daphne Kos (RIMS President)
- Professor Bassem Yamout (MENACTRIMS President)
In 2020, the new chair and deputy chair expanded the executive committee. It now includes all TRIMS presidents, the RIMS president, and more women leaders. These moves have led to improved regional representation, broader professional experience which extends to rehabilitation, and better gender balance.
Members
Argentina: Professor Jorge Correale, Professor Adriana Carra
Australia: Professor Bill Carroll, Professor Jeannette Lechner-Scott, Dr Julia Morahan
Austria: Professor Hans Lassmann
Belgium: Dr Pierrette Seeldrayers, Prof Bénédicte Dubois
Brazil: Dr Maria Cristina Brandao Giacomo, Dr Liliana Russo
Canada: Professor Jack Antel, Professor Samuel Ludwin,
Cyprus: Dr Marios Pantzaris
Czech Republic: Professor Eva Havrdová, Dr Olga Zapletalova
Denmark: Professor Per Sorensen, Professor Finn Sellebjerg, Dr Lasse Skovgaard
Egypt: Dr Magd Zakaria, Dr Hatem Shehata
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, Alexander Stahmann
Greece: Professor John Matsoukas, Professor Anastasios Orologas
Iceland: Dr María Hrafnsdóttir
India: Professor Kameshwar Prasad, Dr Suresh Kumar
Iran: Dr Mohammed Ali Sahraian, Professor Jamshid Lotfi
Ireland: Dr Una Fitzgerald, Harriet Doig
Israel: Dr Oded Abramsky, Dr Ron Milo
Italy: Professor Gianvito Martino, Professor Marco Salvetti, Dr Paola Zaratin
Japan: Professor Kazuo Fujihara, Professor Takashi Yamamura
Latvia: Dr Jolanta Kalnina
Lebanon: Vacant
Luxembourg: Vacant
Malta: Dr Norbert Vella
Mexico: Dr Carlos Cuevas Garcia, Dr Raul Arcega Revilla
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: Dr Kwang-Kook Kim
Spain: Dr Guillermo Izquierdo, Professor Xavier Montalban, Pedro Carrascal
Sweden: Professor Sten Fredrikson, Professor Oluf Andersen
Switzerland: Professor Tobias Derfuss, Dr Claude Vaney, Dr Mark Lutz
Tunisia: Professor Riadh Gouider, Professor Chokri Mhiri
Turkey: Professor Mefkure Eraksoy, Professor Aksel Siva
UK: Professor Alastair Compston, Professor Olga Ciccarelli, Dr Emma Gray
Uruguay: Dr Cecilia Orellana, Dr Carlos Oehninger
USA: Professor Jeff Cohen, Professor Fred D Lublin, Dr Bruce Bebo