The Board of Directors meets at least three times per year and reports to the Representative Council during the Annual Congress taking place in autumn. The Board of Directors has 6 permanent members. The General Assembly is held during the Annual Congress where members are informed by the Board of Directors about the latest developments.
The Representative Council of the association is comprised of national delegates. Countries with more than 5 members are eligible to elect one representative. Countries with more than 50 members may elect two representatives, countries with more than 100 members are eligible to select 3 representatives. The term of office of the national representative is two years. The Representative Council meets once per year with the Board of Directors, during the Annual Congress. At the Annual Congress 35 representatives have been formally elected into the Representative Council.
The association has three permanent committees: the Scientific Committee, the Congress Committee and the Education Committee. These committees aim at giving recommendations to the Board of Directors for a final decision (Board of Directors motions). The respective committees are chaired by one of the Board of Directors member.
The European Association of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anaesthesia andIntensive Care (EACTAIC) Board of Directors is the highest executive level of the Association. It shall create a vision for the future of the Association and develop strategies to fulfill it. It will develop strategies regarding the cooperation with partner societies for the future of the medical specialty and for the benefit of its Members and Representative Council. The members of the EACTAIC Board of Directors are elected by the Representative Council.
President
Chirojit Mukherjee
HELIOS Clinic for Cardiac Surgery Karlsruhe (Germany)
E-mail: chirojit.mukherjee@helios-gesundheit.de
President Elect
Steffen Rex
University Hospitals Leuven, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium)
E-mail: steffen.rex@uzleuven.be
Past President
Patrick Wouters
Ghent University & University Hospital (Belgium)
E-mail: patrick.wouters@ugent.be
Secretary General
Gianluca Paternoster
San Carlo Hospital, Potenza (Italy)
E-mail: paternostergianluca@gmail.com
Scientific Chair
Gudrun Kunst
King’s College Hospital (UK)
E-mail: gudrun.kunst@kcl.ac.uk
Education Chair
Mohamed R. El-Tahan
Mansoura University (Egypt), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam (Saudi Arabia)
E-mail: mohamedrefaateltahan@yahoo.com
Annual Events Chair
Massimiliano Meineri
Herzzentrum Leipzig (Germany), University of Toronto (Canada)
E-mail: massimiliano.meineri@medizin.uni-leipzig.de
According to the EACTAIC Bylaws, the Representative Council of the association is comprised of one member from each country with 5 or more full EACTAIC members in good standing. Countries with 51 or more members may elect two national representatives into the Representative Council. Cut-off date for determining if and how many representative a country is eligible to have is March 31 of the current membership period.
The EACTAIC Representative Council has its yearly meeting with the EACTAIC Board of Directors in connection with the EACTAIC Annual Congress.
Australia
Elected: 2021 (representative 2022-2023)
Next election in 2023 – for the period of office 2024-2026
Joanne Irons
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
Anaesthetics
Missenden Road
2034 Sydney
Australia
Phone: +61431586345
E-mail: joirons[at]hotmail.com
Austria
Elected: 2022 (representative 2023- 2025)
Next election in 2025 – for the period of office 2026- 2028
Martin Bernardi
Medical University Vienna
Department of Anaesthesia & Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Medicine
Division of Cardiac Thoracic Vascular Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine
Waehringer Guertel 18-20
A-1090 Vienna, Austria
Phone: +43140400 4109
E-mail: martin.bernardi[at]meduniwien.ac.at
Belgium
Elected: 2020 (representative 2021- 2023)
Next election in 2023 – for the period of office 2024- 2026
Caroline Vanpeteghem
Departement of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine.
Gent University Hospital, Belgium.
E-mail: Caroline.Vanpeteghem[at]UGent.be
Belgium
Elected: 2022 (representative 2023-2025)
Next election in 2025 for the period of office 2026- 2028
Maximilien Gourdin
Directeur aux Affaires Académiques
Anesthésiologie
CHU UCL Namur asbl
avenue Docteur G. Thérasse, 1
5530 Yvoir, Belgique
maximilien.gourdin@uclouvain.be
Tél. : +32 (0)81423917
Secrétariat : +32 (0)81423911
Brazil
Elected: 2022 (representative 2023-2025)
Next election in 2025- for the period of office 2026-2028
Vinicius Tadeu Nogueira da Silva do Nascimento
Cardiovascular Anesthesiologist
Responsible for the organization of the fellow’s rotation in the fellowship program
NBE testamur in echocardiography
Email: nascimento_08@yahoo.com.br
Canada
Re-elected in 2022 (representative 2023-2025)
Next election in 2025 – for the period of office 2026-2028
Annette Vegas
Staff Anesthesiologist
Toronto General Hospital, Eaton North Wing 3-406
200 Elizabeth Street
M5G 2C4 Toronto
ON, Canada
Phone: +41634048006443
E-mail: annette.vegas[at]uhn.ca
Chile
Re-elected in 2022 (representative 2023-2025)
Next election in 2025 – for the period of office 2026-2028
Víctor Manuel Parra Morales
Echocardiography Unit, Instituto Nacional del Tórax,
Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile.
Avenida Salvador 486, Providencia; 7500922, Casilla 16038, correo 9
Santiago, Chile.
