2 EFSUMB Newsletter • September 2003
EFSUMB EUROPEAN FEDERATION OF SOCIETIES FOR ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY EXECUTIVE BUREAU President: President Elect: Past-President: Hon Secretary: Hon Treasurer:
K Jäger (Switzerland) D H Evans (UK) M Claudon (France) L Greiner (Germany) N Juul (Denmark)
ECMUS – EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR MEDICAL ULTRASOUND SAFETY Chairman: Secretary: Members:
K Salvesen (Norway) T Whittingham (UK) P Arbeille (France) M Delius (Germany) L Klinghammer (Germany) R Laurini (Sweden) K Marsál (Sweden)
EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS COMMITTEE Chairperson: Secretary: Members:
Ex-officio:
L Valentin (Sweden) D Lindsell ( UK) B Cacciatore (Finland) B J Hackelöer (Germany) I Sporea (Romania) D H Evans (UK)
PUBLICATION COMMITTEE Chairman: Members:
Ex-officio:
D W Pilling (UK) M Bachmann Nielsen (Denmark) J-M de Bray (France) W Mann (Germany) M Claudon (France) L Greiner (Germany
EFSUMB NEWSLETTER Editor:
D W Pilling (UK)
SECRETARIAT General Secretary: Gianna Stanford, Carpenters Court, 4a Lewes Road, Bromley, Kent BR1 2RN, UK Tel: +44 (0)20 8402 8973 Fax: +44 (0)20 8402 9344 Email: efsumb@efsumb.org Website:
http://www.efsumb.org
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EFSUMB NEWSLETTER EDITORIAL The Euroson congress in Copenhagen was a great success both scientifically and socially. You will read much about the meetings of the various committees elsewhere in the Newsletter. My appeal to the readers of the Newsletter for contributions has obviously fallen on deaf ears but still would be very welcome. As you will see in the Publications Committee Report the Newsletter may well change in the near future but its aim will always be the same to communicate with the members of the Federation. Communication is a two way thing and whilst producing this Editors report I feel somewhat isolated. Reviewing Newletters of other organisations shows a great variation in reader contributions but it would be nice to think that some response from the readership was possible if only to tell me to save time and paper by not writing long editorials! Hardly is one Euroson Meeting over than we are considering the next one. Zagreb as a city has much to offer but many have not had the opportunity to visit before (this does not include the editor who has been there on a previous occasion in 1988 and is looking forward very much to returning). The Scientific Meeting promises to be as successful as other recent Euroson Meetings but with its own special flavour. It would be nice to see even more people at that meeting to show ultrasound is thriving in Europe at the moment. As you will see in the President' column we have made considerable progress with relaunching the European Journal of Ultrasound title as a sub-title to Ultraschall in der Medizin. The contract will be signed soon when final details are complete. Amongst the changes which will develop is an increase in the English language papers in the Journal which should help to increase the already impressive impact factor. There will also be changes to the Newsletter of which more next time. David W Pilling Editor EFSUMB Newsletter