Nico Blom
President (2022-2025)
Leiden University Medical Centre
P.O. Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, Netherlands
Phone: +31 71 526 28 35
AEPC Council and Officers
Ina Michel-Behnke
Secretary General (2021-2026)
Universitätsklinik für Kinder- und Jugendheilkunde
Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090 Vienna, Austria
Phone: +43-1-40400-32170
Werner Budts
Scientific Secretary (2021-2026)
Congenital and Structural Cardiology, University Hospitals, Leuven, Belgium
Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Catholic University, Leuven, Belgium
Phone: +32-1-6344369
Juha-Matti Happonen
Treasurer (2019-2024)
Department of Paediatric Cardiology, New Children´s Hospital, Helsinki University Hospital
Stenbäckinkatu 9, POB 347, FIN 00029 HUS, Finland
Phone: +358 500 611588
Tara Bharucha
Councillor (2021-2024)
University Hospital Southampton, Paediatric Cardiology
Southampton, UK
Colin McMahon
Councillor (2023-2026)
Children's Hospital Ireland, Paediatric cardiology
Crumlin, Cooley Road, Dublin, Ireland
Ewa-Lena Bratt
Councillor - Nurse & AHP representative (2021-2024)
Professor, RN. Institute of Health and Care Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg
Arvid Wallgrens backe 1, 40530 Gothenburg, Sweden
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, The Queen Silvia Children´s Hospital/Sahlgrenska University Hospital
Margarita Brida
Councillor - ESC/ACHD representative (2021-2024)
Department of Cardiovascular Diseases,
Division for Adults with Congenital Heart Disease,
University Hospital Centre Zagreb
Kispaticeva 12
HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Phone: +385-1-2367501
Hitendu Dave
Councillor - Surgical representative (2021-2024)
Division of Congenital Cardiovascular Surgery,
University Children's Hospital Zurich
Zurich, Switzerland
Phone: +41 44 2667111
Enrico Piccinelli
Junior Councillor (2021-2024)
Paediatric Cardiology registrar
Royal Brompton Hospital
London, UK
Silvia Alvares
AEPC 2024 Local Chair (2023-2024)
Centro Materno infantil do Norte/Centro Hospitalar Universitario do Porto, Pediaitrc cardiology
Porto, Portugal