ABOUT ESVS
Our mission: “to improve vascular health for the public benefit”
Vision
We strive to become a leader in promoting optimal care for patients with vascular disease by:
- $Supporting high quality research
- $Providing educational opportunities
- $Organizing meetings, seminars, lectures and conferences
- $Commissioning and publishing guidelines
- $Sponsoring the European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
- $Promoting dialogue with National Societies and others involved in the treatment of vascular disease
- $Advising Regulatory Authorities on matters relating to vascular disease
History
The European Society for Vascular Surgery was founded and inaugurated on May 6, 1987 in London. This inaugural meeting was attended by Presidents or Representatives of almost all the National Vascular Societies in Europe, who supported the formation and aims of the ESVS. The Officers and Members of the Council were proposed and elected, ensuring a satisfactory representation from various European countries. It was further agreed that the Society would generally meet in September each year. The Society has grown enormously since and has now over 2800 members, mostly European, but many from other parts of the world.
ESVS Secretary General
The ESVS Secretary General is elected into a five year term preceded by one year shadowing the current Secretary General. They sit on a number of committees, including the Executive Committee.
| 2020 – present | Prof. Maarit Venermo, Finland |
| 2015 – 2020 | Prof. Sebastian Debus, Germany |
| 2009 – 2015 | Mr. Simon Parvin, United Kingdom |
| 2004 – 2009 | Prof. Henrik Sillesen, Denmark |
| 1999 – 2004 | Prof. Michael Horrocks, United Kingdom |
| 1994 – 1999 | Prof. Giorgio Biasi, Italy |
| Prof. Hero van Urk, The Netherlands |
ESVS President
The President of the Society is elected for one year at the Annual General Meeting. The President, President Elect and the Deputy President Elect are part of the Executive Committee.
The following members have served as Presidents of the society
| 2021 | Hence Verhagen, the Netherlands |
| 2020 | Stéphan Haulon, France |
| 2019 | Henrik Sillesen, Denmark |
| 2018 | Alison Halliday, United Kingdom |
| 2017 | Martin Björck, Sweden |
| 2016 | Jürg Schmidli, Switzerland |
| 2015 | Arkadiusz Jawien, Poland |
| 2014 | Jean-Baptiste Ricco, France |
| 2013 | George Hamilton, United Kingdom |
| 2012 | Carlo Setacci, Italy |
| 2011 | Vincent Riambau, Spain |
| 2010 | Gustav Fraedrich, Austria |
| 2009 | Frans Moll, the Netherlands |
| 2008 | John Wolfe, United Kingdom |
| 2007 | Jan Brunkwall, Germany |
| 2006 | Jesper Swedenborg, Sweden (1940-2016) |
| 2005 | Christos Liapis, Greece |
| 2004 | Mauri Lepäntalo, Finland |
| 2003 | Tomislav Sosa (1948-2006), Croatia |
| 2002 | André Nevelsteen, (1951-2009), Belgium |
| 2001 | William Paaske (1948-2016), Denmark |
| 2000 | Anatoly Pokrovsky |
| 1999 | Alain Branchereau, France |
| 1998 | Bert Eikelboom, The Netherlands (1947-2018) |
| 1997 | Lars Norgren, Sweden |
| 1996 | José Fernandes e Fernandes, Portugal |
| 1995 | Peter Bell, United Kingdom |
| 1994 | Takis Balas, Greece |
| 1993 | Georg Kretschmer (1941-2013), Austria |
| 1992 | Paolo Fiorani, Italy |
| 1991 | Emilio Viver Manresa (1935-2012), Spain |
| 1990 | Mieszyslaw Szostek, Poland |
| 1989 | Henner Müller Wiefel, Germany |
| 1988 | Hans O Myhre, Norway |
