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Extracorporeal Life Support Organization Information about the European Chapter of ELSO |
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Extracorporeal Life Support Organization Information about the European Chapter of ELSO |
Meetings
Dear Colleagues,
The Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO) is pleased to
announce the creation of a structured organization entitled Euro-ELSO.
As an integral part of ELSO, Euro-ELSO will supervise and undertake
scientific initiatives and activities meant to promote multidisciplinary
ECLS application, investigation, research, education and training in
Europe in the field of extracorporeal support for cardiocirculatory or
respiratory failure. This group will also strengthen collaborative
efforts between European, North American, and worldwide ECLS centers in
improving the outcome of these critically ill patients with
cardiorespiratory failure in whom extracorporeal techniques are being
applied in increasing frequency. The formation of Euro-ELSO is the
first of expanding collaborations around the globe to ECLS centers
outside North America.
In order to officially present Euro-ELSO and to promote professional
experience exchange and scientific activities in this respect, ELSO will
organise the 1st Euro-ELSO meeting which will be held in Rome, Italy,
from May 11th till May 13, 2012. The conference location will be at the
Ergife Hotel and Conference Centre, 10 minutes from the Vatican State
and St. Paul’s Cathedral. The conference will follow the usual ELSO
annual meeting format (half day, full day, half day) preceded by a
Post-Conference Course (May 13th-May 14th) titled “Basic and Advanced
Extracorporeal Support for Respiratory Failure”.
Besides invited lectures and a “Lectio Magistralis”, there will be space
and time for free communications. All scientific works will be
collected and published in a Supplement of an international journal,
delivered a the congress and to the journal subscribers worldwide.
Based on the great interest and the multidisciplinary approach in ECLS,
ELSO expects a large audience and attendance in Rome. ELSO hopes that
you will take into deep consideration to attend the conference or other
parallel scientific or social activities which will make these events a
unique opportunity to discuss and exchange scientific knowledge and
experiences about ECLS.
All the details and information about the 1st Euro-ELSO meeting are
available on the ELSO website or through direct contacts with the ELSO
Office (Peter Rycus prycus@umich.edu). You may also contact the
local congress agency (Conor, Viale Cortina d’Ampezzo, 170 – 00135 Rome,
Italy; contact : Giada CELENTANO or Daniela MONTICELLI, conor@conor.it,
+39 06 85305059).
On behalf of ELSO, we look forward to hearing from you, and hope that
you will be able to support these collaborative efforts. We also hope
you will attend the 1st Euro-ELSO meeting and have the opportunity to
enjoy the conference programme and the stay in Rome next May.
Sincerely,
Steve Conrad, MD
ELSO Chairman
Giles Peek, MD
Euro-ELSO Steering Committee Chair
Roberto Lorusso MD, PhD
Euro-ELSO Conference Chair
Heidi Dalton MD
ELSO Conference Chair
The below documents contain the preliminary program, hotel information, abstract submission and registration details.
Click on the image and links below for detailed information on the Euro-ELSO meeting.
You may print out the registration form from the flyer and fax
in to +39 06 99701344.
Click on the link below to register online,
submit abstracts and make hotel reservations!
Online
registration, hotel reservations and abstract submission
Note that payments will all need to be done using the below
"Payment Form" and faxed in to Italy at +39 06 99701344
Euro-ELSO
Meeting Brochure (PDF document)
Payment Form
- Click here to download the payment form.
Background
SUMMARY OF THE ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING REGARDING EURO ELSO
JULY 2, 2011 – PARIS, FRANCE
All the European members and other major ECMO centers in Europe were
invited to attend this organizational meeting to discuss establishment
of a European “chapter” of ELSO. About 60 representatives of those
centers attended. The meeting was hosted by Alain Combs at La
Pitie Hospital and directed by Giles Peek. Dr. Bartlett attended
to provide the history of ELSO and Dr. Conrad, current chairman of the
steering committee of ELSO, attended to represent ELSO. Dr.
Bartlett described the history and background of ELSO including the list
of activities, the advantages of having a worldwide organization, and
the unique aspects of a scientific group with representation from all
healthcare professional participants in the activities of the
organization. ELSO is managed from a single office by one key
person (the executive administrator, Peter Rycus). Dr. Conrad
described the governance system of ELSO. ELSO also provides small
research grants which can be used to facilitate registry projects.
The Steering Committee is strongly supportive of an identifiable
European regional ELSO group. He offered information and support
from ELSO for a European group.
ELSO has been useful to ECMO centers and practitioners worldwide in
several ways. The worldwide Registry is available for quick
reference, documentation, publication, and quality assurance for member
centers. ELSO provides guidelines and publications for some
standardization, and a regular newsletter for notices and information
for the worldwide community. ELSO has served as the communications
center for ECMO related information. The advantages of a regional
European ELSO group could be to provide central coordination of ECMO
centers in Europe for scientific and practical communication, triage and
referrals, addressing common problems of economics, devices and
supplies, patient transportation, and sharing an annual meeting.
One of the major advantages of a European ELSO group would be to conduct
clinical research studies in coordination with European intensive care,
cardiac, and pediatric organizations.
Much of the discussion at the meeting centered around the Registry.
Entry of cases has been time consuming and somewhat difficult in the
past. The Registry forms are now on line so that data entry is
facilitated. Many major centers have their own established
database for ECMO and related cases. Dr. Conrad stated that a high
priority of ELSO is to link existing databases to the ELSO Registry so
that duplication of data entry can be avoided. There was
discussion of an annual meeting directed by Roberto Lorusso. Much
discussion has already taken place regarding the timing, locations, and
characteristics of a European meeting. The annual worldwide ELSO
meeting is in early autumn. The plan for a European meeting would
be to hold it in the spring.
Consensus of the meeting was that establishment of a European ELSO group
is a good idea which would be to the advantage of European ECMO centers
and to ECMO centers worldwide. Other details to be determined are
related to governance, finance, center recognition, official policies
and recommendations, communication and research coordination.
ELSO is proud to present the EURO-ELSO steering committee members!
Chairman
Dr. Giles Peek
Conference Committee Chairman
Dr. Roberto LoRusso
Research Committee Chairman
Dr. Alain Combes
Logistics and Education Committee Chairman
Dr. Antonio Pesenti
Devices and Techniques Committee Chairman
Dr. Thomas Mueller
Registry
Dr. Bjorn Frenckner