2023 Elections

At the AGM of the 2023 annual meeting of the EMHG the Executive Committee was elected.
As Phil Hopkins resigned as a Chairman, the new president is: Phil Hopkins.
The election results are:

Chairman: Thierry Girard
Vice-Chairman: Henrik Rüffert
Secretary: Anna Hellblom
Treasurer: Jonathan Bilmen
IVCT: Henrik Rüffert
Quality control: Stephan Johannsen
Guidelines: Klaus Glahn
Genetics: Erik-Jan Kamsteeg
Genetics: Kathryn Stowell
Website: Thierry Girard
Young members: Martina Klincová

congratulations to all of them

EMQN RYR1 scheme in 2023

Dear Colleague,

EMQN invite you to participate in the RYR1 EQA scheme in 2023. The last day to register for the 2023 EMQN RYR1 EQA scheme is next week, on Wednesday, November 30th 2022 at 23:59 GMT. We encourage prompt registration as the EQA scheme may become oversubscribed. For more information regarding the EQA scheme, please find attached our EQA Catalogue or you can browse our EQA scheme catalogue
here. If you have any questions please get in touch at office@emqn.org.

Awards at the 2022 annual meeting

The price for the best basic science presentation at the 2022 annual meeting goes to

Catherine Daly for Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells as a tool for the functional characterisation of RYR1 variants in Malignant Hyperthermia

The price for best clinical presentation of the 2022 annual EMHG meeting goes to presenters:

Martina Klincová for A description of the largest Slavonic group of patients investigated for risk of malignant hyperthermia. A retrospective observational national cohort study

Boerge Bastian for Muscle weakness, rhabdomyolysis and prolonged fatigue after SARS-CoV2 vaccination in a MHS patient