ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE

THE EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE

Is an Association of individual persons. 
The ESICM was founded in March 1982 in Geneva, Switzerland. It is a non-profit making international association. 

THE OBJECTIVE 

Of the ESICM is the advancement and promotion of knowledge in intensive care medicine, in particular the promotion of the highest standards of multidisciplinary care of critically ill patients and their families through education, research, and professional development. 

AIMS AND MISSIONS

The ESICM will endeavour to realise this objective by

1. promoting and co-ordinating activities in the different fields of intensive care medicine
2. fostering research and education in these fields
3. providing recommendations for optimizing facilities for intensive care medicine in Europe
4. organizing and co-ordinating international congresses and meetings.

THE BRUSSELS OFFICE

The administrative secretariat has been located in the south-west part of the Belgian capital since 1988 and moved at its present address on 1st January 1996.

THE ESICM OFFICE STAFF is composed as follows

	Executive Officer	Suzanne Smitz-De Smet 32 2 5590350
	R&D Projects Coordinator	Nathalie Mathy 32 2 5590353
	Office and Education Secretary	Dominique D'Hoir 32 2 5590350
	Membership Secretary	Dominique De Boom 32 2 5590359
	Congress Manager	Estelle Flament 32 2 5590355
	Congress Assistant	Cindy Martinez 32 2 5590355
	Congress Secretary	Claire MENARD 32 2 5590371
	PACT and Publications Secretary	Laurence Van den Bossche 32 2 5590356
	Accountant	Sophie Laffut 32 2 5590354
	Research Secretary	Peggy Hardy 32 2 5590370

THE ESICM EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE consists of the President, the President elect, the Treasurer, the Secretary and the chairpersons of the Divisions of Scientific Affairs and of Professional Development. The ex officio members are invited to attend all Executive Committee meetings.

President

Marco Ranieri- Ospedale San Giovanni Battista - Torino, Italy

President elect

Secretary and Chair of the  Communication Committee

Treasurer and Chair of the   Finance Committee

Chair of the  Division of Scientific Affairs

Chair of the  Division of Professional Development

Ex officio members   

Past-president: Julian Bion - Queen Elizabeth Hospital - Birmingham, United Kingdom

Editor-in-Chief Intensive Care Medicine: Massimo Antonelli University Hospital Rome, Italy

ESPNIC President: Denis Devictor - Hpital de Bictre - Le Kremlin Bictre, France 

Chair of the Research Committee: Daniel De Backer - Université Libre de Bruxelles - Brussels, Belgium 

Chair of the Editorial & Publishing Committee: Ralf Kuhlen Helios Hospital Buch - Berlin, Germany

Chair of the N&AHP Committee: Ruth Endacott, Plymouth, United Kingdom 

Executive Officer: Suzanne Smitz-De Smet 

To contact the members of the Executive Committee, please use public@esicm.org

THE ESICM COUNCIL

The Council  consists of the members of the Executive Committee, of the chairpersons of each Scientific Sections, the chairperson of the Nurses & Allied Healthcare Professionals Committee ( N&AHP Committee ) and of the representatives of the members in the individual countries (1 per country counting > 10 Ordinary members, 1 common for the countries counting < 10 Ordinary members, 1 common for the International members).  

1. Executive Committee members  

2. National Representatives 

Austria                        Andreas Valentin - Vienna

3. Sections Chairs   

4. Next meetings

1. of the Council Monday 17 March 2008 at the Brussels Office