EADV News No. 26

In this issue: Election Countdown to Istanbul th time…time… 5 EADV Spring Symposium P 4 Pages 13-16, 28 Dermatology in Europe Dermatology in Romania P 8 Invitation to Paris 2008 17th EADV Congress P 11 Euromelanoma 2008 ‘Check your moles’ P 17 EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY AND VENEREOLOGY ACADEMIE EUROPÉENNE DE DERMATOLOGIE ET VÉNÉRÉOLOGIE Inside Editorial President's Perspective _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2 Point of View – A Comment _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 Diagnostics in psychodermatology 5th EADV Spring Symposium _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 Countdown to Istanbul Patients‘ Information _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 Internet Support Group on Mastocytosis A Patient’s View _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 Living with Mastocytosis Meeting Dermatology in Europe_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 Dermatology in Romania expectations Servicing the Dermatology Community _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 René Touraine Foundation 17th EADV Congress_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 Invitation to Paris Quality of life is closely linked to how well we achieve our aspirations and the Call for Scholarships _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 world meets our expectations. Unmet aspirations, like unrequited love, are a 17th EADV Congress, Paris highly frustrating experience. What could have been is nearly always thought EADV Election Notice: President-Elect _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 of with an excess of positive feeling, which may not always be based on reality. EADV Nomination Form: President-Elect _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 In some unfortunate individuals this is taken to extremes, but it is only a select EADV Election Notice: few who have never had the thought: ’what if?‘ Among historians a whole new Secretary General-Elect_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 genre of contrafactual stories has been created on the basis of ‘what ifs’, eg EADV Nomination Form: what if Hannibal had vanquished Scipio? Secretary General-Elect_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 Aspirations are, however, individual and can be adjusted by all of us to suit Euromelanoma Week _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 talents, abilities and circumstances and the well-adjusted adult regulates Update from the Membership Committee _ _ _ _ _ 18 aspirations and lives a happy and productive life. EADV Board of Directors _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 Member Profiles Expectations are different. They are generally a more rational process, based on Update from the Fostering Dermatology – or mired in – our interpretation of reality. In the best-case scenario and Venereology Committee _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 expectations are substantiated prognoses based on facts. Everyone knows that Update from the Task Force on few things are as deeply unsatisfactory as unmet expectations. If we have been Paediatric Dermatology _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 promised something, but the promise is not fulfilled, then irritation or Update from the Task Force on Office unhappiness is not far away. Because of the generally pseudo-rational or Management_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 analytical basis of expectations this kind of problem is often seen more as forced Update from the Ethics Committee _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 on the individual. The culprit is someone else’s failure, rather than your own Update from the Task Force misguided desires or aspirations. on Quality of Life_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 As dermatologists, we are involved in patients’ quality of life. Sometimes we Update from the Website Committee _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 successfully improve it, and sometimes we do not. One way to optimise our Members’ Views _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 work is to adjust the aspirations and expectations. Aspirations must invariably Letter to the Editor _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 be high, but not so high as to become invisible or impracticable. Incremental Update from the Secretary General _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 improvement allows for steady development towards even the highest goals. Dates for your Diary _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 29 Similarly, patients’ expectations should be realistic. In the course of treating a chronic disease there appears to be a directly proportional relationship between EADV News Published by EADV results and expectations – the more that has been cured the higher the Editor: Gregor Jemec expectations. A change of PASI from 25 to 20 is often much more satisfactory Technical Editor: Dee O‘Sullivan to many patients than the proportionally larger change from 5 to 2. In order to Design & Production: MCI improve the quality of life for patients and dermatologists alike an adjustment The contents of this publication are compiled in good faith. The publisher accepts no responsibility for omissions or errors. of expectation can be useful – and this is definitively best achieved in close cooperation. Working with patients on aspirations and expectations is perhaps EADV Office Avenue General de Gaulle, 38 one of the most worthwhile activities we can undertake. B-1050 Brussels, Belgium Tel: +32-2-650 0090 Fax: +32-2-650 0098 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.eadv.org Gregor Jemec Editor Advertising Rates Back Cover _____________________________________________________ € 5.000 Inside Front Cover______________________________________ € 3.000 Inside Back Cover _______________________________________ € 2.750 ➤ Please send your suggestions, feedback and contributions Full Page__________________________________________________________ € 2.500 for the attention of the Editor, EADV News c/o Stefanie Blum, € 1/2 page__________________________________________________________ 1.100 Administrative Officer at the EADV Office via: [email protected] 1/4 page__________________________________________________________ € 600 EADV Leadership Executive Committee Officers GIANNETTI Alberto (IT), President Moving ahead RING Johannes (DE), Past President Continuous medical education, which is KATSAMBAS Andreas (GR), President-Elect the primary objective of the EADV, PACE Joseph L (MT), must be pursued using all available Secretary General Dear colleagues and resources, acknowledged methodologies OLAFSSON Jon Hjaltalin (IS), Treasurer members of the EADV, and relevant alliances. The latter are TSCHACHLER Erwin (AT), represented by the twinned societies EDF, Representative of the Board Prof Alberto Giannetti We are getting closer to KARPATI Sarolta (HU), ESDR and UEMS, with which we have President (2006-2008) important appointments in Representative of the Board started closer and more effective the life of the Society, not Congress/Symposia Presidents cooperation through regular meetings JOLY Pascal (FR), without difficulties, but with the th during the relevant congresses (the last President 17 Congress 2008 perseverance necessary to obtain useful LUGER Thomas (DE), one held in Interlaken by the EDF in President 18th Congress 2009 results. The dermatological community - January 2008), taking part in the drawing LARKÖ Olle (SE), and not only the European one - has long President 19th Congress 2010 up of the European guidelines, which GÜRER Mehmet Ali (TR), looked to the EADV as a reference point th must supersede national ones, and Chairman 5 Spring Symposium for its activity and we do not intend to 2008 contributing to the financing of the ESRF, FORSEA Dan (RO), disappoint such expectations.

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