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How do neurology and palliative care services collaborate across Europe? There is increasing interest in providing palliative care for people with progressive neurological disease but the full extent of the relationship is not known. The EAN Palliative Care Specialty Panel… Continue Reading

It is a great pleasure to introduce the recipients of the Research Fellowship 2019 (in alphabetical order):

10th Regional Teaching Course in sub-Saharan Africa
Antananarivo, Madagascar
24 – 27 October 2018 The 10th Regional Teaching Course in sub-Saharan Africa took place in Antananarivo, Madagascar from October 24 through 27, 2018. The RTC was attended by 53 residents… Continue Reading

1.12. Welcome to the EAN Holiday Countdown!

EANpages is the electronic news tool of EAN reporting on what happens in the neurological and allied-disciplines field, in the EAN community, and providing informed opinions on different scientific and healthcare related topics in neurology. The EANpages Editor-in-Chief is expected… Continue Reading

Registration for the 5th EAN Congress in Oslo, Norway, 29 June-2 July 2019, is now possible! You can find the scientific programme here. Save on the registration fee by becoming an EAN member! And don’t forget to sign up for… Continue Reading

The UEMS EBN examination will be held one day prior to the 5th congress of the European Academy of Neurology. Date: Friday, June 28th, 2019 Venue: Norges Varemesse

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.