History, Organization and Activities PREFACE Organization and Activities History, he International Academy of Perina- by Prof. Erich Saling, President of IAPM. tal Medicine (IAPM) was created in T 2005, with the agreement of the Presi- FOREWORD dents of three scientific societies: the by José M. Carrera, Secretary General ) World Association of Perinatal Medicine of IAPM. (WAPM), the European Association of Peri- CHAPTER 1 natal Medicine (EAPM) and the Internatio- The History of Perinatal Medicine. nal Society «The Fetus as a Patient» (ISFAP). IAPM ( th On the 25 of May 2005 took place the CHAPTER 2 foundational ceremony in Barcelona The fathers of Perinatal Medicine: (Spain) with venue at the Royal Academy the academic medals. of Medicine of Catalonia. CHAPTER 3 The objective of the Academy is to create a Identity and mission of International place for the studystudy, reflection, dialogue Academy of Perinatal Medicine (IAPM). INTERNATIONAL and prpromotionomotion of PPerinatal Medicine, es- CHAPTER 4 pecially on those ississues related to bioethics, History of International Academy the appropriate appapplication of the techno- of Perinatal Medicine (IAPM): ACADEMY logical advances aand the sociologic and the foundation. huhumanisticmanistic ddimensionsimensi of the fi eld. CHAPTER 5 OF PERINATAL Furthermore, the AAcademy endeavours to Constitution of IAPM and By-Laws. constitute a friendshfriendship-based bond among ththee ththreeree scscientificientifi Societies that have CHAPTER 6 sponsored its foundfoundation. Basic Organization of the IAPM. MEDICINE In the same act oof the foundation, the CHAPTER 7 members of the BBoard of the Academy The International Council: were elected. Prof. Erich Saling (Germany) Regular Fellows of IAPM. (IAPM) was elected as President,Pre and Professors CHAPTER 8 Asim Kurjak (Croati(Croatia), Aris Antsaklis (Gree- Honorary Members ce), Frank ChervenaChervenak (USA) and H. Nishida and Associate Fellows. (Japan) as Vice-Presidents. José M. Carrera (Spain) acts as Secretary General and Birgit CHAPTER 9 Arabin (The Netherlands) acts as Treasurer. Activities of IAPM. In accordance with its Constitution, the CHAPTER 10 IAPM has 30 regular fellows coming from Statements of IAPM. 20 different countries. INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF PERINATAL MEDICINE OF PERINATAL ACADEMY INTERNATIONAL coberta1.indd 237 23/5/08 08:13:20 INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF PERINATAL MEDICINE (IAPM) cap_00_000-010.indd 1 20/5/08 06:53:27 cap_00_000-010.indd 2 20/5/08 06:53:28 INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF PERINATAL MEDICINE (IAPM) History, Organization and Activities On initiative of: INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF PERINATAL MEDICINE Edited by: MATRES MUNDI INTERNATIONAL Thanks to the fi nancial support of: International Academy of Perinatal Medicine (IAPM) Matres Mundi International World Association of Perinatal Medicine (WAPM) Banc Sabadell Foundation INTERNATIONAL cap_00_000-010.indd 3 20/5/08 06:53:28 General coordinator: José. M. Carrera Secretary General of IAPM Supervising Committee: Erich Saling, Asim Kurjak and Frank Chervenak Information and Documentation: Reports of IAPM Secretary General, Reports and Minutes of Meetings of IAPM, Reports of Matres Mundi International, Documental archive of WAPM, IAPM and Matres Mundi Graphic Documentation Photographic archive of IAPM. Photographic Found of Matres Mundi International Personal cooperation of: Roberto Romero, Kazuo Maeda, Zoltan Papp, Erich Saling, José M. Carrera Coordination: Miguel Llobet Linguistic revision: Interglossa Sonia Carrera, Frank. A. Chervernak, Amos Grunebaum, José. M. Dachs, Ramón Aurell, Xavier Carbonell Translations: Sylvia Kulikowska, Maxim Izquierdo, Irene Roldán Secretariat and Coordination of Edition: Matres Mundi Londres, 6, p. 8 08029 Barcelona, Spain Tel/fax 0034/934190015 email: [email protected] • [email protected] website: www.matres-mundi.org • www.iaperinatalmedicine.org Secretaries of Edition: Sylvia Kulikowska, Carolina Poblete, Jadranka Cerovec, M. Ángeles Botija, Sílvia Núñez Design, Layaut and Prepress: Baber, scp. Barcelona, Spain Printed in Spain by: EGS, Barcelona, Spain Published in Spain in 2008 by MATRES MUNDI All rights reserved Depósito legal: 24971-2008 cap_00_000-010.indd 4 20/5/08 06:53:31 INDEX PREFACE by Prof. Erich Saling, President of IAPM . 7 FOREWORD by José M. Carrera, Secretary General of IAPM . 9 CHAPTER 1 The History of Perinatal Medicine . 11 CHAPTER 2 The fathers of Perinatal Medicine: the academic medals . 35 CHAPTER 3 Identity and mission of International Academy of Perinatal Medicine (IAPM) . 69 CHAPTER 4 History of International Academy of Perinatal Medicine (IAPM): the foundation . 83 CHAPTER 5 Constitution of IAPM and By-Laws . 115 CHAPTER 6 Basic Organization of the IAPM . 