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by Lucia Cernicka   Guidelines International Network or G-I-N is a community with a mission to lead, strengthen and support collaboration in guideline production. To enhance its networking role, the G-I-N organises conferences on a regular basis, once a year,… Continue Reading

  Vienna, 12-13 October 2018: First recommendation meeting of the EAN ALS guideline panel. ALS is a disease with a very high unmet medical need. There are only limited options for disease-modifying pharmacotherapy. The cornerstone of the management remains multidisciplinary… Continue Reading

Prof. Dafin Muresanu (DF):Can you briefly illustrate the structure and mission of the World Muscle Society (WMS) to the readers of the EANpages? Peter van den Bergh (PvdB): The WMS was founded in London, UK, on 4 June 1995 by 15 founding members. The initiative came from Professor Victor Dubowitz who selected these founding members based on the principle that they constituted a high-level multidisciplinary team from all over the w

EANPages: How do you see the role of the Programme Committee within the overall work of EAN? Paul Boon (PB): The programme committee is the forum of exchange, discussion and decision on major aspects of the yearly EAN congress. The EAN congress is a scientific and educational meeting that is the flagship event of EAN. The PC decides on the main building blocks of congress. It is the PC that selects the proposals for symposia, sessions and

The Sixty-eight session of the World Health Organisation Regional Committee for Europe took place in Rome, Italy (16 – 20 September, 2018).                   Health ministers and high-level representatives of the 53 Member States… Continue Reading

Alshimaa Othman, MD, Cairo, Egypt Term of the stay: 16.4. – 28.9.2018 Hosting department:
Department of Neuroscience. Neurology Unit, Nuovo Ospedale Civile Sant’Agostino Estense,
via Giardini, 1355, 41126 Modena, Italy Supervisor : Prof. Stefano Meletti I would like to express… Continue Reading

How do you see the role of the Communication Committee (CC) within the overall work of the EAN? In principle, communication is at the basis of the functioning of a society, both within, and with partners or the various publics. The main communicators of a society are its president, the members of the board and, the executive director. The CC is more a think tank, an initiator, a follow-upper, and a workhorse tackling all the various communication agenda.

How do you see the role of the Education Committee within the overall work of EAN? Prof. Hannah Cock (HC): Education is fundamental to the vision of EAN. Education underpins the sharing of knowledge and excellence. It also forms a substantial part of the annual congress, and offers numerous other opportunities to bring members together including our regular schools and other teaching courses and e-learning resources.

EAN and Wiley want to know how neurology is making a difference, and how it has inspired you.
Tell us and you could win an iPad Pro!   All you need to do is post your tweets, photos, videos and… Continue Reading

More than one in three people will eventually suffer from brain disease, yet only 10% of scientific resources are devoted to their research. Private initiatives such as Run4Brain are crucial in not only raising awareness but also raising funds that… Continue Reading

  The XXIII World Congress of the International Association of Parkinson’s Disease and Related Disorders (IAPRD) was held from August 19th to 22th, 2018, in Lyon, France, at the Lyon Convention Centre, a beautiful location designed by the famous Italian… Continue Reading

This is the Land of Fire and the Pearl of the Caucasus, a land where eastern colors combine magnificently with western progress. Azerbaijan is situated at the eastern side of the Transcaucasia on the shores of the Caspian Sea. The… Continue Reading

2-5 JULY 2018, EFORIE NORD, ROMANIA As it is tradition, the 2018 edition of the International Summer School of Neurology was held in the resort on the Black Sea coast, Eforie Nord, Romania.

We would like to congratulate the winners of this year’s Investigator Award. The chosen winners have presented their work at the 4th EAN Congress in Lisbon this June. The Investigator Award consists of a free registration to the 5th EAN… Continue Reading

RRFS special session: “Meet the experts and learn about clinical work and research (clinical and laboratory) around Europe” The special session of RRFS took place on Sunday, 17.06.2018 during the 4th EAN congress in Lisbon. The special session was held… Continue Reading