"berlin 2015"

Hospital visit Campus Benjamin Franklin, Charité, Berlin, Germany, June 22, 2015 by Anna Sauerbier, Peter Balicza, Antonella Macerollo on behalf of the European Association of Young Neurologists and Trainees (EAYNT) The hospital visit followed by a get-together during the first… Continue Reading

The title ‘Fellow of the EAN’ acknowledges a limited number of neurologists who are full individual members and who deserve a special recognition of the EAN because

by Anna Sauerbier The 19th Congress of the International Parkinson and Movement Disorders Society took place in the beautiful city of San Diego on the Pacific coast of California between the 14th and 18th of June 2015. This international congress… Continue Reading

Website: https://www.intensivkurs-neuroanatomie.de/index.html?l=en Munich Brain Course 2016-16 – 19 03 2016 Dear colleagues, We would like to invite you to attend our teaching course devoted to  brain dissection and its clinical and neuroimaging applications. The Munich Brain Course has been a… Continue Reading

Over the last months, Neuropenews has featured 8 chapters describing the beginning of neurology in Germany (chapter 1), a golden age at the end of the 19th century, the first 30 years of the 20th century with true scientific breakthroughs (chapter 2), the dark age before and during World War II (chapter 3), the slow and painful (chapter 4) and since the 1970ies accelerating recovery (chapter 5-8) of clinical neuroscience and neurology in Germany [1].

All e-learning activities are free-of-charge for EAN members registered to www.eaneurology.org ! Answer all questions correctly and you will receive one hour of CME. European Journal of Neurology
Every month one article is chosen for online learning. The following articles… Continue Reading

by Eberhard Deisenhammer, archivist of the EFNS & Klaus V. Toyka, archivist of the ENS

The 1st Congress of the EAN includes the following networking programme and special sessions: Friday, June 19th, 2015: EBN Examination.
The UEMS EBN examination will be held one day prior to the congress at CityCube Berlin. The examination consists of… Continue Reading

Gian Luigi Lenzi (GLL): As Treasurer of the EAN, can you illustrate the role you give to EAN within the community of European neurologists? Marianne de Visser (MdV): The Board is unanimous about the need to spend most of EAN’s income on educational activities. In the December issue of Neuropenews, President Deuschl expressed his concern about the increasing demand of neurologists and thus we need not only accommodate residents and young neurologists but also medical students should feel attracted to neurology.

by Martin Rakusa Over 3000 neurologists, psychiatrists and neuroscientists have recently gathered together at the French Mediterranean coast. From 18th to 22nd of March, Nice hosted the 12th International Conference on Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Diseases and related Neurological Disorders (AD/PD… Continue Reading

It took decades until neurology in Germany recovered from the brain drain caused by the Nazi regime during the 1930ies and 1940ies (see previous chapters III and IV of this series). Initially the German Neurological Society (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Neurologie, DGN) recovered only slowly until late in the last century when this development speeded up, coinciding with the re-unification of Germany.

Report from the Education Committee, February 2015    by Hannah Cock   Education underpins much of the EAN vision, in which context an early priority for the Education Committee has been to work on how best to optimise the quality of… Continue Reading

by Jan Kuks The European Academy of Neurology facilitates collaboration in fields of science, health care and education within Neurope. On the other hand, the Section of Neurology (European Board of Neurology, EBN), being part of the Union of European… Continue Reading

More information on how to register for the EAN Congress in Berlin, Germany, here.… Continue Reading

he number of patients with neurological diseases will rapidly increase in Europe during the next 50 years. For some of the neurological diseases even a doubling of the numbers of patients is expected. Therefore more neurologists are needed. One of the most important tasks of the EAN is to support all attempts to increase the attractiveness of neurology as a profession and to improve teaching for students, trainees and residents in our field.