EXECUTIVE TEAM

Valued industry partners

Our industry partners are a valued part of our community. Thanks to their ongoing support in 2022 we were able to provide EACTS members with new and exciting opportunities through the Academy programme, Francis Fontan Fellowship Fund and the EACTS Annual Meeting

Collaboration

In the interests of our members and the patients they serve, EACTS is always proactively seeking new and supporting existing opportunities to collaborate with sister societies and associations. Recent collaborations have included our crucial partnership with the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) on the joint ESC/EACTS review of the 2018 guideline recommendations on the revascularisation of left main coronary artery disease.

We have also recently strengthened our longstanding relationship with the European Society of Thoracic Surgery (ESTS), liaising on shared goals and working towards joint ventures. In the year ahead this will see the establishment of a joint, EACTS/ESTS thoracic guidelines task force, further shared educational output including joint webinars and excitingly, the prospect of a combined European, thoracic examination structure. Our appetite for partnership extends beyond our European borders of course, and our longstanding associations with the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) and the American Association of Thoracic Surgeons (AATS) continue to blossom.

Over the past year we have worked with the Biomedical Alliance, an organisation which represents 36 European medical societies, to influence policy across Europe for the improvement of patient outcomes. This includes supporting calls for further action to prevent a shortage of essential medical devices following the implementation of the new EU Medical Device Regulation (MDR).

The Society Of Thoracic Surgeons

THE EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF THORACIC SURGEONS

EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF CARDIOLOGY

EACTS is always proactively seeking new and supporting existing opportunities to collaborate with sister societies and associations