Committees – EHS

Advisory Committees

The EHS Advisory Committees are responsible for all the key activities of the association and contribute to the continuous development of the association.

Advisory Committee for Congresses

Umberto Bracale (Chair)

Italy

Carmen Luz Maillo Oliva

Spain

Dieter Birk

Germany

Carlos Magalhaes (Congress President 2026)

Portugal

Frederik Berrevoet (Congress President 2027)

Belgium

Henry Hoffmann (Congress President 2028)

Switzerland

Alexis Theordorou (Congress President 2029)

Greece

Advisory Committee for Education

Knut Borch (Chair)

Norway

Ioannis Gerogiannis

United Kingdom

Miguel Angel García Ureña

Spain

Mario Rui Goncalves

Portugal

Maaike Vierstraete

Belgium

Journal of Abdominal Wall Surgery (JAWS)

Manuel López-Cano

Chief Editor

Frederik Berrevoet

Assistant Chief Editor

Sara Capoccia Giovannini

Assistant Chief Editor

Pilar Hernández Granados

Assistant Chief Editor

Guillaume Passot

Assistant Chief Editor

Mette Willaume

Assistant Chief Editor

Advisory Committee for publications

Sónia Ribas (Chair)

Portugal

Mette Willaume

Denmark

Mateusz Zamkowski

Poland

Hakan Kulacoglu

Turkey

Advisory Committee for Quality

Dominic Slade (Chair)

United Kingdom

Ibrahim Kırmızısakal

Romania

Eugenio Licardie

Spain

Benjamin Raskin

Israel

Luca Gordini

Italy

Laura Román

Spain

Advisory Committee for Registry

Barbora East (Chair)

Czech Republic

Julie de Deeken

Belgium

Arnulf Willms

Germany

Peder Rogmark

Sweden

Advisory Committee for Science & Research

Frederik Berrevoet (Chair)

Belgium

Sara Capoccia Giovannini

Italy

Andrea Carolina Quiroga Centeno

Columbia

Benoit Romain

France

Sebastian Schaaf

Germany

Pilar Hernández Granados

Spain

Advisory Committee for Digital MEdia

Alexis Theordorou (Chair)

Greece

Roxana Crăciun

Romania

Matei Radu

Romania

Ramia Stolt

Sweden

Sebastian Soppe

Switzerland

Antoine Vancon

France

Jacqueline Bullock

United Kingdom

Athanasios Karategos

United Kingdom

Bob Bloemendaal

The Netherlands

Advisory Committee for Guidelines

Elisa Mäkäräinen (Chair)

Finland

Elena Schembari

United Kingdom

Andrea Balla

Spain

Christoph Paasch

Germany

Nir Messer

Israel

Patient advisory committee

Jacqueline Bullock (Chair)

United Kingdom

David Jack Cummings

United Kingdom

Richard Cox

United Kingdom

Paula Gross

United Kingdom

Irena Hrabincova

Czech Republic

Deborah Storey

United Kingdom

Andrew Wells

United Kingdom

Advisory committee for uems

Ferdinand Köckerling (Chair)

Germany

Andrew de Beaux

United Kingdom

Barbora East

Czech Republic

Knut Borch

Norway

Nadia Henriksen

Denmark

Mette Willaume

Denmark

Salvador Morales-Conde

Spain

Associated Societies & membership

Bernd Stechemesser (Chair)

Germany

Maciej Smitanski

Poland