
The ESPN Council comprises the President, the Assistant President, the Treasurer and 8 ordinary councillors, who between them are responsible for the various Council portfolios as listed below.
Ordinary councillors serve a 3-year, non-renewable term. Vacancies are announced via ESPN member communications. Candidates must have the written support of two ESPN members. ESPN members vote to select their preferred candidates according to the number of vacancies. In the interests of broad representation on Council, where there is more than one candidate from the same country, only the top-ranked candidate can be appointed to Council.

Prof. Dieter Haffner – ESPN President
Hannover Medical School, Hannover. Germany
Conflict of interest
Year of appointment: 2022

Prof. Francesco Emma – ESPN Assistant President
Conflict of interest
Year of appointment: 2022

Prof. Jun Oh – ESPN Treasurer
Conflict of Interest
Year of appointment: 2019

Rute Baeta Baptista
Ex-officio member

Karolis Azukaitis
Council Member
Vilnius University Faculty of Medicine
Year of appointment: 2023

Ayşe Balat
Council Member
Gaziantep University, Medical Faculty, Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Gaziantep, Turkiye
Year of appointment: 2023

Umut Selda Bayrakci
Council Member
Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Turkiye
Year of appointment: 2024
Conflict of Interest

Arend Bökenkamp
Council Member
Emma Children’s Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Center
Year of appointment: 2023

Leire Madariaga
Council Member
Cruces University Hospital, Spain
Year of appointment: 2024

Matko Marlais
Council Member
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
Year of appointment: 2023

Lars Pape
Council Member
University Hospital of Essen, Germany
Year of appointment: 2024

Malgorzata Mizerska-Wasiak
Council Member
Department of Pediatrics and Nephrology, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
Year of appointment: 2023
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- Dieter Haffner
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- Francesco Emma
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- Jun Oh
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- Rute Baeta Baptista
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- Karolis Azukaitis
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- Ayşe Balat
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- Umut Selda Bayrakci
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- Arend Bökenkamp
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- Leire Madariaga
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- Matko Marlais
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- Lars Pape
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- Malgorzata Mizerska-Wasiak