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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Western Europe region is represented by the ISN Western Europe Regional Board. The members of the board are the ‘eyes and the ears of ISN’ within the region and across the whole range of activities.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section title=”Regional Board Members” tab_id=”101″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
First Name<\/th>Last Name<\/th>Role<\/th>Secondary Role<\/th> <\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Maria Jose<\/td>Soler<\/td>Chair<\/td><\/td>Spain<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
David<\/td>Wheeler<\/td>Deputy Chair<\/td><\/td>United Kingdom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Liz<\/td>Lightstone<\/td>Member<\/td>ExCom Liaison<\/td>United Kingdom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kathrin<\/td>Eller<\/td>Affiliated Society Representative<\/td>Austrian Society of Nephrology<\/td>Austria<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stephen <\/td>Marks<\/td>Affiliated Society Representative<\/td>British Association of Pediatric Nephrology <\/td>United Kingdom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jeroen<\/td>van der Net<\/td>Affiliated Society Representative<\/td>Dutch Federation of Nephrology <\/td>Netherlands<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Christian<\/td>Combe<\/td>Affiliated Society Representative<\/td>French Society of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation (SFNDT)<\/td>France<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pekka<\/td>Arikoski<\/td>Affiliated Society Representative<\/td>Finnish Society of Nephrology <\/td>Finland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hans-Joachim<\/td>Anders<\/td>Affiliated Society Representative<\/td>German Society of Nephrology <\/td>Germany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stylianos<\/td>Panagoutsos<\/td>Affiliated Society Representative<\/td>Hellenic Society of Nephrology <\/td>Greece<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yvonne<\/td>O'Meara<\/td>Affiliated Society Representative<\/td>Irish Kidney Association <\/td>Ireland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Donal<\/td>Reddan<\/td>Affiliated Society Representative<\/td>Irish Nephrology Society <\/td>Ireland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Talia<\/td>Weinstein<\/td>Affiliated Society Representative<\/td>Israel Society of Nephology and Hypertension <\/td>Israel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Piergiorgio<\/td>Messa<\/td>Affiliated Society Representative<\/td>Italian Society of Nephrology <\/td>Italy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ivar<\/td>Anders<\/td>Affiliated Society Representative<\/td>Norwegian Society of Nephrology <\/td>Norway<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fernando<\/td>Nolasco<\/td>Affiliated Society Representative<\/td>Portuguese Society of Nephrology <\/td>Portugal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Catherine<\/td>Vinen<\/td>Affiliated Society Representative<\/td>UK Kidney Association<\/td>United Kingdom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ulrika <\/td>Hahn Lundstr\u00f6m<\/td>Affiliated Society Representative<\/td>Swedish Society of Nephrology<\/td>Sweden<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Peter<\/td>Janssens<\/td>Affiliated Society Representative<\/td>Belgian Society of Nephrology<\/td>Belgium<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dimitrios<\/td>Kirmizis<\/td>Affiliated Society Representative<\/td>Hellenic Association of Independent Nephrologists (HAISN)<\/td>Greece<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fergus<\/td>Caskey<\/td>Member<\/td><\/td>United Kingdom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Valerie<\/td>Luyckx<\/td>Member<\/td><\/td>Switzerland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kai-Uwe<\/td>Eckardt<\/td>Member<\/td><\/td>Germany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hans Peter<\/td>Marti<\/td>Member<\/td><\/td>Norway<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maarten<\/td>Taal<\/td>Member<\/td><\/td>United Kingdom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rhys<\/td>Evans<\/td>Member<\/td><\/td>United Kingdom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Debasish<\/td>Banerjee<\/td>Member<\/td><\/td>United Kingdom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gavin<\/td>Dreyer<\/td>Member<\/td><\/td>United Kingdom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thomas<\/td>M\u00fcller<\/td>Member<\/td>Transplant Community Representative<\/td>Switzerland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Giovanni<\/td>Strippoli<\/td>Member<\/td><\/td>Italy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Giorgina<\/td>Piccoli<\/td>Member<\/td><\/td>France<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rukshana<\/td>Shroff<\/td>Member<\/td>Pediatric Representative<\/td>United Kingdom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Simon<\/td>Davies<\/td>Member<\/td><\/td>United Kingdom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dorothea<\/td>Nitsch<\/td>Member<\/td><\/td>United Kingdom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ben<\/td>Caplin<\/td>Member<\/td><\/td>United