Prof. Fabio Marra and Prof. Rifaat Safadi ended their term as Scientific Committee members on the EASL Governing Board during the International Liver Congress™ in Vienna, Austria, April 2010. Sincere thanks to both of them for their commitment and dedication to EASL over the past 3 years.

The EASL Governing Board warmly welcomes the two newly appointed Scientific Committee members: Daniele Prati from Italy and George Papatheodoridis from Greece, and is pleased to announce the newly approved position of EU Policy Councillor held by Dominique Valla from France. The contact details of all the new Governing Board members can be found below.

Secretary General
Vice-Secretary
Treasurer
Scientific Committee Members
Educational Councillors
EU Policy Councillor

Secretary General

The Secretary General is the Chief Executive of the association for a period of 2 years having already served as Scientific Commmittee member and Vice-Secretary.

	Heiner WedemeyerMedizinische Hochschuel Hannover Carl Neuberg Str. 1 Dept. Of Gastroenterology, Hepatology And Endocrinology 30625 Hannover Germany Tel: (+49) 511 532 6814 Fax: (+49) 511 532 8662 E-mail: secretarygeneral@easloffice.eu

Vice-Secretary

The Vice-Secretary serves for 2 years in close collaboration with the Secretary General and will become the next Secretary General in term.

	Mark ThurszDepartment of Hepatology Imperial College London St Mary's Campus Norfolk Place London, W2 1NY Tel: (+44)(0)207 886 1903 E-mail: m.thursz@imperial.ac.uk

Treasurer

The Treasurer was elected by the EASL assembly as a non-voting member of the Governing Board for a term of 5 years and may be reelected for a second term. All Governing Board members share responsibility for the society's finances.

	Mauro BernardiDipartimento di Medicina Clinica Alma Mater Studiorum - Università  di Bologna Semeiotica Medica - Policlinico S. Orsola-Malpighi Via Albertoni, 15 I-40138 Bologna Italy Tel: (+39) 051 391 549 / 636 2931 Fax: (+39) 051 636 2930 E-mail: mauro.bernardi@unibo.it

Scientific Committee Members

There are 7 Scientific Committee members (including the Secretary General and Vice-Secretary). All of them are elected by the EASL assembly for a period of 3 years.

	Ramon BatallerLiver Unit Hospital Clínic Villarroel 170 Barcelona 08036 Spain Tel:(+34) 932 275 400(Ext. 3371) E-mail: bataller@clinic.ub.es		Darius MoradpourDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois University of Lausanne Rue du Bugnon 44 CH-1011 Lausanne Switzerland Tel: (+41) 21 314 47 14 Fax: (+41) 21 314 47 18 E-mail: Darius.Moradpour@chuv.ch
	George V. Papatheodoridis2nd Department of Internal Medicine, Athens University School of Medicine, Hippokration General Hospital of Athens, 114 Vas. Sophias Ave. 115 27 Athens, Greece Tel: +30 2107774742 Fax: +30 2107706871 E-mail: gepapath@med.uoa.gr		Daniele PratiDirector Dept. of Transfusion Medicine and Hematology Ospedale Alessandro Manzoni 23900 Lecco, Italy Tel: +39 0341 489870 Fax: +39 0341 489871 E-mail: d.prati@ospedale.lecco.it dprati@yahoo.com
	Tania RoskamsPathologische ontleedkunde Minderbroedersstraat 12 B - 3000 Leuven Belgium Tel:+32 16 33 65 93 Fax: +32 16 33 66 40 E-mail:tania.roskams@uz.kuleuven.be

Educational Councillors

There are 2 Educational Councillors who were elected elected for 4 years by the EASL assembly.

	Peter JansenAcademic Medical Center Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Meibergdreef 9 1105 AZ Amsterdam The Netherlands Tel:+31 20 5663632/5668981 Fax:+31 20 6917033		Fabien ZoulimINSERM Unit 871 Molecular Pathobiology and New Treatments of Viral Hepatitis 151 Cours Albert Thomas 69003 Lyon, France Tel:+33 4 72 68 19 70 E-mail: fabien.zoulim@inserm.fr

EU Policy Councillor

The EU Policy Councillor position was approved during the Business Meeting in Vienna, Austria April 17, 2010.

	Dominique-Charles VallaService d’Hépatologie Hôpital Beaujon 100 Bvd Leclerc, 92118 Clichy France Tel: +33 1 40 87 52 83 Fax: +33 1 40 87 44 26 Email:dominique.valla@bjn.ap-hop-paris.fr