Phone: +56229770530
E-mail: vparra[at]uchile.cl
Colombia
Elected in 2022 (representative 2023-2025)
Next election in 2025 – for the period of office 2026-2028
Elaine Suarez, MD
Cardiovascular and Thoracic Anesthesiologist, CES TEE
Herz und Gefus Klinikum Bad Neu Stadt, Germany
E-mail: elainesuarez@yahoo.com
Croatia
Elected: 2022 (representative 2023- 2025)
Next election in 2025 – for the period of office 2026- 2028
Zdenko Povšić-Čevra
Anesthesiologist and Intensive Care Specialist
Magdalena Special Hospital for Cardiovascular Surgery and Cardiology
Faculty of Medicine
Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
Ljudevita Gaja 2
49 217 Krapinske Toplice, Croatia
Phone +38549244437
E-mail: Zdenko.Povsic-Cevra[at]magdalena.hr
Czech Republic
Elected: 2022 (representative 2023- 2025)
Next election in 2025- for the period of office 2026- 2028
Hynek Riha
Consultant in Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine
Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine Videnska
1958/9 | 140 21 Prague | Czech Republic
Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine Prague
e-mail: dr.hynek.riha@gmail.com
Denmark
Elected in 2022 (representative 2023- 2025)
Next election in 2025- for the period of office 2026-2028
Sigrun Høegholm Kann
Sigrun Høegholm Kann, MD
Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care
Odense University Hospital
J.B. Winsløws Vej 4
DK-5000 Odense C
Denmark
+45 66 11 33 33
E-mail: Sigrun.Kann@rsyd.dk
Egypt
Elected: 2022 (representative 2023-2025)
Next election in 2025– for the period of office 2026 – 2028
Hossam El Ashmawi
Professor of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine
Cairo University ECTAS Vice-president
Email: h.elashmawi@kasralainy.edu.eg
Finland
Re-elected: 2022 (representative 2023- 2025)
Next election in 2025 – for the period of office 2026-2028
Anne Ristikankare
Cardiac Anaesthesiologist, MD, PhD
Dept of Anaesth, Int Care and Pain Med (ATeK)
Helsinki University Hospital at Meilahti
P.o.B. 340 (Haartmaninkatu 4)
00029 HUS (00290 Helsinki)
Finland
E-mail: anne.ristikankare[at]hus.fi
France
Elected: 2022 (representative 2023- 2025)
Next election due in 2025 – for the period of office 2026-2028
Bertrand Rozec
University Hospital of Nantes
Email: bertrand.rozec@chu-nantes.fr
Germany
Re-Elected: 2021 (representative 2022- 2024)
Next election in 2024 – for the period of office 2024-2026
Sascha Treskatsch
Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Klinik für Anästehesiologie m. S. operative Intensivmedizin
Charité Campus Benjamin Franklin
Hindenburgdamm 30
12203 Berlin
Phone: +4930450631011
E-mail: sascha.treskatsch[at]charite.de
Germany
Elected: 2021 (representative 2022- 2024)
Next election in 2024 – for the period of office 2024-2026
Vera von Dossow
Heart and Diabetescenter Bad Oeynhausen
Georgstrasse 11
32545 Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
E-mail: vvondossow[at]hdz-nrw.de
Greece
Elected 2022 (representative 2023-2025)
Next election in 2025 – for the period of office 2026-2028
Panagiota Rellia
Constant, Anesthesiologist
Onnasis Cardiosurgery Center
Sygrou Avenue 356
Athens, 17674, Greece
Email: grellia@yahoo.gr
Tel. Number: +306937222194, +302109493312
Hungary
Re-elected 2017 (representative 2017-2019)
Next election in 2019 – for the period of office 2020-2022
Andrea Székely
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care
Semmelweis University
1086 Budapest Üllöi út 26
Phone: +36203304584
E-mail: andi_szekely[at]yahoo.com
India
Re-elected: 2016 (representative 2017-2019)
Next election in 2019 – for the period of office 2020-2022
Prabhat Tewari
Department of Anaesthesiology
SGPGIMS, Raibarely Road
Lucknow 226014, Uttar Pradesh, India
Phone: +915222494484
E-mail: ptewari[at]sgpgi.ac.in
Ireland
Elected: 2021 (representative 2022- 2024)
Next election 2024 – for the period of office 2025- 2027
Ahmed Ibrahim Ali Aglan
Consultant Anaesthetist
OLOL Hospital, Drogheda
Windmill Rd, Moneymore
Co. Louth, A92 VW28, Ireland
Phone: (041) 9837601
E-mail: aglanbeng[at]gmail.com
Italy
Elected: 2022 (representative 2023-2025)
Next election in 2025 – for the period of office 2026- 2028
Blanca Martinez Lopez de Arroyabe
MD, PhD
Cardiothoracic ad Vascular Anesthesia and Intensive Care
Department of Emergency and Intensive Care
University Hospital of Verona, Italy
blancamlda[at]gmail.com
Italy
Elected: 2021 (representative 2022-2023)
Next election in 2023 – for the period of office 2024-2026
Fabio Sangalli
Department of Emergency
ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda
University of Milano-Bicocca
Milan, Italy
Email: fabio.sangalli[at]unimib.it
Italy
Elected: 2023 (representative 2024-2025)
Next election in 2025 – for the period of office 2026-2028
Pietro Bertini
Anestesia e Rianimazione Cardiotoracovascolare
Dipartimento di Anestesia e Rianimazione
Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana
Pisa, Italy
Email: pietro.bertini@gmail.com
Lithuania
Re-elected: 2022 (representative 2023-2025)
Next election in 2025 – for the period of office 2026-2028
Ieva Norkiene
Department of Cardiac Anaesthesia
Centre of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Management
Vilnius University Hospital Santariskiu Klinikos
Santariskiu 2, 08661 Vilnius, Lithuania
Phone: +37068682209
Email: ievanork[at]gmail.com
Portugal
Elected 2022 (representative 2023-2025)
Next election 2025- for the period of office 2026- 2028
Joana Gonçalves
Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra
Cardiothoracic surgery and cardiology
E-mail:joanarmdgoncalves[at]gmail.com
Phone: +351914048415
Romania
Elected: 2018 (representative 2019-2021)
Next election in 2021 – for the period of office 2022-2024
Radu Stoica
Head of Department of Thoracic Anesthesia and Respiratory ICU
Institute of Pneumology Marius Nasta
Sos Viilor 90, sect 5, 050159 Bucharest, Romania
Phone: +40723309419
E-mail: raduati1957[at]gmail.com
Russia
