The Board
The board is the public face of the foundation. It manages the foundation’s assets and decides how its funds should be used. In addition the board supervises the management. The board members are to fulfil the funding donors’ wishes as effectively as possible in accordance with the charter. The German Liver Foundation’s board members are:
Professor Dr. med. Michael Peter Manns
(Chairman)
Professor Dr. med. Stefan Zeuzem
(Deputy Chairman)
Professor Dr. med. Ulrike Protzer
Professor Dr. med. Christoph Sarrazin
Professor Dr. med. Peter Schirmacher
The Foundation Board
The Foundation Board counsels, supports and supervises the Board of Directors within the framework of the foundation’s charter. Its duties include the appointing and dismissing of board members and signing off on the accounts. The Foundation Board is entitled to submit proposals concerning the use of the foundation’s resources to the Board of Directors as long as they comply with the charter. In its capacity as advisor, the Foundation Board supports the Board of Directors in fulfilling the purpose of the foundation, especially as regards matters of principle, and guidelines for the foundation’s work. In doing so it is intended to help intensify the exchange of ideas and experiences between all medical disciplines with a connection to liver disease, as well as between civil and political groups, and drive public awareness about the necessity of research efforts and the improvement of possible treatments for liver disease. The members of the German Liver Foundation’s Foundation Board are:
Prof. Dr. med. Thomas Mertens (Chairman)
Gesellschaft für Virologie e.V.
(Society for Virology)
Dr. med. Peter Buggisch (Deputy Chairman)
Berufsverband Niedergelassener Gastroenterologen Deutschlands (bng) e.V.
(Association of German Gastroenterologists in Private Practice)
Wilhelm Grans
Deutsche Leberhilfe e. V.
(German Liver Help Association)
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Graf
Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt a. M.
(Frankfurt am Main University Hospital)
Prof. Dr. med. Markus Cornberg
Hep-Net e. V.
Prof. Dr. Dipl.-Volksw. Frank Lammert
Medizinische Hochschule Hannover
Prof. Dr. med. Thomas Berg
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gastroenterologie, Verdauungs- und Stoffwechselkrankheiten (DGVS) e. V.
(German Society of Digestive and Metabolic Diseases)
Jörg Maas
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Pathologie (DGP) e.V.
(German Society of Pathology )
Prof. Dr. med. Elke Roeb (Chairman for the German Liver Foundation’s Board of Trustees)
Deutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft zum Studium der Leber e.V.
(German Association for the Study of the Liver (GASL))
Egbert Trowe (Deputy Chairman for the German Liver Foundation’s Board of Trustees)
Lebertransplantierte Deutschland e. V.
(Self-help group for liver transplant recipients)
Board of Trustees
All founding donors have a place on the Board of Trustees, even if they are a member of a different committee. The Board of Trustees counsels and supports the Foundation Board. The specialist and social groups represented in the Board of Trustees are there to promote the foundation’s aims by exchanging ideas covering a range of fields and interests, and strengthening public knowledge about the wide range of liver diseases and the corresponding need for research to improve recovery rates. The Board of Trustees further supports the Foundation’s work by bringing them into contact with possible future donors. The members of the German Liver Foundation’s Board of Trustees are:
Prof. Dr. med. Elke Roeb (Chairman)
Deutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft zum Studium der Leber e.V.
(German Association for the Study of the Liver (GASL))
Egbert Trowe (Deputy Chairman)
Lebertransplantierte Deutschland e. V.
(Self-help group for liver transplant recipients)
Wilhelm Grans
Deutsche Leberhilfe e. V.
(German Liver Help Association)
Prof. Dr. Dipl.-Volksw. Frank Lammert
Medizinische Hochschule Hannover
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Graf
Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt a. M.
(Frankfurt am Main University Hospital)
Prof Dr. Markus Cornberg
Hep-Net e. V.
Prof. Dr. Thomas Berg
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gastroenterologie, Verdauungs- und Stoffwechselkrankheiten (DGVS) e. V.
(German Society of Digestive and Metabolic Diseases)
Dr. Peter Buggisch
Berufsverband Niedergelassener Gastroenterologen Deutschlands (bng) e.V.
(Association of German Gastroenterologists in Private Practice)
Jörg Maas
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Pathologie (DGP) e.V.
(German Society of Pathology)
Priv. Doz. Dr. Dr. Christoph Dietrich
Gastro-Liga e.V.
Prof. Dr. Claus Niederau
Prof. Dr. Michael P. Manns
Prof. Dr. Michael Roggendorf
Dr. Carsten Holland
AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
Mehrdad Doustdar
Essex Pharma GmbH/MSD SHARP & DOHME GmbH
Dr. Susanne Spießl
Gilead Sciences GmbH
Marita Jörn
Novartis Pharma GmbH
Dr. Ulrich Alshuth
Roche Pharma AG
GlaxoSmithKline GmbH & Co. KG
(suspended membership)