1. UEMS Section of Surgery Business Meeting
18th & 19th of May, 2018
Madrid - Spain
Christos Markopoulos, MD, MPhil(UK), PhD, FEBS
Professor of Surgery
Medical School, National University of Athens, Greece

2. UEMS - EBS - Section of Surgery DIVISION OF BREAST SURGERY
Proceedings and Initiatives
Executive Committee
President
Markopoulos Christos, Greece
Vice President
MacNeill Fiona, UK
Secretary
Wyld Lynda, UK
Treasurer
Zgajnar Janez, Slovenia
Webmaster
Gulluoglu Bahadir, Turkey
Officers
Gnant Michael, Austria
Leidenius Marjut, Finland
Rubio Isabel, Spain
Sandelin Kerstin, Sweden

3. UEMS - EUROPEAN BOARD OF SURGERY DIVISION OF BREAST SURGERY
Section of Surgery
DIVISION OF BREAST SURGERY
5th & 6th of May, Copenhagen, Denmark
The current EC is aiming to:
organize the structure of the Breast Surgery Division
body of National Delegates
publish a European Textbook for Breast Surgeons
organize the first e-exam (web-based written exam)
organize exams outside the EU (Egypt and India)

4. 12/28 UEMS member countries
1. Organize the structure of the Breast Surgery Division
Country
Name
Society
Austria
Michael Gnant
Austrian Surgical Society
Florian Fitzal
Germany
Christian Jackisch
German Society of Senology
Greece
Christos Markopoulos
Hellenic Society of Breast Surgeons
John Askoxylakis
Hungary
Péter Kelemen 
Hungarian Surgical Society
Sávolt Ákos
Malta
Gordon Caruana Dingli
Association of Surgeons of Malta
Poland
Arkadiusz Jeziorski
Polish Society of Surgical Oncology
Wojciech Polkowski
Spain
Martin Espinosa-Bravo
Spanish Association of Breast Surgeons
Sweden
Kerstin Sandelin
Swedish Society for Breast Surgeons
Leif Åke Bergkvist
Turkey
Can Atalay
Turkish Society of Breast Surgery
Nuh Zafer Canturk UK
Julie Doughty
Association of Breast Surgeons
12/28 UEMS member countries

5. Breast Cancer Management for Surgeons
2. Publish a European Textbook for Breast Surgeons
© 2018
Breast Cancer Management for Surgeons
A European Multidisciplinary Textbook
Editors: Wyld, L., Markopoulos, C.,
Leidenius,M., Senkus-Konefka, E.
In association with UEMS, ESSO and EUSOMA
Companion to the European Breast Surgery Examination
Provides an evidence-based discussion, citing the most recent literature
Closely linked to European practice guidelines (EUSOMA, St. Gallen, ESMO)
Contains clinical algorithms for case management in each section to serve as a ready reference
Includes a selection of top European opinion leaders as section authors
Published with the official approval of European Society of Surgical Oncology and EUSOMA
Contains a selection of self-test MCQs
Ideal reference book for the preparation of any European exam in Breast Surgery
* Editor's remuneration payments and royalties are granted to the Division of Breast Surgery

6. 15/5/2018
2018
This book
28,068
Medicine & Public Health
4,478

7. EBSQ Examination in Breast Surgery Schedule and Application
3. Organize the first e-exam (web-based written exam)
4. organize exams outside the EU (Egypt and India)
1st e-exam
31 Candidates
23 (74%) passed
EBSQ Examination in Breast Surgery
Schedule and Application

8. 2nd e-exam
Schedule
9 examination centers

9. ORTRAC platform for the e-exam
Athens’ Center
in Medical School

10. Ain Shams Medical School Center in Cairo
ORTRAC platform for the e-exam
Ain Shams Medical School Center in Cairo

11. EBSQ Examination in Breast Surgery
e-exam
Changes
Inclusion of EBSQ exam in SURGICAL ONCOLOGY in the Breast Surgery Exam centers (same day & time)
- cost & organization related issues
MCQs
Anghoff scoring instead of Cohen Calculation system
More complex written questions with imported images
Promotion of the exam
Newsletter
Prize for best candidate

12. ORTRAC platform
● More complex written questions with imported images

15. EBSQ holders and candidates
EBSQ examiners
Division of BS National delegates
Christos Markopoulos
ABS
Fiona McNeil
Swedish breast Society
Norweigian colleagues
Kerstin Sandelin
Swedish Society of Breast Surgeons
Fredrik Wärnberg
Slovenian Senology society
Surgical oncology society
Janez Zgajnar
Central-Eastern European Breast Cancer Surgical Consortium
Zoltan Matrai
Mammary Fold - UK
Bashar Zeidan
SENATURK
Bahadir Gulluoglou
Spanish Association of Breast Surgeons
Martin Espinosa-Bravo
Hellenic Society of Breast Surgeons

16. EBSQ in Breast Surgery 2017 : 31 eligible candidates
Examination Center
Breast Surgery
Surgical Oncology
Total
Athens, Greece 7 1 8
Brussels, Belgium 3
Budapest, Hungary 5
Calcutta, India 4 11
Cairo, Egypt 2
Istanbul, Turkey 15 17
Ljubljana, Slovenia
London, UK 30 35
Vienna, Austria 6 9 70 22 92

17. UEMS - EBS - Division of Breast Surgery
Issues for discussion
Revised syllabus (webpages - Update Jan 2018)
Oral exam
Training of examiners - local organisation
Eligibility criteria
Training requirements and license to practice (UK, other EU countries)
National delegates
process of nomination - approval issue

18. UEMS - EBS - Division of Breast Surgery National Medical Society
Issues for discussion
National delegates
process of nomination - approval issue
Division of
Breast Surgery
Nomination by the UEMS-member
National Medical Society
UEMS Section of Surgery
Issues:
Division of Breast Surgery EC approval ?
Candidates are not very willing to go through this process

19. UEMS - EBS - Division of Breast Surgery
Issues for discussion
National delegates
process of nomination - approval issue
Division of
Breast Surgery
Ask them for Nomination by their National Scientific (Breast) Society
Ask for Nomination by
The UEMS-member National Medical Society
UEMS Section of Surgery

20. UEMS - EUROPEAN BOARD OF SURGERY DIVISION OF BREAST SURGERY
Section of Surgery
DIVISION OF BREAST SURGERY
Thank you!
Christos Markopoulos, MD, MPhil(UK), PhD, FEBS
Professor of Surgery
Medical School, National University of Athens - Greece