Steering Committee

All officers of ESNM, provide their effort and time on a complete voluntary basis, thus making ESNM a non-profit organisation concerned solely with the well-being of patients. The European Society of Neurogastroenterology and Motility ESNM is composed of a Steering Committee and a General Assembly. The overall leadership and strategic direction of ESNM lies with the Steering Committee. The Executive Officers are the President and the Treasurer. They are responsible for conducting daily activities of the Society and executing decisions made by the Steering Committee.

Executive Committee

Frank Zerbib

President

Professor of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the Bordeaux University, Bordeaux, FRANCE

Qasim Aziz

Past President, Conference President 2025

Honorary Consultant at Barts and The London NHS Trust, Director Wingate Institute of Neuro­gastro­enterology, London, UNITED KINGDOM

Daniel Pohl

Treasurer

University Hospital Zurich, Division of Gastro­enterology and Hepatology, Zurich, SWITZERLAND

Section chairs

Giovanni Barbara

Chair Gut Microbiota For Health

Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences St. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, ITALY

Gerard Clarke

Chair Meeting Section

APC Microbiome Institute, University College, Cork, IRELAND

Jutta Keller

Chair Research Section

Israelitic Hospital Hamburg, Neuro­gastro­enterology Lab, Academic Hospital University of Hamburg, GERMANY

Asbjørn Mohr Drewes

Chair Media Section

Mech-Sense, Department of Gastro­enterology & Hepatology, Aalborg University Hospital, DENMARK

Edoardo Savarino

Chair Educational Section

Department of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology - DiSCOG, University of Padova, ITALY

Steering Committee

Maura Corsetti

University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

Ram Dickman

Rabin Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Petah-Tikva, ISRAEL

Jiří Dolina

University Hospital Brno, Department of Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine, Brno, CZECH REPUBLIC

Vasile Drug

University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Gr T Popa” Iasi, University Hospital “St Spiridon” – Institute of Gastro­ente­rology and Hepatology, Iasi, ROMANIA

Kristin Elfers

Institute for Physiology and Cell Biology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, GERMANY

Ricard Farré i Marti

Mucosal Permeability Lab, Department of Chronic Diseases, Metabolism and Ageing
Translational Research Center for Gastrointestinal Disorders, Leuven, BELGIUM

Goran Hauser

Department of gastroenterology-Head of gastroenterology ICU, Clinical Hospital Center Rijeka, CROATIA

Ismail Hakki Kalkan

TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Faculty of Medicine
Ankara, TURKEY

Chloé Melchior

Univ Rouen Normandie, Gastro­entero­logy department and CIC CRB 1404, Rouen, FRANCE

Daniel Keszthelyi

Maastricht University Medical Center, THE NETHERLANDS

Michel Neunlist

French Institute of Health and Medical Research, FRANCE

Luis Novais

Laboratório de Neurogastrenterologia e Motilidade Digestiva (LNMD), Nova Medical School FCM-UNL Edifício CEDOC, Lisbon, PORTUGAL

Jordi Serra

Digestive System Research Unit University Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, SPAIN

Marek Waluga

Co-Opted Member of the Polish Polish Neurogastroenterology and Motility Group, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice POLAND

Former Steering Committee Members

ESNM would like to thank the former steering committee members for their advice, critical input and help and support during the last decades.

List of Former Steering Committee Members in alphabetical order

J. Sabaté, FRANCE (-2024)
R. van den Wijngaard, THE NETHERLANDS (2017-2024)
S. Bor, TURKEY (-2024)
A. Farmer, UNITED KINGDOM
J. Tack, BELGIUM (2011-2021)
F. Zerbib, FRANCE (2011-2021)
B. Niesler, GERMANY (2011-2021)
A. Mulak, POLAND (2017-2021)
R. Nakov, BULGARIA (2020-2021)
L. Akkermans, THE NETHERLANDS (1998-2004)
Q. Aziz, U.K. (2008-2011, 2020-)
F. Azpiroz, SPAIN (2014-2020)
F. Baldi, ITALY (1992-2000)
B. Coffin, FRANCE (2009-2013)
R. De Giorgio, ITALY (2012-2016)
M. Delveaux , FRANCE (2002-2008)
I. Depoortere, BELGIUM (2009-2013)
D. Dumitrascu, ROMANIA (2011 - 2015)
P. Enck, GERMANY (2012-2020) Secretary till 2020
J. Fioramonti, FRANCE (1996-2002)
M. Fox, U.K. (2011-2014)
M. Fried, SWITZERLAND (2005-2008)
P. Funch-Jensen, DENMARK (1992-1996)
R. M. Herman, POLAND (1998-2004)
E. Husebye, NORWAY (1996-2002)
N. Hyland, IRELAND (2015-2020)
J. Janssens, BELGIUM (1992-1998)
M. Jimenez, SPAIN (2002-2014)
J.R. Malagelada, SPAIN Secretary till 2004
T. Peeters, BELGIUM (1998-2004)
S. Roman, FRANCE (2013-2017)
M. Schemann, GERMANY (2008-2011)
M. Simren, SWEDEN (2008-2012)
A. Smout, THE NETHERLANDS (2014-2018)
R. Spiller, U.K. (1998-2004)
V. Stanghellini, ITALY (2008-2012)
D.G. Thompson, U.K. (1992-1998)
P.J. Thor, POLAND (1992-1998)
A. Trukhmanov, RUSSIA (2014-2018)
A.L. Blum, SWITZERLAND Founding Member
M. Bortolotti, ITALY Founding Member
S. Gustavsson, SWEDEN Founding Member
S. Konturek, POLAND Founding Member
C. Roman, FRANCE Founding Member
G. Vantrappen, BELGIUM Founding Member,  Secretary till 1998
M. Wienbeck, GERMANY Founding Member
D.L. Wingate, U.K. Founding Member

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