President's Welcome

President's Welcome

Gonzalo Varela, PresidentDear Members and Friends

On behalf of the Councillors and the Program Committee of the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons, it is my pleasure to welcome you to Naples, the largest city in southern Italy and often called an open-air museum, for the 24th European Conference on General Thoracic Surgery.

ESTS Contacts

ESTS Secretariat
1 The Quadrant
Wonford Road
Exeter, EX2 4LE
UK
Tel/Fax: + 44 1392 430671

ESTS Websites

ESTS Website:
www.ests.org

ESTS Directory:
www.thoracicdirectory.org

ESTS Database:
https://ests.kdataclinical.it

ESTS Events

1

ESTS School, Russia

St Petersburg: 25 - 27 June 2015
2

Skill Track - Hands on in Open Surgery and VATS

14 - 15 September 2015: Maximally and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Tips and tricks from the experts, "Elancourt in Strasbourg" IRCAD Institute (Strasbourg, France).
3

ESTS in Russia

2 - 3 October 2015, Krasnodar, Russia
4

Academic Competence Track

2 - 4 November 2015: Statistics and Methodology Course, Hamburg, Germany
5

Skill Track "Elancourt in Istanbul"

15 - 16 February 2016: Trachea and Large Airways, Istanbul, Turkey
6

ESTS School, Russia

25 - 27 February 2016: Kazan, Russia
7

KNOWLEDGE TRACK "Antalya Revisited in Istanbul"

16-20 March 2016: A Complete Review of Thoracic Surgery, Istanbul, Turkey
8

Itinerant Expert Course: VATS Thymectomy

4 - 5 April 2016, Istanbul, Turkey
9

Itinerant Expert Course: Extended Pleurectomy for Mesothelioma

4 - 5 April 2016, Sheffield, UK
10

Academic Competence Track

11 - 13 April 2016: Medical Writing Course, Hamburg, Germany
11

Skill Track - Hands on in Open Surgery and VATS

12 - 13 September 2016: Topic to be announced, "Elancourt in Istanbul", Istanbul, Turkey
12

Academic Competence Track

2 - 4 November 2016: Statistics and Methodology Course,Hamburg, Germany