EUROPEAN FOOT AND ANKLE SOCIETY. CIP Europe 1959 to……

EUROPEAN

FOOT AND ANKLE

SOCIETY

CIPCIP

Europe 1959 to……

European Foot and Ankle Societies

1993

EFFASEFFAS ESFAS ESFAS

European Federation of Foot and Ankle Societies

Milan, 19939 National societies9 National societies

medical doctorsmedical doctors

European part of CIPEuropean part of CIP

Dr. ZollingerDr. Zollinger

European Society of Foot and Ankle Surgeons

Torino,1993

individualsindividuals

mainly orthopedic surgeonsmainly orthopedic surgeons

Dr.PisaniDr.Pisani

European Foot and

Ankle Society

Founded in Koln Germany1998

•PRESIDENT Prof Greta Dereymaeker, M.D., PhD (Belgium)

•VICE-PRESIDENT Mr. Michael Stephens, M.D., FRCI (Ireland)

•SECRETARY Mr. Eric Anderson, M.D. (Scotland-UK)

•TREASURER Dr. Hakon Kofoed, M.D. (Denmark)

Mission and Task of EFAS

• Unite all medical doctors interested in Foot and Ankle pathology to improve the quality of Footcare in Europe– Organise meetings

• Instructional courses and congresses

– Organise Subcommittees• Scientific/ membership/educational/ journal

– Travelling fellowships

• Stimulate and encourage Research

EFAS COUNCIL 1998• PRESIDENT Prof Greta Dereymaeker, M.D., PhD (Belgium)

• VICE-PRESIDENT Mr. Michael Stephens, M.D., FRCI (Ireland)

• SECRETARY Mr. Eric Anderson, M.D. (Scotland-UK)

• TREASURER Dr. Hakon Kofoed, M.D. (Denmark)

• MEMBERS at large

Dr. Per Henrik Agren, M.D. (Sweden)

Dr. Daniel Frank, M.D. (Germany)

Dr. Beat Hintermann, M.D.,PhD (Switserland)

Dr. Pedro Magro, M.D. (Portugal)

Prof. Francesco Malherba, M.D. (Italy)

Dr. Jan Willem Louwerens, M.D. (Netherland)

Dr. Ramon Rochera, M.D. (Spain)

Dr. Hajo Thermann, M.D. (Germany)

Dr. Bernard Valtin, M.D. (France)

Prof. Nicolaus Wülker, M.D. (Germany)

European Foot and Ankle SocietiesEuropean Foot and Ankle Societies2 journals2 journals

Foot and Ankle

Surgery

Barcelona

Foot and Ankle SurgeryFoot and Ankle Surgery

Offical Journal Offical Journal EFASEFAS

Foot and Ankle Surgery

Official Journal of European Foot and Ankle European Foot and Ankle SocietySociety

• Editors: S.Giannini, N. Wulker

• Review Editors: T. W. Smith, M.Stephens

• Liaisonpersons to EFAS: F Malherba, P Diebold

• Edited by Blackwell Science .

Foot and Ankle Surgery

Official Journal of European Foot and Ankle European Foot and Ankle

SocietySociety

• Founding editor: Leslie Klenermann

• Editors: S.Giannini, Tom smith, M.Stephens

• Review Editor: Renee Fuhrmann

• EFASrepresentatives: EFAS president, Renee Fuhrmann

• Edited by Elsevier since 2002

Presidents of EFAS

02-04

1998-2000

04-06 2000-2002

Congresses to come:2nd Instructional course:Bologna-Italy Sept. 28-29 20003nd Instructional course:The Netherlands October 2001EFAS Specialty Day of EFFORTRhodes May 2001EFAS 4th congressSevilla-Spain May 2002

First Instructional course

Dr Hans Trnka

Dr Dereymaeker

Instructional courses EFAS

• Wien Austria (1999)• Bologna Italy (2000)• Veldhoven the Netherlands (2001)• Geneva Switserland (2002)   • Bristol UK (2003)• Heidelberg Germany (2004)• Copenhagen Denmark (2005)• Barcelona Spain (2006)

Chairman: Dr. P H Agren

EFAS Congress : Stockholm EFAS Congress : Stockholm June 15-17, 2000 June 15-17, 2000

EFAS Congress 2 yearly

• 2000 Stockholm• 2002 Sevilla• 2004 Montpellier• 2006 Prague

EFAS: part of the Orthopaedic world

• EFORT Specialty day – 1999 Brussels Belgium– 2002 Rhodos – 2003 Helsinki Finland– 2005 Lissabon Portugal– 2007 Florence Italy

EFAS: part of the International world

• COMFAS Venice Italy

• IFFAS triennial meeting– 1999 Kyoto Japan– 2002 San Francisco USA– 2005 Naples Italy– 2008 Bahia Brazil

Every year two young foot and Ankle surgeons are selected

EFAS Travelling FELLOWSHIP

Thanks to Sponsors

• NEW DEAL

• AIRCAST

EFAS and RESEARCH

Great Need for Sponsoring

Members the European Foot and Ankle Society

• Austrian Foot Society• Belgian Society of Medicine and Surgery of the Foot• British Orthopaedic Foot Surgery Society• Danish Foot and Ankle Society• French Society of Medicine and Surgery of the Foot• German Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society• Hellenic Foot and Ankle Society• Italian Society of Medicine and Surgery of the Foot• Portugese Society of Medicine and Surgery of the Foot• Spanish Association of Medicine and Surgery of the Foot• Swiss Foot and Ankle Society• 2006 : Litharian – Czech- Slovacian Scoiety• Individual members of Europe • Affiliated members from all over the world

EFAS secretariat

Thanks to you

Will be a strong European Foot and

Ankle Society