European Federation of Neurological Societies

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Synonyms and keywords: EFNS

Overview[edit | edit source]

The European Federation of Neurological Societies is an organisation that unites and supports neurologists across the whole of Europe. Currently, 44 European national neurological societies are registered members of the EFNS. Thus the EFNS represents more than 19.000 European neurologist. It was founded in 1991 in Vienna, Austria

Officers[edit | edit source]

• President: Richard AC Hughes, London, UK
• Past President: Jacques L. De Reuck, Ghent, Belgium
• Vice-Presidents: Marianne de Visser, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Gian Luigi Lenzi, Rome, Italy; László Vécsei, Szeged, Hungary
• Secretary General: Detlef Kömpf, Lübeck, Germany
• Treasurer: Isabel Illa, Barcelona, Spain

• Chair Congress Programme Committee: Nils Erik Gilhus, Bergen, Norway
• Chair Liaison Committee: Gunhild Waldemar, Copenhagen, Denmark
• Chair Scientific Committee: Michael Brainin, Krems, Austria
• Chair Training and Education Committee: Jean-Marc Léger, Paris, France

National Neurological Member Societies[edit | edit source]

• Albanian Society of Neurology
• Armenian Scientific-Practical Union of Neurologists
• Austrian Society of Neurology (Österreichische Gesellschaft für Neurologie)
• Belarussian Scientific Society of Neurologists
• Association of Neurologists in Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Bulgarian Society of Neurology
• Croatian Neurological Society (Hrvatsko Neurolosko Drustvo)
• Cyprus Neurological Society
• Czech Neurological Society
• Danish Neurological Society (Dansk Neurologisk Selskab)
• Estonian Ludvig puusepp Society of Neurologists & Neurosurgeons
• Macedonian Society of Neurology
• Finnish Neurological Association (Suomen Neurologinen Yhdistys)
• French Society of Neurology (Société Francaise Neruologie)
• Georgian Society of Neurologists
• German Society of Neurology (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Neurologie)
• Hellenic Neurological Society
• Hungarian Society of Neurology and Psychiatry
• Icelandic Neurological Society
• Irish Institute of Clinical Neuroscience
• Israel Neurological Association
• Italian Society of Neurology (Società Italiana di Neurologia)
• Latvian Neurologists Association
• Lithuanian Neurological Association
• Luxembourg Society of Neurology (Société Luxembourgeoise de Neurologie)
• Moldovan Scientific Society of Neruologists
• Montenegrin Neurological Association
• Norwegian Neurological Association
• Polish Neurological Society
• Portuguese Society of Neurology (Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurologia)
• Romanian Society of Neurology
• All-Russian Society of Neurologists
• Neurological Society of Serbia
• Slovak Neurological Society
• Slovenian Society of Neurology
• Spanish Society of Neurology (Sociedad Espanola de Neurologia)
• Swedish Neurological Society
• Swiss Society of Neurology (Société Suisse de Neurologie)
• Netherlands Society of Neurology (Nederlandse Verenigung voor Neurologie)
• Turkish Neurological Society
• Scientific Society of Neurologists of the Ukraine
• Association of British Neurologists
• National Neurological Society of Uzbekistan

EFNS Publications[edit | edit source]

• Archive of the EFNS [2]
• eBrain [3]
• EFNS Directory
• European Journal of Neurology [4]
• EFNS Guideline Papers [5]
• Handbook of Neurological Management Volume 1 + 2 [6]
• Neuropenews [7]

Partners and Collaborators[edit | edit source]

• AAN – American Academy of Neurology
• ABRE – Alliance for Biomedical Health Research in Europe
• American Neurology Association
• EANN – European Association of Neuroscience Nurses
• EAYNT – European Association of Young Neurologists and Trainees
• EBC – European Brain Council
• EBN – European Board of Neurology
• EDAB – European Dana Alliance for the Brain
• European Charcot Foundation for Multiple Sclerosis
• EFAS – European Federation of Autonomic Societies
• EFIC – European Federation of IASP chapters
• EFNA – European Federation of Neurological Associations
• EHF – European Headache Federation
• ENS – European Neurological Society
• EPNS – European Paediatric Neurology Society
• European Parkinson's Disease Association
• European Society of Neurosonology and Cerebal Hemodynamics
• FENS – Federation of European Neuroscience Societies
• International Danube Symposium for Neurological Societies and Continuing Education
• ILAE – International League Against Epilepsy
• IHS – International Headache Society
• MDS-ES – Movement Disorder Society – European Section
• PAANS – Pan-African Association of Neurological Societies
• PAUNS – Pan-Arab Union of Neurological Societies
• Vlaamse Verenigung voor Neurologie
• UEMS – Union Européenne des Médicins Spécialistes
• WFN – World Federation of Neurology
• WFNR – World Federation of Neurological Rehabilitation
• WHO – World Health Organisation

References[edit | edit source]

External links[edit | edit source]

• Official homepage
• EFNS 2003 Helsinki, Finland - 7th Congress of the European Federation of Neurological Societies
• EFNS 2004 Paris, France - 8th Congress of the European Federation of Neurological Societies
• EFNS 2005 Athens, Greece - 9th Congress of the European Federation of Neurological Societies
• EFNS 2006 Glasgow, UK - 10th Congress of the European Federation of Neurological Societies
• EFNS 2007 Brussels, Belgium - 11th Congress of the European Federation of Neurological Societies
• EFNS 2008 Madrid, Spain - 12th Congress of the European Federation of Neurological Societies
• EFNS 2009 Florence, Italy - 13th Congress of the European Federation of Neurological Societies
• EFNS 2010 Geneva, Switzerland - 14th Congress of the European Federation of Neurological Societies
• EFNS 2011 Budapest, Hungary - 15th Congress of the European Federation of Neurological Societies
• EFNS 2012 Stockholm, Sweden - 16th Congress of the European Federation of Neurological Societies