BOARD & COMMITTEES
EAPCCT is administered by the Board which is elected by the Members every two years. The Board is composed of the Executive (President, President-Elect, Past-President, General Secretary and Treasurer) and nine members. The Board are responsible to the EAPCCT General Assembly.
Board
The Scientific and Meetings Committee (SMC) are responsible to the Board and General Assembly for organising the content of the Annual EAPCCT Congress.
Scientific and Meetings Committee
The nominations committee are responsible for overseeing the process for nominaton of candidates for each of the Board and Executive positions for the elections every two years. They will see nominations from EAPCCT Members at least three months before the General Assembly.
Nomination Committee
Fellowship of the EAPCCT is a discretionary award conferred on EAPCCT Members who have demonstrated distinction in and commitment to Clinical Toxicology and/or to Poisons Centres and who have made significant contributions to the work of the Association, its sister organisations and/or its sponsored journal, Clinical Toxicology. Fellowship is an honorary award that does not carry specific benefits. The Fellows Committee oversee the implementation of the objectives of the Fellows Assembly, in particular the delivery of the Fellows Webinars and other outputs from the Fellows Fund.
Fellows Committee
The Communication committee aims to promote EAPCCT membership and congress attendance, and increase engagement of EAPCCT members with the Association. The committee announces and promotes events and activities of the EAPCCT and Clinical Toxicology at large through social media accounts and platforms (e.g., LinkedIn, Instagram, X, Threads, WhatsApp), preparation of educational and PR materials, and support in the publication of the EAPCCT Newsletter. The Committee participates in the operation and promotion of the society website and webinars.
Communication Committee
Paul Dargan (U.K.)
President
Clinical Toxicology Department
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, and King’s College London
London, UK
E-mail: president@eapcct.org
Mark Zammit (Malta)
President-Elect
Department for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Malta
Msida, Malta
Ana Ferrer Dufol (Spain)
Past-President
Unit of Clinical Toxicology
University Hospital
Zaragoza, Spain
Davide Lonati (Italy)
Treasurer
Poison Control Centre – National Toxicology Information Centre Clinical and Experimental Toxicology Laboratories
Clinical Toxicology Unit IRCCS Maugeri Pavia
Pavia, Italy
Email: treasurer@eapcct.org
Pardeep Jagpal (U.K.)
General Secretary
National Poisons Information Service (Birmingham Unit)
Birmingham, UK
Email: gs@eapcct.org
Ophir Lavon (Israel)
Board Member – 2nd Term
Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology Unit
Carmel Medical Centre
Haifa, Israel
Emilio Salgado (Spain)
Board Member – 2nd Term
Medical Toxicology Unit and Emergency Department
Hospital Clinic Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
Anna Celentano (Italy)
Board Member – 1st Term
Milan Poison Control Centre and Pharmacology Unit
Niguarda Hospital
Milan, Italy
Geoff Isbister (Australia)
Board Member – 1st Term
Department of Clinical Toxicology
Calvary Mater Hospital and University of Newcastle
Newcastle, Australia
Arjen Koppen (Netherlands)
Board Member – 1st Term
Dutch Poisons Information Centre
University Medical Centre Utrecht
Utrecht, Netherlands
Evangelia Liakoni (Switzerland)
Board Member – 1st Term
Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology,
Bern University Hospital
Bern, Switzerland
Bruno Megarbane (France)
Board Member – 1st Term
Department of Medical and Toxicological Critical Care
Lariboisiere Hospital and Paris Cité University,
Paris, France
Viorela Nitescu (Romania)
Board Member – 1st Term
Pediatric Poison Centre
Grigore Alexandrescu Emergency Clinical Hospital for Children
Bucharest, Romania
Raido Paasma (Estonia)
Board Member- 1st Term
Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care
Foundation Pärnu Hospital
Pärnu, Estonia
MEMBERS
Dr Maren Hermanns-Clausen
Chair
Freiburg, Germany
Dr David Wood
Vice Chair
London, UK
Dr Lotte Høgberg
Copenhagen, Denmark
Prof Bruno Megarbane
Paris, France
Dr Arjen Koppen
Utrecht, Netherlands
Dr Raido Paasma
Tallinn, Estonia
Prof Evangelia Liakoni
Bern, Switzerland
Dr Yvonne Lao
Oslo, Norway
Dr Colette Degrandi
Zurich, Switzerland
Prof Dirk Steinritz
Munich, Germany
Dr Kurt Anseeuw
Antwerp, Belgium
Dr Tara Arif
Vienna, Austria
Ex Officio
Prof Paul Dargan
President
London, UK
Assoc Prof Ana Ferrer Dufol
Past-President
Zaragoza, Spain
Mr Mark Zammit
President-Elect
Pieta, Malta
Dr Davide Lonati
Treasurer
Pavia, Italy
Mr Pardeep Jagpal
General Secretary
Birmingham, UK
Additional Members
Dr Roberta Badaras
Local Representative for Vilnius 2026
Vilnius, Lithuania
Ms Nicola Bates
Abstracts Editor
London, UK
Sister Society Representatives
Dr Jeanna Marraffa
AACT
Dr Ziad Kazzi
ACMT
Dr Alvin Bronstein
APC
Prof Geoff Isbister
APAMT
Dr Badria Alhtali
MENATOX
Ophir Lavon
Chair
Arjen Koppen
Alex Campbell
Anna Celentano
Pardeep Jagpal
Katrin Faber
Piotr Kabata
Davide Lonati
Azzurra Schicchi
Eleri Thomas
Mark Zammit
The Fellows Committee consists of eight Fellows and the President ex officio (if a Fellow), who serve a term of two years but may be re-elected for one more term with the opportunity to be elected again for one more term after a break.
The members of the Committee are chosen in a ballot of Fellows with half of the Committee being elected or re-elected each year. The Officers (Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson and Secretary) of the Fellows Committee will be chosen by a ballot of members of the Fellows Committee.
A Fellows Assembly is held at each EAPCCT Congress and attended by Fellows who are in good standing at the time of the Assembly. The Fellows Assembly will agree the general policy to be enacted during the following year and the Fellows Committee will then be responsible for the realisation of these agreed objectives.
The Agenda for each Fellows Assembly will routinely include:
- Election of members to the Fellows Committee;
- Formal approval of the minutes of the previous Assembly, which will be sent to the EAPCCT Board for information and to be held in the EAPCCT records;
- The level of the annual contribution to the Fellows Fund;
- The use and distribution of the Fellows Fund.
The nominations committee consist of:
- The current President
- The President-Elect
- Two Past Presidents (one of whom will act as the Chairman)
One Active Member not standing for nomination to the Board