Executive – EBCOG

EBCOG consists of 4 Officers – President, Secretary-General, President Elect and Treasurer.

Executive Committee consists of 5 elected members from different regions.

EBCOG Officers

Prof. Dr. med. Dr. h.c. Frank A. Louwen

President

Full Professor and Head, Division of Obstetrics and Prenatal Medicine, Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt Goethe-Universität

Professor Helle Karro

Secretary-General

Head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tartu
Educational supervisor , Residency Training in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in Estonia,
Chief Physician, Tartu University Hospital, Women’s Clinic
Board member and Past President, Estonian Gynaecologists Society

Assoc. Professor (Hon.) Sambit Mukhopadhyay, MD, DNB, FRCOG, Msc, FIGOG (Hon)

President-Elect

Consultant Gynaecologist and Associate Professor (Hon)
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust,
Colney Lane, Norwich, UK

Prof. dr hab. n. med. Piotr Sieroszewski

Treasurer

Head of the 1st Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Department of Fetal Medicine and Gynecology, Medical University of Lodz
President of the Polish Society of Gynecologists and Obstetricians

EBCOG Executive Members

Dr Ferry Boekhorst

Western Region

Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Switzerland

Prof Luigi Nappi

Southern Region

Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Serbia, Slovenia, North Macedonia (Israel – Observer)

Ass. Prof. Anna Aabakke

Northern Region

Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom

Assoc.prof Alexandra Krištúfková

Eastern Region

Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Turkey, Ukraine

Prof Fionnuala McAuliffe

Pan-European

Other Positions

Prof Frank Louwen	Chair Standards Branch
Prof Fionnuala McAuliffe	Chair Standing Committee on Training and Assessment (SCTA)
Dr Petr Velebil	Chair Standing Committee on Training Recognition (SCTR), Chair of Fellowships Working Group
Prof Juriy Wladimiroff	Past-Chair (SCTR), Honorary Council Member
Prof Ioannis E. Messinis	Chair of the Examination Standing Committee and Director of Examination
Dr Nuno Nogueira Martins	President EBCOG Congress Frankfurt 2025
Dr Tahir Mahmood	Chair Standing Committee on Standards of Care and Position Statements
Prof Dimitris Loutradis	EACCME Liasion
Dr Sambit Mukhopadhyay	Chair Working Group on Health Inequalities
Dr Sofia Tsiapakidou	European Network of Trainees in Obstetrics and Gynaecology (ENTOG) - President
Dr Jure Klanjscek	Webmaster
Alexandros Peristeropoulos	Examination Secretariat
Kate Thorman	Central Office Administrator

Subspecialty Representatives

Prof Stavros Athanasiou	European Urogynaecology Association (EUGA)
Prof Diogo Ayres-de-Campos	European Association of Perinatal-Medicine (EAPM)
Dr Maja Pakiz	European Society of Gynaecological Oncology (ESGO)
Dr Tatjana Motrenko	European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE)

Honorary Fellows

Prof. Giraud	Past-President of the Section
Lord Naren Patel	Past-President of EAGO
Prof. Richard Beard	Past-President of EBCOG
Prof. David Lewin	Past-President ECOG
Prof. Raphaele Nappi	Past-President EAGO
Prof. Wolfgang Künzel	Past-President EBCOG
Prof. Laszlo Kovacs	Past-President EAGO
Professor André Van Assche	Past-President EBCOG & UEMS Section O & G
Dr Hans Henrik Wagner	Past-President UEMS Section O & G
Prof Juriy Wladimiroff	Visiting Coordinator and Past Vice-President
Prof William Dunlop	Past-President EBCOG & Past Treasurer
Prof.Peter Hornnes	Past-President EBCOG & UEMS Section O & G
Prof. Chiara Benedetto	Past-President EBCOG
Dr Rolf Kirschner	Past Vice-President EBCOG, Past Secretary-General, Past Chair SCE
Prof. Živa Novak Antolič	Past Chair SCTA and Past Chair TTT
Prof. Sir Sabarantam Arulkumuran	Past-President FIGO
Prof. Gamal Serour	Past-President FIGO
Dr Tahir Mahmood	Past-President EBCOG
Dr C N Purandare	Past-President FIGO
Dr Carlos Fuchtner	Past-President FIGO
Prof. Jacky Nizard	Past-President EBCOG
Dr Jeanne Conry	President FIGO
Prof. Andrii Tkachenko	Member EBCOG, In Memorium
Prof. Vassilios Papalois	President UEMS

Awards of Recognition

Prof.Ulf Ulmsten	Posthumously, Past Chair Scientific Committee
Prof.Stelios Michalas	Past-Treasurer
Prof.Giovanni Adinolfi	Past Vice-President
Prof.Jacques Lansac	Past Chair SCTA
Prof. Ian Milsom	Past Executive Member
Dr Elsheikh	Posthumously, Local Co-Organiser Athens Congress