EUROPEAN FOOT AND ANKLE SOCIETY

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EUROPEANFOOT AND ANKLESOCIETY
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CIP

• Europe
• 1959 to

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European Foot and Ankle Societies

• 1993
• EFFAS ESFAS

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European Federation of Foot and Ankle Societies

• Milan, 1993
• 9 National societies
• medical doctors
• European part of CIP
• Dr. Zollinger

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European Society of Foot and Ankle Surgeons

• Torino,1993
• individuals
• mainly orthopedic surgeons
• Dr.Pisani

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European Foot and Ankle SocietyFounded in
Koln Germany1998

• PRESIDENT Prof Greta Dereymaeker, M.D.,
  PhD (Belgium)
• VICE-PRESIDENT Mr. Michael Stephens, M.D.,
  FRCI (Ireland)
• SECRETARY Mr. Eric Anderson, M.D.
  (Scotland-UK)
• TREASURER Dr. Hakon Kofoed, M.D.
  (Denmark)

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Mission and Task of EFAS

• Unite all medical doctors interested in Foot and
  Ankle pathology to improve the quality of
  Footcare in Europe
• Organise meetings
• Instructional courses and congresses
• Organise Subcommittees
• Scientific/ membership/educational/ journal
• Travelling fellowships
• Stimulate and encourage Research

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EFAS COUNCIL 1998

• PRESIDENT Prof Greta Dereymaeker, M.D., PhD
  (Belgium)
• VICE-PRESIDENT Mr. Michael Stephens, M.D., FRCI
  (Ireland)
• SECRETARY Mr. Eric Anderson, M.D.
  (Scotland-UK)
• TREASURER Dr. Hakon Kofoed, M.D. (Denmark)
• MEMBERS at large
• Dr. Per Henrik Agren, M.D.
  (Sweden)
• Dr. Daniel Frank, M.D. (Germany)
• Dr. Beat Hintermann, M.D.,PhD (Switserland)
• Dr. Pedro Magro, M.D. (Portugal)
• Prof. Francesco Malherba, M.D. (Italy)
• Dr. Jan Willem Louwerens, M.D. (Netherland)
• Dr. Ramon Rochera, M.D. (Spain)
• Dr. Hajo Thermann, M.D. (Germany)
• Dr. Bernard Valtin, M.D. (France)
• Prof. Nicolaus Wülker, M.D. (Germany)

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European Foot and Ankle Societies2 journals

• Foot and Ankle
• Surgery

Barcelona
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Foot and Ankle Surgery Offical Journal EFAS
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Foot and Ankle Surgery

• Official Journal of European Foot and Ankle
  Society
• Editors S.Giannini, N. Wulker
• Review Editors T. W. Smith, M.Stephens
• Liaisonpersons to EFAS F Malherba, P Diebold
• Edited by Blackwell Science .

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Foot and Ankle Surgery

• Official Journal of European Foot and Ankle
• Society
• Founding editor Leslie Klenermann
• Editors S.Giannini, Tom smith, M.Stephens
• Review Editor Renee Fuhrmann
• EFASrepresentatives EFAS president, Renee
  Fuhrmann
• Edited by Elsevier since 2002

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Presidents of EFAS
1998-2000
02-04
04-06
2000-2002
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First Instructional course
Dr Hans Trnka Dr Dereymaeker
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Instructional courses EFAS

• Wien Austria (1999)
• Bologna Italy (2000)
• Veldhoven the Netherlands (2001)
• Geneva Switserland (2002)  
• Bristol UK (2003)
• Heidelberg Germany (2004)
• Copenhagen Denmark (2005)
• Barcelona Spain (2006)

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EFAS Congress Stockholm June 15-17, 2000

• Chairman Dr. P H Agren

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EFAS Congress 2 yearly

• 2000 Stockholm
• 2002 Sevilla
• 2004 Montpellier
• 2006 Prague

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EFAS part of the Orthopaedic world

• EFORT Specialty day
• 1999 Brussels Belgium
• 2002 Rhodos
• 2003 Helsinki Finland
• 2005 Lissabon Portugal
• 2007 Florence Italy

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EFAS part of the International world

• COMFAS Venice Italy
• IFFAS triennial meeting
• 1999 Kyoto Japan
• 2002 San Francisco USA
• 2005 Naples Italy
• 2008 Bahia Brazil

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Every year two young foot and Ankle surgeons are
selected
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EFAS Travelling FELLOWSHIP

• Thanks to Sponsors
• NEW DEAL
• AIRCAST

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EFAS and RESEARCH
Great Need for Sponsoring
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Members the European Foot and Ankle Society

• Austrian Foot Society
• Belgian Society of Medicine and Surgery of the
  Foot
• British Orthopaedic Foot Surgery Society
• Danish Foot and Ankle Society
• French Society of Medicine and Surgery of the
  Foot
• German Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society
• Hellenic Foot and Ankle Society
• Italian Society of Medicine and Surgery of the
  Foot
• Portugese Society of Medicine and Surgery of the
  Foot
• Spanish Association of Medicine and Surgery of
  the Foot
• Swiss Foot and Ankle Society
• 2006 Litharian Czech- Slovacian Scoiety
• Individual members of Europe
• Affiliated members from all over the world

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EFAS secretariat
Thanks to you
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Will be a strong European Foot and Ankle Society
Thanks to You All