European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
AbbreviationESCMID
FormationFebruary 12, 1983 (1983-02-12); known as European Society of Clinical Microbiology (ESCM) before 1990
HeadquartersBasel, Switzerland
Region
Europe
FieldsMedical microbiology, Infectious Diseases
Membership11K people (2024)
President
Dr. Robert Leo Skov
Executive Committee
  • Prof. Jon S. Friedland (President-elect & Secretary General)
  • Prof. Annelies Zinkernagel (Immediate past president & Treasurer)
  • Dr. Gülsen Özkaya Sahin (Scientific Affairs Officer)
  • Prof. Emmanuelle Cambau (Education Officer)
  • Prof. Anu Kantele (Professional Affairs Officer)
  • Dr. José Ramón Paño-Pardo (Publication & Guidelines Officer)
  • Prof. Fidelma Fitzpatrick (Pandemic Preparedness Officer)
Key people
Simone Brüderli (COO of ESCMID Office)
AffiliationsEUCAST
Websitewww.escmid.org

The European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) is a non-profit international organization with headquarters in Basel, Switzerland. An important activity of the society is the organization of the annual scientific congress ESCMID Global (formerly known as ECCMID).

The congress began as a biannual event, with about 1,500 participants at its inaugural occurrence in 1983. It became an annual event in 2000, and it has grown since then, now attracting over 16,000 participants annually. More than 5,000 scientific abstracts are submitted for inclusion each year by researchers from multiple countries. The most recent ESCMID Global was held in April 2024 in a hybrid format, both online and onsite, in Barcelona, Spain.

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