Marcelo Amato
Steering Committee member
BrazilGovernance & collaboration
Our Team
POLARIS is a collaborative network where every center can propose studies and choose which projects to join.
The Scientific Committee reviews study proposals and represents different continents, with a majority of its members serving on a rotating basis. National Coordinators support participating centers in their country.
Steering Committee
Elias Baedorf-Kassis
Steering Committee member
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston
Prof. Bin Du
Steering Committee member
Vice President, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, China
Matthieu Jabaudon
Steering Committee member
France
Joris Pensier
Steering Committee co-chair
Clinique du Millénaire and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Maximilian Schaefer
Steering Committee member
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston
Daniel Talmor
Steering Committee chair
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, BostonScientific Committee
Committee membership to be announced.
Central coordination
Elias Baedorf-Kassis
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston
Arian Karimitar
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, BostonJoris Pensier
Clinique du Millénaire and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterMaximilian Schaefer
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, BostonDaniel Talmor
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, BostonNational coordination
Lieuwe Bos
National coordinator
Netherlands
Alix Buhlmann
National collaborator
Switzerland
Alia Jebri
National coordinator
Tunisia
Kyung-Eui Lee
National coordinator
South Korea
Bairbre McNicholas
National coordinator
Ireland
Yevgeniy Merenkov
National coordinator
Kazakhstan
Gabriela Meza Fuentes
National coordinator
ChileJoris Pensier
National coordinator
FranceMaximilian Schaefer
National coordinator
United States
Ilias Siempos
National coordinator
Greece
Leonardo Uranga
National coordinator
Argentina
Ana-Alicia Velarde-Pineda
National coordinator
Mexico
Dario von Wedel
National coordinator
Germany
Andrey Yaroshetskiy
National coordinator
Russia
Prof. Xiang Zhou
National coordinator
ChinaDeveloping research together
Study proposals are reviewed for scientific merit, feasibility and alignment with the aims of POLARIS. Each approved project brings together a writing committee responsible for its analysis and publication, with authorship based on contributions.