European Association of Musculo Skeletal Transplantation EAMST

Christian Delloye
President EAMST
Avenue Mounier 5388
B - 1200 Brussels
BELGIUM
Tél : (+ 32) 2 764 29 50 - Fax : (+ 32) 2 764 89 04

E-mail : delloye@orto.ucl.ac.be

The European Association of Musculoskeletal Transplantation (EAMST) is organised exclusively for educational and scientific purposes and operates on a non-profit basis, being governed by the Belgian law of October 25th, 1919.

Limited to these purposes, the Association shall have the following specific objectives and powers :

to promote research and disseminate by appropriate means (meetings, publications etc.) knowledge in the field of musculoskeletal preservation and transplantation ;
to promote basic scientific and technical knowledge concerning the procurement, processing, storage, transplantation and clinical aspects of musculoskeletal tissue ;
to encourage the voluntary donation of musculoskeletal tissues for clinical and research purposes ;
to make available through regional musculoskeletal bank programs a safe adequate and economical supply of musculoskeletal tissues for clinical and research purposes ;
to establish codes and standards for preservation of musculoskeletal tissues for clinical of research purposes ;
to foster cooperation in clinical research programs amongst European musculoskeletal tissue banks and clinical centres ;
to do all and everything necessary, suitable, or proper for the accomplishment or furtherance of any part of the purposes herein above set forth.

The head office is based at Avenue Mounier 53 in 1200 Brussels (Belgium).

It can be moved elsewhere in Belgium at any time, the decision being taken by the Executive Board. This decision would take effect once published in the "Annexe du Moniteur Belge".