Below is a list of Affiliated and Associated National Hypertension Societies and links to those societies that have available websites.
AMPAC (Associated Society)
Asociación Mexicana para la Prevención de la Aterosclerosis y sus Complicaciones
PRESDIENT
Dr. Juan José Parcero Valdés
jjparcerovaldes@gmail.com
Argentinian Society of Hypertension (Associated Society)
PRESIDENT
Dr. Nicolás F. Renna
Chief Coronary Care Unit
Spanish Hospital of Mendoza
Mendoza
Argentina
Email: nicolasfede@gmail.com
saha@saha.org.ar
Armenian Society of Hypertension (Affiliated Society)
PRESIDENT
Prof. Zelveian Parounak
Preventive Cardiology Center
L.A. Ohanesyan Institute of Cardiology
Phone +374 55 288 600
Email zelveian@hotmail.com
Austrian Society of Hypertension (Affiliated Society)
PRESIDENT
Dr. Christian Koppelstätter
Universitätsklinik für Innere Medizin IV Nephrologie und Hypertensiologie
Anichstrasse 35
6020 Innsbruck Austria
Email koppel@blutdruck-therapie.at
sekretariat@hochdruckliga.at
PAST PRESIDENT
Prof. Sabine Perl
Email sabine.perl@medunigraz.at
Belgian Hypertension Committee (Affiliated Society)
PRESIDENT
Prof. Tine De Backer
UZ Gent
Cardiology Department
De Pintelaan 185
B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
Phone +32 9 332 34 59
Fax +32 9 332 34 62
Email tine.debacker@ugent.be
SECRETARY
Prof. Alexandre Persu
Email alexandre.persu@uclouvain.be
Bosnia and Herzegovina Society of Hypertension (Affiliated Society)
PRESIDENT
Prof. Šekib Sokolović
Representative of the WG on Hypertension from Bosnia and Herzegovina
University Clinical Center Sarajevo
Cardiology Clinic
Bolnicka 25
71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Phone +387 611 59009
Email sekib@yahoo.com
British and Irish Hypertension Society (Affiliated Society)
PRESIDENT
Prof. Ian Wilkinson
Cambridge University
Department of Medicine
Head of EMIT (Experimental Medicine and Immunotherapeutics)
Director Cambridge Clinical Trials Unit
Director Office of Translational Research
Cambridge CB2 0BB
United Kindgom
Email ibw20@cam.ac.uk
VICE-PRESIDENT
Prof. Phil Chowienczyk
phil.chowienczyk@kcl.ac.uk
SECRETARY
Dr. James Sheppard
Email james.sheppard@phc.ox.ac.uk
CONTACT
In Conference
Email bihs@in-conference.org.uk
Bulgarian Society of Hypertension (Affiliated Society)
PRESIDENT
Prof. Arman Postadzhiyan, PhD
Medical University of Sofia
Saint Anna University Hospital
Ul. Dimitar Mollov 1
Sofia, 1750
Bulgaria
Email armanp@abv.bg
Byelorussian Hypertension League (Affiliated Society)
PRESIDENT
Prof. Irina Lazareva
Republican Scientific and Practical Center “Cardiology”
