The Balkan Anesthesia Platform (BAP) countries are strongly represented across the governance, scientific, education, and training structures of the European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (ESAIC).
BAP region members currently serve in ESAIC Board, Council, committees, scientific forums, education, examinations, and trainee bodies, including:
ESAIC Board of Directors
Prof. Basak Ceyda Meço (Türkiye)
Council
Prof. Ervin Bejko (Albania)
Prof. Tatjana Šimurina (Croatia)
Dr Shaqir Uka (Kosovo)
Prof. Biljana Kuzmanovska (North Macedonia)
Prof. Özlem Selvi Can (Türkiye)
Committees and Scientific Structures
Mirjana Shosholcheva (North Macedonia) – ATAIC Committee President
Bahar Kuvaki Balkan (Türkiye) – Exchange Programme Committee Member
Miraç Selcen Özkal (Türkiye) – Trainee Representative; Sustainability Committee Representative
Çiğdem Naz Ünver (Türkiye) – Council Trainee Representative
Mukadder Orhan Sungur (Türkiye) – Examinations Committee; OLA Subcommittee Deputy Chairperson; Turkish Translator
Menekşe Özçelik (Türkiye) – Examinations Committee (Part I); Turkish Translator
Prof. Basak Ceyda Meço (Türkiye) – Examinations Committee (Part II); Turkish Translator; Patient Safety & Quality Committee Member; Scientific Forum 2 (Patients) Chair (Anaesthesia)
Filiz Üzümcügil (Türkiye) – BCSAC Subcommittee; VIVAC Coordinator
Jülide Ergil (Türkiye) – Airway Management; National Anaesthesiologists Societies Committee
Dora Karmelić (Croatia) – Patient Safety & Quality Committee
Özlem Korkmaz Dilmen (Türkiye) – Scientific Forum 3 (Organs) Chair (Intensive Care)
Tina Tomić Mahečić (Croatia) – Scientific Forum 4 (Therapies) Chair (Intensive Care)
National Anaesthesiologists Societies Committee
Jasmina Smajić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Višnja Ivančan (Croatia)
Agreta Geci Gashi (Kosovo)
Natalija Trninić (Montenegro)
Vesna Durnev (North Macedonia)
Jülide Ergil (Türkiye)
This wide and active engagement from BAP countries reflects the strong academic integration and collaborative presence of the Balkan anaesthesiology and intensive care community within ESAIC and Europe.
BAP values this representation and looks forward to continued cooperation with ESAIC to advance education, research, patient safety, and perioperative care across the region.
