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18 April 2013

ESCP is delighted to announce that Dr Eloy Espin-Basany has been selected by the Executive Committee as the new incoming Assistant Secretary for the Society.Dr Espin will begin his term of office in September 2013, following the ESCP meeting in Belgrade. He will then succeed Mr Peter Dawson as Secretary when he demits office in September 2014.

26 January 2013

St Mark's Hospital in London are working to improve and widen educational opportunities.Thier DVD selection is now available to watch online. A further initiative has been to record some of the courses and grand rounds that are given at St Mark's.  Grand Rounds form an important part of in-house education at St Mark's. Covering a wide variety of subjects, these are usually given on a weekly basis and we are now pleased to make these available to view online free of charge. Click here to visit St Mark’s E-Learning Centre

18 January 2013

A number of opportunities for members to represent ESCP and sit on committees have come up. For information, click on the links below: New Guidelines Overview Group (deadline extended) ESCP Representative to join ESSO-ESMO-ESTRO collaboration on Anal Cancer Guidelines (deadline passed) Representative on Colorectal Disease Editorial Board New members for the Education and Training Committee (deadline passed) Assistant Secretary (deadline 31 March 2013)

8 January 2013

Ever since visiting Chūo General Hospital (Tokyo) in 1999 to visit dr. Junichi Iwadare, it has been my sincere wish to visit Japan again. The wonderful combined initiative by the Japanese and European Societies has finally made this possible for me.It was a great honour, to be selected for this wonderful opportunity. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my hosts, prof. Tadahiko Masaki and Dr. Hiroyoshi Matsuoka for organising and hosting my trip to and through Japan.

29 November 2012

Three recipients of our Pre-Congress Fellowships report on their placements. Zoran Radovanovic (Serbia) and Martin Oberreiter (Czech Republic) visited Krankenhaus der Barmherzigen Brüder in Vienna, and Rob Bethune (UK) visited Landeskrankenhaus in Salzburg.