Committees of The European Association of Neurosurgical Societies

The Training Committee

The EANS Training Committee is responsible for arranging the European Neurosurgical Training Courses.

The present Chairman of the Training Committee is Professor Nejat Akalan (Turkey).

Download: List of national delegates to Training Committee (Excel)

 

Post-Graduate Education Committee

The PGEC has taken over the role fulfilled in the past by the CME/CPD committee. Its future plans include

  • Collection data on neurosurgical educational activities in Europe (local, regional, national, international)
  • Exploration of the need for postgraduate neurosurgical education in different parts of Europe (pre-examination courses, subspecialty courses, train-the-trainers, etc.)
  • Monitoring the quality of educational activities that are either seeking or gaining EANS recognition
  • Defining the criteria for EANS endorsement of such educational activities based upon the principles of good medical practice
  • Liaison with other EANS committees (research committee, subspecialities committee, neuro-oncology committee, young neurosurgeons committee) and other organization (e.g. ESPN) to avoid overlap of educational activities
  • Installation of a structure for EANS-organized courses similar to the European Neurosurgical Training Courses:
    • Specific subspecialty field (e.g. vascular neurosurgery, neuro-oncology)
    • Specific surgical technique (e.g. endoscopy; skull base; pituitary; spine; neuromodulation)

The current committee Chair is Panagiotis Selviaridis (Greece).

Members:

Artem Belyaev (Russia)
Martin Bettag (Germany)
Nicolas Foroglou (Greece)
Aki Laakso (Finland)
Juan Lourido (Spain)
David Netuka (Czech Republic)
Necmettin Pamir (Turkey)
Claudius Thome (Austria)

 

The Research Committee

The current Chair of the Research Committee is Juan Barcia (Spain).

Members:

Lorenzo Bello (Italy)
Jan Berkelbach (The Netherlands)
Jocelyne Bloch (Switzerland)
Nicolas Foroglou (Greece)
Juha E. Jaaskelainen (Finland)
Talat Kiris (Turkey)
Radoslaw Rola (Poland)
Guy Rosental (Israel)
Eric Schmidt (France)
Walter Stummer (Germany)

 

Ethico-Legal Committee

The puropse of the Ethicolegal Committee is to report on ethicolegal matters affecting neurosurgery and where appropriate to produce guidelines or advice on specific issues.

The current Chair of the Ethico-Legal Committee is Jan Verlooy (Belgium).

Members:

Naci Balak (Turkey)
Marike Broekman (The Netherlands) 
Zeev Feldman (Israel)
Hans Kolenda (Germany)
Miguel Manriques (Spain)
Tiit Mathiesen (Denmark)
Pierre Robe (Belgium)
Martin Sames (Czech Republic)

 

Individual Membership Committee

This Committee has been set up to develop Individual Membership of the EANS. Its members are those elected by the body of current Individual Members of the EANS and act as its representatives in the Executive Committee of the EANS.

The current Chair of the Individual Membership Committee is Karl Schaller (Switzerland).

Members:

Naci Balak (Turkey)
Giovanni Broggi (Italy)
Andreas Demetriades (UK)
Aki Laakso (Finland)
Juan Lourido (Spain)
David Netuka (Czech Republic)
Terttu Pietila (Germany)
Florian Ringel (Germany)
Dirk van Roost (Belgium)
Jerome St. George (UK)

 

Young Neurosurgeons Committee

This Committee represents the interests of European trainees and newly board-certified neurosurgeons. Its current Chair is Andreas Demetriades (UK).

Members: 

Florian Ringel (Germany)
Hans Delye (The Netherlands)
Hrvoje Jednacak (Croatia)
David Neduka (Czech Republic)
Calan Mathieson (UK)

 

International Relations Committee

This is a newly established Committee established for strenghtening relations between EANS and non-European Neurosurgical societies. Its current Chair is Henry Marsh (UK).

Members:

Jesus Lafuente (Spain)
Volker Seifert (Germany)

 

Joint-Residency Advisory and Accreditation Committee

The Joint Residency Advisory and Accreditation Committee (JRAAC) is a joint committee of the EANS and the UEMS. Its original purpose was to develop proposals for a harmonized European Residency Training Programme in neurosurgery in accordance with the guidelines set out in the European Training Charter. JRAAC was also tasked with the setting up of an accreditation procedure for neurosurgical training programmes and units. JRAAC's main activity revolves around this accreditation function. It also acts as an advisor to European training programmes and units helping them to achieve the standards required for accreditation. JRAAC provides European neurosurgical centres with a unique chance for certification by the UEMS and EANS as a Center of Excellence in Neurosurgical Training.

The application form is available for download and can be located below under point c, the European Accreditation of Training Programmes.

JRAAC provides several tools to help organisation of training programmes both for trainees and departments.

a. Neurosurgical Log-Book

The booklet can be obtained through Aesculap Company:

attn Mrs. Eva Streit
Postfach 40
D - 78501
Tuttlingen

The electronic version of the Log-book has recently been developed with the financial support of EANS. Click to access the neurosurgical logbook  (opens in new window).

b. Periodic Progress Assessment

Evaluation Sheet has been developed to facilitate the semi-annual or annual progress evaluation of the trainees. It is well known that the quality of professional and personal development is difficult to “measure”. In this Evaluation Sheet criteria are used which can more or less be comfortably evaluated. To receive an evaluation sheet please contact Professor Ken Lindsay .

c. The European Accreditation of Training Programmes

JRAAC now offers on a voluntary basis an external evaluation process of training programmes for interested neurosurgical departments in Europe. To participate, training centers may send in their Application Form for accreditation of the programme.

Download: programme accreditation application form

Training centres which obtained accreditation in the past and whose period of accreditation has expired can re-apply using the re-accreditation form. 

Download: programme application form for re-accreditation 

Applications should be sent to:

Prof. Jannick Brennum 
Department of Neurosurgery
Copenhagen University Hospital
Copenhagen
Denmark

Email: jannick.brennum@regionh.dk

The current chair of JRAAC is Jannick Brennum (Denmark).

Members:

Vladimir Benes (Czech Republic)
Manuel Cunha e Sa (Portugal)
Evelyne Emery (France)
Guy Matge (Luxembourg)
Johannes Schramm (Germany)
Owen Sparrow (UK)
Tomasz Trojanowski (Poland)
Agahan Unlu (Turkey)

 

Joint EANS/UEMS Examination Committee

The Joint Examination Committee of the EANS and UEMS, is responsible for running both Part I (written) and Part II (oral) of the European Examination.

The current Chair of the Joint EANS/UEMS Examination Committee is Owen Sparrow (UK).

Members:

Mike Carter (UK)
Kristina Cesarini (Sweden)
Zeev Feldman (Israel)
Daniel Haenggi (Germany)
Niklas Marklund (Sweden)
Olga Mateo (Spain)
Martina Messing-Juenger (Germany)
Ali Nader-Sepahi (UK)
Josip Paladino (Croatia)
Ali Savas (Turkey)
Juraj Steno (Slovakia)
Peter Whitfield (UK)
Maria Zetterling (Sweden)