General Management Committee

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Bernard Dan, MD, PhD

Professor of Neurophysiology and Developmental Neurology
Université Libre de Bruxelles
BELGIUM

Erika Cloodt, PT, PhD

Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University
Department of Research and Development, Region Kronoberg, Växjö
Sweden

Anina Ritterband-Rosenbaum, PhD

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

Álvaro Hidalgo-Robles, PT, MSc

PhD Candidate

Professor (Associate)

Universidad Internacional de La Rioja
SPAIN

Giuseppina Sgandurra, MD, PhD

Associate Professor and Head of INNOVATE (INNOVATivE Technologies in Neurorehabilitation) Lab

IRCCS Fondazione Stella Maris
University of Pisa
ITALY

Inti Vanmechelen, Mov.Sci., PhD

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Department of Women's and Children's Health
Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm
SWEDEN

Ex-officio Members

Past 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


Meeting President - EACD Galway 2026

Hazel Killeen, OT, PhD

Assistant Professor at College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Full-time lecturer in Occupational Therapy

University of Galway
IRELAND

Future Meeting President - EACD Athens 2027

Maria Pyrgeli, MD, PhD

ELEPAP - Rehabilitation for The Disabled
Deputy CEO Amalia Fleming General Hospital

Athens
GREECE

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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


Chair of EACD Early Career Researchers' Forum

Annemarie Knijnenburg, MD, MSc

Child Neurologist 
Maastricht Univerity Medical Center
THE NETHERLANDS

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

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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


EACD Technology & Innovation Task Force Lead

Elegast Monbaliu, PT, PhD

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

BELGIUM


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