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


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


Australia

Shalini Arunogiri

AUSTRIA


A
ustria

Jan Rosenleitner
Co-Chair National Committee Austria
Psychiatrist

Isabella Fuchs-Leitner
Co-Chair National Committee Austria
Senior Researcher

CANADA


Canada

CHILE


Chile

Chair:    Dra. Viviana Miño
Co-Chair: Paola Gonzalez
Member: Dra. Carmen G. Betancur

CHINA


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

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

Costa Rica
Elmer Valverde

CUBA

Cuba
Miriam de la Ossa O’Reilly

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Dominican Republic
Julio Chestaro Ruth Santana 

FRANCE


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

Honduras
Edwing García

HUNGARY

Hungary
András Bence Lázár

INDIA

India
Siddharth Sarkar Yatan Balhara

ISRAEL

Israel
Sharon Rabinovitz

ITALY


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

Japan

Sachio Matsushita

Masaru Mimura

MEXICO

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

Morocco
Prof. Mehdi Paes

PANAMÁ

panama

Panamá
Dr. Aris Ramos

PARAGUAY

Paraguay
Dr. Marcelo O´ Higgins

PERÚ

Perú
Alfredo Saavedra

PORTUGAL

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

slovenia
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

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

 

Switzerland

URUGUAY

Uruguay

Nila Ester Quinteros
Regional
Psychiatrist

TAIWAN

Taiwan
Kun-Hua, Sam, Lee

USA

USA

 

UK

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

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