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Who we are

The EU-PFF Executive Board, the Scientific Advisory Board and the EU-PFF Secretariat – these are the people behind the European Pulmonary Fibrosis Federation.

Our Executive Board

John K. Solheim

President

National Interest Group for Pulmonary Fibrosis

Norway (N)

Chantal Vandendungen

Secretary

Association Belge Francophone contra la Fibrose Pulmonaire

Belgium (BE)

Radostina Getova

Board Member

PF Association Bulgaria

Bulgaria (BG)

Gottfried Huss

Board Member

Lungenfibrose e.V.

Germany (DE)

Steve Jones

Board Member/President Emeritus

Action for Pulmonary Fibrosis

United Kingdom (UK)

Stefano Pavanello

Board Member

Unione Trapianti Polmone Di Padova, Italy

Italy (IT)

Ralph Van Lysebeth

Treasurer

Belgische Vereiniging Voor Longfibrose

Belgium (BE)

Carlos Lines Millán

Emeritus President/Advisor

Advisor to the Executive Board

Asociación de Familias y Enfermos de Fibrosis

Spain (S)

Our Scientific Advisory Board

Dr Elisabetta Balestro

Chair of Scientific Advisory Board

Italy (IT)

Dr Francesco Bonella

Vice-Chair & Founding Chair of Advisory Board

Germany (DE)

Dr Alexander Simidchev

Bulgaria (BG)

Dr Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold

Norway (N)

Prof Andreas Günther

Germany (DE)

Dr Anne-Marie Russell

United Kingdom (UK)

Prof Bruno Crestani

France (F)

Dr Claudia Valenzuela

Spain (S)

Dr Cormac McCarthy

Ireland (IE)

Prof Demosthenes Bouros

Greece (GR)

Dr Helen Parfrey

United Kingdom (UK)

Dr Helmut Prosch

Austria (AT)

Dr Irina Strambu

Romania (RO)

Dr Katarzyna Lewandowska

Poland (PL)

Dr Katherine O'Reilly

Ireland (IE)

Dr Maria Molina

Spain (S)

Dr Marlies Wijsenbeek

The Nederlands (NL)

Prof Dr. Michael Kreuter

Germany (DE)

Dr Paolo Spagnolo

Italy (IT)

Prof Vincent Cottin

France (FR)

Prof Wim Wuyts

Belgium (BE)

Dr George Margaritopoulos

United Kingdom (UK)

Prof Veronika Müller

Hungary (HU)

Our Secretariat

LIAM GALVIN

CEO Secretariat

Ireland (IE)

JAN GEISSLER

Patient Advocate

Germany (DE)

ALBA UBIDE

Project Manager

Spain (ES)

GERGELY MESZAROS

Policy Advisor

Hungary (HU)

INÉS CAÑADA

Project Manager

Spain (ES)

MARÍA GÓMEZ

Project Manager

Spain (ES)

BURHAN OMAR

Communications Manager

Spain (ES)

ANGIE STIASSNI

Financial Manager

Spain (ES)

The EU-PFF Secretariat is headed by Chief Executive (CEO) Liam Galvin and is staffed by a team of consultants from Patvocates, an organisation with broad experience in patient advocacy, health policy and patient engagement in medical research.