National Committees
The National Committees are aimed to represent the Association in their respective countries. The National Committees will advise and inform the Executive Committee through the Chair of the Regional Committees about the situation of Dual Disorders in their respective country.
We have successfully reactivated and enhanced the national committees by appointing a chair of all regions and seven co-chairs, ensuring a focused approach that addresses relevant linguistic and regional concerns.
Jose Martinez Raga as chair of all Regions, Shalini Agunerini for Australia-New Zealand, Ju Chen for China, Icro Maremmani for Eastern and Southern Europe, Amine Benyamina for French-speaking countries, Yatan Balhara for India, Lars Lien for Northern and Baltic Countries and Luz Angela Rojas for Spanish-speaking Countries.
Argentina
Marcela Waisman Campos
Chair
Psiquiatra-Neurologa Cognitiva
Yaravi Arce Scott
Co-Chair
Psiquiatra
Francisco Bruno
Secretary(1)
Psiquiatra
Estela Abraham
Secretary(2)
Psiquiatra
Susana Calero
Member
Psiquiatra
Gabriela Martinez
Member
Psiquiatra
Jose Caprara
Member
Psiquiatra
Adriana Bulacia
Member
Psiquiatra
Micaela Monetenegro
Member
Emergentologa-Toxicologa
Cristian Molina
Member
Psiquiatra
Noelia Marzan
Member
Medica
Australia
Shalini Arunogiri
Austria
Jan Rosenleitner
Co-Chair National Committee Austria
Psychiatrist
Isabella Fuchs-Leitner
Co-Chair National Committee Austria
Senior Researcher
Canada
Chile
Chair: Dra. Viviana Miño
Co-Chair: Paola Gonzalez
Member: Dra. Carmen G. Betancur
China
Min Zhao
Chair
Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
Xiaoping Wang
Vice-Chair
Mental Health Institute of The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University
Jun Chen
Vice-Chair
Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
Jiang Du
Secretary
Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
MEMBERS
Wanjun Guo
Mental Health Center, West China Hospital of Sichuan University
Yan Xia
First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University
Huaning Wang
Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University
Mei Yang
Shenzhen Mental Health Center/Shenzhen Kangning Hospital
Xiaojun Xiang
Mental Health Institute of The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University
Gang Zhu
First Affilated Hospital of China Medical University
Shaohua Hu
The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University
Yanhui Liao
Department of Psychiatry, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine
Ping Sun
Qingdao Mental Health Center
Wenhua Zhou
The Affiliated Kangning Hospital of Ningbo University
Zhongchun Liu
Renming Hospital of Wuhan University
Ni Fan
Affiliated brain hospital of Guangzhou medical university
Haifeng Jiang
Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
Na Zhong
Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
Hongxin Hu
First affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University
Xuhui Zhou
Brain Hospital of Hunan Province
Changjian Qiu
Mental Health Center, West China Hospital of Sichuan University
Zhijian Yao
Nanjing Brain Hospital
Zhifen Liu
First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University
Changhong Wang
The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University
Yunshu Zhang
Hebei Provincial Mental Health Center
Colombia
Luz Angela Rojas Bernal
President of Regional Commitee WADD Spanish Speaking Countries
Psychiatrist PhD
Uriel Escobar Barrios
Chair
Psychiatrist
Guillermo Alonso Castaño Pérez
Member (Representation of the Chair in Meetings)
Physician PhD
Sandra Milena Restrepo Escobar
Secretary
Psychologist
Erik Garcia Muñoz
Co-chair
Psychiatrist
Jhasnny Moreno Reales
Member
Pediatrics Psychiatry
Ramon Eduardo Lopera Lopera
Member
Psychiatrist
Edinson Alberto Gómez Mancilla
Member
Psychiatrist
Marcelo Andrés Hernández Yásno
Member
Psychiatrist
Claudia Patricia Gutierrez Guarin
Member
Psychiatrist
Costa Rica
Elmer Valverde
Cuba
Miriam de la Ossa O’Reilly
Dominican Republic
Julio Chestaro Ruth Santana
France
Prof. Maurice Dematteis
Professor of Pharmacology and Addiction Medicine – Head of the Department of Pharmacology and Addictions
Medical Doctor, Neurologist, Addiction specialist
Grenoble Alpes University Hospital, Grenoble, France
Prof. Amine Benyamina
Professor of psychiatry and addictology – Head of Department of Psychiatry and Addictions
