The Educational Committee's goal is to promote education in oncology and ensure a high standard of professional qualification and practice.

Prof. Jean-Yves Douillard

• Supervising, reviewing and approving:
  • Educational programs of ESMO events
  • Educational activities
  • Certification and recertification programs
• Compiling the Educational program of the ESMO Congress
• Selecting experts for the Faculty list

A steering committee is responsible to lead the overall activities of the Educational Committee, as well as act as Advisory Board for OncologyPRO, liaising with the educational sub-committees:

• Cancer Patient Working Group
• Community Oncology Working Group
• E-learning and CME Working Group
• Examination Working Group
• Faculty
• Global Curriculum Task Force
• Guidelines Working Group
• Palliative Care Working Group
• Publishing Working Group
• Translational Research Working Group

2011	Launch of OncologyPRO
2010	Community Oncology Working Group established
2009	ESMO E-Learning and CME Working Group established
2008	ESMO Highlights Working Group established
2005	Partnership Meetings
2005	Handbook series
2004	Supported Meetings
2003	First ESMO Scientific & Educational Conference (ESEC)
2002	Clinical Discussion Forum on ESMO Web site
1999	ESMO Faculty list
1998	ESMO program of certification and training
1994	ESMO Labeled Meetings
1992	First educational program at ESMO Congress in Lyon, France
1989	ESMO Medical Oncologist's Recertification Approval (ESMO-MORA) program
1989	Educational Committee established

NAME	COUNTRY	FUNCTION
Jean-Yves Douillard	France	Chair
Fabrice André	France	Committee Member
Jean-Yves Blay	France	Committee Member
Andres Cervantes Ruiperez	Spain	Committee Member
Nathan Cherny	Israel	Committee Member
Christian Dittrich	Austria	Committee Member
Martin Dreyling	Germany	Committee Member
Reinhard Dummer	Switzerland	Committee Member
Robert Eckert	Germany	Committee Member
Bernard Escudier	France	Committee Member
Enriqueta Felip	Spain	Committee Member
Michele Ghielmini	Switzerland	Committee Member
Richard Herrmann	Switzerland	Committee Member
Jorn Herrstedt	Denmark	Committee Member
Lorenz Jost	Switzerland	Committee Member
Claus H. Koehne	Germany	Committee Member
Pierre Laurent-Puig	France	Committee Member
Jonathan Ledermann	United Kingdom	Committee Member
Marco Merlano	Italy	Committee Member
George Pentheroudakis	Greece	Committee Member
Nicholas Pavlidis	Greece	Committee Member
Marco A. Pierotti	Italy	Committee Member
Hans-Joerg Senn	Switzerland	Committee Member
Alberto Sobrero	Italy	Committee Member
Giampaolo Tortora	Italy	Committee Member
Michael Weller	Switzerland	Committee Member
Gilbert Zulian	Switzerland	Committee Member

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