Elected: 2018 (representative 2019-2021)
Next election in 2021 – for the period of office 2022-2024
Vladimir Lomivorotov
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care
State Research Institute of Circulation Pathology
Rechkunovskaya 15 street
630055 Novosibirsk, Russia
Phone: +83832924103
E-mail: v.lomivorotov[at]gmail.com
Saudi Arabia
Re-elected: 2022 (representative 2023-2025)
Next election in 2025- for the period of office 2026-2028
Ahmed el Demerdash
Associate Professor, Consultant Cardiac Anaesthesia
King Saudi University
King Fahad Cardic Center
Riyahd, Saudi Arabia
E-mail: drdemerdash[at]gmail.com
Slovenia
Re-elected: 2022 (representative 2023-2025)
Next election in 2025- for the period of office 2026-2028
Bojan Kontestabile
University Clinical Center Ljubljana
Cardiovascular Surgery-KVIT
Zaloska 7
1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Phone: +3860152288311
E-mail: kontestabile[at]gmail.com
Spain
Re-elected: 2022 (representative 2023- 2025)
Next election in 2025 – for the period of office 2026- 2028
Marc Vives
MD, PhD, EDAIC
Clínica Universidad de Navarra
Department of Anesthesia & Critical Care
Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
E-mail: marcvives50@gmail.com
Switzerland
Elected: 2022 (representative 2023-2025)
Next election 2025 – for the period of office 2026- 2028
Dominik Guensch
Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Inselspital, Bern University Hospital
Phone: +41/31/6320377
E-mail: Dominik.guensch[at]insel.ch
The Netherlands
Elected: 2023 (representative April 1st, 2023-2026)
Next election in 2024 – for the period of office 2025-2027
Henning Hermanns
Departement of Anesthesiology
Amsterdam University Medical Centers
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
E-mail: h.hermanns@amsterdamumc.nl
Turkey
Elected: 2022 (representative 2023-2025)
Next election in 2025 – for the period of office 2026- 2028
Tulun Ozturk
Manisa Celal Bayar University, Faculty of Medicine
Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation
Hafsa Sultan Hospital, Uncubozköy mah. No: 18, 45030, Manisa, Türkiye
Mobile: +90 5323751437
E- mail: ozturktulun@yahoo.com
United Kingdom
Elected 2023 (representative 2024- 2026)
Next election in 2026 – for the period of office 2027-2029
Sarka Moravcova
United Kingdom
Re-elected 2022 (representative 2023- 2025)
Next election in 2025 – for the period of office 2026-2028
Johan Bence
Consultant Cardiothoracic Anaesthesiologist
Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
Glenfield Hospital
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
Leicester LE3 9QP, United Kingdom
E-mail: j.dbence[at]btopenworld.com
United States
To be updated
The Scientific Committee is responsible for grants, endorsements and guidelines for the different subspecialties represented within the EACTAIC structure. The activities of the Subspecialty Committees are co-ordinated by the chair.
Chair: Subspecialty Committee Coordinator (permanent member of the Board of Directors)
The Education Committee is responsible for the maintenance and further development of programmes for continuous medical education (CME). Some of the current focal points include eLearning as well as the EACTAIC Trainee course.
Chair: Education Chair (permanent member of the Board of Directors)
The Annual Events Committee consists of the Programme as well as the Abstract Committee and is responsible for the organisation of the EACTAIC Annual Events. As the name already implies, the Abstract Committee is responsible for reviewing and evaluating the submitted abstracts. The Programme Committee is responsible for ensuring the input from the Subspecialty Committees to the programme for the Annual Events.
Chair: Chair of the Annual Events (permanent member of the Board of Directors)
The association has currently 8 subspecialty committees that represent the main domains of interest for EACTAIC members. The definition and numbers can evolve with changes in domain of interest of EACTAIC members.
Committee Chair position
EACTAIC has three permanent committes, each one is chaired by one Board of Directors member.
Scientific Committee
Subspecialty Committees Coordinator
Education Committee
Education Chair
Annual Events Committee
Annual Events Chair
The Scientific Committee is composed of one delegate from each of the eight EACTAIC Subspecialty Committees and is chaired by the EACTAIC Subspecialty Commitee Coordinator. Under the supervision of the chair, the scientific committee takes care of the EACTAIC research grant applications, of the applications for endorsement of events, surveys, consensus papers and guidelines and supports the Board of Directors with its expertise in the context of each subspecialty. The members of the Scientific Committee are also members of the abstract reviewing committee.
EACTAIC Abstract Committee
The Abstract Committee is composed of 24 members, out of which eight are delegated from the Subspecialty Committees. Additional abstract committee members are appointed due to the increasing number of abstracts submitted for the EACTAIC Annual Congress.
Chair
Gudrun Kunst
King’s College Hospital (UK)
E-mail: gudrun.kunst@kcl.ac.uk
Committee members:
Sascha Treskatsch
ECHO Subspecialty Committee
Daniel Bolliger
Haemostasis and Transfusion Subspecialty Committee
Martin Bernardi
ICU Subspecialty Committee
Theofili Kousi
Paediatric and Congenital Subspecialty Committee
Benjamin Shelley
Thoracic Subspecialty Committee
Martin Dworschak
Transplant and VAD Subspeciality Committee
Christian Berger
Vascular Subspecialty Committee
Gudrun Kunst
Cardiopulmonary Bypass Subspecialty Committee
The Education Committee is composed of one delegate from each of the eight EACTAIC Subspecialty Committees and is chaired by the EACTAIC Education Chair. Under the supervision of the chair, the Education Committee takes care of the EACTAIC eLearning Programme, the EACTAIC Trainee Course and the EACTAIC Fellowships.
