The World Federation of Interventional and Therapeutic Neuroradiology is chartered as an international scientific non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of the interventional and therapeutic neuroradiology discipline focussed on endovascular neurosurgery throughout the world.

The 11th Congress of the World Federation of Interventional Neuroradiology will be in Cape Town, South Africa, November 8 - 11, 2011. For more information about the congress and further meetings please view under "Meetings".

Dear esteemed WFITN members,

The last WFITN meeting in Montreal in June 2009 was a great success. I would like to take the opportunity that is given to me to officially thank Jean Raymond, the President of our congress, and all members of his organizing group very warmly again for their great work and hospitality. My thanks go also to all of you who participated actively in the WFTIN Meeting and brought us thus your support. The success we have experienced is also your success.

We are now standing between Montreal and our next meeting in Cape Town in 2011. This year will be a start for the newly elected Executive Board of the WFITN. In the course of this year, I will continue my work to improve and reinforce our Federation and its rules for the membership management.

Last year, during the email vote for the publication of the training charter, it was found out that many of our members were not in good standing and had not properly paid their membership fees. This situation was due to improper and unprecise communication between the members themselves and the secretariat office. We are improving these data for the good status of the WFITN. I also felt that our system was not adapted to modern communication means. The WFITN has been established in 1990, is now 20 years old, and had to face many unexpected changes. We now need to strengthen our organization. We also need to improve the working modalities of our society.
My keyword is reestablishment. Last year, we changed our office and the Website was renewed. It is now the proper moment to detail operating rules and rewrite parts of our constitution. I expect this turn to be a great help for the next 20 years of the WFITN.

Finally, I would like to ask all members for their support and cooperation for these systematic improvements. Please confirm the new secretariat office your email address so that we can properly communicate with all of you, which is an important keystone for all benefits to our, to your Society.

My best regards & wishes

Toshio Hyogo
President of WFITN

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