In April 2007, the ESH Scientific Council has approved 65 centers in the first round of applicants, representing 13 European countries. The list of ESH Hypertension Excellence Centers was published in the journals endorsed by the ESH (Journal of Hypertension and Blood Pressure) and displayed on the ESH Website (www.eshonline.org). Official certificates were handed to the heads of these centers during the 17th European Meeting on Hypertension in Milan. New applications to become a Centre of Excellence received before December 31, 2007, were evaluated by the ESH Scientific Council in March 2008. Twenty two new centers from 14 countries were approved (see the list below). Heads of the ESH Centers of Excellence will be invited to a special workshop during the 2009 ESH Meeting in Milan.
List of new (March 2008) ESH Hypertension Excellence Centers
BELGIUM
Robert H Fagard
Division of Hypertension and Cardiovascular Rehabilitation
Mailing Address: University Hospital Gasthuisberg, University of Leuven KULeuven, Herestraat 49, B3000 Leuven, Belgium
Ronald Daelemans
Zna Ziekenhuis Netwerk Antwerpen
Dept. Nephrology‐hypertension
Mailing address: Lange beeldekensstraat 267, 2060 Antwerp, Belgium
Jean‐Marie H. Krzesinski
Centre Universitaire d'approche diagnostique et thérapeutique de l'hypertension artérielle CHU de Liège
Mailing Address: Nephrology department B35, tour 1, 6th floor, CHU LIEGE, 4000 Liège Sart Tilman, Belgium
Luc M. Van Bortel
UZ Gent Hypertension Excellence Centre
Mailing Address: Ghent University, De Pintelaan 185, B‐9000 Gent, Belgium
Philippe van de Borne
Hypertension Clinic
Mailing Address: Department Of Cardiology, Erasme Hospital 808 Lennik Road, 1070 Brussels, Belgium
Patricia Van der Niepen
Department of Nephrology and Hypertension
Mailing Address: Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (VUB), Laarbeeklaan 101, B‐1090 Brussels, Belgium
Alexandre Persu
Hypertension Clinic, Cardiology Department
Mailing Address: Cliniques Universitaires Saint‐Luc (ucl), 10 Avenue Hippocrate, 1200 Brussels, Belgium
FINLAND
Antti M Jula
Ilkka M Kantola
Turku Hypertension Center
Department of Health and Functional Capacity, National Public Health Institute Department of Medicine, Turku University Hospital
Mailing Address: Department of Medicine, Turku University Hospital, Kiinamyllynkatu 4–8, FI‐20520 Turku, Finland.
[email protected]; [email protected]
Ilkka Tikkanen
Helsinki Hypertension Centre of Excellence
Mailing Address: Head of the Hypertension Centre, Department of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital, P.O.Box 340/Haartmaninkatu 4, FIN‐00029 HUS, Helsinki, Finland
FRANCE
Bernard Vaïsse
Service de Rythmologie et d'Hypertension, Pole cardiovasculaire et thoracique
Mailing Address: CHU TIMONE MARSEILLE, 264 rue Saint Pierre, 13385 MARSEILLE CEDEX 5, France
GERMANY
Lars Christian Rump
Klinik für Nephrologie, Universitätsklinikum der Heinrich‐Heine‐Universität Düsseldorf
Mailing Address: Klinik für Nephrologie, Universitätsklinikum der Heinrich‐Heine‐Universität Düsseldorf, Moorenstr. 5, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
[email protected]üsseldorf.de
GREECE
Apostolos D Achimastos
George S Stergiou
HYPERTENSION CENTER – STRIDE HELLAS 7
Mailing Address: Third University Department of Medicine, Sotiria Hospital 152 Mesogion Avenue, Athens 11527, Greece
HUNGARY
Dénes Páll
First Department of Medicine, Medical and Health Science Centre, University of Debrecen
Mailing address: Nagyerdei krt. 98. Debrecen, H‐4032, POB.: 19, Hungary
IRELAND
Eoin O'Brien
Blood Pressure Unit, St. Michael's Hospital, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin (Affiliate if St. Vincent's University Teaching Hospital)
Mailing Address: Blood Pressure Unit, St. Michael's Hospital, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin
LEBANON
Adel E. Berbari
American University Medical Center
Hypertension/Vascular Medicine Division
Mailing Address: American University Medical Center PO BOX: 113–6044, Hamra 110, 32090 Beirut, Lebanon
ROMANIA
Maria Dorobantu
Department of Cardiology and Internal Medicine, Emergency Clinical Hospital of Bucharest
Mailing Address: Floreasca Street 8, 014461 Bucharest, Romania
RUSSIA
Eugene V. Shlyakhto
Almazov Federal Center of Heart, Blood, and Endocrinology
Mailing Address: Almazov Federal Heart, Blood and Endocrinology Centre, Akkuratova str. 2, 197341 St. Petersburg, Russia
SLOVAK REPUBLIC
Igor Riecansky
National Centre of Hypertension
Mailing Address: Dept. of Cardiology, National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases Pod Krasnou horkou, 1833 48 Bratislava 37, Slovakia
SLOVENIA
Rok Accetto
University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Department of Hypertension, Dr. Peter Drzaj Hospital
Mailing Address: Vodnikova 62, SI‐1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
SWEDEN
Thomas Kahan
Unit of Hypertension and Hyperlipidemia, Department of Cardiology, Danderyd University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Mailing Address: Unit of Hypertension and Hyperlipidemia, Department of Cardiology, Danderyd University Hospital, S‐182 88 Stockholm, Sweden
SWITZERLAND
T. F. Lüscher
Cardiovascular Center, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Zurich
Mailing Address: UniversityHospital Zurich, Raemistrasse 100, CH‐8091 Zurich
UNITED KINGDOM
Francesco P Cappuccio
Centre for Hypertension & Cardio‐Metabolic Research, University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire – Warwick Medical School
Mailing Address: Clinical Sciences Building, UHCW Campus, Clifford Bridge Road, Coventry CV2 2DX