The aim of the Education Committee (EC) is to coordinate ESOT’s efforts to advance multidisciplinary education for transplant professionals at all career levels and to contribute to their professional development.
The Basic Science Committee promotes scientific issues and transplantation research within ESOT. An active basic science community and an efficient translation of innovation into the clinic are crucial for the future of transplantation medicine.
The European Transplant Allied Healthcare Professionals (ETAHP) reaches out to allied healthcare professionals throughout Europe in order to ensure the best care possible for all transplant patients, with the aim to optimize patient outcomes.
The Young Professionals in Transplantation (YPT) is the Network for Junior Transplant professionals of ESOT, representing all young transplant clinicians and scientists who are beginning a career in transplantation and organ donation.
The mission of ECTORS is to provide a forum for discussing and stimulating novel developments in the fields of cellular therapies in organ transplantation, organ regeneration and generation of new organs from stem cells and biomaterials.
ECTTA is the forum for experience exchange on treatment of patients with end-stage heart and lung failure. Our aim is to improve outcomes for the patients.
EDTCO aims to support health care professionals to provide clinically effective programmes on organ and tissue donation, procurement and transplantation.
EKITA is the Organ Expert Section of ESOT on kidney transplantation in Europe, providing a forum for kidney transplantation professionals to exchange scientific information and views aimed at providing the best service to European patients .
The European Liver and Intestine Transplant Association (ELITA), previously known as the European Liver Transplant Association (ELTA), is a section of ESOT. Its membership represents the expertise on liver and intestinal transplantation in Europe.
ELPAT is a European platform that brings continuity and progress in European research and dialogue on "Ethical, Legal and Psychosocial Aspects of organ Transplantation". ELPAT currently consists of over 160 experts from more than 25 European countries.
EPITA is established to provide a forum for those working in the field of pancreas and islet of Langerhans transplantation or any other alternative form of beta cell replacement in Europe, to exchange scientific information and views related primarily to providing the best service for patients in Europe requiring pancreas or islet transplantation.
VCA has opened a new era in the field of transplantation, reconstructive and restorative surgery. This Section brings together 10 representatives of major European teams at the forefront in this field.
Dr. Emma K. Massey is Associate Professor at the Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam, working in the department of Internal Medicine, section of Nephrology & Transplantation. She studied in the UK, the Netherlands and Japan before obtaining her PhD from Leiden University, the Netherlands. She currently leads the research line on psychosocial aspects of kidney transplantation and living donation in her department. Her research interests include psychological well-being of patients and donors, self-management, medication adherence and lifestyle, unspecified (anonymous) living donation, optimal patient and donor education and long term follow-up. In this capacity she supervises PhD and MSc students and advises Nurse Practitioners in their research and teaches undergraduates on these topics. She has published over 40 articles and has been Principle Investigator on numerous projects financed by the Dutch Kidney Foundation. Alongside her research she also conducts the psychological screening of living (anonymous) donors at the Erasmus MC. She is on the board of the Dutch national network on Social Science Research in Nephrology (SWON) and chair of the ‘ELPAT’ platform on the Ethical, Legal and Psychosocial Aspects of Transplantation, a section of the European Society of Organ Transplantation. This collaboration with international colleagues within ELPAT has resulted in a number of multicenter studies and position papers. See https://tinyurl.com/y9q6re2d