110 R. Luxembourg Str.
220036 Minsk, Belarus
Phone +375 17 286 22 99
Email lisitsa_i@mail.ru
SECRETARY
Dr. Alena Miadzvedeva
Phone +375 17 222 22 35
Email elena-samonina@yandex.ru
Central American and Caribbean Society of Hypertension and Cardiovascular Prevention (Associated Society)
PRESIDENT
Dr. Wistremundo Dones
Email wistremd@gmail.com; oficina.dr.dones@gmail.com
Chinese Hypertension League (Associated Society)
Prof. Jiguang Wang
The Shanghai Institute of Hypertension
Ruijin Hospital
197 Ruijin 2nd Rd, Huangpu Q
Shanghai Shi
China
Email jiguangw@163.com
SECRETARY GENERAL
Dr. Yuqing Zhang
Email yqzhang99@yahoo.com
Croatian Society of Hypertension (Affiliated Society)
PRESIDENT
Assoc. Prof. Bojan Jelakovic
Department of Nephrology and Arterial Hypertension
Univ. Hospital Center Rebro
Kišpatićeva 12
10 000 Zagreb
Croatia
Phone +385-1-23-88-271
Fax +385-1-23-88-592
Email jelakovicbojan@gmail.com
Cyprus Society of Hypertension (Affiliated Society)
PRESIDENT
Dr. Philippos Stylianou MD, FESC
9 Gevgeli Str
Likavitos
Nicosia 1071
Cyprus
Phone +357 9967 1244
Fax +357 2260 4322
Email stylph@hotmail.com
Czech Society of Hypertension (Affiliated Society)
PRESIDENT
Prof. Jitka Mlíková Seidlerová
Second Department of Internal Medicine
Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen and University Hospital Plzeň
Edvarda Beneše 13
305 99 Plzeň
Czech Republic
Email seidlerovaji@fnplzen.cz
VICE PRESIDENT
Prof. Jiří Widimský
Email jwidi@lf1.cuni.cz
SECRETARY
Prof. Jan Filipovsky
Email filipovsky@fnplzen.cz
Danish Hypertension Society (Affiliated Society)
PRESIDENT
Prof. Michael Hecht Olsen
Hypertension Clinic
Dept. of Internal Medicine
Holbæk Hospital
Smedelundsgade 60
4300 Holbæk
Denmark
Email mho@dadlnet.dk
SECRETARY
Dr. Christoffer Kroager
Email ck@clin.au.dk
SECRETARIAT
Dr. Eva Baadsgaard
Phone +45 3544 8132
Email evb@dadl.dk
Dominican Society of Hypertension and Arteriosclerosis (Associated Society)
PRESIDENT
Dr. Osiris Valdez
Email osirisvaldez52@gmail.com
Egyptian Hypertension Society (Associated Society)
PRESIDENT
Prof. M. Mohsen Ibrahim
University of Cairo
1 Gamaa Street
Giza 12613
Egypt
Phone +20 2 27948877
Email ehs@link.net
Estonian Society of Hypertension (Affiliated Society)
PRESIDENT
Dr. Priit Pauklin
Tartu University Hospital
L. Puusepa 8
51014 Tartu
Estonia
Phone +372 731 8462
Email priit.pauklin@kliinikum.ee
SECRETARY
Dr. Külli Kõlvald
Phone +372 731 8278
Email kulli.kolvald@kliinikum.ee
Finnish Hypertension Society (Affiliated Society)
PRESIDENT
Dr. Daniel Gordin
University of Helsinki
Yliopistonkatu 4
00100 Helsinki
Finland
Email daniel.gordin@hus.fi
SECRETARY
Dr. Joonatan Palmu
Email joonatan.palmu@fimnet.fi
French Society of Hypertension (Affiliated Society)
PRESIDENT
Prof. Béatrice Duly-Bouhanick
Federation of Cardiology, Arterial Hypertension and Therapeutics Department
CHU Rangueil
TSA 50032
1 Avenue J Poulhes
31059 Toulouse cedex 9
France
Email duly-bouhanick.b@chu-toulouse.
Société Française d’Hypertension Artérielle
Maison du Coeur
5 Rue des Colonnes du Trône
75012 Paris
France
Phone +33 1 44 907030
Email sfhta@sfcardio.fr
Georgian Hypertension Study Society (Affiliated Society)
PRESIDENT
Prof. Bejan V. Tsinamdzgvrishvili
Director, Tsinamdzgvrishvili Cardiology Center
2 Gudamakari St.,
30092 Tbilisi
Georgia
Phone +995 579 115608
Email geosocietyhyper@gmail.com
German Hypertension Society (Affiliated Society)
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
Prof. Markus van der Giet
Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Hindenburgdamm 30
12203 Berlin
Germany
Phone +49 30 4 50 51 45 52
Fax +49 30 84 45 51 49 46
Email m.vandergiet@hochdruckliga.de
VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
Prof. Florian Limbourg
Email limbourg.florian@mh-hannover.de
All correspondence should be forward to the
Secretary of the German Society of Hypertension:
Dr. Barbara Pfeilschifter
Deutsche Hochdruckliga e.V. DHL®
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hypertonie und Prävention
Geschäftsführerin
Berliner Straße 46
69120 Heidelberg
Phone +49 6221 / 58855-0
Fax +49 6221 / 58855-25
Email b.pfeilschifter@
Hellenic Society of Hypertension (Affiliated Society)
