General Management Committee

Learn more about the role of the Chair

Bernard Dan, MD, PhD

Professor of Neurophysiology and Developmental Neurology
Université Libre de Bruxelles
BELGIUM

Learn more about the role of the Secretary

Elegast Monbaliu, PT, PhD

Associate Professor of Neurorehabilitation Research Group
Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, KU Leuven Campus Brugge
BELGIUM

Anina Ritterband-Rosenbaum, PhD

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

Learn more about the role of the GMC Member & Communication Officer

Jackie Casey, OT, PhD

Advanced Practitioner Occupational Therapist - Special Seating
Belfast Health and Social Care Trust

Belfast, Northern Ireland
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

Learn more about the role of the GMC Member & National Networks Officer

Jeroen Vermeulen, MD, PhD

Professor of Child Neurology

Department of Neurology
Maastricht University Medical Center
THE NETHERLANDS

Ex-officio Members


Past Meeting President - EACD Ljubljana 2023

Katja Groleger Srsen, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor at University Rehabilitation Institute Republic of Slovenia
Head of Department for (re)habilitation of children
Ljubljana
SLOVENIA

Meeting President - EACD Bruges 2024

Elegast Monbaliu, PT, PhD

Associate Professor of Neurorehabilitation Research Group
Department of Rehabilitation Sciences,

KU Leuven Campus Brugge
BELGIUM

Future 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

Learn more about the Families & Users' Forum

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

Learn more about the role of the Chair

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

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

Learn more about the Technology & Innovation Task Force

Sylvain Brochard, MD, PhD

Professor of Pediatric Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
University Hospital of Brest
European University of Brittany
FRANCE


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