Executive & Council
Message from Giovanni Romano, President
When some of the leading surgeons in Europe decided to merge the two existing colorectal associations (ECCP and EACP) and started the new scientific society ESCP (Bologna 2005), many of us definitely felt that something important was coming to life which could really change the scientific relationship between all countries across Europe in the field of coloproctology.
Newsletter from Ronan O'Connell, Secretary
I am glad to report that ESCP goes from strength to strength. The annual meeting in Prague was a resounding success. More than 1000 delegates attended from 5 continents! Membership has increased to over 650 with all European countries now represented. A membership booklet containing important contact details for colorectal surgeons across Europe was published at the meeting. If you have not received your copy please contact your ESCP National Representative or the Secretariat.
Executive Committee
Article 13 of the Constitution determines that there shall be an equitable representation across Europe by annual rotation of Presidents from each of the three European regions (east, central and west).
| President: | Prof. Giovanni Romano |
| President Elect: | Prof. Freddy Penninckx |
| President in Waiting: | Prof. Zoran Krivokapic |
| Secretary: | Prof. Ronan O'Connell |
| Treasurer: | Mr. Mike Parker |
| Journal Representative: | Prof. Najib Haboubi |
| Program Committee Chairman: | Prof. Emmanuel Tiret |
| UEMS Representative: | Prof Lars Påhlman |
| Research Committee Chairman: | Prof. Søren Laurberg |
| Non executive officers: | |
| Membership Officer | Prof. Stefan Post |
| Website Committee Chairman | Mr. David Bartolo |
| Hector Ortiz | Spain |
| Bruno Cola | Italy |
| Lars Påhlman | Sweden |
| Willem Bemelman | The Netherlands |
| Zoran Krivokapic | Serbia |
| Ioannis Karaitianos | Greece |
| Andrew Shorthouse | United Kingdom |
| Bela Teleky | Austria |
| Dainius Pavalkis | Lithuania |
National Representatives
National Representatives are elected for three years. Representatives currently in office are:
September 2009 - September 2010
- Constant Jehaes (Belgium)
- Jiří Hoch (Czech Republic)
- Carlo Ratto (Italy)
- Xavier Delgadillo (Switzerland)
- Peter Dawson (UK)
- Sergii Podpriatov (Ukraine)
- Michael Gerhards (The Netherlands)
- Piotr Krokowicz (Poland)
- Viorel Scripcariu (Romania)
- Yehiel Ziv (Israel)
September 2009 - September 2011
- Dujo Kovacevic (Croatia)
- Matti Kairaluoma (Finland)
- Paul Antoine Lehur (France)
- Alois Fuerst (Germany)
- Ioannis Karaitianos (Greece)
- Attila Bursics (Hungary)
- Roy Maxwell (Ireland)
- Kaspars Snipe(Latvia)
- Algimantas Tamelis(Lithuania)
- Barthold Vonen (Norway)
- Jaoa Pimentel (Portugal)
- Sergey Achkasov (Russia)
- Milah Breberiha(Serbia)
- Mirko Omejc(Slovenia)
- JM Enriquez-Navascues (Spain)
- Per J Nilsson (Sweden)
September 2009 - September 2012
- Anton Stift (Austria)
- Margot Peetsalu (Estonia)
- Ethem Gecin (Turkey)
- Mogens Rorbaek Madsen (Denmark)