PRESIDENT
Prof Michalis Doumas
Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki
2nd Prop Department of Internal Medicine – Hippokration Hospital
49 Konstantinoupoleos Str.
54643 Thessaloniki
Greece
Phone +30 2310 892070
Email michalisdoumas@yahoo.co.uk; gramatia@hypertasi.gr
VICE PRESIDENT
Prof. Rigas Kalaitzidis
Email rigaska@gmail.com
Hungarian Society of Hypertension (Affiliated Society)
PRESIDENT
Prof. Zoltán Járai
Semmelweis University
Budapest
Hungary
Email jarzolmik@gmail.com
SECRETARY GENERAL
Dr. János Nemcsik
Email titkarsag@hypertension.hu
Inter-American Society of Hypertension (Associated Society)
PRESIDENT
Prof. Luis Alcocer
Instituto Mexicano de Salud Cardiovascular
Libertad No 1238
Col. Centro
Guadalajara, Jalisco
Mexico
Phone +521 555 4040 801
Email alcocerdb@gmail.com
Iraqi Society of Hypertension (Associated Society)
PRESIDENT
Prof. Dr. Ghazi Farhan Haji Al-Saedi
ghazi_haji@yahoo.com
drghazi@iraqhs.com
SECRETARY
Dr. Samer M. Yousaf
samiryousif@yahoo.com
drsamer@iraqhs.com
Israeli Hypertension Society (Associated Society)
PRESIDENT
Dr. Avshalom (Avshay) Leibowitz
Director of Internal Medicine D, Sheba Medical Center
Tel Hashomer
Israel
Phone +972 3 5302834
Email Avshalom.Leibowitz@sheba.
SECRETARY
Prof. Ido Ben-Dov
Email Iddo@hadassah.org.il
Italian Society of Hypertension (Affiliated Society)
PRESIDENT
Prof. Agostino Virdis
Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana
Via Roma, 67
56100 Pisa
Italy
Phone ++39 050 992 558
Email agostino.virdis@unipi.it
segreteria@siia.it
Kazakh Society of Hypertension (Affiliated Society)
PRESIDENT
Prof. Junusbekova Gulnara
Kazakh National University named after Asfendiyarov S.D.
Department of Cardiology
Almaty 050000
Kazakistan
Phone +7 701 724 0808
Email gulnara_1010@mail.ru
DEPUTY PRESIDENT
Prof. Mira Tundybaeva
Email mira_2828@mail.ru
SECRETARY
Dr. Tatyana Leonovich
Phone +7 700 776 5954
Email ashypertension.kz@gmail.com
Latin American Society of Hypertension (Associated Society)
PRESIDENT
Dr. Jesús López Rivera (Venezuela)
Chief of the Hypertension Unit
Dr. José Maria Vargas University Hospital
San Cristobal, Tachira
Venezuela
Email jlopezr49@gmail.com
lashfuturo@gmail.com
PRESIDENT ELECT
Dr. Ernesto Peña Herrera (Ecuador )
Chief of the Cardiology Department
Hospital Luis Vernaza
Guayaquil
Ecuador
GENERAL SECRETARY
Prof. Dora Inés Molina de Salazar (Colombia)
Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Caldas
Manizales
Colombia
Email doraines56@gmail.com
Latvian Society of Hypertension and Atherosclerosis (Affiliated Society)
PRESIDENT
Prof. Kārlis Trušinskis
Pauls Stradins Clinical University Hospital
13 Pilsonu Str
LV1002, Riga
Latvia
Phone +371 6709 5343, 6709 9989
Fax +371 6707 9989
Email karlis.trusinskis@gmail.com
h.a.biedriba@gmail.com
GENERAL SECRETARY
Dr. Evija Knoka
