EBAC board

Board constitution and legitimacy

EBAC is an independent joint initiative between the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the Cardiology Section of the UEMS (Union Européenne des Médecins Spécialistes).

The competence and legitimacy of the Board are assured by these two parent organizations.
EBAC works according to the quality standards of the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME), an institution of the UEMS, which formally represents European countries.

EBAC consists of three delegates mandated by the UEMS-Cardiology Section, three delegates mandated by the ESC, one delegate representing the AEPC and one delegate representing the EAS.

EBAC BOARD
	The Union of European Medical Specialists Cardiology Section (UEMS-CS) is represented by: Dr. P. E. Polak, NL, EBAC Chairman Dr C. D. Fessas, CY Prof. T. Binder, AT Prof. H. Weber, AT, and Prof. L. Goncalves, PT, previously EBAC Chairmen, act as Ex Officio members
	The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) is represented by: Prof. H. E. Botker, DK Prof. R. Griebenow, DE Prof. P. Perrone-Filardi, IT Prof. O. Smiseth, NO, ESC Education Committee act as Ex Officio member Dr. P. Mills, UK, EBSC Chairman act as Ex Officio member
The Association for European Paediatric Cardiology (AEPC) is represented by: Prof. S. Kaku, PT
The European Atherosclerosis Society (EAS) is represented by: Prof. A. Kesäniemi, FI
The European Society of Hypertension (ESH) is represented by: Prof. S. Erdine, TR
The Council for Cardiovascular Nurses and Allied Professions is represented by: Prof. J. Martensson, SE

Since June 2005, the increasing number of international CME programmes submitted for accreditation, lead the EBAC Board to put in place the "EBAC Reviewers Committee". The cooperating team of external evaluators shares the review process of international CME activities in cardiology submitted to EBAC for accreditation.

EBAC Coordinator: Ms Line Pereme (lpereme@ebac-cme.org)
EBAC Assistant: Ms Sandra Barbieri (sbarbieri@escardio.org)

EBAC offices are located in France (Sophia Antipolis):