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ORGANISATION

Office

Chair of the ICMM

Rear Admiral Sonya Bennett, AM,RAN

Vice Chairs of the ICMM

Dr. David Smith

Major General Dr. Aysha Aldhaheri

Secretary General

Secretary General

Secretary-General
Lieutentant-General (Ret) Pierre Neirinckx, MD

Deputy Secretary-General
Colonel Bart Demuynck

Scientific Council

Chair Scientific Council
Major General (Ret) Prof. Humbert Boisseaux, MD

Deputy Chair Scientific Council
Major General Prof. Jean-Jacques Lataillade, MD

Executive Office

Assistants of the Secretary-General

Brigadier General (Ret) Dr., Prof Leo Klein

Colonel Dr. Marta Presa

Lieutenant-Colonel (Ret) Vet Miguel Stevens

Director of Finances

Colonel Christophe Hendrickx, MSc, LLM

Director Public Relations 

Mr. Paul Zabouri

Legal advisors

Colonel (Ret) Johan Crouse

Colonel (Ret) Prof. Ivan Kholikov, PhD

Office Manager

Senior Captain Jenny De Keersmaker

Executive Secretary

Chief Warrant Officer Catherine Van Den Berghe

Honorary Secretary General

Dr. J. SANABRIA, MD (Belgium) – Maj. Gen. (ret.) R. VAN HOOF, MD (Belgium) – Major General (ret.) Geert LAIRE, MD, MSc (Belgium)

Honorary chairmen

Gen M. BEN BOUMEHDI (Morocco) – Gen. A. LAIN GONZALEZ (Spain) – Maj. Gen. Ö. SARLAK (Turkey) – Gen. G. DESCH (Germany) – Maj. Gen. Z. LU (PR of China) – Gen. R. SCHLÖGEL (Austria) – Maj. Gen. T. SAHI (Finland) – Lt Gen. J.L. VAN RENSBURG (South Africa) – Dr. W. WINKENWERDER, Jr (USA) – Maj. Gen. A. BELEVITIN (Russian Federation) – Brig. Gen. (MD) M. K. CHEBBI(†) (Tunisia) – Lt Gen. Dato’ (Dr) S. bin ABDULLAH (Malaysia) – Brig. Gen. (Dr) H. MA AGADA (Nigeria) – Maj. Gen. S. M. AL-MALIK (Saudi Arabia) – Lt Gen. T. A. PUTRANTO (Indonesia) – Surgeon Vice Admiral Rajat DATTA-AVMS, SM, VSM, PHS India – Major General Andreas STETTBACHER (Switzerland)

Call for papers now open!

Join the future of military medicine – Abu Dhabi 2026

The 46th ICMM World Congress of Military Medicine brings together global military healthcare leaders, researchers, and practitioners under the theme “Forging the Future Together”, to strengthen international cooperation and medical innovation.

📢 Call for Abstracts is open
Share your research – Shape the future – Connect globally

👉 Call for papers