Email evija.knoka@gmail.com
Lebanese Hypertension League (Associated Society)
PRESIDENT
Prof. Adel E. Berbari
American University of Beirut Medical Centre
P.O.Box 11-0236
Riad El Solh 1107 2020
Beirut
Lebanon
Email ab01@aub.edu.lb
GENERAL SECRETARY
Dr. Abdo Jurjus
Email aj00@aub.edu.lb
Lithuanian Hypertension Society (Affiliated Society)
PRESIDENT
Prof Marius Miglinas
Vilnius University Hospital Santariskiu Klinikos
Santariskiu 2
LT-08661 Vilnius
Lithuania
Phone +370 6878 2579
Fax +370 5236 5111
Email marius.miglinas@santa.lt
Netherlands Society of Hypertension (Affiliated Society)
PRESIDENT
Prof. dr B.J.H (Bert-Jan) van den Born
Academic Medical Centre
Internal and Vascular Medicine
Meibergdreef 9
1105 AZ Amsterdam
Phone +31 2 0566 5956
Email b.j.vandenborn@amc.uva.nl
SECRETARY
Prof. dr Liffert Vogt
Email l.vogt@amsterdamumc.nl
Norwegian Society of Hypertension (Affiliated Society)
PRESIDENT
Prof. Hans-Peter Marti
Division of Nephrology
Department of Medicine
Haukeland University Hospital
5021 Bergen
Norway
Phone +47 940 30 929
Email hans-peter.marti@uib.no
VICE PRESIDENT
Dr. Marit D. Solbu
Email marit.solbu@unn.no
SECRETARY
Dr. Anne Cecilie Larstorp
Email ac1506@hotmail.com
Polish Society of Hypertension (Affiliated Society)
PRESIDENT
Prof. Mieczysław Litwin
Klinika Nefrologii, Transplantacji Nerek i Nadciśnienia Tętniczego
Instytut „Pomnik-Centrum Zdrowia Dziecka”
Al. Dzieci Polskich 20
04–730 Warszawa
Poland
Email m.litwin@ipczd.pl
VICE PRESIDENT
Dr. Agnieszka Olszanecka
agnieszka.olszanecka@uj.edu.pl
SECRETARY
Dr. Anna Szyndler
Email anna.szyndler@gumed.edu.pl
Portuguese Society of Hypertension (Affiliated Society)
PRESIDENT
Dr. Rosa de Pinho
Unidade de Saúde Familiar Vale do Vouga
Rua Vale do Vouga, 1332
3700-298 São João da Madeira
Portugal
Phone +35 256 816 007
Email depinhorosa@gmail.com
Romanian Society of Hypertension (Affiliated Society)
PRESIDENT
Prof. Theodora Benedek
University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Târgu Mures
Clinical Department of Internal Medicine M3
Romania
Email theodora.benedek@gmail.com
SECRETARY
Assoc Prof Oana Gheorghe Fronea
Email dr.fronea79@gmail.com
CONTACT
Dr. Ana Gabriela Fruntelata
Phone/Fax: + 402 13170108
Email afruntelata@yahoo.co.uk
Saudi Hypertension Management Society (Associated Society)
PRESIDENT
Dr. Saleh Alshuraf
Hospital Qatif Central Hospital
Qatif
Saudi Arabia
Email website@saudihtn.org
VICE PRESIDENT
Dr. Tawfik AlBassam
Email taba14@outlook.com
SECRETARY GENERAL
Dr. Nawal Ahmed Basri
Serbian Society of Hypertension (Affiliated Society)
PRESIDENT
Prof. Vesna Stojanov
Clinical Center of Serbia
Center for high blood pressure
Belgrade University Medical School
Koste Todorovica str.8
11000 Belgrade
Serbia
Phone +381 11 3635 588
Email stojanovves@eunet.rs
Slovak Society of Hypertension (Affiliated Society)
