
Commissions
MEDICAL COMMISSION
President: Prof. A. Razumov (see vice-presidents)
SUBCOMMISSION OF TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE
President: Prof. Marco Vitale (Italy)
Chair, Dept. of Biomedical, Biotechnological and Translational Sciences (S.Bi.Bi.T.) – University of Parma Medical School (Italy)
Adj. Prof. of Internal Medicine – University of Maryland, Baltimore MD, USA
e-mail:marco.vitale@unipr.it
SUBCOMMISSION OF INTEGRATED THERMAL MEDICINE
President: Prof. Erus Sangiorgi (Italy)
erus.sangiorgi@gmail.com
Prof.Cristiano Crotti (Italy)
crcrott@tin.it
SUBCOMMISSION OF COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE
President: Prof. E. Minelli (Italy)
minwhomi@ngi.it
SUBCOMMISSION OF PHYSICAL REHABILITATION AND SPORT
President: Pr. Stefano Masiero (Italy)
Director of the Postgraduate medical school of rehabilitation
University of Padua
stef.masiero@unipd.it
Dr. Giorgio D’Alessandro (Switzerland)
M.D. Physiatry
dr.giorgiodalessandro@gmail.com
SUBCOMMISSION OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
President: Prof. Zeki Karagulle (Turkey)
mzkaragulle@tnn.net
Dr. Antonella Fioravanti (Italy)
Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese – Rheumatology Unit – Siena
fioravanti7@virgilio.it
SUBCOMMISSION OF ART-THERAPY AND ANTHROPOLOGY OF MEDICINE
President: Prof Georghi Gigineishvili (Russia, Georgia)
International Center of Art-Therapy
profgrg@mail.ru
Prof. Massimo Aliverti (Italy)
Hystory of Medicine – State University of Milan
massimoaliverti@tiscali.it
EXERCISE SCIENCES, WELLNESS & LIFE STYLES COMMISSION
President: Prof. Fabio Esposito (Italy)
Dean of the School of Exercise Sciences
University of Milan
fabio.esposito@unimi.it
Prof. Gleb Baraschov (Russia)
Senior Researcher, National Russian Center for Balneology and Rehabilitation, Ministry of Health – Moscow
glebarra@gmail.com
Dr. Surdu Traian Virgiliu (Romania)
Head of Study Faculty of Medicine Ovidius – University Constanta
Physician RPM and Balneology Balneal and Rehabilitation Sanatorium of Techirghiol, Constanta County (www.sbtghiol.ro)
traian@surdu.ro
TOURISM & HEALTH COMMISSION
President: Prof. Igor V. Zorin (Russia)
President of the Russian International Academy for Tourism Moscow
prezident-rmat@yandex.ru
www.rmat.ru
VicePresident: Prof. Alceste Santuari (Italy)
Prof of Law of Services of General Interest, Health and Social Care services – Health SPAs Non Profit Organisations – Health Tourism, University of Bologna (Italy)
Phone: +393357875591
email: alceste.posta@gmail.com
Prof.a Florana Menendez (Cuba)
Expert – Ministry of Health
CEO Solymed Travel – Wellness and Health Time (solymed@gmail.com)
Phone:+39 347 607 9123
Off.:+39 392 387 9504
floranamenendez.femtec@yahoo.com
Prof. João Viegas Fernandes (Portugal)
President of Health and Wellness Tourism Portuguese Association
healthwellnesstourism.pt.assoc@gmail.com
Laszlo Puczko PhD (Austria)
CEO & Co-founder ”Health Tourism Worldwide”
Mob +36 20 398 75 62
laszlo@htww.life
www.htww.life
HEALTH & GENDER EQUALITY COMMISSION
Prof.a Florana Menendez (Cuba)
Expert – Ministry of Health
CEO Solymed Travel – Wellness and Health Time (solymed@gmail.com)
Phone:+39 347 607 9123
Off.:+39 392 387 9504
floranamenendez.femtec@yahoo.com
Dr. Elvira Marasco (Italy)
President of Italian Women20
Dr. Margherita Franzoni (Italy)
AIDDA Lombardia Italia (Women Entrepreneurs Association)
Dr. Maria Generosa Souto Figueroa (Spain)
Susana Sanchez (France)
JournalistDr. Mujdaba Sibel (Romania)
Senior Physician of Techirghiol Balneal and Rehabilitation Sanatorium (TBRS), RomaniaDR. Tucmeanu Alin-Iulian (Romania)
Techirghiol Balneal and Rehabilitation Sanatorium (TBRS)
Dr. Traian-Virgiliu Surdu (Romania)
Head of Study Faculty of Medicine Ovidius – University Constanta
Physician RPM and Balneology Balneal and Rehabilitation Sanatorium of Techirghiol, Constanta County (www.sbtghiol.ro)
traian@surdu.ro
Dr. Roxana-Elena Tucmeanu (Romania)
Manager of Techirghiol Balneal and Rehabilitation Sanatorium (TBRS),
