Scientific Advisory Committee

IMPROVE is governed by an advisory committee comprised of leading physicians representing 10 countries.

Advisory Committee Co-Chairs

Hervé Decousus, MD
Saint-Etienne, Cedex 2
France

Victor Tapson, MD
Durham, NC
United States

Study Coordinating Center Director

Fred Anderson, PhD
Worcester, MA
United States

Advisory Committee Members

Fred Anderson, PhD
Worcester, MA
United States

Jean François Bergmann, MD
Paris,
France

Beng Chong, MD, PhD
Kogarah, NSW
Australia

Hervé Decousus, MD
Saint-Etienne, Cedex 2
France

James Froehlich, MD MPH
Ann Arbor,
United States

Ajay Kakkar, MD PhD
London,
United Kingdom

Geno Merli, MD
Philadelphia, PA
United States

Manuel Monreal, MD
Badalona,
Spain

Mashio Nakamura, MD
Tsu,
Japan

Ricardo Pavanello, MD
São Paulo, SP
Brazil

Mario Pini, MD
Fidenza, PR
Italy

Franco Piovella, MD
Pavia, PV
Italy

Frederick Spencer, MD
Hamilton, Ontario
Canada

Alex Spyropoulos, MD
Albuquerque, NM
United States

Victor Tapson, MD
Durham, NC
United States

Alexander Turpie, MD
Hamilton, Ontario
Canada

Rainer Zotz, MD
Düsseldorf, NRW
Germany