ESHI THE EUROPEAN SPECIALISATION IN TRANSPLANTATION IMMUNOLOGY, HISTOCOMPATIBILITY & IMMUNOGENETICS The Division of Transplantation Union Européene des Medecins Spécialistes (UEMS) Section of Surgery European Board of Transplantation Immunology (EBTI) In collaboration with: The European Federation of Immunogenetics (EFI) Joannis Mytilineos MD, PhD. Department of Transplantation Immunology Institute of Transfusion Medicine University Clinic Ulm, Germany on behalf of the Executive Committee of the European Board of Transplantation Immunology (EBTI EC)
Division of Transplantation European Board of Transplantation Surgery European Board of Transplantation Medicine European Board of Transplant Coordination European Board of Transplantation Immunology
Statutes Syllabus Assembly Executive Com Examination Honorary
EBTI Assembly Meetings 5 x Assembly meetings - 12.10.2012 Leiden (The Netherlands) - 09.05.2013 Maastricht (The Netherlands) - 25.06.2014 Stockholm (Sweden) - 26.04.2015 Geneva (Switzerland) - 10.05.2016 Kos (Greece) - 9.05.2017 Mannheim/Heidelberg (Germany) Assembly representatives must be nominated by the national H&I Society or the National Transplantation Society or the Ministery of Health or otherwise by EFI
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EBTI Executive Committee (Elected by the Assembly Members) Chair: Joannis Mytilineos (DE) - May 17 Co-Chair: Marco Andreani (IT) - May 17 Senior Secretary: Tony Slavcev (CZ) - May 17 Junior Secretary: David Turner (UK) - May 17 Treasurer: Mireille Drouet (FR) - Dec 16 EFI Board Representative: Jaume Martorell (ES) - May18
Memorandum of Understanding
Relations between EFI and UEMS (V1.1) (already approved and active)
UEMS-EBTI Statutes (V1.2) (already approved and active)
ESHI Portfolio & Diploma (v1.2) (needs final approval through the EBTI Assembly and the EFI board)
ESHI Diploma By Examination 4 Modules Solid Organ Transplantation Service (SOT) Heamatopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT) SOT/HSCT + Disease Association Testing SOT/HSCT + Transfusion Support Honorary Deadline for submission of Hononorary Diploma Applications expired on the 31st of August 2015)
E-Portfolio Established
ESHI Exam Current Status 5 Applicants (from 5 countries) 1 x Portugal 1 x Sweden 1 x India 1 x France 1 x Saudi Arabia 3 passed 1 failed 1 scheduled for Mannheim/Heidelberg
Eligebility for the Honorary Diploma Director/Co-Director of an EFI accredited laboratory or Holder of either UK Fellowship of the Royal College of Pathologists or German Fachimmungenetiker DGI or Dutch Opleidingseisen Medische Immunologie or Spanish Clinical Immunologist Diploma Senior experience in H&I for >10 years (Deadline for submission of Hononorary Diploma Applications expired on the 31st of August 2015)
Honorary Diploma Current Status 276 Applicants (from 32 countries) - 1 (1) x Albania - 1 (1) x Armenia - 4 (4) x Austria - 7 (5) x Belgium - 1 (1) x Bulgaria - 3 (2) x Croatia - 4 (3) x Cyprus - 6 (6) x Czech Republic - 2 (2) x Denmark - 1 (1) x Estonia - 2 (2) x Finland - 53 (44) x France - 38 (35) x Germany - 15 (13) x Greece - 1 x Ireland - 1 (0) x India - 2 (2) x Israel - 57 (44) x Italy - 1 (1) x Lithuania - 1 (1) x Luxembourg - 3 (2) x Poland - 6 (2) x Portugal - 1 (1) x Romania - 1 (1) x Serbia - 1 (1) x Saudi Arabia - 1 (1) x Slovenia - 30 (23) x Spain - 3 (3) x Sweden - 9 (7) x Switzerland - 1 (0) x Syria - 13 (12) x The Netherlands - 6 (5) x United Kingdom
Honorary Diploma Outcome 276 candidates applied: 254 candidates reviewed (in 25 Review Rounds): 226 approved 7 with open issues 21 failed 2 of them re-applied for EXAM 22 still to be reviewed
EBTI What comes next We expect a regular flow on applications for the ESHI-exam next exam scheduled for May 2017 in Mannheim/Heidelberg - DE (at the annual EFI meeting one examination scheduled) Preparatory courses for the examination Meet the expert Session at the EFI Meeting in Mannheim/Heidelberg
Survey among EFI members: When do you plan to take the ESHI Exam 12 10 8 6 4 11 8 7 2 0 1 1 1 4