The Membership Committee is responsible for promoting ESCP and increasing awareness of its values. The Membership Committee work in close liaison with National Representatives to connect with ESCP members on a local level and is also responsible for co-ordinating their activities.
The Membership Committee is made up of one chairman, elected on merit, a Y-ESCP member, and six Regional Representatives, two from each geographic region, who normally have previous experience as a National Representative.
Regional Representatives
- Central: Michel Adamina (Switzerland), Giuseppe Sica (Italy)
- Eastern: Aynur Safiyeva (Azerbaijan), Ugur Sungurtekin (Turkey)
- Western: Donald Claeys (Belgium), Rosa Jímenez-Rodriguez (Spain)
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Frederic Ris Chair |
Frederic Ris (Chair)Current positionProfessor of Surgery, Geneva University Hospitals and medical school, Geneva, Switzerland Medical schoolGeneva University and medical school, Geneva, Switzerland (graduated in 1999) General surgical and colorectal training
Main clinical and research interests
Member of the Membership Committee since2019 Additional information
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Michel Adamina, Central Region Representative |
Michel AdaminaCurrent positionChief of Colorectal Surgery, Kantonsspital Winterthur and Professor of Surgery, University of Basel, Switzerland Medical schoolUniversity of Lausanne, Switzerland General surgical and colorectal training
Main clinical and research interests
Member of the Membership Committee since2022 Additional information
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Giuseppe SicaCurrent position: Associate professor of surgery and Head of Minimally Invasive and Gastrointestinal Surgery, University and Policlinico Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy Medical school: Sapienza University 1985-1990, 1993-1995 (PhD program; research fellow Harvard and NYU, U.S.A.) General surgical and colorectal training: Tor Vergata University 1998 Specialist in General Surgery Oxford University Hospitals 2000-2003 G.I. Surgery clinical fellow and consultant surgeon Main clinical and research interests: Colon cancer and IBD Surgery Member of the Membership Committee since:
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Argyrios Ioannidis, Y-ESCP |
Argyrios IoannidisCurrent positionConsultant Surgeon, Athens Medical Centre, Athens, Greece (since 2019) Medical schoolSchool of Medicine, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece (graduated in 2011) General surgical and colorectal training
Main clinical and research interests
Member of the Membership Committee since2018 Additional information
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Ugur Sungurtekin, Eastern Region Representative |
Ugur SungurtekinCurrent positionChair of the Department of General Surgery at Pamukkale University School of Colon & Rectal Surgery (since 2018). Division Chief of Colorectal Surgery at Pamukkale University School of Colon & Rectal Surgery (since 2007). Medical schoolAegean University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey General surgical and colorectal training
Main clinical and research interests
Member of the Membership Committee since2020 Additional information
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Donald Claeys, Western Region Representative |
Donald ClaeysCurrent positionOncological surgeon in visceral surgery, AZ Maria Mediatrix, Ghent, Belgium Medical schoolState University of Ghent, Belgium General surgical and colorectal training
Main clinical and research interestsRectal surgery Member of the Membership Committee since2019 Additional informationScientific positions:
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Rosa Jímenez-Rodriguez, Western Region Representative |
Rosa Jímenez-RodriguezCurrent position: Attending at Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío. Professor of Surgery at Universidad de Sevilla Medical school: Universidad de Extremadura General surgical and colorectal training: General Surgery training at Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío. Fellow in colorectal surgery at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY, USA Main clinical and research interests: Colorectal cancer, minimally invasive surgery, robotic surgery Member of the Membership Committee since: 2021 Additional information:
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