European Federation of Autonomic Societies

The European Federation of Autonomic Societies (EFAS) is a scientific society which aims of coordinate the activity of national autonomic societies within Europe. The focus of these societies is the study of the Autonomic nervous system, particularly clinical aspects of this field. The society was founded in October 1998.[1]

European Federation of Autonomic Societies
TypeLearned society
Location
Area served
Europe
Key people
Walter Struhal (President)
Websitewww.efasweb.com

Meetings

EFAS holds an annual congress,[2] organized each year by another national autonomic society. Since the autonomic field in fact overlaps with a number of disciplines, several were held as joint meetings with partnering international societies. Partnering organizations for meetings had been the International Society for Autonomic Neuroscience (2009, 2013, 2015),[3] the European Federation of Neurological Societies (now European Academy of Neurology) (2008, 2012),[4] and the American Autonomic Society (2004, 2007).[5][6]

The 2018 meeting celebrating the 20th anniversary of the society will take place in Vienna in collaboration with the International Congress of Nerve and Muscle Diseases.[7]

Education

Since 2009, EFAS started to organize regular teaching events, in the beginning with support of the European Federation of Neurological Societies.[8] Motivation to initiate those events were the scarce clinical knowledge in autonomic fields based on the absence of structured training in many European countries.[9] Consequently, EFAS initiated teaching events to promote knowledge. Target group for this initiative are young clinicians, interested in dysautonomia. This teaching initiative evolved and EFAS took effort to have it organized on an annual basis. Currently, one day of the annual congress is dedicated to training young doctors in autonomic evaluation skills (EFAS School).

Scientific journal and social media

The official journal of the society is Clinical Autonomic Research.

In 2017, EFAS started to publish news on Twitter with the Username @EFAS_ANS.

See also

References
  1. Mathias, C.J. (2000). "Clinical autonomic research in the new millennium". Clinical Autonomic Research. 10 (2): 51. doi:10.1007/bf02279890. S2CID 34986831.
  2. "The 17th meeting of the European Federation of Autonomic Societies (EFAS)". Clinical Autonomic Research. 27 (2): 123–131. 2017. doi:10.1007/s10286-017-0400-3. PMID 28229258. S2CID 6246992.
  3. "9th Meeting of the International Society for Autonomic Neuroscience (ISAN 2015) in conjunction with Federation of European Autonomic Societies (EFAS), American Autonomic Society (AAS), Japan Society of Neurovegetative Research (JSNR), Stresa, Italy, from the 26th - 29th September , 2015". Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic & Clinical. 192: 1.
  4. "Abstracts of the 2nd Joint Meeting of the European Federation of Autonomic Societies and the American Autonomic Society, October 10-13, 2007, Vienna, Austria". Clinical Autonomic Research. 17 (5): 264–323. 2007. doi:10.1007/s10286-017-0400-3. PMID 18030689. S2CID 6246992.
  5. "EFAS Meetings". Archived from the original on 21 March 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  6. "1st Joint Meeting of the European Federation of Autonomic Societies (EFAS) & American Autonomic Society AAS). Amsterdam, the Netherlands , October 20-23, 2004. Abstracts". Clinical Autonomic Research. 14 (5): 123–131. 2004. doi:10.1007/s10286-017-0400-3. PMID 28229258. S2CID 6246992. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  7. "EFAS Meeting 2018". Archived from the original on 11 March 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  8. "European teaching course on autonomic nervous system disorders". Clinical Autonomic Research. 19 (2): 130. 2009. doi:10.1007/s10286-017-0400-3. PMID 28229258. S2CID 6246992. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  9. Hilz, Max (1 December 2013). "Interview with the chairman of the EFNS Scientist Panel Autonomic Nervous System Disorders". EANpages. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
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