Elena is an adrenaline addict in love with the world of emergencies and a special passion for the humanity of family medicine; an inexhaustible defender of absolute justice and honesty.
Info
Liaisons and Leads can be contacted via the email addresses provided below.
SIG Leads
 Lead of SIG on Emergency Medicine: Elena Klusova (Spain)
E-mail: em.vdgm@gmail.com
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 Lead of SIG on Family Violence: Nina Monteiro (Portugal)
E-mail: vdgm.fv@gmail.com
Nina is a feminist, travel addict, amateur photographer, cat lover. |
  Co-Leads of SIG on Health Inequities: Yusi Mariani (Portugal) & Sara Rigon (Italy)
E-mail: equallydifferentvdgm@gmail.com
Yusi mixes an european mind with a very latin soul, enjoys photography and travelling and is deeply in love with her daughters; she is a passionate about Family Planning and Women Health Sara is a proud Family Doctor Without Borders, a passionate women and human rights activist who cherishes time spent with family and friends and loves going to the movies and any form of storytelling |
 Lead of SIG on Mental Health: Özden Gökdemir (Turkey)
E-mail: vdgm.mentalhealth@gmail.com
Özden is a passionate about HealthForAll and Health Education Plans, she works in Izmir with precious Faculty of Medicine students. |
 Lead of SIG on Migrant Care, International Health and Travel Medicine: Cristiano Figueiredo (Portugal)
E-mail: migrantcare.vdgm@gmail.com
Cristiano loves to cycle, travel and go on exchanges; he is a health innovator having started projects like Walk with a Doc Lisboa, Lisbon Social Prescribing Project and Bengalisboa Community Health Project. |
 Lead of SIG on Research: Vanja Lazić (Croatia)
E-mail: research.vdgm@gmail.com
Vanja is a trainee, PhD and masters student who spends all money on travelling with Fran Luka the two-year-old, wife Nika and miniature schnauzers Nox and Lun. |
 Lead of SIG on Wellbeing: Siamak Zahmat (The Netherlands)
E-mail: info+sigwellbeing@vdgm.eu |
  Lead of SIG on Workforce Migration: Alessio Platania (Italy) & Sonia Tsukagoshi (United Kingdom)
E-mail: workforce.vdgm@gmail.com
Alessio loves outdoors and exploring new places; he is an endlessly curious and always down to try something new. Sonia is a London GP, lecturer and researcher in Japan who plans entire day around her meals and loves to cook, eat and take photos. |
Liaisons
 Liaison to ASPIRE: Maria João Nobre (Portugal)
E-mail: aspire.vdgm@gmail.com
Maria João grew up by the sea, loves to travel and is an enthusiast about teaching, a free thinker who is looking for new ways to be motivated about her career. |
 Liaison to EFPC: Tuğba Çalışkan (Turkey)
E-mail: efpc.vdgm@gmail.com |
 Liaison to EGPRN: Vanja Lazić (Croatia)
E-mail: egprn.vdgm@gmail.com
Vanja is a trainee, PhD and masters student, who spends all money on traveling with Fran Luka the two-year-old, wife Nika and miniature schnauzers Nox and Lun. |
 Liaison to EQuiP: Felicity Knights (United Kingdom)
E-mail: equip.vdgm@gmail.com
Felicity is married to Dan, passionate about improving the work around her and improving health equity. |
 Liaison to EURACT: Sophie Sun (France)
E-mail: euract.vdgm@gmail.com
Sophie loves foreign languages, research and teaching, and is convinced that general practice is the keystone for better healthcare for all. |
 Liaison to EURIPA: Berit Hansen (Denmark)
E-mail: euripa.vdgm@gmail.com
Berit is a VdGM enthusiast since 2012, married to wonderful Jo, huge food and wine lover and always looking for a next travel destination. |
 Liaison to EUROPREV: Emmily Schaubroeck (Germany)
E-mail: europrev.vdgm@gmail.com
Passionate about 'Equity in Health' through a 'Think global, act local’ strategy, Emily also likes to get to know the world by hiking, carrying all what she actually needs on her back. |
 Liaison to PCDE: Jose Castellanos (Spain)
E-mail: pcde.vdgm@gmail.com
Jose is curious about life in different places and contexts, he enjoys learning and trying new things. |
  Liaisons to YDM Collaboration #FMChangemakers: Christopher Patrick Reichel (Austria) & Hassna Erami (France)
E-mail: info+fmchangemakers@vdgm.eu |
 Liaison to YDM Collaboration #SoMeAmbassadors Network: Luís Pinho Costa (Portugal)
E-mail: ydm.some.ambassadors@gmail.com
A digital health enthusiast who is passionate about finding innovative and cutting-edge solutions, yet sustainable and evidence-based, to improve people's health and to address the current challenges of health systems and organizations. |
 Liaison to YDM Collaboration Rural Seeds: Veronika Rasic (Croatia)
E-mail: info+ruralseeds@vdgm.eu |