JACIE is represented at the national level by the National Representatives selected by the national societies for transplantation, haematology or other related disciplines. The National Representatives are the principal point of contact with the JACIE Office on all matters related to JACIE in their countries. They can provide guidance and support to transplant programmes applying for JACIE Certification but, conversely, they provide feedback to JACIE on any changes in their countries that might have an impact on JACIE Certification or FACT-JACIE Standards.
Recently, there have been some changes to the National Representatives as listed below:
Sweden – Dr Per Ljungman has handed over the role of National Representative to Dr Torsten Eich.
Torsten Eich, MD, specialises in clinical immunology and transfusion medicine and trained at the University Hospital of Uppsala, Sweden, with a focus on transplantation, apheresis and immunogenetics before moving on to the Karolinska University Hospital. He is a member of the Swedish Society for Clinical Immunology and Transfusion Medicine and served as their president between 2018 and 2023.
As a researcher, he has been an author, reviewer and co-author in the fields of transplantation, apheresis, transfusion medicine, cell therapy and immunogenetics. He is also the EFI Director of the tissue typing laboratory at Karolinska University Hospital.