Chair
Mohamed El Tahan
Professor
Mansoura University, Egypt
Currently, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Saudi Arabia
Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia & Surgical Intensive Care
40289 Al Khubar 31952, Saudi Arabia
E-mail: mohamedrefaateltahan[at]yahoo.com
Members of the Committee / Delegates from the EACTAIC Subspecialty Committees:
Tamas Vegh – Hungary
Thoracic Subspecialty Committee
Blanca Martinez – Italy
Transplant and VAD Committee
Marc Giménez – Spain
Vascular Subspecialty Committee
Fabrizio Monaco – Italy
Cardiopulmonary Bypass Subspecialty Committee
Marina Balanika – Greece
ECHO Subspecialty Committee
Marcus Lance – South Africa
Haemostasis and Transfusion Subspecialty Committee
Alberto Hernandez – Spain
ICU Subspecialty Committee EDU delegate
Theofili Kousi – Greece
Paediatric and Congenital Subspecialty Committee
Further members:
Kirstin Wilkinson – UK
Fellowship Programme Director, Southampton
Anna Flo–Forner – Germany
Fellowship Programme Director, Herzzentrum Leipzig
Joachim Erb – Switzerland
Fellowship Programme Director, Basel
Giovanni Landoni – Italy
Fellowship Programme Director, Milan
Gabor Erdös – Switzerland
Fellowship Programme Director, Bern
Theofani Antoniou – Greece
Fellowship Programme Director, Athens
Jan-Uwe Schreiber – The Netherlands
Fellowship Programme Director, Limburg, Maastricht
Vera von Dossow – Germany
Fellowship Programme Director, Bad Oeynhausen
Jens Fassl – Germany
Fellowship Programme Director, Dresden
Dieter Van Beersel – Belgium
Fellowship Programme Director, Leuven
Maria Benedetto – Italy
Fellowship Programme Director, Bologna
Katarina Lenartova – UK
Fellowship Programme Director, Harefield
Stefaan Bouchez – Belgium
Fellowship Programme Director, OLV Clinic Aalst
Marc Rohner
Fellowship Adult Programme Director, University of Bonn
Ehrenfried Schindler – Germany
PCA Fellowship Programme Director, University of Bonn
Andreas Koster – Germany
PCA Fellowship Programme Director, Bad Oeynhausen
Theofili Kousi – Greece
PCA Fellowship Programme Director, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Centre
Caetano Nigro Neto – Brazil
Adult and PCA Fellowship Programme Director, Dante Pazzanese Institute of Cardiology
Manuel Granell – Spain
Thoracic Anaesthesia Exchange Programme Director, Consorcio Hospital General Universitario de Valencia (Spain)
Ricard Navarro – Spain
Thoracic Anaesthesia Exchange Programme Director, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona (Spain)
Philippe Gaudard – France
ICM Exchange Programme Director, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Montpellier (France)
Purificación Matute Jiménez – Spain
Vascular Anaesthesia Exchange Programme Director, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona (Spain)
Sascha Treskatsch – Germany
Vascular Anaesthesia Exchange Programme Director, Charité Campus Benjamin Franklin (Berlin, Germany)
Alain Vuylsteke – UK
Advisory
Fawzia Aboul Fetouh – Egypt
Advisory
Laszlo Szegedi – Belgium
Advisory
Simon Howell – UK
Advisory
Hossam El Ashmawi – Egypt
Advisory
Peter Alston – UK
Advisory
Mona Momeni – Belgium
Advisory
Dominique Bettex – Switzerland
Advisory
The EACTAIC Annual Events Committee is composed of the programme and the abstract committee and is supervised by the Annual Events Chair.
EACTAIC Programme Committee
The Programme Committee is composed of one delegate from each of the Subspecialty Committees and is responsible for ensuring the input from the Subspecialty Committees to the programme of the EACTAIC Annual Events.
Chair
Massimiliano Meineri
Herzzentrum Leipzig (Germany), University of Toronto (Canada)
E-mail: massimiliano.meineri@medizin.uni-leipzig.de
Members of the Programme Committee:
Johan Bence – United Kingdom
ECHO Subspecialty Committee
Marcus Lance – Kenya
Haemostasis and Transfusion Subspecialty Committee
Isabelle Michaux – Belgium
ICU Subspecialty Committee
Andrea Szekely – Hungary
Paediatric and Congenital Subspecialty Committee
Tamas Vegh – Hungary
Thoracic Subspecialty Committee
Ana Hurtado – United Kingdom
Transplant and VAD Subspecialty Committee
Simon Howell
Vascular Subspecialty Committee
Fabrizio Monaco – Italy
Cardiopulmonary Bypass Subspecialty Committee
The Association has subspecialty committees that represent the main domains of interest for EACTAIC members (previously called subcommittees). There are 8 committees as listed below, but definition and numbers can evolve with changes in domain of interest of EACTAIC members.
The committees contribute to the scientific programme of the Annual Meetings and may propose educational and research programmes, guidelines, recommendations, surveys or collaborations.
Membership in these committees is open to all EACTAIC members (find a list of all Subspecialty Committees in your vEACTAIC Area after being logged in).
The terms of reference defining purposes and activities of the committee are edited by its members and approved by the RC on recommendation of the BoD.
Each committee will be chaired for a three-year term of office by an EACTAIC member. The office is renewable for one additional and consecutive term of three-years. Chairpersons will be proposed by the members of the committee on the basis of the candidates’ well-known involvement in the field of the committee and appointed by the BoD. The chairperson will be responsible for communication with the BoD.
