Newsletter UEMS

European Board of Paediatric Surgery

European Examination of Paediatric Surgery, Mannheim, 5th and 6th November 2004

It is with pride that this article is submitted to the European Journal of Paediatric Surgery, following the 100 % success rate in the most recent EBPS Examination.

Thanks must go to Professor Karl Ludwig Waag and his team, Ahmed Hadidi, Stuart Hosie and Stefan Loff, for the excellent hosting of the exams which were held in his clinic in Mannheim.

External examiners included Professor Alexander M. Holschneider, Professor Ole H. Nielsen, Mr. Stephen Potts and Mr. Sebastiano Cacciaguerra. Mr. Robert Carachi headed up the examination team as Exam Coordinator, supported by the Exam Secretary Rosemary Mackenzie and her Assistant Sharon Hosie.

Fig. 1 Group of examiners and candidates.

The candidates arrived individually at the clinic looking extremely apprehensive, but became a great team, supporting each other through the long days. Congratulations go to all the candidates, who proved themselves to be excellent clinicians by passing the exam well. This is the first time in a few years that all candidates have passed the high standard of the European Examination.

The seven candidates will become Fellows of the European Board of Paediatric Surgery, once the Board has accepted the Examination Team's recommendation for their inclusion on the Register in January 2005.

The seven candidates to be congratulated are:

1. Atef Abdelaziz

2. S. Kerem Ozel

3. Ernest van Heum

4. Ramnik Patel

5. Diary Abdul Rahman

6. Egeman Eroglu

7. Indre Zapatackaite