ESPN Council

The ESPN Council comprises the President, the Assistant President, the Treasurer and 8 ordinary councillors, who between them are responsible for the various Council portfolios as listed below.

Ordinary councillors serve a 3-year, non-renewable term. Vacancies are announced via ESPN member communications. Candidates must have the written support of two ESPN members. ESPN members vote to select their preferred candidates according to the number of vacancies. In the interests of broad representation on Council, where there is more than one candidate from the same country, only the top-ranked candidate can be appointed to Council.

Dieter Haffner

Prof. Dieter Haffner – ESPN President

Hannover Medical School, Hannover. Germany
Conflict of interest

Year of appointment: 2022

Francesco Emma

Prof. Francesco Emma – ESPN Assistant President

Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital – IRCCS
Piazza Sant’ Onofrio, 4 – 00165 Rome, Italy
Conflict of interest

Year of appointment: 2022

Jun Oh

Prof. Jun Oh – ESPN Treasurer

Medical Center University, Hamburg, Germany
Conflict of Interest

Year of appointment: 2019

Rute Baeta Baptista

Rute Baeta Baptista
Ex-officio member

Hospital Dona Estefânia (HDE), Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central (CHULC), Lisbon, Portugal Year of appointment: 2023 Conflict of interest

Karolis Azukaitis