Status of Vascular Surgery in Europe

1. Acknowledgements. 2. Members lists. 3. Preface. 4. Introduction (W.P. Paaske, C.D. Liapis). 5. The Union Europ�enne des M�decins Sp�cialistes (B. Maillet). 6. The beginning: The Aosta initiative: The Council of Vascular Surgeons in the EEC/EU (D. Palombo). 7. European origins of the vascular specialty and foundation of the European Board of Vascular Surgery (EBVS) (P.L. Harris). 8. The Division of Vascular Surgery of the UEMS (F. Benedetti-Valentini). 9. The European Board of Vascular Surgery of the UEMS (J.H.N. Wolfe). 10. The role of The European Society for Vascular Surgery (M. Horrocks). 11. The European Board of Surgery Qualification in Vascular Surgery, EBSQ-VASC (D. Bergqvist). 12. Training centres - differences in training (J. Sandermann). 13. Continuing medical education and continuing professional development (J. Hajo van Bockel). 14. Clinical governance (R.N. Baird). 15. The need for exit examinations for vascular surgeons in the various European countries (B. Nachbur). 16. European Association of Vascular Surgeons in Training (A. Svetlikov). 17. Funding of research in vascular surgery related topics (Y. Skalkidis, F. Papadopoulos). 18. Endovascular surgery in Europe (P. Cao, P. De Rango). 19. Postgraduate training in endovascular surgery for vascular surgeons (G.M. Biasi). 20. National vascular registries (T. Tro�ng, M. Bj�rck). 21. European vascular registries: Vascunet & Eurocasc (L. Panduro Jensen). 22. The Eurostar Registry (J. Buth, P. Harris). 23. Future prospects and developments in the workings and activities of the Division and Board of Vascular Surgery (C.D. Liapis).