The Society was founded in Paris of France in 1986.
The Founding President and the Members were :
C. Cabrol, France (President).
M. Abbate, - Italy, J. Acar - France, A.M. Aloui - Marocco,D. Athanasiades - Creece, H.E. Attia - Egypt, m. Ben Ismail - Tunisia, M. Benomar - Marocco, V. Dor - Monaco, H. El Fiky - Egypt, E. El Sayed - Egypt, M. Feghoul - Algeria, M. Fourati - Tunisia, G. Giuffrida - Italy, L. Grosgogeat - France, F. Leca - France, M. Levy - Israel, S. Nedeljkovic - Yugoslavia, A. Oto - Turkey, C. Rabago - Spain, N. Radovanovic - Yugoslavia, P. Toutouzas - Greece, B. A. (Members).
 

AIM OF THE ORGANIZATION :
 

•  To associate Mediterranean cardiologists and cardiac surgeons;
•  To encourage and stimulate investigation and study that will increase the knowledge of cardiovascular physiology, pathology and therapy, and to correlate and disseminate such knoledge;
• To hold scientific meetings, and to sponsor a journal for the publication of scientific papaers, presented at such meetings, and other suitable articles.

a. Founding President : C. Cabrol, France
b. Non elected : Past President : The one who organized the last Congress in his  country.
                   President : The one who organizes the Congress in his country.
                    President Elected : The one who will organize the next Congress in his country.
c. Elected : 3 year term
                General Secretary
                Treasurer
                Dep. General Secretary
                Counsillors : 3 Members
d. Delegates : each country is represented by a Cardiologist and a Cardiac      Surgeon in the Society.
In the elections right of vote have the members of the Council and the two Delegates of each country.
e. Members : can be doctors from the countries but also from other countries, if they fill in the Aplication Form and Pay the Annual Fees which are 30 $.
At this moment the structure of the Society is :
                     

C. Cabrol	France	President - The Founder
G. Elias	Lebanon	Past President
F. Leca	France	President
S. Kabani	Syria	President - Elect
A.J. Manolis	Greece	General Secretary
J. Cikos	Yugoslavia	Dep. General Secretary
G. Kaoutzianis	Cyprus	Treasurer
N. Angelides	Cyprus	Councillor
B. Vidne	Israel	Councillor
N. Radovanovic	Yugoslavia	Councillor

 

Official ang working languages are English and French.
Staff Members :
One Secretary : Part time.
The incomes of the Society come from the Member Fees and a percentage of the Annual Meeting gives the Organizer Society.
Among the activities of the Society are the organization of o Congress in one of the Meditteranean countries.
During a Congress there are Lectures, Seminars, Round Tables, Sattellite Meetings, Exhibition etc.
The abstracts are published in Abstract Book or in Supplement of the National magazine of the Organizer Country.
Congresses which have been carried out or which are being planned :
 Year City Country President
 
 

PREVIOUS AND FUTURE MEETINGS:
 
1st 1987 Dubrovnic Yugoslavia Radovanovic
 2nd 1988 Catania Italy Abbate
3rd 1989 Mallorka Spain Rabago
 4th 1990 Antalya Turkey Oto
 5th 1991 Alexandria Egypt El Fiky
 6th 1993 Corfu Greece Toutouzas
 7th 1994 Hammamet Tunissia Fouratti
 8th 1995 Limassol Cyprus Angelides
 9th 1996 Tel Aviv Israel Vidne
10th 1997 Beirut Lebannon Elias
11th 1998 Montpellier France Leca
12th 1999  Syria Kabbani
13th 2000 Marakesh Marocco Benomar
14th 2001 Tripoli Libya
 

 For more informations:

Mediterranean Association of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery.
Athanasios J. Manolis
71, Plastira str.
Athens 17121
Greece

Tel: +301 9350569
Fax: +301 9357820
E-Mail: ajmanol@otenet.gr