Kingdom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Johannes<\/td>Scheppach<\/td>Member<\/td><\/td>Germany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vassilios<\/td>Liakopoulos<\/td>Member<\/td><\/td>Greece<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Edwina<\/td>Brown<\/td>Member<\/td><\/td>United Kingdom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rainer<\/td>Oberbauer<\/td>Member<\/td><\/td>Austria<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Giuseppe<\/td>Remuzzi<\/td>Member<\/td><\/td>Italy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Raymond<\/td>Vanholder<\/td>Member<\/td><\/td>Belgium<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Boris<\/td>Bikbov<\/td>Member<\/td><\/td>Italy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Arif<\/td>Khwaja<\/td>Member<\/td><\/td>United Kingdom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jyoti<\/td>Baharani<\/td>Member<\/td><\/td>United Kingdom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Joris<\/td>Roelofs<\/td>Member<\/td><\/td>Netherlands<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bruno<\/td>Vogt<\/td>Member<\/td><\/td>Switzerland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gaetano<\/td>Alfano<\/td>Member<\/td>Young Nephrologist Committee Representative<\/td>Italy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Smeeta<\/td>Sinha<\/td>Member<\/td><\/td>United Kingdom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sibel<\/td>Bek<\/td>Member<\/td><\/td>Germany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mark<\/td>Harber<\/td>Member<\/td><\/td>United Kingdom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Natalia<\/td>Alencar De Pinho<\/td>Member<\/td><\/td>France<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Saeed<\/td>Ahmed<\/td>Member<\/td><\/td>United Kingdom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jonathan<\/td>Barratt<\/td>Member<\/td><\/td>United Kingdom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sonia<\/td>Guillouet<\/td>Member<\/td><\/td>France<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Carlo<\/td>Alfieri<\/td>Member<\/td>Young Nephrologist Committee member<\/td>Italy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maria<\/td>Pippias<\/td>Member<\/td><\/td>United Kingdom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nellya<\/td>Galieva<\/td>Member<\/td><\/td>Luxembourg<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Andrea<\/td>Viecelli<\/td>Member<\/td><\/td>Switzerland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Peter <\/td>Rossing<\/td>Member<\/td><\/td>Denmark<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Clemente Neves<\/td>Sousa<\/td>Member<\/td><\/td>Portugal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lionel <\/td>Rostaing<\/td>Member<\/td><\/td>France<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Andrea<\/td>Angeletti<\/td>Observer<\/td>Emerging Leaders Program member<\/td>Italy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Represented countries and regions” tab_id=”102″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]Continental Europe<\/strong>
\nAustria, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Switzerland, United Kingdom<\/p>\n

Scandinavia<\/strong>
\nDenmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden<\/p>\n

Mediterranean Europe<\/strong>
\nAndorra, Greece, Israel, Italy, Malta, Monaco, Portugal, San Marino, Spain, Vatican<\/p>\n

Greenland[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Contact Us” tab_id=”104″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]If you are interested in our nephrology training and education programs and would like to get involved in expanding nephrology in Western Europe, contact Western Europe Regional Board Staff Liaison, Marie Michael (mmichael@theisn.org<\/a>).[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Western Europe region is represented by the ISN Western Europe Regional Board. The members of the board are the ‘eyes and the ears of ISN’ within the region and across the whole range of activities.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section title=”Regional Board Members” tab_id=”101″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Represented countries and regions” tab_id=”102″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]Continental Europe Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Switzerland, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":2609,"menu_order":9,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2805","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theisn.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2805"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theisn.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theisn.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theisn.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theisn.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2805"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.theisn.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2805\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53594,"href":"https:\/\/www.theisn.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2805\/revisions\/53594"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theisn.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theisn.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}