EAN News

Franz Gerstenbrand is 90 years!

The European Academy of Neurology has existed for 4 months now and many of the first steps are behind us. The latest step is that we can accept members now from the administrative side of the process. Therefore I will use my President’s Page today to explain why you should become a member. According to the bylaws of the Society we will have institutional and individual members.

Registration and abstract submission and registration are open now. Information on registration fees, etc. can be found here: http://www.eaneurology.org/berlin2015/Register.1884.0.html The guidelines for abstract submission, deadlines, etc. here: http://www.eaneurology.org/berlin2015/Call-for-Abstracts.2198.0.html Please log in to the registered user area on www.eaneurology.org/berlin2015 with your… Continue Reading

European Academy of Neurology ADMIN was re-audited and has received the updated certificate.

The October issue of the European Journal of Neurology is online now! Online access is free-of-charge for EAN members. Please contact headoffice@eaneurology.org, if you Need help with your access token. European Journal of Neurology was last modified: July 5th, 2016… Continue Reading

Gian Luigi Lenzi (GLL): As Secretary General to EAN, can you illustrate the role you give to EAN within the community of European Neurologists? Didier Leys (DL): The EAN is a society of both individual members and national societies. This… Continue Reading

The EAN is a young Society and our purpose is to promote ‘Excellence in Neurology in Europe’.  This task has many facets and one of them is to engage more people in the Society. This process is presently underway.

Report from Dr. Naida Nasrullayeva from Azerbaijan visiting the Department of Neurology at the University Hospital Copenhagen, Denmark under the supervision of Doctor Michael Oettinger. First of all, I would like to thank EFNS (EAN) for the opportunity to visit… Continue Reading

Rudolf Martini, Würzburg, Germany, was the first speaker of this session and talked about opportunities for treatment of CMT diseases. At the moment, there is no cure for these genetic neuropathies. Studies (mouse and human) with many substances studied, such as ascorbic acid, progesterone antagonist, curcumin, neurotrophin 3, carried out without success.

Here is the link to the latest issue: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ene.2014.21.issue-9/issuetoc Don’t forget: All members of EAN do have free online access to the journal via www.eaneurology.org. If you need help with logging in, please contact headoffice@eaneurology.org European Journal of Neurology –… Continue Reading

Franz Fazekas (FF): Building the EAN is a unique opportunity to strengthen the role and visibility of our specialty in patient care and clinical science throughout the continent and beyond.

Neurology is an important discipline and is rapidly developing. Recent economic studies have identified that one third of the European population is affected by a brain disease and they need treatment by neurologists, neurosurgeons and psychiatrists. The costs for these diseases are getting astronomic.

First of all I would like to thank the EAN Head Office, Julia Mayer, the EAN Education committee, especially Professor Detlef Kömpf, and all our invited speakers for their support in organising the Regional Teaching Course in Baku.

by Peter Balicza The European Academy of Neurology Regional Teaching Courses aim to bring neurological standards to Eastern countries, and to establish friendly relationships with colleagues from other countries. As a participant and EAYNT (European Association of Young Neurologist and… Continue Reading

The 6th Regional Training Course in Sub-Saharan Africa addressing Neurology took place from 19th to 21st June in Lusaka, Zambia and was hosted by the University of Zambia. The training was organised by the EAN and was supported by a consortium of European, international scientific societies and the Zambian Government, namely: