General Management Committee

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Bernard Dan, MD, PhD

Professor of Neurophysiology and Developmental Neurology
Université Libre de Bruxelles
BELGIUM

Erika Cloodt, PT, PhD

Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University
Department of Research and Development, Region Kronoberg, Växjö
Sweden

Anina Ritterband-Rosenbaum, PhD

Lab Manager, Researcher at The Elsass Foundation
Guest Researcher at the University of Copenhagen, Department of Neuroscience
DENMARK

Lorna Wales, OT, PhD

Senior Lecturer (Education) in Occupational Therapy
Department of Health Sciences

Brunel University, London
UNITED KINGDOM

Giuseppina Sgandurra, MD, PhD

Associate Professor and Head of INNOVATE (INNOVATivE Technologies in Neurorehabilitation) Lab

IRCCS Fondazione Stella Maris
University of Pisa
ITALY

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Jeroen Vermeulen, MD, PhD

Professor of Child Neurology

Department of Neurology
Maastricht University Medical Center
THE NETHERLANDS

Ex-officio Members

Past Meeting President - EACD Bruges 2024

Elegast Monbaliu, PT, PhD

Associate Professor of Neurorehabilitation Research Group
Department of Rehabilitation Sciences,

KU Leuven Campus Brugge
BELGIUM

Meeting President - EACD / IAACD Heidelberg 2025

Rainer Blank, MD, PhD

Social and developmental pediatrician, Medical and Executive Director and Consultant
Academic Hospital of the University of Heidelberg
Kinderzentrum Maulbronn
GERMANY


Future Meeting President - EACD Galway 2026

Hazel Killeen, OT, PhD

Assistant Professor at College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Full-time lecturer in Occupational Therapy

University of Galway
IRELAND

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Niek De Taeye
Families & Users' Forum Coordinator
 
MiraLouise Fonds

Bruges
BELGIUM

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Teresa Mano da Costa
Families & Users' Forum Coordinator
 
Associação de Paralisa Cerebral de São Miguel

Azores
PORTUGAL

Annemieke Buizer, MD, PhD

Professor of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine
Amsterdam UMC
THE NETHERLANDS

Co-opted Members

Editor-in-Chief Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology

Bernard Dan, MD, PhD

Professor of Neurophysiology and Developmental Neurology
Medical Director Inkendaal Rehabilitation Hospital
Université Libre de Bruxelles
BELGIUM

Edu.EACD Webmaster

Oleh Kachmar, MD, PhD

Head of Innovative Technologies Department and Information Center
International Clinic of Rehabilitation
Truskavets
UKRAINE

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EACD Representative at the IAACD Executive Committee 

Arnab Seal, MD

Consultant Neurodevelopmental Paediatrician and Honorary Senior Lecturer
Paediatrics and Child Health, Leeds Community Healthcare Trust, University of Leeds
UNITED KINGDOM


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