The International Susac syndrome Consortium Steering Committee
Guiding our consortium toward tomorrow's breakthroughs, the Steering Committee sets the strategic course that turns shared expertise into lasting impact.
Meet the Steering Committee
Prof. dr. Barbara Willekens, MD, PhD
Neurologist
Department of Neurology, UNiCA, Antwerp University Hospital (UZA), Antwerp, Belgium
Clinical and research focus on neuroinflammatory disorders of the central nervous system
Biomarkers, cohorts and clinical trials, immunotherapies
PD Dr. rer. nat. habil. Catharina C. Gross
Neuroimmuologist & Work Group Leader Scientific Head, QM & IVDR-representative
CSF- and Laboratory Diagnostics Neurology, Depart-ment of Neurology, University Hospital Münster (UKM), Germany
Research focus on the role of Immunoregulatory Networks in Multiple Sclerosis and rare neuroimmunological disorders including Susac syndrome
PD Dr. Ilka Kleffner, MD
Neurologist
University Hospital Knappschaftskrankenhaus Bochum, Germany
Dedicated to Susac syndrome since 2005
Cofounder of EUSAC e.V.
Prof. Todd Hardy, MD
Neurologist
MS and Neuroimmunology Clinics at Concord Hospital, Sydney, Australia
Clinical Professor in Medicine at the University of Sydney
Established and leads the Australian Susac's Syndrome Database (SuSAD)
Mariano Marrodan, MD, MSc
Neurologist
Fleni, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Leads the Latin American Susac syndrome database
Adi Wilf-Yarkoni, MD, MSc
Neurologist
Deputy Director, Department of Neurology
Head, Multiple Sclerosis Clinic
Rabin Medical Center, Israel
Prof. dr. Karim Sacré, MD
Physician-scientist
Professor of Internal Medicine at Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France
Established and leads French prospective study on phenotypic and etiological characterization of Susac syndrome