On the 26th of October, 2025 in EBCP Board Meeting held in Athens, Greece the new General Secretary of European Board of Cardiovascular Perfusion Mr Normunds Sikora from Latvia was elected.

He has finished his residency in cardiac surgery in 2008. Afterwards he has completed his PhD in Riga Stradiņš University. He has done efforts to improve the quality of cardiopulmonary bypass in cardiac surgery in Latvia working as cardiac surgeon and specialist in cardiopulmonary bypass in Clinic for Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Children’s University Hospital before and in P.Stradiņš Clinical University Hospital, Riga, Latvia currently. He is also an assistant professor in Riga Stradiņš University, Department of Surgery.

He has established the Education program in Cardiovascular Perfusion being its Director at the Riga Stradins University Red Cross Medical College currently and providing it not only for national students, but also for international students in English.

Normunds Sikora has established Latvian Society of Cardiopulmonary Bypass and is its president currently as well as national delegate of Latvia. He has been in European Board of Cardiovascular Perfusion for more than 15 years and is also the Secretary of Certification Committee until the selection of new person done by EBCP.

European Board of Cardiovascular Perfusion would like to express big gratitude to our former General Secretary Mr Gerdy Debeuckelaere for all hard work and efforts done in order to improve EBCP everyday work. You have been a great leader! Farewell and thank you very much!