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News from the General Secretary


The Executive Board meeting 2010 took place in Seoul, South Korea, on April 22. We had a very successful meeting, a majority of the 18 Executive members was present despite the International flight problems due to the volcano eruption in Iceland.

The meeting was held in conjunction with the National ENT Society meeting. Members of the Executive and Counselors, participated in an IFOS symposium.

During the Board meeting a lot of subjects were discussed and voted for. The minutes of the meeting will be prepared in due time. We memorized Dr. Antonio de la Cruz, who passed away in 2009. Dr. David Kennedy was elected as Regional Secretary for North America and the Caribbean, Dr. Milan Profant was elected as candidate General Secretary of IFOS to take over from Dr. Jan J. Grote at the end of this year. Dr. Milan Profant is chairman of the University ENT Department of Bratislava, Slovak Republic. He is internationally well known and at present General Secretary of the European Federation of ORL Societies. He will be an excellent successor as General Secretary of IFOS.

Important developments are taking place in the worldwide action for the prevention of hearing impairment and deafness. I will report on this in due time. The societies received the reports and dues. I hope they will take action and that they will also update the information on their society on our website.

Jan J. Grote
General Secretary IFOS

I like to thank all the people who have worked hard for the interest of the International ENT. Without all these people IFOS could not do the work. Our next Executive Board meeting will be held in Seoul, South Korea in connection with the National Meeting of the South Korean ENT Society, the organizer of the World Congress 2013, 1-5 June. I hope you will visit our website frequently and follow our activities and those who have regional news please send it to our office.

On behalf of IFOS I wish you a happy 2010.

With kind regards,

Jan J. Grote
General Secretary