Suggestions, questions or any requests from the committees will be addressed at each BoD meeting.
Chairpersons will provide the BoD and RC with an annual written report of the committee’s activities over the previous year which is to be submitted one-month before the BoD Meeting held at the time of the Annual Meeting. The chairperson will be supported by 3 committee board members who are elected by the committee members.
Subcommittees Chairs
ECHO Committee
Massimiliano Meineri, Germany
Intensive Care Unit Committee
Fabio Sangalli, Italy
Paediatric & Congenital Committee
Sascha Meier, The Netherlands
CardioPulmonary Bypass Committee
Marc Vives, Spain
Vascular Committee
Simon Howell, UK
Thoracic Committee
Mert Senturk, Turkey
Haemostasis & Transfusion Committee
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Transplant & VAD Committee
Erik de Waal, The Netherlands
Chair
Massimiliano Meineri – Germany
Email: Massimiliano.Meineri@medizin.uni-leipzig.de
Committee members
Delegate to the Scientific Committee (incl. abstract reviewing)
Sascha Treskatsch – Germany
E-mail: sascha.treskatsch@charite.de
Delegate to the Programme Committee
Johan Bence – United Kingdom
E-mail: j.dbence@btopenworld.com
Delegate to the Education Committee
Marina Balanika – Greece
E-mail: mbalanika@gmail.com
Interactions and Liaisons
European Society of Anaesthesiology (ESA)
www.esahq.org
Journal: EJA
TEE Template for adults
Dear friends and colleagues,
It has been pondered a while regarding a universal TEE template for intraoperative use in the operating room. Although it is very challenging to include a template which will be recognized wholly without its pitfalls, we are now reached a consensus where we have, as a group from Echo subcommittee, been able to provide you with a TEE template for intraoperative use.
This TEE template has been formulated keeping in mind all the present guidelines available for intraoperative TEE in the operating room/cath.lab. After extensive inputs from all members of the subcommittee, we have been able to offer you with a TEE template which can be universally used in Europe.
This is to prevent any discrepancies of echocardiography standards performed in the operating room. This also enables the user of the template to conform to the existing guidelines and standards for performing echocardiography in an operative set-up. This template can also be used as a guide in fulfilling your requirements for certification of TEE examination.
We hope that this TEE template will provide you with the necessities of performing intraoperative TEE, and will be a guiding tool for both advanced and enthusiastic anaesthetists/ Echo cardiographers at the start of their practice.
Hope you enjoy the same as we do, and appreciate your feedback.
With best wishes,
Dr. Chirojit Mukherjee MD PhD FASE MBA
Chairman, EACTAIC ECHO subcommittee
TEE Template, paediatric
Dear colleagues,
Please find for download a template for an echocardiography report to be used in congenital cardiac surgery and in the perioperative treatment of patients with grown-up congenital heart disease.
It can be applied both for transthoracic and for transoesophageal echocardiography, and should be appropriate for use in the operation theatre, the catheterization laboratory/angiography suite and on the intensive care unit.
The template is the result of an intense discussion within the EACTAIC Paediatric & Congenital committee and the EACTAIC ECHO committee and should therefore represent a consensus of the current state of the art in perioperative echocardiography for congenital heart disease. This helps to prevent major discrepancies in echocardiography standards applied in the perioperative setting and aims to create a pan-European standard.
We also hope that the template will provide both advanced practitioners and enthusiastic anaesthetists/ echo cardiographers at the start of their practice with a structured approach that will ultimately help to improve the perioperative outcome of our patients.
The template can also be used to fulfil your requirements for certification in echocardiography.
We hope that you enjoy the template, and sincerely appreciate your feedback.
With kind regards,
Prof. Dr. Steffen Rex
Chairman, EACTAIC Paediatric & Congenital subcommittee
Guidelines/Articles
EACTAIC echo subcom and EACVI organise written examination 2x/year as part of certification in TOE
Guidelines for performing a comprehensive transesophageal echocardiographic examination:
Recommendations from the American Society of Echocardiography and the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists.
Anesth Analg. 2014 Jan;118(1):21-68
Practice guidelines for perioperative transesophageal echocardiography.
An updated report by the American Society of Anesthesiologists and the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists Task Force on Transesophageal Echocardiography.
Anesthesiology.2010 May;112(5):1084-96
Recommendations for transoesophageal echocardiography: EACVI update 2014.
Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2014 Apr;15(4):353-65.
SE/SCA guidelines for performing a comprehensive intraoperative multiplane transesophageal echocardiography examination: Recommendations of the American Society of Echocardiography Council for Intraoperative Echocardiography and the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists Task Force for Certification in Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography.
Anesth Analg. 1999 Oct;89(4):870-84.
Aim
To promote cardiothoracic intensive care within EACTAIC and beyond.
Chair
Philippe Gaudard – France
E-mail: p-gaudard[at]chu-montpellier.fr
Committee members
Delegate to the Scientific Committee (incl. abstract reviewing)
Martin Bernardi – Austria
E-mail: martin.bernardi[at]meduniwien.ac.at
Delegate to the Programme Committee
Isabelle Michaux – Belgium
E-mail: isabelle.michaux[at]rean.ucl.ac.be
Delegate to the Education Committee
Alberto Hernandez – Spain
E-mail: albimar23[at]yahoo.es
Current work:
The committee offers a forum for discussion related to the practice of cardiothoracic intensive care (join us on EACTAIC ICU Committee on Facebook). The group contributes to the development of the programme of the EACTAIC Annual Congress, ensuring that topics are of interest to its members.
