History 
The European Society for Traumatology is an umbrella organisation
of the national societies.
In order to keep up with modern developments in the treatment
of accident victims and to achieve a certain degree of harmonization,
the German Society of Traumatology, the Austrian Trauma
Society, and the Swiss Society of Traumatology and Occupational
Medicine began to hold joint meetings every 3 years in 1973.
After six conferences the political landscape in Europe had
changed to such an extent that it seemed appropriate to invite
other medical societies to participate and, thus, promote the
idea of co-operation at the European level. Harald Tscherne
was one of the driving forces behind this idea.
The goal was to create a European umbrella organization
for all national societies of traumatology.
In 1994 the first European Trauma Congress was organized
by the Hungarian Society of Traumatology under the presidency
of Antal Renner in Budapest. Congress in Davos
(1996, under the presidency of Otmar Trentz), Amsterdam
(1998, under the presidency of Christian von der Werken),
and Hannover (2000, under the presidency of Harald
Tscherne) followed. In 2002, Vienna was the venue of
5th the European Trauma Congress. The 6th European Trauma Congress
was held in Prague in 2004. The 7th European Trauma
Congress took place in Ljubljana in May 2006.
Within the framework of the Amsterdam Congress in 1998,
the "European Trauma Society" (ETS) was established
as an umbrella organisation for the national traumasocieties.
The mandate of the European Society is to optimise the quality
of care for trauma victims in Europe through the intensive exchange
of ideas, organisation of joint events, and representation of
the interests of trauma surgery vis-à-vis the European
authorities.
Thanks to support received from J. Gruwez and J. Witte,
the Division of Traumatology of the European Board of Surgery
was established within the framework of UEMS and a European
examination for specialists in trauma surgery was introduced.
1st president of ETS was Simon K. Luitse (Netherlands)
2nd president was Harald Tscherne (Germany)
3rd president was Vilmos Vécsei (Austria)
4th president was Petr Zelnicek (Czech Republic), who passed
away on Dec. 26th, 2005
5th president was Gert Muhr
6th president is Otmar Trentz
Honorary Members of ETS
Prim. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Jörg Böhler
Dr. Jacques Aimé Gruwetz
Prof. Dr. H.J.Th.M. Haarman
Dr. Jan S. K. Luitse
Prof. Dr. Jennö Manninger
Prof. Dr. Eberhard Markgraf
Prof. Dr. Maurice Müller
Prof. Dr. Antal Renner
Prof. Dr. Harald Tscherne
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Emanuel Trojan |
History
