Governance

The EFSMA main body is the Executive Committee, which is composed by a President, the Past President, a first and second Vice-President, a Secretary General, a Treasurer, and 5 Members. Members of right of the Executive Committee, without right of vote, are:

the Chairman of the EFSMA Scientific and Education Commission;
the Chairman of the Medical and Scientific Commission of the European Olympic Committees;
a Coopted Member from the European College of Sport Science, designated by the EFSMA Executive Committee among the ECSS Founding Members

The Executive Committee has the right to appoint Observers nominated belonging to appropriate international organizations.
The Executive Committee has the right to nominate persons as Honorary President and Honorary Member. These proposals should be approved by the Council of Delegates.

Moreover, EFSMA’s Executive Committee is also supported by a Scientific and Education Commission, with the main duty of providing advices and making recommendations to the Committee.

The other Commission’s tasks are: to promote scientific research in the field of Sports Medicine, to prepare statements regarding specific problems in Sports Medicine proposed by the Executive Committee, to cooperate with the organizers of the EFSMA Congress of Sports Medicine as well as with the organizers of other international scientific events sponsored by EFSMA, to be involved into educational activities.

Current President of EFSMA is the Italian Maurizio Casasco MD, first elected in November 2017 and confirmed once more in May 2022.

	President: Prof. Maurizio Casasco, MD President of the Italian Federation of Sports Medicine Office: FMSI Viale Tiziano, 70 00196 Rome ITALY Tel: +39-06 8797 4905 E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Past President: Dr André Debruyne, MD President of the Flemish Society of Sports Medicine Office: Kiewitstraat 141 3500 Hasselt BELGIUM Tel: +32 11 265100 Fax: +32 11 265101 E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
	Honorary President: Prof. Norbert Bachl, MD Full Professor of Sports and Exercise Physiology Dean of the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences Head of the Institute of Sport Sciences Office: Institute of Sports Science University of Wien Department of Sports and Exercise Physiology Auf der Schmelz 6 A - 1150 Wien AUSTRIA Tel: +431 4277 48870 Fax: +431 4277 48879 E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	1st Vice-President: Anna Jegier, MD, Ph.D. Full Professor of Medicine Past President of Polish Society of Sports Medicine Office: Department of Sports Medicine Medical University of Lodz 251 Pomorska Street 92-213 Lodz POLAND Tel: +48 606 246 381 Fax: +48 426757591 E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
	2nd Vice-President: Professor Peter H. Schober, MD Vice President of the Austrian Society of Sports Medicine and Prevention Medical University of Graz Department of Pediatric Surgery Head of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Office: Division of Sports Medicine Auenbruggerplatz 34 A-8036 Graz AUSTRIA Tel: +43 316 / 385 – 14125 Fax: +43 316 / 385 – 17504 E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Secretary General: Prof. Anca Ionescu, MD, Ph.D. Professor at the University of Medicine “Carol Davila” Head of the Sports Medicine Department President of the Romanian Society of Sports Medicine Bucharest ROMANIA Tel: +40 752262756 Fax: +40 21 318 47 15 E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
	Treasurer Prof. Pedro Manonelles Marqueta, MD Associate Professor Past President of the Spanish Federation of Sports Medicine Director of Archives of Sports Medicine Journal Chair Professor in Sports Medicine. Office: San Antonio Catholic University of Murcia Avda. de Movera nº 420-14 50194 – Zaragoza SPAIN Tel: +34 976 237129 E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Elected EFSMA Members
	Ms Theodora Papadopoulou, MD BSc (Sports), PGDip (SEM), MSc (Sp. Injuries), PhD Consultant Sport & Exercise Medicine Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon Executive Board Director BASEM British Association Sport and Exercise Medicine Secretary Development Commission FIMS Office : Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre, Stanford Hall, Loughborough, LE12 5B, United Kingdom E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Twitter: Dora_Sportmed Mobile: +44(0)7554530172	Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Reer Universität Hamburg Fakultät für Psychologie & Bewegungswissenschaft Stellvertretender Sprecher, Institut für Bewegungswissenschaft Leiter, Arbeitsbereich Sport- und Bewegungsmedizin Turmweg 2, 20148 Hamburg Tel: (040)42838-6339 Fax: (040) 42731-2925 E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
	Prof. Dr. Sandra Rozenštoka President of the Latvian Sports medicine association Brivibas street 363, Riga, LV-1024 Tel: +371 26557425 E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Dr. Kirill Micallef-Stafrace, MD MD(Melit.), MSc SportsMed., FRCP(Edin.), FFSEM(UK), FFSEM(Ireland), MSK Ultrasound(UEL), EFSM(EU), FFIMS(Inter.) Consultant Sports and Exercise Medicine President of the Maltese Association of Sports and Exercise Medicine Medical Director Malta Football Association Senior Lecturer University of Malta Tel. +35679528778 E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
	Prof. Dr. Bülent Ülkar Ankara University Faculty of Medicine Sports Medicine Department Dikimevi, Ankara, TURKEY Tel: +90 532 5695741 E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	FIMS President Prof. Fabio Pigozzi, MD Dean Full Professor of Internal Medicine Head of the Internal Medicine Unit Department of Health Sciences Office: University of Rome "Foro Italico" Piazza Lauro de Bosis, 15, 00135, Rome ITALY Tel: +39 06 36733 569/296 Fax: +39 06 3613065 E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SCIENTIFIC AND EDUCATION COMMISSION
	Chairman of the Scientific and Education Commission: Prof. Yannis Pitsiladis, MMedSci., PhD, FACSM Professor of Sport and Exercise Science School of Sport and Health Sciences University of Brighton Welkin House 30 Carlisle Road Eastbourne BN20 7SN (United Kingdom) E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Website: https://research.brighton.ac.uk/en/persons/yannis-pitsiladis