EFSMA

Welcome

EFSMA, European Federation of Sports Medicine Associations, was founded in Portugal in 1998; during the years, has become a well-organized and structured international association, committed to the promotion and development of Sports Medicine in the whole Europe.

Its primary aim is the protection of athletes’ health, fighting at the same time against doping, arising from the conviction that sport expresses, maintains and improves not only physical fitness and performance, but even mental well-being, creating also social relationships and preventing different diseases.

13th EFSMA Congress of Sports Medicine - Bucharest, Romania, 25-27 September 2025

38th World Congress of Sport Medicine - Dubai 2024

16th ISEI Symposium - Wien (Austria), 9-12 September 2024

Our members

Our Governance

The EFSMA main body is the Executive Committee, which is composed by the President, the Past President, the Honorary President, two Vice-Presidents, the Secretary General and the Treasurer.
Current President of EFSMA is the Italian Maurizio Casasco MD, elected in November 2017 and confirmed in May 2022.
Past President
Andre Debruyne MD
Honorary President
Norbert Bachl MD
1st Vice-President
Anna Jegier MD, Ph.D.
2nd Vice-President
Professor Peter H. Schober MD
Secretary General
Professor Anca Ionescu MD, Ph.D.
Treasurer
Professor Pedro Manonelles Marqueta MD
Elected EFSMA Executive Committee Member
Ms Theodora Papadopoulou MD
Elected EFSMA Executive Committee Member
Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Reer
Elected EFSMA Executive Committee Member
Prof. Dr. Sandra Rozenštoka
Elected EFSMA Executive Committee Member
Dr. Kirill Micallef-Stafrace, MD
Elected EFSMA Executive Committee Member
Prof. Dr. Bülent Ülkar
FIMS President - Elected EFSMA Executive Committee Member
Fabio Pigozzi MD

News

EFSMA invites all its Associates to participate to an important international survey titled "Relevance of Heat Therapy in the Clinical Practice for the Treatment of Musculoskeletal (MSK) Pain".

The survey, promoted by Angelini Pharma S.p.A. with the guidance of an international Scientific Board, is aimed to collect European-wide feedback from an interdisciplinary group of experts (Sports Medicine, Physiotherapy, Orthopedics, Physiotherapy, General Medicine, Pharmacy) on the importance of heat therapy in clinical practice for the treatment of musculoskeletal pain.

Please insert below the alphanumeric code received to access and fill in the survey.