Information on Junior Membership EACTS
Fill in the Application Form before 30th April 2001

A surgeon early in his training and career can apply for junior membership and be accepted into the Association after the usual process. Junior membership can be held for a maximum of five years. After this period, the
surgeon will have to decide whether to apply for full membership. The rule stating that the junior membership lasts for five years makes the junior membership self-regulating. If the young surgeon enters junior membership "too early" in his career, then he will have to become an active member with its additional economic implications early. It is foreseen that the junior surgeon should be fully committed to cardio-thoracic surgery, shown by at least two year's experience in the field

As a member you have the privilege of free access to the Annual Meeting and free subscription to the European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. You are also informed about the inner life of the Association and its plans for the future via Newsletters three-four times a year.

The membership fee for Junior members is 50 Euro. As a junior member you don't pay an initiation fee.

If you fill the above requirements, and know three members of the EACTS who can sign your application form, please send also your full mailing address to and you will receive an application form

EACTS Executive Secretariat
The Cottage
16 High Street - Windsor
Berkshire SL4 1LD
U.K.
Tel: +44 1753 832166
Fax: +44 1753 620407
Email: info@eacts.co.uk

You can also download the application form from : http://www.ctsnet.org/doc/416

Once the application form is complete it will be forwarded to the Membership
Committee for consideration and then to the Annual Meeting for approval by members.

To be considered at the next Annual Meeting in Lisbon completed applications must be received by the secretariat no later than 30 April 2001.

More information can be provided by Pieter Kappetein or Roberto Lorusso