ECHSA ANNUAL MEETING 2026

June 18-20, 2026 - Leuven, Belgium








Organizing & Scientific Committee

Local Host:
Bart Meyns – ECHSA Member
(UZ Leuven, Belgium)

Filip Rega – ECHSA Member
(KU Leuven, Belgium)

Joeri Van Puyvelde – ECHSA Member
(UZ Leuven, Belgium)

Chair of Scientific Committee:
Attilio Lotto - ECHSA President
(Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool, UK)

Members:

Massimo Padalino - ECHSA Secretary General
(University of Bari, Italy)

Tommi Pätilä - ECHSA Treasurer
(New Children's Hospital, Helsinki University, Finland)

Jürgen Hörer – ECHSA Board Member
(German Heart Center Munich, Germany)

Jeffrey Jacobs – ECHSA Board Member
(University of Florida, USA)

Sara Arrigoni – ECHSA Board Member
(Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands)

Matej Nosal – ECHSA Board Member
(National Institute for Cardiovascular Disease-Children´s Heart Centre, Bratislava Slovakia)

Julie Cleuziou – ECHSA Board Member
(German Heart Center Munich, Germany)

Tomasz Mroczek – ECHSA Board Member
(Jagiellonian University, Poland)

Eleftherios Protopapas – ECHSA Research Committee Chair
(‎Athens Heart Surgery Institute, Greece)

George Sarris – ECHSA Database Chair
(MITERA Children's Hospital, Greece)

Mauro Lo Rito – ECHSA Member
(IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Italy)

James St Louis – ECHSA Member
(Augusta University GA, USA)

Lorenzo Galletti – ECHSA Member
(Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital IRCCS, Italy)

Vladimiro Vida – ECHSA Honorary Member
(University of Padova, Italy)