European Federation of Neurological Societies

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

Synonyms and keywords: EFNS

Overview

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

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

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

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

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

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