Management Team

Network Coordination

  • Ansgar Lohse 2022

    Ansgar W. Lohse

    University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany

Paediatric lead

  • Marianne Jorgensen

    Marianne Hørby Jørgensen

    Rigshospitalet University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Deputy Coordinator and Lead Clinical Patient Management System (CPMS)

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    Marcial Sebode

    University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany

R-Liver Registry Lead

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    Christoph Schramm

    University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany

Representatives of the hepatology societies (EASL & ESPGHAN)

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    Emer Fitzpatrick

    King’s College Hospital London

    ESPGHAN Representative

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    Virgínia Hernández Gea

    Hospital Clínic i Provincial de Barcelona, Spain

    EASL Representative

  • Marianne Jorgensen

    Marianne Hørby Jørgensen

    Rigshospitalet (RH), Copenhagen university hospital

    ESPGHAN Representative

Patient Leads

  • Portrait Leburgue

    Angela Leburgue

    ALBI France

  • José Willems

    José Willemse

    Adult Patient Lead

    Nederlandse Leverpatienten Vereniging, Netherlands

Training and Education Committee

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    Juan Carlos García-Pagán

    Hospital Clínic i Provincial de Barcelona, Spain

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    Anja Geerts

    University Hospital Ghent, Belgium

  • Isabel Gonçalves

    Isabel Gonçalves

    Centro Hospitalar Universitario de Coimbra, Portugal

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    Claus Petersen

    Hannover Medical School, Germany

Scientific advisor

  • Emma Andersson

    Emma Andersson

    Karolinska University Hospital Stockholm, Sweden

    Scientific advisor

Network Project Management

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    Sabina Bernhardt

    Communication Officer

    University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany

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    Juliane Gaenge

    Project Manager

    University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany

  • Nagham Issa

    Nagham Issa

    Study Nurse

    University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany

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    Hendrik Matthies

    Project Manager

    University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany

  • Carmen Ramien

    Caren Ramien

    Scientific Officer

    University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany

Transversal Working Groups - Leads

Quality of Life

  • Maciej Janik

    Maciej Janik

    Medical University of Warsaw Hospital, Poland

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    Marianne Samyn

    King’s College Hospital London, UK

  • José Willems

    José Willemse

    Adult Patient Lead

    Nederlandse Leverpatienten Vereniging, Netherlands

Transition

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    Ruth De Bruyne

    Ghent University Hospital, Belgium

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    Deirdre Kelly

    Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, UK

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    João Madaleno

    Centro Hospitalar Universitario de Coimbra, Portugal

  • Zoe Marino

    Zoe Mariño

    Hospital Clínic i Provincial de Barcelona, Spain

  • Karsten Vanden Wyngaert

    Karsten Vanden Wyngaert

    Ghent University Hospital, Belgium

  • José Willems

    José Willemse

    Adult Patient Lead

    Nederlandse Leverpatienten Vereniging, Netherlands

Liver Disease in Pregnancy

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    Wiebke Papenthin

    Morbus Wilson e.V., Germany

  • Willy Visser

    Willy Visser

    Erasmus MC: University Medical Center Rotterdam, Netherlands

Nurses Working Group Leads

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    Jen Clancy

    Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, Hepatology CNS, UK

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    Martina Fellinghauer

    Liver Care Nursing Austria, AKH Wien, Austria

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    Neus Llarch Alfonso

    BCLC – Hepatic Oncology Unit – Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain

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    Denise Schäfer

    Liver Care Nursing Austria, Ordensklinikum Linz GmbH, Barmherzige Schwestern, Austria

Disease Working Groups - Leads

Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC)

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    Frederik Nevens

    University Hospitals KULeuven, Belgium

  • Alessio Gerussi neu

    Alessio Gerussi

    ASST-Monza, Ospedale San Gerardo, Italy

  • Portrait Leburgue

    Angela Leburgue

    ALBI France

  • Adriaan van der Meer

    Adriaan van der Meer

    Erasmus UMC Rotterdam, Netherlands

Autoimmune Hepatitis (AIH)

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    Marcial Sebode

    University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany

  • Marianne Jorgensen

    Marianne Hørby Jørgensen

    Rigshospitalet University of Copenhagen, Denmark

  • Vincenzo Ronca

    Vincenzo Ronca

    University Hospitals Birmingham, UK

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    Bert Tomsin

    Patiëntenvereniging Zeldzame Leverziekten, Belgium

  • José Willems

    José Willemse

    Adult Patient Lead

    Nederlandse Leverpatienten Vereniging, Netherlands

Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC)

  • Nora Cazzagon

    Nora Cazzagon

    Azienda Ospedaliera Università di Padova, Italy

  • Norman Junge

    Norman Junge

    Hannover Medical School, Germany

  • Portrait Walmsley

    Martine Walmsley

    PSC support, UK; EASL Policy and Public Health Committee

Genetic Cholestatic Disease

  • Henkjan Verkade

    Henkjan J. Verkade

    University Medical Center Groningen, Netherlands

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    Emmanuel Gonzales

    Hôpital Bicêtre, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris, France

  • Porträt Verena Keitel

    Verena Keitel

    Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany

Biliary Atresia

  • Bjoern Fischler

    Björn Fischler

    Karolinska University Hospital Stockholm, Sweden

  • Dr. Dr. Ekkehard Sturm

    Ekkehard Sturm

    Universitätsklinikum Tübingen, Germany

Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Liver Disease (AATD)

  • Strnad

    Pavel Strnad

    University Hospital Aachen, Germany

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    Mathias Ruiz

    CHU Lyon, France

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    Frank Willersinn

    Alpha-1 Plus asbl, Belgium

Acute Liver Failure

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    Dominic Lenz

    Heidelberg University Hospital, Germany

  • José Willems

    José Willemse

    Adult Patient Lead

    Nederlandse Leverpatienten Vereniging, Netherlands

Polycystic liver disease

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    Joost P.H. Drenth

    Amsterdam University Medical Center, Netherlands

Vascular Liver Disease - VALDIG

  • Aurélie Plessier

    Aurélie Plessier

    Hôpital Beaujon, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris, France

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    Valerie McLin

    University Hospitals Geneva, Swiss Centre for Liver Disease in Children, Switzerland

Biliary Malformations

  • Janneke Brugink

    Janneke Bruggink

    University Medical Center Groningen, Netherlands

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    Joost P.H. Drenth

    Amsterdam University Medical Center, Netherlands

Wilson Disease

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    Wiebke Papenthin

    Morbus Wilson e.V., Germany

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    Thomas Sandahl

    Aarhus Universitetshospital, Denmark

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    Piotr Socha

    Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw

Rare Liver Tumours

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    Johann von Felden

    University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany

  • Maria Reig

    Maria Reig

    Hospital Clínic i Provincial de Barcelona, Spain

ERN RARE-LIVER Organisational Structure

The ERN RARE-LIVER Management Board

The ERN RARE-LIVER Management Board holds regular meetings to consult on the various activities. It is composed of members representing the following areas:

  • Coordination
  • Patient representation (ePAG)
  • Clinical Patient Management System (CPMS)
  • Registry
  • Quality of Life
  • Clinical practice guidelines
  • The three rare liver disease pillars
  • Hepatology societies (adult and paediatric)
  • Basic research
  • Project Management


ERN RARE-LIVER Statutes

The statutes are available to download below.