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Call for Venue: ESOC 2021

ESO is proud to announce the Call for Venue nominations for the 2021 European Stroke Organisation Conference (ESOC). Choosing a venue for a future conference has political, financial and logistical implications and hence requires careful consideration. ESO has created a process, applying democratic principles and transparency. ESO cordially invites venue nominations from ESO members in […]

Prominent Members under 45: Interview with Marialuisa Zedde, PR Committee Chair

For 2018, via the ESO newsletter, we are focusing the spotlight on prominent ESO members under 45. In January we introduced you to Georgios K. Tsivgoulis. For February, we learned more about Else Charlotte Sandset. In March we presented Urs Fischer. In April you met Charlotte Cordonnier, Hopefully you were able to meet some of […]

ESO Announces 2018 Department to Department Visit Programme Awardees

The ESO Department to Department Visit Programme is a grant of 1,000 EUR offered to up to 8 young physicians and researchers to support a short visit of 1 week or as a contribution to a longer visit to a European department or laboratory. The programme aims to provide insight into stroke departments outside the […]

Let’s be our own judges – quality in TIA and stroke RCTs

Comment Authors: Mónica Ferreira dos Santos, Diana Aguiar de Sousa, Department of Neurology, Hospital de Santa Maria, University of Lisbon, Portugal Original Article: Wilson B, Burnett P, Moher D et al. Completeness of reporting of randomised controlled trials including people with transient ischaemic attack or stroke: a systematic review. European Stroke Journal 2018. DOI: 10.1177/2396987318782783 […]

ESO Executive Committee and News from the 2018 General Assembly

ESO is pleased to present the results of the 2018 election which were revealed at the ESOC 2018 General Assembly. Re-election of the Vice President: Charlotte Cordonnier, Lille/France Re-election of the Secretary General: Urs Fischer, Bern/Switzerland President Elect: Martin Dichgans, Munich/Germany New Chair of the Council of Fellows:  Gary Ford, Oxford / UK Honorary Membership […]

29th Dubrovnik Summer Stroke School: Healthy Lifestyle and Prevention of Stroke and Other Brain Impairments – Course Report

Report to ESO By Vida Demarin, Hrvoje Budincevic and Anita Arsovska (Fellows of the European Stroke Organization) 29th Dubrovnik Summer Stroke School: Healthy Lifestyle and Prevention of Stroke and Other Brain Impairments, International Course, endorsed by ESO The 29th Summer Stroke School: Healthy Lifestyle and Prevention of Stroke and Other Brain Impairments, International Course, took […]

Report from the EAN Regional Teaching Course in Belgrade, Serbia 20-22 April 2018

On behalf of the Local Organising Committee, I would like to express our great gratitude to the European Academy of Neurology for the opportunity and the honor to organise the Regional Teaching Course in Belgrade, Serbia  from April 20th– 22nd, 2018. The course was organised in cooperation with the Society of Serbian Neurologists, Neurology Clinic Clinical Center of […]

Computed Tomography Perfusion-based decision making for acute ischemic stroke: mismatch is the key

Submitted by: Dr Stefania Nannoni, Stroke Center, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne (Switzerland). Case Report A 70-year-old woman with a past medical history significant for essential hypertension, and hyperlipidemia, was admitted to our institution for evaluation of left hemiparesis and dysarthria. Seven hours prior to hospital arrival, she suddenly fell while walking […]

2nd EU Stroke Summit at European Parliament

by Anita Arsovska, FESO The 2nd EU Stroke Summit, organized by Stroke Alliance for Europe (SAFE) and European Stroke Organization (ESO) took place in Brussels, Belgium in the European Parliament on the 23rd of May, 2018. The aim of this meeting was to launch the Stroke Action Plan for Europe 2018-2030 in front of certain […]