125 CHAPTER 7 The International Council: Regular Fellows of IAPM . 131 CHAPTER 8 Honorary Members and Associate Fellows . 169 CHAPTER 9 Activities of IAPM . 195 CHAPTER 10 Statements of IAPM . 237 cap_00_000-010.indd 5 20/5/08 06:53:31 cap_00_000-010.indd 6 20/5/08 06:53:31 PREFACE 7 PREFACE By Erich Saling, President of the International Academy of Perinatal Medicine (IAPM) The generation alive today is privileged to live in a remarkable age. Not only has inters- tellar space been spectacularly opened up to human exploration but, through a conti- nuing medical and technological development of no less importance, «intrauterine spa- ce», the world in which we spend our prenatal life from conception to birth, has become increasingly accessible to science. As little as about 50 years ago, the fetal heart sounds could be auscultated only with the aid of a primitive stethoscope. There was no other access to the unborn child for routi- nely applicable medicine. Today a new great fi eld —Prenatal Medicine— if we include the fi rst week of life —the interdisciplinary Perinatal Medicine— has come into being on a scale that is entirely comparable to the progress made in aerospatial science. The importance of intrauterine medicine is growing rapidly and is making great and varied scientifi c progress. More and more evidence now indicates that prenatal life is a major determinant of adult health and disease. So for instance the increasing realization that two modem epidemics —obesity and diabetes— as well as premature death from cardiovascular disease, may have their origins in environmental factors experienced during intrauterine life have given our discipline a much greater importance than anyo- ne ever dreamed possible. Therefore, I believe that patients, families, colleagues and governments are ready to recognize that a major revolution is now taking place. The prevention of diseases as well as the promotion of health should begin in utero. A great number of national and international societies of Perinatal Medicine have been founded in the meantime. In so far there was a logical need to establish also a more su- perordinated institution, the International Academy of Perinatal Medicine. What is the vision for the future of our Academy? Most continents are represented by the Fellows. They have been elected to fellowship because of their outstanding scientifi c contributions and also because of their dedication to serve as leaders of their communi- ties. We hope that the collective talent and energy of our Fellows will be used to ensure that our two patients —mother and fetus— are given all the benefi ts that they deserve, which we now have every chance to achieve more than ever before. An advantage of the Academy is the continuous availability of its leading and acting experts. This is a compensatory potential compared with societies where relatively frequent change of leading experts is common after only short intervals, in particular within their boards. Therefore it is a good solution to have both; namely different socie- ties with their specifi c character, and above them a kind of superordinated intellectual common home. cap_00_000-010.indd 7 20/5/08 06:53:32 8 INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF PERINATAL MEDICINE (IAPM) It was a very special event when the three leading International Societies in our fi eld agreed and recommended the foundation of the International Academy of Perinatal Me- dicine, in 2005 in Barcelona. The Societies and their, at that time, acting Presidents were: the oldest, the European Association of Perinatal Medicine under the presidentship of Prof. Aris Antsaklis, Athens; the Society «The Fetus as a Patient» under the presidentship of Prof. Frank Chervenak, New York; and the youngest, the World Association of Perina- tal Medicine under the presidentship of Prof. Asim Kurjak, Zagreb. The real architect who prepared the constitution in a masterly way and who organized the impressive ceremonial foundation was our Secretary General Prof. José María Carre- ra, Barcelona. We are also very thankful to him that he took over the preparation of this book about the history of our still young Academy. We respect him and appreciate his tireless and valuable activities. I wish our Academy success in achieving all its ambitious aims. cap_00_000-010.indd 8 20/5/08 06:53:32 FOREWORD 9 FOREWORD By José M. Carrera, Secretary General of the lAPM This book was written to inform the scientifi c community, and in particular perinatolo- gists from across the globe, about the history, identity, goals, organization and activities of the International Academy of Perinatal Medicine (IAPM). However, at the same time, it is intended as a tribute to all the men and women who, over the centuries and brick-by- brick, have built up the complex structure of