Chair
Sascha Meier – The Netherlands
E-mail: saschameier[at]me.com
Committee Members
Delegate to the Programme Committee
Andrea Szekely – Hungary
E-mail: andi_szekely[at]yahoo.com
Delegate to the Scientific Committee (incl. abstract reviewing)
Theofili Kousi
Delegate to the Education Committee
Andrea Szekely – Hungary
E-mail: andi_szekely[at]yahoo.com
TEE Template, paediatric
Dear colleagues,
Please find for download a template for an echocardiography report to be used in congenital cardiac surgery and in the perioperative treatment of patients with grown-up congenital heart disease.
It can be applied both for transthoracic and for transoesophageal echocardiography, and should be appropriate for use in the operation theatre, the catheterization laboratory/angiography suite and on the intensive care unit.
The template is the result of an intense discussion within the EACTAIC Paediatric & Congenital committee and the EACTAIC ECHO committee and should therefore represent a consensus of the current state of the art in perioperative echocardiography for congenital heart disease. This helps to prevent major discrepancies in echocardiography standards applied in the perioperative setting and aims to create a pan-European standard.
We also hope that the template will provide both advanced practitioners and enthusiastic anaesthetists/ echo cardiographers at the start of their practice with a structured approach that will ultimately help to improve the perioperative outcome of our patients.
The template can also be used to fulfil your requirements for certification in echocardiography.
We hope that you enjoy the template, and sincerely appreciate your feedback.
With kind regards,
Prof. Dr. Steffen Rex
Chairman, EACTAIC Paediatric & Congenital subcommittee
Chair
Marc Vives, Spain
E-mail: marcvives50[at]gmail.com
Committee members
Delegate to the Scientific Committee (incl. abstract reviewing)
Gudrun Kunst
E-Mail: gudrun.kunst[at]kcl.ac.uk
Delegate to the Programme Committee
Fabrizio Monaco
E-Mail: monaco.fabrizio[at]hsr.it
Delegate to the Education Committee
Nandor Marczin
E-Mail: n.marczin[at]ic.ac.uk
Aim
The mission of the group is to promote educational and research programmes in the field of vascular anesthesia. We contribute to guidelines and recommendations in the field of anesthesia for vascular surgery. Furthermore, we try to offer a network for discussion, collaboration, and ideas in the practice of vascular anesthesia. The group contributes to the scientific programme of our annual EACTAIC congress.
Colleagues sharing these fields of interest or proposing new ideas and projects and colleagues who wish to become member of the vascluar subcommittee are cordially invited to contact one of the committee members.
Chair
Simon Howell, UK
E-mail: s.howell[at]leeds.ac.uk
Committee members
Delegate to the Scientific Committee (incl. abstract reviewing)
Christian Berger
Delegate to the Programme Committee
Simon Howell, UK
E-mail: s.howell[at]leeds.ac.uk
Delegate to the Education Committee
Marc Gimenez
E-mail: gimimarc[at]gmail.com
Guidelines/Articles
Guidelines for pre-operative cardiac risk assessment and perioperative cardiac management in non-cardiac surgery.
Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2010 Feb;27(2):92-137. doi: 10.1097/EJA.0b013e328334c017. Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2013 Jun;30(6):270-382. doi: 10.1097/EJA.0b013e32835f4d5b.
Management of severe perioperative bleeding: guidelines from the European Society of Anaesthesiology.
Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2013 Jun;30(6):270-382. doi: 10.1097/ EJA.0b013e32835f4d5b.
Aim:
To promote research, interest and investigation in the fields of anesthesia for thoracic and lung surgery.
To develop programs to improve education and information on thoracic anaesthesia.
Chair
Mert Senturk – Turkey
E-mail: senturkm[at]istanbul.edu.tr
Committee members
Delegate to the Scientific Committee (incl. abstract reviewing)
Ben Shelley – UK
E-mail: Benjamin.Shelley[at]glasgow.ac.uk
Delegate to the Programme Committee
Tamas Vegh – Hungary
E-mail: veghdr@gmail.com
Delegate to the Education Committee
Mojca Drnovsek Globokar – Slovenia
E-mail: mojca.drnovsek@gmail.com
Interactions and Liaisons
European Society of Anesthesiologists (ESA)
www.esahq.org
Journal: European Journal of Anesthesia
Activities planned with this society f.e.:
- Joint lectures at each other’s congresses: Thoracic Workshop and invited lectures
- Joint educational activities Thoracic Workshop and invited lectures
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Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists (SCA)
www.scahq.org
Journal: Anesthesia & Analgesia
Activities planned with this society f.e.:
- Joint lectures at each other’s congresses: Thoracic Workshop and invited lectures
- Joint educational activities Thoracic Workshop and invited lectures
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European Airway Management Society Surgery (EAMS)
www.eamsonline.org
Activities planned with this society f.e.:
- Joint lectures at each other’s congresses: Thoracic Workshop at the congress in December 2013
- Joint educational activities Invited lectures and PBLDs at the EAMS congress 2013
Guidelines/Articles/Recommendations
Surveys:
1. The EACTAIC Survey on the Changes in the Current Practice in Thoracic Anaesthesia during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Endorsed by EACTAIC)
