The current term of the Editor-in-Chief of the European Journal of Neurology is ending. The Executive Board of the European Academy of Neurology (EAN) herewith invites applications for the position of Editor-in-Chief which foresees a term of 5 years with the option of renewal. The new Editor-in-Chief of the European Journal of Neurology will assume responsibility in January 2020.

EAN is happy to inform of its collaboration with the project “European Partnership on Competencies for High Value COst COnscious CARE” (CoCoCare).

        by Anna Sauerbier         Development of multiple sclerosis policy report and national brain plans with a focus on MS, a European Brain Council & Health Policy Partnership 2018–2019 Joint Project https://www.braincouncil.eu/activities/news/MSpolicynarrative   A… Continue Reading

Extended deadline: 7 February 2019

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has been interacting with European healthcare professionals in various areas of its work since founded in 1995. As prescribers and handlers of the medicines that the Agency evaluates, healthcare professionals are key stakeholders in the… Continue Reading

18 January: Lancet commentary highlights recommendations developed by Global Alliance for Genomics and Health, Ageing and Dementia Task Team The Lancet Neurology (February 2019 edition) has published a commentary by Adrian Thorogood et al. on “Openness, inclusion, and respect in… Continue Reading

  by RRFS Officers Anna Sauerbier, Giovanni Di Liberto, Vanessa Carvalho, Lisa Klingelhoefer         In 2016, the European Academy of Neurology – Resident and Research Fellow Section (EAN-RRFS) started a new initiative called “EAN-RRFS national representatives” to… Continue Reading

28 February 2019 is the twelfth international Rare Disease Day coordinated by EURORDIS. On and around this day hundreds of patient organisations from countries and regions all over the world will hold awareness-raising activities. The theme for Rare Disease Day 2019 is 'Bridging health and social care' focusing on bridging the gaps in the coordination between medical, social and support services in order to tackle the challenges that people living with a rare disease and their families around the world face every day.

Abstract submission for the 5th EAN Congress in Oslo, Norway, is closed. We thank the submitters and authors for their contributions and are happy to report a record number of abstracts received!  All abstracts are now under review and will… Continue Reading

The Department of Neurology at the University Hospital of Northern Norway (UNN) is the only neurological department in the two northernmost counties in Norway and serves as secondary and  tertiary referral hospital for the Northern Norway region. With its 112 975 km2, the Northern Norway region is approximately the size of a medium-sized European country and larger than the combined areas of Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. The hospital is located in the city of Tromsø, situated 375 kilometers north of the Arctic Circle. Tromsø is the largest urbane municipality in Northern Norway and the third largest north of the Arctic Circle anywhere in the world.

In this month’s EAN Pages, we have the top 10 European Journal of Neurology (EJoN) articles from 2018, selected by EJoN editor-in-chief, Professor Tony Schapira. His choices reflect the full spectrum of neurological disorders, from evidence-based practice guidelines in MS, stroke and applications of PET, to original studies in Parkinson’s disease, epilepsy, MS, and subarachnoid haemorrhage

Join the traditional concert from Neurologists to Neurologists on Sunday, June 30, 2019 at 20.30 h Norges Varemesse, Room Berlin.

As in the previous years, EANpages asked EAN committee members, panel chairs, and invited speakers  which session one should not miss at the upcoming congress in Oslo 2019. Please find their answers below!

Professor Jesus Lafuente is president of the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS) www.eans.org.

Please find below articles from Czech authors and co-authors that were published in the European Journal of Neurology.