The EU-PFF Executive Board, the Scientific Advisory Board and the EU-PFF Secretariat – these are the people behind the European Pulmonary Fibrosis Federation.
Our Executive Board
John K. Solheim
President
National Interest Group for Pulmonary Fibrosis
Norway (N)
Chantal Vandendungen
Secretary
Association Belge Francophone contra la Fibrose Pulmonaire
Belgium (BE)
Radostina Getova
Board Member
PF Association Bulgaria
Bulgaria (BG)
Gottfried Huss
Board Member
Lungenfibrose e.V.
Germany (DE)
Steve Jones
Board Member/President Emeritus
Action for Pulmonary Fibrosis
United Kingdom (UK)
Stefano Pavanello
Board Member
Unione Trapianti Polmone Di Padova, Italy
Italy (IT)
Ralph Van Lysebeth
Treasurer
Belgische Vereiniging Voor Longfibrose
Belgium (BE)
Carlos Lines Millán
Emeritus President/Advisor
Advisor to the Executive Board
Asociación de Familias y Enfermos de Fibrosis
Spain (S)
Our Scientific Advisory Board
Dr Elisabetta Balestro
Chair of Scientific Advisory Board
Italy (IT)
Dr Francesco Bonella
Germany (DE)
Dr Alexander Simidchev
Bulgaria (BG)
Dr Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold
Norway (N)
Prof Andreas Günther
Germany (DE)
Dr Anne-Marie Russell
United Kingdom (UK)
Prof Bruno Crestani
France (F)
Dr Claudia Valenzuela
Spain (S)
Dr Cormac McCarthy
Ireland (IE)
Prof Demosthenes Bouros
Greece (GR)
Dr Helen Parfrey
United Kingdom (UK)
Dr Helmut Prosch
Austria (AT)
Dr Irina Strambu
Romania (RO)
Dr Katarzyna Lewandowska
Poland (PL)
Dr Katherine O'Reilly
Ireland (IE)
Dr Maria Molina
Spain (S)
Dr Marlies Wijsenbeek
The Nederlands (NL)
Prof Dr. Michael Kreuter
Germany (DE)
Dr Paolo Spagnolo
Italy (IT)
Prof Vincent Cottin
France (FR)
Prof Wim Wuyts
Belgium (BE)
Dr George Margaritopoulos
United Kingdom (UK)
Prof Veronika Müller
Hungary (HU)
Our Secretariat
LIAM GALVIN
CEO Secretariat
Ireland (IE)
JAN GEISSLER
Patient Advocate
Germany (DE)
ALBA UBIDE
Project Manager
Spain (ES)
GERGELY MESZAROS
Policy Advisor
Hungary (HU)
INÉS CAÑADA
Project Manager
Spain (ES)
MARÍA GÓMEZ
Project Manager
Spain (ES)
BURHAN OMAR
Communications Manager
Spain (ES)
ANGIE STIASSNI
Financial Manager
Spain (ES)
The EU-PFF Secretariat is headed by Chief Executive (CEO) Liam Galvin and is staffed by a team of consultants from Patvocates, an organisation with broad experience in patient advocacy, health policy and patient engagement in medical research.