2. Survey on thoracic anaesthesia and one-lung ventilation. Presented at the EACTA Annual Meeting in Barcelona, 2013.
Recommendations and Guidelines:
1. Thoracic Anesthesia of Patients with suspected or confirmed 2019 Novel Coronavirus Infection: Preliminary Recommendations for Airway Management by the European Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesiology Thoracic Subspecialty Committee. Published: May 12, 2020. (Endorsed by EACTAIC) – DOI: https://doi.org/10.1053/j.jvca.2020.03.059 – Click here to read the full text
M. Şentürk, M.R. El Tahan, L.L. Szegedi, N. Marczin, W. Karzai, B. Shelley, F. Piccioni, M. Granell Gil, S. Rex, M. Sorbello, J. Bence, E. Cohen, G. Di Gregorio, I. Kawagoe, M. Drnovšek Globokar, M.-J. Jimenez, M.-J. Licker, J. Mourisse, C. Mukherjee, R. Navarro, V. Neskovic, B. Paloczi, G. Paternoster, P. Pelosi, A. Salaheldeen, R. Stoica, C. Unzueta, C. Vanpeteghem, T. Vegh, P. Wouters, D. Yapici, F. Guarracino
2.Thoracic Anesthesia during the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Infection Pandemic: 2021 Updated Recommendations for Airway Management by the EACTAIC Thoracic Subspecialty Committee Published: July 27, 2021. (Endorsed by EACTAIC) – DOI: https://doi.org/10.1053/j.jvca.2021.07.027 – Click here to read the full text
M. Şentürk, M.R. El Tahan, B. Shelley, L.L. Szegedi, F. Piccioni, M.-J. Licker, W. Karzai, M. Granell, V. Neskovic, C. Vanpeteghem, P. Pelosi, E. Cohen, M. Sorbello, J. Bence, R. Stoica, J. Mourisse, A. Brunelli, M.-J. Jimenez, M. Drnvsek-Globoikar, D. Yapici, A. Salaheldin Morsy, I. Kawagoe, T. Végh, R. Navarro-Ripoll, N. Marczin, B. Paloczi, C. Unzueta, G. Di Gregorio, P. Wouters, S. Rex, C. Mukherjee, G. Paternoster, F. Guarracino
Working on:
1. The Thoracic Subcommittee is working on TOSSCA (Thoracic Anaesthesia Consensus Agreement) guidelines for the Good Clinical Practice in Thoracic Anaesthesia. (Endorsed by EACTAIC)
2- The PROTHOR study (endorsed by EACTAIC and ESAIC) – Click here for more information
Activities
Members of the Thoracic SubCom are actively participating on International Congresses with lectures and The Thoracic Workshop (NWAC, European Airway Society Congress, SMART) and some of the members will participate at a meeting organised in Hungary on Thoracic Anaesthesia (organised by the faculty of Medicine of Debrecen, 19 th October 2014, with the participation of some members of the thoracic subcom).
Patient blood management (PBM) in cardiac surgery is an evidence-based, multidisciplinary approach that aims for maintenance of haemostasis and minimization of blood loss in patients who are at risk for allogeneic blood transfusion. PBM transcends individual medical disciplines, and consists of a chain of care that spans the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative period.
PBM in cardiac surgery should be considered as separate entity, as the interaction between the cardiothoracic surgeon, anaesthesiologist and clinical perfusionist, the surgical procedures, the unique patient characteristics and the impact of cardiopulmonary bypass distinguishes this discipline from other surgical specialties.
The mission of the subcommittee Haemostasis and Transfusion is to promote educational and research programmes in the field of PBM and to contribute to evidence-based guidance for the clinician in involved in cardiac surgery.
Chair
Committee members
Delegate to the Scientific Committee
(incl. abstract reviewing)
Daniel Bolliger
Switzerland
dabolliger[at]uhbs.ch
Delegate to the Programme Committee
Marcus Lance
Kenya
m.d.lance007[at]gmail.com
Delegate to the Education Committee
Gabor Erdoes
Switzerland
gabor.erdoes[at]insel.ch
Marcus Lance
Netherlands
marcus.lance[at]mumc.nl
Interactions and Liaisons
Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists – (SCA)
www.scahq.org
Journal: Anesthesia & Analgesia
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Network for the Advancement of Patient Blood Management, Haemostasis and Thrombosis (NATA)
www.nataonline.com
Journal: Transfusion Medicine
Contact: David Faraoni, Christa Boer
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International Society on Thrombosis and Hemostasis (ISTH)
www.isth.org
Journal: Journal of Thrombosis and Hemostasis
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European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery (EACTS)
www.eacts.org
Journal: Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Patient Blood Management Guideline
In a joint effort, the European Association of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) and European Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (EACTAIC) worked together towards a common guideline for Patient Blood Management (PBM) in cardiac surgery.
The PBM guideline presents an evidence-based, multidisciplinary approach that aims for maintenance of haemostasis and minimization of blood loss in patients who might need allogeneic blood transfusion. In addition to a description of the current evidence for PBM in cardiac surgery, the guideline provides practical solutions for daily problems in this field. The guidelines also underline that further improvement of the evidence-base of PBM in cardiac surgery is warranted.
We hope that this guideline might aid clinicians in their daily practice, and contributes to a multidisciplinary approach with respect to patient haemostasis and transfusion practice in cardiac surgery.
Warm regards,
Christa Boer
Chair, EACTAIC Haemostasis and Transfusion subcommittee
Guidelines/Articles
The SubCom directly produced a letter to comment the ESA guidelines on hemostasis management. This was published in the European Journal of Anaesthesiology and signed by the SubCom members of the BoD.
Dietrich W, Faraoni D, von Heymann C, Bolliger D, Ranucci M, Sander M, Rosseel P.
“ESA guidelines on the management of severe perioperative bleeding: comments on behalf of the Subcommittee on Transfusion and Haemostasis of the European Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesiologists”
Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2014 Apr;31(4):239-41.
Endorsed by EACTAIC and SCA:
“Perioperative management of new oral anticoagulants: an international survey.”;
Clinics Lab Med 2014 In press.
Three members of the SubCom participated in the development of the Universal Definition of Perioperative Bleeding, recently published:
“Universal definition of perioperative bleeding in adult cardiac surgery.”
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2014 May;147(5):1458-1463.
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Other articles published by at least 2 members of the subcom:
- Song HK, von Heymann C, Jespersen CM, Karkouti K, Korte W, Levy JH, Ranucci M, Saugstrup T, Sellke FW.
“Safe application of a restrictive transfusion protocol in moderate-risk patients undergoing cardiac operations.”
