1. The European Group of the International Society for Apheresis (ISFA)
Scope and Aims

2. Scientific Apheresis Societies Overview
WAA
Umbrella society
ESFH
ESAO
Continental and national societies (South America, Mexico, US, Italy, France, Canada, Japan, ...)
ISFA = International Society for Apheresis
Founded 1996 in Kyoto, HQ in Japan
Focus on therapeutic apheresis
Individual and corporate membership
Biannual international congresses following a rotating principle

3. Scientific Apheresis Societies Current status in Europe
In the past ISFA had no continuous activities in Europe (only one international congress any 6 years)
There is no scientific society in Europe addressing all aspects of apheresis therapy
No European guidelines for the evaluation and application of apheresis therapy
No European apheresis society providing expert consultation to regulatory bodies and health authorities
No coordinated activities of national subspecialty societies

4. European Group of ISFA Structure
Non-for-profit organization (founded in late 2015)
Focus on therapeutic apheresis and apheresis related diseases
Multidisciplinary approach
Individual and corporate membership
President: Professor Bernd Hohenstein, Dresden, GER
3 Vice Presidents
Secretary General: Dr. Ringel, Potsdam, GER

5. European Group of ISFA (E-ISFA) Goals
Primary goals
Improve knowledge about apheresis therapy
Attract medical professionals from other fields to apheresis
Recruit individual and corporate members (multidisciplinary approach)
Coordinate scientific and educational activities
Secondary goals
Clinical registers
Screening projects (identification of high-risk patients with suggested needs for apheresis therapy)
Common guidelines for the evaluation and application of apheresis therapy
Recommendations to health authorities and regulatory bodies
...

6. European Groupf of ISFA Scientific Meetings
Major scientific and educational activities
Biannual European Congresses on apheresis therapy (multidisciplinary scientific program, same time)
Kick-off meeting in Dresden, March 17-19, 2016
Next E-ISFA meeting Vienna, 2018 (ISFA 2017 Copenhagen)
Coordinated regional activities under the auspices of E-ISFA
Organization of apheresis workshops during conferences of related national or international subspecialty societies (e.g., cardiology, angiology, lipidology, dermatology, neurology,nephrology, ...)
Collaborative projects / activities with related societies

7. European Group of ISFA First project
Screening project in Germany „Blutfette 2.0“
Analysis of labaratory values
Identify patients with high cholesterol
Check for CVD diagnoses
Check for CVD diagnosis
Identify patients with high cholesterol
Already treated?
Optimal Therapy ?

8. European Group of ISFA Further activities
New insights
thanks to pan-European, cross-study data analysis
Dedicated tools free to use
for all contributors
Tools for analysis, statistics, visualisation
European Registry
on Lipid Disorders
Registry software will store each study’s data separately
Electronic interface
Web interface

9. European Group of ISFA Website: www.e-isfa.eu

10. European Group of ISFA Membership
Interested to become a member ?
Individual member benefits:
Reduced registration fee at E-ISFA and ISFA activities
ISFA journal TAD 6x per anno
Additional information on apheresis topics
Individual member benefits (Allied health staff, technicians, ...):
No TAD journal
Corporate member benefits
Acknowledgement of company in TAD journal
Discounted fee for exhibition space during meetings
Up to 3 free registrations at ISFA and E-ISFA meetings

11. European Group of ISFA Membership