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
Steering Committee
Maura Corsetti
University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
Ram Dickman
Jiří Dolina
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
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
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
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.
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