Meet the renewed FRT Scientific Board !
The Fondation René Touraine works through a Scientific Board integrating high-profile European dermatologists. This Board oversees the development of 3 Scientific Committees, which steer the Fondation René Touraine’s main 3 networking activities : Genodermatoses Network, Psoriasis International Network and e-Dermatology Portal.
In June 2014, the Scientific Board was renewed and reshaped. It is composed of an Executive Committee (comprising a President, President-elect, Generaly Secretary and Past President) and the coordinators of each Scientific Committee. These Committes are also composed of international experts whose expertise is useful to the development of the committees’ acitvities.
The present composition of the FRT Scientific Board is as follows.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
- PRESIDENT : Prof.Dr.med.Dr.h.c.Thomas Luger, Chair of Department of Dermatology, University of Münster, Germany
- PRESIDENT-ELECT : Luis Puig, MD, PhD, Department of Dermatology, Hospital de la Sanat Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
- GENERAL SECRETARY : Prof. Dr. med. Gerhard Tappeiner, Department of Dermatology, University of Vienna, Austria
- PAST-PRESIDENT : Prof. Irene M Leigh OBE, DSc, FRCP,FRSE,FMed Sci, Department of Dermatology , University of Dundee, Scotland, UK
COORDINATORS OF PSORIASIS INTERNATIONAL NETWORK SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
- PRESIDENT : Dr Luigi Naldi , Director of Centro Studi GISED, Fondazione per la Ricerca Ospedale Maggiore, Bergame, Italy
- PRESIDENT-ELECT : Prof. Jo LAMBERT, Chair Department of Dermatology, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium
- PAST-PRESIDENT : Prof. Carle Paul, Chair of Department of Dermatology, Paul Sabatier University, CHU Larrey, Toulouse, France
COORDINATORS OF GENODERMATOSES SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
- PRESIDENT : Prof. Christine Bodemer, Chair of Department of Dermatology, Necker Children Hospital, Paris 15, France
- PRESIDENT-ELECT : Dr. Maya El-Hachem, Head of the Dermatology Unit, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesu, Rome, Italy
Coordinator of the Referent Center and Case Manager for Rare Skin Diseases, President of the Italian Society of Pediatric Dermatology
- PAST-PRESIDENT : Prof. Dr. Johann Bauer, Department of Dermatology, Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
COORDINATORS OF E-DERMATOLOGY PORTAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
- PRESIDENT : Prof. Paulo Filipe, Clinica Dermatologica Universitaria de Lisboa, Hospital Santa Maria, Lisbon, Portugal
- PRESIDENT-ELECT : Prof. Menno de Rie, MD, PhD, Department of Dermatology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- PAST-PRESIDENT : Prof. Selim Aractingi, MD, PhD, Department of Dermatology, CHU Cochin, Paris 14, France