Psychiatrist Addictologist
Paul Brousse Hospital, APHP, Villejuif, France
Honduras
Edwing García
Hungary
András Bence Lázár
India
Siddharth Sarkar Yatan Balhara
Israel
Sharon Rabinovitz
Italy
Angelo Giovanni Icro Maremmani
President
Giampaolo Spinnato
Past president
Mario Miccoli
Scientific Director
Carlo Ignazio Cattaneo
President Advisor
Filippo Della Rocca
President Advisor
Manuel Glauco Carbone
President Advisor
Marco Maiello
President Advisor
Francesco Lamanna
President Advisor
Alessandro Pallucchini
President Advisor
Andrea Ballerini
President Advisor
Salvatore De Fazio
President Advisor
Simone De Persis
President Advisor
Pier Paolo Pani
President Advisor
Lorenzo Somaini
President Advisor
Gabriele Duccio Papanti Pelletier
President Special Consultant
Emanuela Atzori
President Special Consultant
Sarah Vecchio
President Special Consultants
Japan
Sachio Matsushita
Masaru Mimura
Mexico
Christian Gabriel Toledo Lozano
Chair
Psychiatrist
Rodrigo Marín Navarrete
Co-Chair
Psychologist/Addiction Therapist
Ana de la Fuente Martín
Member
Psychiatrist
Luis Fernando Díaz López
Member
Psychiatrist
Raúl Martín del Campo Sánchez
Member
Psychologist/Addiction Therapist
Tania Ortega Rosas
Secretary
Psychiatrist
Alor Ruíz Hernández
Member
Psychologist/Addiction Therapist
Morocco
Prof. Mehdi Paes
Panamá
Dr. Aris Ramos
Paraguay
Dr. Marcelo O´ Higgins
Perú
Alfredo Saavedra
Portugal
COORDINATOR:
Célia Maria Parreira Costa Sousa Franco
MD, Psychiatrist and Addiction Specialist
Coordinator of Community Mental Health Team Pinhal Interior Norte
Unidade Local de Saúde de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
OTHER MEMBERS:
Miguel Esteves Carneiro
Psychiatric Doctor
Unidade Local de Saúde Arco Ribeirinho (ULSAR) – Departamento de Psiquiatria e Saúde Mental
Instituto para os Comportamentos Aditivos e as Dependencias (ICAD, I.R.) – ET Agualva -Cacém
João Diogo Mendes Coelho
MD, Psychiatrist and Addiction Specialist
PhD candidate at Minho University
Hospital do Divino Espírito Santo de Ponta Delgada, Azores
Vânia Gonçalves
MD, Psychiatrist Specialist
Unidade Local de Saúde de Castelo Branco
Maria João do Amaral Rodrigues
MD, 5th year Psychiatric Resident
Hospital Beatriz Angelo
Unidade Local de Saúde de Loures – Odivelas
Manuela Fraga
MD, Psychiatric and Addiction Specialist
ICAD, ET Coimbra
Slovenia
Assis. Prof. Mercedes Lovrecic
MD, psychiatrist, PhD in Medical Sciences
President
Prof. Rok Tavcar
MD, psychiatrist, PhD in Medical Sciences
Scientific Director
Prof. Mojca Zvezdana Dernovsek
MD, psychiatrist, PhD in Medical Sciences
President Advisor
Assis. Prof. Barbara Lovrecic
MD, specialist in Public Health Medicine and specialist in Social Medicine, PhD in Medical Sciences
President Advisor
Assis. Prof. Lilijana Sprah
Psychologist, PhD in Medical Sciences, Head of the Sociomedical Institute at Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Ljubljana
President Advisor
Spain
Gonzalo Rafael Haro Cortés
Chair
Psychiatrist
Roser Martínez Riera
Vice-chair
Psychiatrist
Carlos Parro Torres
Secretary
Psychiatrist
Carlos Roncero
Member
Psychiatrist
Francina Fonseca Casals
Member
Psychiatrist
Luis Rojo-Bofill
Member
Psychiatrist
Marisol Roncero Rodríguez
Member
Psychiatrist
José Martínez-Raga
Member
Psychiatrist
Ana Benito Delegido
Member
Psychiatrist
Helen Dolengevich
Member
Psychiatrist
Rodrigo Albillos
Member
Psychiatrist fellow
Switzerland
Uruguay
Nila Ester Quinteros
Regional
Psychiatrist
Taiwan
Kun-Hua, Sam, Lee
USA
UK.
Oscar Dagnone.
WADD Regional Spanish Speaking Committee
From right to left Gonzalo Haro Cortés. Presidente del Comité Nacional de la WADD España. Programa de Patología Dual Grave. Servicio de Salud Mental-Consorcio Hospitalario Provincial de Castellón, Carlos Parro Torres. Instituto de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental. Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón; Roser Martínez Riera. Vice-Presidenta Comité Nacional Español-WADD. Red de Salud Mental de Gipuzkoa, Osakidetza, España; Luz Angela Rojas Bernal. Presidenta del Comité de Países de Habla Hispana de la WADD. Docente investigador Universidad Manuela Beltrán, Bogotá; Marcela Waisman Campos. Presidenta del capítulo de Adicciones de la Asociación Argentina de Psiquiatras, Argentina; Edwing Octavio García Toro. Presidente del Comité Nacional de Honduras. Director Instituto Hondureño de Neurociencias y Conducta