Lecturer at Ovidius University of Constanta, Faculty of Medicine (OUC FM);
Dr. Sholpan Ospanova (Kazakhstan)
Director of Quality – National Center for Child Rehabilitation, PhD, MBA, MD
sholpan.ospanova66@mail.ru
LONGEVITY & VITALITY MEDICAL SCIENCE COMMISSION
President: Prof. Francesco Marotta (Italy)
Lecturer, Harvard University, Nutrigenomics & Aging, Boston
Intern. Advisory Board, Nazarbayev University & Health Ministry, Kazahkstan
Sci. Director & CMO Preventive Medical Promotion Found., Beijing, China
External Examiner for PhDs at McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Phone: +39-3929165625 – Mail: fmarchimede@libero.it
TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION COMMISSION
President: Prof. Francesco Sicurello (Italy)
CNR – Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
francesco.sicurello@itb.cnr.it
Prof. Massimo Boaron (Malta)
Engineer – Emerging Technologies, Web Applications and New Media
info@eteam-ltd.com
www.eteam-ltd.com
TEACHING & TRAINING COMMISSION
President: prof. Fausto Bonsignori (Italy)
State University of Pisa
fa.bo@virgilio.it
Dr. Ludmil Kovachev (Bulgaria)
Executive Director of ITPIO (Institute for Training of Personnel in International Organizations)
lkovachev@itpio.eu
Prof. Mine Karagülle (Turkey)
University Of Istambul, Department of Medical Ecology and Hydroclimatology
mkgulle@istanbul.edu.tr
SPA MANAGEMENT & MARKETING COMMISSION
President: Dr. Thierry Dubois (France)
President of the European Spa Association (ESPA)
t.j.dubois3@gmail.com
Nicola Angelo Fortunati (Italy)
General Director Terme e Spa “Italian Hospitality Collection”
nicola.fortunati@ihchotels.it
CUSTOMER CARE COMMISSION
Coordinator: Prof. Alceste Santuari (Italy)
Prof of Law of Services of General Interest, Health and Social Care services – Health SPAs Non Profit Organisations – Health Tourism, University of Bologna (Italy)
Phone: +393357875591
email: alceste.posta@gmail.com
Coordinator: Dr. Natalia Chaurskaya (Russia)
Spa Management Chair, International Russian Academy for Tourism Moscow
www.rmat.ru
natmo@mail.ru
STRATEGIC CONCEPT AND PLANNING COMMISSION
Coordinator: Dr. Alessandro Perra (Italy)
e-mail: a.perra@guna.it
Dr. Marie Cath. Tallot Ruscade (France)
e-mail: amisduthermalisme@gmail.com
Dr. Marcus Coplin (USA)
Balneological Association of North America (BANA)
e-mail: drmarcuscoplin@gmail.com
BALNEOTECHNIC-ENGINEERING COMMISSION
President: Eng. G. Gurnari (San Marino)
Phone: +378- 0549- 909778
Fax: +378- 0549- 972180
e-mail: info@benaquam.com
Eng. Heinrich Unbescheiden (Germany)
e-mail: heinrich.unbescheiden@unbescheiden.com
www.unbescheiden,com
HUMAN BIOMETEOROLOGY AND BIOCLIMATOLOGY COMMISSION
President: Prof. Dr. Andreas Matzarakis
Zentrum für Medizin-Meteorologische Forschung
Deutscher Wetterdienst
Email: andreas.matzarakis@dwd.de
www.dwd.de
Dr. Vincenzo Condemi (Italy)
Department of Biomedical Sciences – Milan University
Phone: +39-02.50314650
vincenzo.condemi@unimi.it
Dr. Massimo Gestro(Italy)
M.D. Medical Hydrology
m.gestro@termedilurisia.it
Tourism & Health Commission
Medical SPAs & Health Tourism: legal and economic aspect
Prof. Alceste Santuari – April 2015 Hammamet – Tunisia
Tourism Strategies
Opportunities for the SPA industry
Prof. Alceste Santuari
International Congress Health and Wellness Tourism 2020
The 2011/24/EU Directive
Cross border health care and SPAs = SLIDES – SUMMARY
Prof. Alceste Santuari
VII Congresso Mundial da Sociedade Portuguesa de Hidrologia M�dica (SPHM) – Porto 2014
The European Union Directive
on the Application of Patients’ Rights in Cross-Border Healthcare
Prof. Alceste Santuari
Cross-border healthcare: the ECJ �Petru� case C-268/13
Prof. Alceste Santuari
Health and Wellness Tourism – BOOKS
Prof. Jo�o Viegas Fernandes
Technical Commission
Smart Media e Social Networks in Sanit�
Fisica e Informatica in Medicina
Scientific Research Commission
Organizations and Contacts
International Office Affairs Commission
Organizations and Contacts
Members with relevant contacts can be found at the Board and Staff page.