GEC-ESTRO was formed in 1990 from the amalgamation of the The Groupe Européen de Curiethérapie (GEC) and the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ESTRO). Prior to this, GEC had been an independent group of experts, formed in the mid 1960s, who were interested in all aspects of brachytherapy and responsible for organising annual meetings. This amalgamation has enabled brachytherapy to strengthen its impact in Europe and improved the administrative aspects of education, collaboration and research in brachytherapy. ESTRO has guaranteed the original identity of the GEC group.
GEC-ESTRO is a standing committee of ESTRO, which is governed by an executive group. Members of the Committee are elected. The Terms of Reference of the GEC-ESTRO Committee can be downloaded here. Since ESTRO 23 in 2004, the GEC-ESTRO annual meeting has been fully incorporated into the ESTRO annual congress every other year.
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GEC-ESTRO
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GEC-ESTRO
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Over the years, GEC-ESTRO has substantially increased its work, initiating new activities such as organ-related working groups, an executive committee, teaching courses and publications and it is now an integral part of ESTRO. Further information on these activities can be found here. GEC-ESTRO also collaborates with other groups and supports three awards in brachytherapy
Executive Group
The GEC-ESTRO Executive Group is headed by the Chairman of GEC-ESTRO. The Secretary supports the committee.
Gyorgy Kovacs (Chairman) (until September 2010)
Erik Van Limbergen (Past-chairman)
Christine Haie-Meder (Chairperson-elect)
Jacob Lindegaard (Secretary)
Frank-André Siebert: Chairman Braphyqs (Brachytherapy Physics)
Peter Hoskin: Course Director & Chairman Probate (Prostate Brachytherapy)
Committee (formerly known as the Council)
The GEC-ESTRO Committee is headed by the Chairman, George Kovacs. The last last GEC-ESTRO elections were held in Spring 2009 and the results were announced at the General Assembly held on 16 May 2009 in Porto and published in the Autumn issue of the ESTRO Newsletter .
Members
D. Baltas (Offenbach)
I. Barillot (Tours)
J.J. Battermann (Utrecht)
P. Bownes (Leeds)
M. de Brabandere (Leuven)
R. de Crevoisier (Villejuif)
B. Ericksson (Madison, USA)
C. Haie Meder (Villejuif)
T.P. Hellebust (Oslo)
P. Hoskin (Northwood)
Ch. Kirisits (Vienna)
G. Kovacs (Lübeck)
H. Marsiglia (Villejuif) |
D. Peiffert (Nancy)
P. Petric (Ljubljana)
B. Pieters (Amsterdam)
C. Polgar (Budapest)
A. Polo (Madrid)
F.-A. Siebert (Kiel)
H. Stankusova (Prague)
N. Stas (Porto)
V. Strnad (Erlangen)
K. Tanderup (Aarhus)
E. Van Limbergen (Leuven)
J. Venselaar (Tilburg) |
Further details of the work of the committee can be found here.
The Committee is contactable through Guy FRANCOIS, Manager Brachytherapy at ESTRO guy.francois@estro.org
this page was last updated on 9 July 2010