The Erasmus Course on Magnetic Resonance Imaging provides education to European radiologists and medical practitioners who wish to use magnetic resonance imaging.
The course was founded in Brussels by Prof. Michel Osteaux in 1991.
EMRI FACULTY
The Erasmus Society is established in Vienna with Vereinsnumber ZVR 034846925.
In the General Assembly meeting in Vienna, March 7 2009 the statutes were accepted unanimously.
The President of the Erasmus Society is Prof. Dr. Herwig Imhof (Vienna, e-mail: osteo-mr@meduniwien.ac.at);
Vice-President Prof. Dr. Hans Bloem (Leiden, e-mail: J.L.Bloem@lumc.nl);
Treasurer: Jan Casselman (Brugge, e-mail: Jan.Casselman@azbrugge.be);
Secretaries: Frederik Barkhof (Amsterdam, e-mail: f.barkhof@vumc.nl); Maryam Shahabpour (Brussels, e-mail: Maryam.Shahabpour@uzbrussel.be);
Counsellors: A.Mark Davies (Birmingham, e-mail: Wendy.Turner@roh.nhs.uk), Paul Parizel (Antwerp, e-mail: paul.parizel@uza.be).
Together they represent the Board of the Erasmus-Society
All terms end after three years (2009 – 2012).
All coordinators of modules and each organizer of a course is a member of the Erasmus Society (automatically).
The EMRI-organisation is led by the EMRI Faculty, which is constituted by the module coordinators and the Faculty Board, the Executive Board takes care of the daily management.
The General Assembly is composed by every EMRI-teacher who has organised a module.
Members are :
for the Basic MRI Physics-module :
J.D. de Certaines (Rennes), T.A. Carpenter (Cambridge), R.A. Lerski (Dundee), R. Luypaert (Brussels), P. Van Hecke (Leuven), A. Materka (Lodz), A. Santos (Madrid)
for the Angiography, Cardiovascular MRI and Interventional applications-module :
A. de Roos (Leiden), C. Loewe (Vienna)
for the Osteo-articular MRI-module :
J.L. Bloem (Leiden), S. Belan (Bratislava), A.M. Davies (Birmingham), H. Imhof (Vienna), F. Kainberger (Vienna), M. Shahabpour (Brussels), E. Llopis San Juan (Valencia)
for the Abdominal MRI-module :
C. Bartolozzi (Pisa), J.C. Kurdziel (Luxembourg), B. Marincek (Zurich), B. Op de Beeck (Antwerp), R. Pozzi-Mucelli (Verona), Th. Helmberger (Munich), C. Faletti (Torino)
for the Head and Neck MRI-module :
J. Casselman (Bruges), H. Imhof (Vienna), M. Lemort (Brussels), S. Louryan (Brussels), A. Borges (Lissabon)
for the Breast MRI-module:
T. Stadnik (Brussels), C. Boetes (Nijmegen), B. Boné (Stockholm), M. Sentis (Barcelona), C. Boetes (Nijmegen), Chr. Czerny (Vienna)
for the Central Nervous System I-module :
G. Wilms (Leuven), F. Barkhof (Amsterdam), R. von Kummer (Dresden), T. Yousri (London), A. Drevelegas (Thessaloniki)
for the Central Nervous System II-module :
P.M. Parizel (Antwerp), G. Pellicano (Firenze), U. Salvolini (Ancona), D. Balériaux (Brussels), K. Karlinger (Budapest).
According to the statutes the Board together with the Module-Moderators advise about the general management and policy of EMRI.
Members of the EMRI Faculty Board (Module-Moderators) are:
D. Balériaux (Brussels), C. Bartolozzi (Pisa), JL Bloem (Leiden), J. Casselman (Bruges), M. Davies (Birmingham), A. de Roos (Leiden), H. Imhof (Vienna), R. Luypaert (Brussels), P. Parizel (Antwerp), M. Shahabpour (Brussels), G. Wilms (Leuven) and T. Stadnik (Brussels)
Honorary Member of the Board: P. Beeckman (Brussels)
Associated universities or hospitals: Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Rijksuniversiteit Leiden, Universidade de Coimbra, Universidade de Lisboa, Università degli studi di Ancona, Università degli studi di Firenze, Università degli studi di Pisa, Universitaire Instelling Antwerpen, Med. Universität Wien, Universität Zürich, Université de Rennes, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Université Louis Pasteur Strasbourg, University of Cambridge, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, University of Birmingham, University of Dundee, University of Stockholm, University of Barcelona, Universiteit Maastricht, Université Toulouse, Technischen Universität Dresden, Semmelweis University Budapest.