"Lisbon 2018"

The Importance of having a Scientific Panel on Higher Cortical Functions in the EAN

Dear colleagues and friends, the weeks before the change of the year usually serve not only to accomplish the last pending tasks but also to reflect on the past 12 months and to think about what lies ahead. I probably have this in common with many of you who profit from some slowing down of work during the holiday season as everyone is busy preparing for Christmas and the turn of the year invites to look back and to make new plans.

EANpages: How do you see the role of the Scientific Committee within the overall work of the EAN? Antonio Federico (AF): The Scientific Committee (SC) is one of the most important EAN committees since its role is to coordinate the activities of the 31 Scientific Panels (SP) and has thus a close relationship with the EAN members. Its role is the promotion of scientific activities and of collaborations within the different European countries.

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

The 2018 recipients, Prof. Amadou Gallo Diop (Senegal) and Prof. Riadh Gouider (Tunisia) have contributed exceptionally to develop neurology in Africa and to strengthen the relations between African neurology and EAN. The EAN Service Award comes with an official document and a personalized golden hammer.

The mission of EAN is ‘to promote excellence in neurology across Europe’. Therefore we need you, our colleagues, to become individual EAN members. Membership is not only for your own benefit, but also to accomplish our mission. As an individual member you can play an important role. By standing for election for the position as Delegate in the Assembly of Delegates you can become an influencer.

Dear EAN Members, dear Colleagues, The 4th annual Congress of the European Academy of Neurology just held in Lisbon on June 16th - 19th was a spectacular event. More than 6,700 participants from 104 countries attended the meeting which covered the whole range of neurologic disorders in various formats, and offered altogether 42 scientific and 48 educational sessions. Besides several teaching courses and educational activities, the congress also comprised of 20 case-based workshops and interactive sessions, 7 hands-on courses, and 3 career development sessions.

For July 2018, we have selected: Thomalla G, Simonsen CZ, Boutitie G, et al., for the WAKE-UP Investigators. MRI-guided thrombolysis for stroke with unknown time of onset. NEJM May 16, 2018. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa1804355. Thrombolysis is currently performed in patients with acute ischemic stroke within a window of 4.5 hours since the symptoms’ onset. In about one third of the patients, the exact time of stroke onset is unknown, like in patients who wake up from sleeping.

The European Academy of Neurology provides access to ebrain for all its members entirely free of charge and it is a highly valuable part of your EAN membership. We strongly encourage you to engage with the ebrain programme. Ebrain is fully intergrated via a seamless link on the EAN website. To get access go to www.ean.org, log in via my EAN, rest your mouse over learn and click on ebrain.

Prof. Elena Moro (EM): Dear Prof Correia, could you briefly summarize for the EANpages readers the history of the Portuguese National Neurological Society, and its major achievements at national level? Prof. Manuel Correia (MC): The first neuroscientific society in Portugal was founded in 1948, and it was named the “Sociedade Portuguesa de Oto-Neuro-Oftalmologia. The first century of Ophtalmoscopy was celebrated in Lisbon on the 26th of April 1952.

The first team of board members is going to retire after the Lisbon congress and the incoming president, Franz Fazekas from Graz, Austria, will take over. He is an outstanding scientist in the field of Stroke and Multiple Sclerosis and has done a marvellous job for our Society during the past 4 years. His many qualities as an Austrian Cosmopolitan are a guarantee for an integrative presidency for the next years of further development of this young Society. It is my privilege to thank him and the outgoing board for an excellent collaboration.

Dear members of the EAN, following the election of 5 members of the EAN Executive Board in Lisbon this new Board will appoint the chair of the education committee and the chair of the program committee. We therefore solicit the… Continue Reading

  The democratic body of the European Academy of Neurology (EAN) is the assembly of delegates, which acts as the parliament of the EAN. This assembly meets once a year, usually on Saturday, during the annual meeting. The 4 major… Continue Reading

  Join us at the RRFS booth During the conference, RRFS members will be available at the LEARN and HOME area of the EAN booth in order to provide up-to-date information about membership, travel/EBN grants and other conference activities.  … Continue Reading