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. Sándor Mihály is the director of transplantation at the Hungarian National Blood Transfusion Service. He is managing the Organ Coordination Office, the Central Waiting List Office, the National Organ and Tissue Donation Opting-out Registry and the Hungarian Stem Cell Registry.
He has 20 years of experience in donor transplant coordination. During these working years he was mainly involved in deceased organ donor coordination, development of national programs for the framework of coordination, development of the national organ donor and transplant follow-up registry, quality assurance, hospital coordination, training programs and international organ exchanges.
Sándor Mihály is Senior Secretary in Board of Transplant Coordination (Union Européene des Medecins Spécialistes (UEMS), Section of Surgery, European Board of Surgery, Division of Transplantation).
He is the Past-Chair of European Donation Transplant Coordinators Organisation (EDTCO), ESOT section.
He is the national representative of the Hungarian National Competent Authority for organ donation and transplantation in the European Commission.
He is the national representative at the European Committee on Organ Transplantation (CD-P-TO) which is the steering committee in charge of organ transplantation activities at the EDQM, Council of Europe.
He is teaching donor transplant coordination at the Semmelweis University for 15 years.
He is an Honorary College Associate Professor at Semmelweis University.
He is the General Secretary of the Hungarian Transplantation Society.
He was the local and scientific organizer committee chair of the European Organ Donation Congress (EDTCO) in Budapest, 2014.
Sándor Mihály is the author or co-author of 3 book chapters and 47 scientific publications. From 2007 to the present day, he has given 241 lectures at domestic or international scientific events and congresses.
