ESA COUNCIL 2024 - 2025
"The Council is the Executive Body of the Association"
- ESA By Laws, Article VIII -
Christiane Bruns
President
Krzysztof Zieniewicz
President-Elect
Peter Lodge
Past President
Henri Bismuth
Honorary Founding President
Hugo Pinto Marques
Secretary
José Manuel Ramia Angel
Treasurer
Guido Torzilli
Chair of the Advisory Membership Committee
André d'Hoore
Chair of the Programme Committee
Mickael Lesurtel
Chair of the Editorial Board
Robert Caiazzo
Councillor
Suzanne Gisbertz
Councillor
Bas Wijnhoven
Councillor
Paulina Salminen
Councillor
Malin Sund
Councillor
-ESA By Laws, Article III -
"The object of the Association shall be the cultivation and improvement of the Science and art of surgery, the elevation of the standards of the medical profession in Europe and such other matters as may come legitimately within its sphere."
ESA Past Presidents
1993 - 1996 > Henri BISMUTH
1996 - 1998 > Peter MORRIS
1998 - 1999 > Johannes JEEKEL
1999 - 2000 > Toni LERUT
2000 - 2001 > Alberto PERACCHIA
2001 - 2002 > Felix HARDER
2002 - 2003 > Ingemar IHSE
2003 - 2004 > Laureano FERNÁNDEZ-CRUZ
2004 - 2005 > Huug OBERTOP
2005 - 2006 > Krister HÖCKERSTEDT
2006 - 2007 > Peter NEUHAUS
2007 - 2008 > Daniel JAECK
2008 - 2009 > János KISS
2009 - 2010 > Gerald O’SULLIVAN
2010 - 2011 > Raimund MARGREITER
2011 - 2012 > Ermanno ANCONA
2012 - 2013 > Pierre-Alain CLAVIEN
2013 - 2014 > Eduardo BARROSO GARCIA DA SILVA
2014 - 2015 > Jakob IZBICKI
2015 - 2016 > Andrea FRILLING
2016 - 2017 > Marek KRAWCZYK
2017 - 2018 > Mario MORINO
2018 - 2019 > Irinel POPESCU
2019-2021 > Arnulf HOELSCHER
2021-2022 > Ronan O'CONNELL
2022-2023 > Ricardo ROBLES CAMPOS
2023-2024: Laurence CHICHE
2024-2025: Nicolo DE MANZINI
2025 – 2026 > Peter LODGE