PRESIDENT
Dr. Anna Vachulova
National Cardiovascular Institute
Pod Krásnou hôrkou 1
833 48 Bratislava 37
Slovakia
Phone +421 904738437
Email vachulova.shs@gmail.com
VICE PRESIDENT
Dr. Ľudovít Gašpar
SCIENTIFIC SECRETARY
Dr. Peter Letavay
Slovenian Hypertension Society (Affiliated Society)
PRESIDENT
Dr. Andrej Erhartič
Division of Hypertension
University Medical Centre
Vodnikova 62
1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia
Phone +386 1 5225 462
Fax +386 1 5225 600
Email anderhy@gmail.com
VICE PRESIDENT
Assoc. Prof. Jana Brguljan
Email jana.brguljan-hitij@guest.arnes.si
SECRETARY
Dr. Nina Božič Ješe
Email nina.bozic@hipertenzija.org
Spanish Society of Hypertension (Affiliated Society)
PRESIDENT
Prof. José Antonio Garcia-Donaire
Hospital Clínico San Carlos
Internal Medicine
Professor Martín Lagos, S/N
28040 Madrid
Spain
Phone +34 91 330 33 79
Email docdonaire@gmail.com
Swedish Society of Hypertension, Stroke and Vascular Medicine (Affiliated Society)
PRESIDENT
Prof. Jonas Spaak, MD, PhD
Department of Cardiology
Danderyd Hospital
S-182 88 Stockholm
Sweden
Phone +46 8-123 550 00
Email jonas.spaak@ds.se
SECRETARY
Dr. Mattias Brunström
Email mattias.brunstrom@umu.se
Swiss Society of Hypertension (Affiliated Society)
PRESIDENT
Prof. Nils Peters
Stroke Center
Klinik Hirslanden Zürich
Witellikerstrasse 40
8032 Zürich
Switzerland
Email nils.peters@unibas.ch
GENERAL SECRETARY
Prof. Paolo Suter
Email paolo.suter@usz.ch
The Department of Arterial Hypertension (DAH) – Brazilian Society of Cardiology (Associated Society)
PRESIDENT
Prof. Weimar Sebba Barrosso
Email sebbabarroso@gmail.com; wsebba@uol.com.br
The Russian Society of Hypertension (Affiliated Society)
PRESIDENT
Prof. Irina Chazova
3rd Cherepkovskaya str. 15a
121552 Moscow
Russian Federation
Phone/fax +7 499 149 08 51 / +7 495 414 62 14 / +7 495 414 62 70
Email ag-vnok@yandex.ru, AG-VNOK@yandex.ru, SNN_cardio@mail.ru, chazova@hotmail.com
SECRETARY:
Dr. Natalia Blinova
Email nat-cardio1@yandex.ru
Turkish Society of Hypertension and Atherosclerosis (Affiliated Society)
PRESIDENT
Prof. Serap Erdine
Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa School of Medicine
Adnan Saygun Cad. Dostlar Sitesi, 1. Blok No:5 D:5
Etiler-Ulus, Istanbul
Turkey
Phone +90 212 265 2564
Fax +90 212 265 2568
Email serap.erdine
Ukrainian Antihypertensive Society (Affiliated Society)
PRESIDENT
Prof. Yuriy Sirenko – President
Inst Cardiology
5 Narodnogo Opolchenia St
03151 Kyiv
Ukraine
Phone /Fax +380 44 249 7041
Email sirenkoyu@gmail.com
Venezuelan Society of Hypertension (Associated Society)
PRESIDENT
Dr. Soledad Briceño
Email solbrial@gmail.com
svhipertension2024@
VICE PRESIDENT
Dr. José Andrés Octavio
Email joseandres.octavio@gmail.com
GENERAL SECRETARY
Dr. Beatriz Sosa
Email beatrizsosa@ucla.edu.ve