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.
Speranta Iacob (MD, PhD), graduated at the “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania, earned her MD degree in 2001, followed by a Gastroenterology Residency until 2007 and was acknowledged as senior physician in Gastroenterology and Hepatology in 2013 in Fundeni Clinical Institute. The PhD in Surgery under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Irinel Popescu, focusing on strategies to prevent HCV recurrence after liver transplantation was completed in 2010.
Since 2012, Dr Iacob has served as the National Representative in the European Board for Transplant Medicine (EBTM) and later assumed the position of Elected Senior Secretary of EBTM from 2019 to 2023. She is also the Secretary of the Romanian Association for Liver Diseases (RoALD) since 2018 and in 2023 was elected the Vice President of the RomTransplant Association. Dr Iacob international experience includes a DAAD Scholarship for liver transplantation specialisation at the University Hospital Essen, Germany (2005), and a one year basic research stagium in liver transplantation at the same University (2009) under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Susanne Beckebaum.
In addition to earning the European Diploma in Transplant Medicine (2011), Speranta Iacob has also participated in over 60 specialised courses in the field of Hepatology. In the University, she holds the position of Assistant Professor in Gastroenterology, further contributing to the field through education and research. She is a leading voice in Transplant Medicine, focusing on liver transplantation, cholestatic liver diseases, hepatocellular carcinoma, personalised medicine, and translational medicine.
