With more than 1,300 members, the EPNS is a thriving and growing society which continues to play an important role in and beyond Europe by promoting training, clinical care and scientific research in the field of Paediatric Neurology.
The outgoing board together with the new EPNS Board for 2018-2022 met in Leuven, Belgium, in January 2018 for a constructive meeting reflecting on past achievements, handing over ongoing projects and planning for new initiatives for the future. During this meeting I was thrilled to be elected as the new EPNS President.
It is a special honour and a privilege to begin my term as President of the EPNS. Our outgoing President, Lieven Lagae, deserves an enormous thank you from all of us— for guiding the society so ably. He has been a great role model, and his shoes will be impossible to fill. Luckily, for all of us, Lieven will continue to serve as a member of the EPNS Board and I am especially grateful that I will be able to rely on his wise counsel during my term.
I would also like to take this opportunity to express heartfelt thanks to Peter Baxter, Isabelle Desguerre, Katalin Hollody, Alla Nechay, Raili Riikonen and Biayna Sukhudyan as they leave the EPNS Board. Their commitment and contribution has played a big role in making the EPNS what it is today. On behalf of the EPNS I wish you all the very best in your future endeavours.
Please see the website section to the right for details of all the EPNS Board senior appointments. With my newly-elected board, we are engaged in strategic planning to continue the excellent achievements made so far and reaching our priority to promote training, clinical care and scientific research in the field of Paediatric Neurology. To this end, I urge you to become involved with EPNS and spread the word to your colleagues encouraging them to join us. Our new committees are excited by the prospect of taking a fresh look at how the Society can fulfil its goals and I embrace wholeheartedly the opportunity to serve this vibrant organisation.
The CNA is a forum on which all paediatric neurology societies in Europe are represented and provides a channel for communication between the EPNS Board and National Societies with 2 representatives from the C N A co-opted to the EPNS Board. The 2 co-opted C N A members to the EPNS Board for the next 4 years will be the C N A Secretary, Alasdair Parker together with Leena Haataja for the 2018-2019 term and Dilek Yalnizoglu for the 2020 to 2021 term.
Please take a moment to look at our 2nd Annual EPNS report to learn about our recent achievements.
I invite you to explore our website to learn more about our exciting events and initiatives, and there is more to come! I would especially draw your attention the ‘Education and Training’ section to learn more about our training courses especially the training courses taking place in Alicante, the EPNS Visiting Teacher scheme and our EPNS Fellowship scheme. Congratulations to the 6 doctors who have recently been awarded a clinical EPNS Fellowship and the 3 Visiting Teacher awardees; I wish you all the best.
Please also visit our ‘Research and Science‘ section. We were delighted to welcome over 1500 delegates to our 2nd EPNS International Symposium and 12th EPNS Congress which took place in Lyon in June 2017. Our Congresses are held every 2 years, and in the alternate years we host a Research Meeting. These meetings have an established reputation for excellence and plans are now well on their way for our next EPNS Research Meeting which will take place in Alicante, Spain 26-27 October 2018. The EPNS Congress 2019 will take place in Athens and we recently announced that Glasgow, UK will host the 14th Congress of the European Paediatric Neurology Society in 2021.
Our latest exciting EPNS project is the EPNS Neurokids App and corresponding Workbook – an innovative answer to the clinical challenges in child neurology! With the basic idea of Mind Maps designed for daily professional practice, bundling the broad clinical spectrum. The App in particular is ideal for daily work and we are looking for our members to use the feedback function extensively. All fully paid up members of the EPNS are able to purchase this package via the EPNS website.
Our EPNS annual subscription fees offer value for money and payments for 2018 are now being taken. Fully paid up EPNS members are entitled to many benefits. Also we are pleased to continue to offer our new and existing members ONE free copy of ‘Principles and practice of child neurology in infancy’ Please visit https://www.epns.info/principles-and-practice-of-child-neurology-in-infancy-text-book/ for more information.
