As the newly elected President of the European Society for Trauma and
Emergency Surgery (ESTES), I should like to express my sincere thanks to
all of you for your trust.
ESTES was formed by the merger of two respected and established
international societies. More than fifty countries throughout the world
are represented in its individual membership, and its corporate members
include distinguished national professional associations such as the
Austrian Trauma Society, Belgian Trauma Society, Croatian Trauma Society,
Croatia Pannonian Urgent Medicine Association, Czech Trauma Society,
Dutch Trauma Society, French Emergency Surgery Society, German Trauma
Society, Hungarian Trauma Society, Italian Trauma and Emergency Surgery
Society, Romanian Society for Trauma and Emergency Surgery, Serbian
Trauma Society, Slovakian Trauma Society, Slovenian Trauma Society,
Swiss Society of General and Trauma Surgery (SGAUC), and Swiss Trauma
Society (SGTV).
Although we call ourselves a European society, we have many members from
other continents. As President of our Society, I am pleased that you see
have confidence in our ability to represent your interests; this
probably reflects the high aims that ESTES seeks to reach.