Ann Thorac Surg. 2014 May;97(5):1630-5 - Karkouti K, von Heymann C, Jespersen CM, Korte W, Levy JH, Ranucci M, Sellke FW, Song HK.
“Efficacy and safety of recombinant factor XIII on reducing blood transfusions in cardiac surgery: a randomized, placebo-controlled, multicenter clinical trial.”
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2013 Oct;146(4):927-39.
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Future activities: survey of the use of PCCs and thrombotic complications (Wulf Dietrich); sytematic review on management of anticoagulation and bleeding on ECMO (David Faraoni)
Aims
To create and publicize new knowledge in the field of perioperative management and of end stage heart and lung diseases through networking on a global scale; to translate such knowledge to the highest clinical standards of cardiothoracic anaesthesia and intensive care. We shall build the subcommittee on the principles of broad constituency to represent comprehensive expertise on the field and with the overarching goal of inclusivity and collaboration.
Chair
Eric de Waal
e.e.c.dewaal[at]umcutrecht.nl
Committee members
Delegate to the Scientific Committee
(incl. abstract reviewing)
Martin Dworschak, Vienna (Austria)
martin.dworschak[at]meduniwien.ac.at
Delegate to the Programme Committee
Ana Hurtado, London (United Kingdom)
a.hurtadodoce[at]rbht.nhs.uk
Delegate to the Education Committee
Blanca Martinez, Verona (Italy)
Interactions and Liaisons
International Society for Heart & Lung Transplantation (ISHLT)
www.ishlt.org
Journal: Journal Heart and Lung Transplantation.
Guidelines/Articles
Working on:
- Initiating Lung Tx perioperative management guidelines, consensus recommendation.
- Guideline with SCA, ISHLT, and Thoracic Surgeons societies.
Task forces are created for the following:
- evaluation of applications to EACTAIC for accreditation of fellowship programmes,
- endorsements of educational programmes and meetings
- grant applications
- surveys
The subspeciality committees will be involved in the Taskforces whenever necessary from a content point of view.
Patient blood management in cardiac surgery relies on a multidisciplinary and multifactorial approach aiming for a reduction in perioperative blood loss and allogeneic blood transfusions. In a joint effort the European Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (EACTAIC) and European Association of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) initiated the elaboration of a European guideline on this topic in order to support current practice and summarize evidence for blood preservation techniques in cardiac surgery.
Christa Boer
Netherlands
c.boer[at]vumc.nl
Marco Ranucci
Italy
cardioanestesia[at]virgilio.it
David Faraoni
Canada
faraonidavid[at]yahoo.ca
Andreas Koster
Germany
akoster[at]hdz-nrw.de
Daniel Bolliger
Switzerland
daniel.bolliger[at]usb.ch
Christian von Heymann
Germany
christian.heymann[at]vivantes.de
Michael Meesters
Netherlands
m.meesters[at]vumc.nl
Social media platforms such as LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter etc have become important means of communication for our members and EACTAIC has to harness them to its advantage. Social media should be used to deliver the three main themes of EACTAIC that are education, science and research in cardiac, thoracic and vascular anaesthesia and critical care (CTVA&CC). It should also be used for communication and sharing of knowledge and experience of CTVA&CC. In addition, the platforms should be used to advertise and promote EACTAIC meetings and activities so raising its profile and attracting new members. However, the development of social media platforms cannot be done in isolation and will require the input of the speciality committee. Development of social media platforms must be a priority so as use them to the advantage of all EACTAIC’s goals.
Aim of the Social Networking Task Force is to promote EACTAIC’s three main themes (Science, Education and Research) through social media.
Objectives:
- To increase the visibility of EACTAIC so as to attract new members and increase membership number
- To exchange ideas and knowledge with others who share a common interest in cardiac, thoracic and vascular anaesthesia and critical care (CTVA&CC)
- To build enduring and mutually beneficial relationships with others who share an interest in CTVA&CC
- To promote medical education programmes such as EACTAIC eAcademy and eLearning
- To increase the visibility of the EACTAIC/ESA fellowship programme in adult and paediatric CTVA&CC
- To share clinical experiences and gain advice
- To increase the involvement of the Speciality Committees in subgroups of the social media groups
- To undertake surveys beyond EACTAIC’s members and for marketing research
- To publicise EACTAIC’s scientific activities, education opportunities, and research grants/projects
Task Force Members
Peter Alston
United Kingdom
peter.alston[at]ed.ac.uk
Steffen Rex
Belgium
steffenrex[at]gmail.com
Alain Vuylsteke
United Kingdom
a.vuylsteke[at]nhs.net
Edwin Turton
Germany
turtonew[at]ufs.ac.za
Mohamed El Tahan
Egypt
mohamedrefaateltahan[at]yahoo.com
Dominik Hoechter
Germany
dominik.hoechter[at]med.uni-muenchen.de
Moataz Emara
Egypt
mm.emara[at]mans.edu.eg
Alberto Hernandez
Spain
albimar23[at]gmail.com
Hatem Soliman Aboumarie
The United Kingodm
hatem.soliman[at]gmail.com
Guido Di Gregorio
Italy
guido.digregorio[at]aopd.veneto.it
Gabor Erdoes
Switzerland
gabor.erdoes[at]insel.ch
Fabio Sangalli
Italy
fabio.sangalli[at]unimib.it
Gabija Valauskaite
Lithuania
gabija_valauskaite[at]yahoo.com
Evangelia Samara
Greece
gelysamara[at]yahoo.com
Representative from the AMC
Agnese Ippolito
AIM Italy Srl
Via Flaminia 1068 – 00189 Rome – Italy
Phone: +390633053319 – Mobile: +39 3452984588 – eactaic[at]aimgroup.eu