Of course if you are not already a member of the EPNS and you are a physician with a research or clinical interest in Paediatric Neurology, we would be delighted to welcome you to our Society. It’s easy to join – just complete our on-line application form. Any queries whatsoever, please do not hesitate to email Sue Hargreaves, our EPNS membership secretary on info@epns.info
Best regards
Professor Sameer Zuberi
EPNS President
By doing so you join a rapidly growing group of like-minded active professionals in our field who are committed to improving standards of care of all children with suspected neurological problems and to collaborating on training, continuing medical education and research. Please visit this link to learn about our current offer to receive a free publication when you join and pay your subscription https://www.epns.info/principles-and-practice-of-child-neurology-in-infancy-text-book/
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New EPNS appointments:
Prof Sameer Zuberi, EPNS President
Prof Michel Willemsen, EPNS Treasurer
Prof Dana Craiu, EPNS Secretary
Dr Rob Forsyth, EPNS Secretary
Prof Barbara Plecko, Chair of Scientific and Research committee
Ass Prof Coriene Catsman-Berrevoets, Chair of Education and Training committee
Prof Florian Heinen, Chair Finance Committee
Prof Finbar O’Callaghan, Chair of Public Relations, Membership and Website committee
Prof Francisco Carratala, Webmaster
Programme is now available – please click this link: EPNS Research Meeting 2018 Alicante PROGRAMME.docx The EPNS is delighted to offer 30 bursaries of up to a maximum of 500 Euros each. The application period is now open, and closes on 29 June 2018. To take advantage of this opportunity and apply for a bursary,…
On May 17-18, 2018, within the framework of Visiting Professor option, a Skype conference took place between Professor Dana Craiu and colleagues in the Ukraine. Dr Alla Nechay from the Ukraine has kindly sent a report about the event. https://www.epns.info/epns-visiting-teacher-2018
3rd Biennial Caucasus course 9-10 November 2018 in Tbilisi, Georgia Programme will be available soon. Local organisers: Ass Prof Sophia Bakhtadze and Dr Bianya Sukhdyan Faculty: Professor Dana Craiu, Romania Professor Finbar O’Callaghan, United Kingdom Professor Lieven Lagae, Belgium Dr Monika Eisermann, France Dr Biayna Sukhudyan, Armenia
Tbilisi, Georgia: 28-31 May 2018: 2 EPNS Speakers Ass Prof Coriene Catsman – Berrevoets and Prof Raili Riikonen. Many thanks Prof Nana Tatashvili and the local organising team for a great event. #eacd2018
The 6th EPNS Research Meeting 2018 will be taking place in Alicante, Spain on 26 – 27 October 2018. Important Dates: NOW: bursary application period open 29 June 2018: deadline for bursary application beginning July 2018: registration opens Mid July 2018: Decisions communicated to bursary applicants 19 October 2018: registration closes
Aicardi’s Diseases of the Nervous System in Childhood 4th Edition Edited by Alexis Arzimanoglou with Anne O’Hare, Michael Johnston and Robert Ouvrier “A must for the bookshelves…” Paediatric Neurology (about the 3rd Edition) SPECIAL OFFER FOR FULLY PAID UP EPNS MEMBERS: 10% discount and free shipping’ send an email to info@epns.info to receive the code required at checkout to receive 10% discount…
We’re all ready to welcome our participants to sunny Alicante for the EPNS Training Course 8-11 May 2018 #EPNSALICANTE2018
Following the success of the meeting in Matera at the end of l2017, the SINP (Society for Italy Pediatric Neurology) kindly invited speakers from the EPNS Board to participate in a residential joint EPNS/SINP teaching course on epilepsy and clinical neurophysiology in neonates and infants in Catania. Professor Sameer Zuberi, EPNS President, together with 2…
This year, the EPNS is delighted to announce that 3 EPNS Visiting Teacher 2018 awards have been granted. Estonia: Professor Sameer Zuberi from the United Kingdom will be visiting Estonia. The visit will be hosted by Dr Inga Talvik, Tallinn Children’s Hospital, in October 2018. Kazakhstan: Professor Raoul Hennekam from the Netherlands will be visiting Kazakhstan. The visit will be hosted…
http://icnc2018mumbai.com/ On behalf of the International Child Neurology Association, it is my great pleasure to welcome you to the 15 th International Child Neurology Congress being held in Mumbai, India in Nov. 2018. Our congress theme is ‘Protecting the developing brain’. We aim to provide an overview of Childhood Neurological Disorders from a Global Perspective…
Important Dates:
NOW: bursary application period open
29 June 2018: deadline for bursary application
beginning July 2018: registration opens
Mid July 2018: Decisions communicated to bursary applicants
19 October 2018: registration closes
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The main theme for the 2019 congress will be:
Paediatric Neurology and Rare Diseases: Genetics & Environment, Progression & Transition
This Newsletter of the EPNS reproduces below the final draft of the Constitution and Bylaws of the EPNS, which will be presented to the members of the EPNS for ratification at the business meeting during the 3rd congress in Nice, 7-10 November 1999. The Executive Board and the Bylaw Committee of the EPNS look forward…
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When to start; when to stop. The dilemmas of advanced medical technology in paediatric neurology
The EPNS masterclasses were instituted in 2015 to address some of the dilemmas of practice in the 21st Century. Paediatric Neurology is a rapidly developing specialty: new healthcare technologies promise outcomes unthinkable a few years ago. But what is possible is not always what is appropriate. When do we start advanced treatments, or decide not to, or that the time has come to stop? Who has a say in these decisions, and how should disagreements be managed? Do attitudes to these issues differ between countries and if so what does this teach us?
It is with great pleasure that the EPNS Board presents the 2nd EPNS Annual Report providing a comprehensive overview of the activities of the Society during 2017. The Annual Report serves to communicate our accomplishments and on-going activities to all members of the EPNS.
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The main role of the EPNS Research and Scientific Committee is to advise on the scientific programme of the EPNS congress which is held biennially. In addition they provide guidance for symposia or sessions organised, or co-organised, by the EPNS within scientific meetings of other societies. Another important activity of the EPNS Research and Scientific Committee is the development of a European Research Conference in Paediatric Neurology, held every two years.
Honorary membership is for persons who the society wishes to honour for outstanding distinction in the field of paediatric neurology. Honorary membership is the highest honour which the EPNS can give and it recognises an exceptional contribution at international level to the field of paediatric neurology.
The EPNS has a programme of training courses to offer fellows and (young) paediatric neurologists the opportunity to learn paediatric neurology at a level prescribed by the Syllabus of the EPNS, to meet experts in the field and to exchange knowledge and personal experience. These are two-day courses at a location that can be easily reached at a relatively low cost. There will be a written examination at the end of the course. Because of the interactive character of the course, there is an upper limit of around 75 participants.
European Paediatric Neurology Society
