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EFAS - European Federation of Autonomic Societies

The European Federation of Autonomic Societies (EFAS) is an umbrella society founded in 1997 in Lond

24/12/2025

Season’s Greetings!

As the year draws to a close, we would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to all our members, partners, and friends for their continued support and collaboration throughout the year. May this festive season bring you peace, joy, and renewal.

We look forward to an inspiring and successful year ahead together, and wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2026.

24/11/2025

Did you know? EFAS promotes an educational curriculum on ANS disorders, the exam on the "Diagnosis and Management of Autonomic Nervous System Disorders".

If a person has participated in at least two EFAS schools between 2021 and 2025, they are eligible to complete the curriculum.

What to expect: 10 multiple choice questions and two autonomic vignettes to comment on.

When: 19.12.2025, 4:30 pm CEST
Where: online
Costs: complimentary
Benefit: Certificate of completion of the EFAS Educational Curriculum

Interested? Send your application to office@efasweb.com by December 1st, 2025 with the following information:

Name:
Date of birth:
Profession:
Institution:
Department:
Specialty:
EFAS Schools you have attended:

13/11/2025

🇮🇹 Save the Date!

We’re thrilled to announce that the next EFAS Congress will take place jointly with the International Society for Autonomic Neuroscience (ISAN) in Bologna, Italy, in 2026!

This joint meeting will bring together leading experts in autonomic neuroscience and clinical autonomic research from around the world.

📅 Mark your calendars and visit www.isan2026.com for updates, abstract deadlines, and registration details.

See you in Bologna!

11/11/2025

Francesca Masciarelli (UK) is our this year's Finapres Award Winner 💙, for her Abstract "Multimodal Autonomic Assessment in Patients with Sjögren’s Syndrome"

Congratulations to Francesca & Team for the innovative work applying multimodal assessment in ’s syndrome.

08/11/2025

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04/11/2025

Siwar Bouden (France) is our second 🧠 Mission MSA EFAS alpha-synuclein Award Winner, with her Abstract on "Inferring Alpha-Synuclein Pathology From Emotional Valence and 3D Kinematics in Varied Phenotypes of REM Sleep Behavior Disorders"

Congratulations to Siwar & Team for this outstanding work exploring how emotional expression and movement analysis can help infer alpha- pathology in sleep behavior disorders.

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23/10/2025

Bianca Caliò (Austria) is one of our two marvelous Mission MSA Award Winners, for her Abstract on "Postprandial Hypotension in Multiple System Atrophy and Parkinson’s Disease – A Retrospective Study"

Congratulations to Bianca & Team for this insightful study shedding light on post-meal blood pressure falls in MSA and Parkinson’s disease.
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21/10/2025

Fabian Leys (Austria) is our this year's CNSystems Award Winner ❤️, achieved for his research on "Cardiovascular Autonomic Disorders following COVID-19"

Congratulations to Fabian & Team for this timely and impactful research on post-COVID autonomic dysfunction.

16/10/2025

Next up: Laura Sander (United Kingdom) – also one of our EFAS Audience Award Winners 🎓, with her Abstract on "Brainstem Volumetry as a Biomarker in Alpha-Synucleinopathies – An MR Imaging Study in Disorders with Autonomic Failure"

Kudos to Laura & Team for advancing imaging biomarkers in alpha-synucleinopathies through detailed brainstem volumetry.

13/10/2025

The 2025 EFAS Congress in Toulouse may be over, but we’re excited to introduce you our award-winning abstracts and researchers of this year!

Starting with Amber van der Stam, one of our EFAS Audience Award Winners 🏆, with her Abstract "The Effect of Head-Up Tilt Sleeping on Supine Hypertension and Orthostatic Hypotension in Parkinson’s Disease and Multiple System Atrophy"

Well done Amber!

05/10/2025

News from the past 26th EFAS Congress in Toulouse, France! 🇫🇷

We’re happy to announce the newly appointed EFAS Council.

President: Alessandra Fanciulli (Austria)
Secretary: Cristian Falup-Pecurariu (Romania)
Treasurer: Mario Habek (Croatia)
Deputy Treasurer: Ineke van Rossum (The Netherlands)
Past President: Roland Thijs (The Netherlands)
eEducation Officer: Giacomo Chiaro (United Kingdom)
eCommunication Officer: Fabian Leys (Austria)

Looking forward to an inspiring term ahead!

(Photo, from left to right: G. Chiaro, C. Falup-Pecurariu, M. Habek, R.D. Thijs, I. van Rossum, A. Fanciulli, F. Leys)

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