History

ESMINT was inaugurated in June 2008 and held its first training Course in Lisbon the same year. The first annual Congress was held in Nice in 2009 and the Constitution of the Society was agreed at that time. In December 2009, the first ESMINT Training Course, under the direction of Dr I Wanke, moved to Barcelona.

The first Executive Board comprised J Moret (President), J Byrne (General Secretary), D Rüfenacht (Treasurer) and M Iliopoulos (Executive Officer).

During this period, the membership grew from less than 100 European physicians to over 500 members the Society now serves. The current Executive Board was elected in 2010 and in 2011, electronic elections determined the Chairmanships’ of the Executive Committees in 2011.

Establishing an interactive members forum and our peer-reviewed journal EJMINT has been a Society goal since inception. The Editors and Officers hope that the Portal and eJournal will become a modern means for European Interventional Neuroradiology to express itself on the world’s stage.