Education
Committee
The Education Committee (EdC) works to improve standards of knowledge, education and training in phlebology worldwide, for the benefit of medical practitioners and patients.
Elevating Phlebology Education Globally
The mission of the Education Committee (EdC) is to improve the standards of knowledge, education and training in phlebology for the benefit of medical practitioners and ultimately patients worldwide. An essential aim of the EdC is to promote recognition of phlebology as a multidisciplinary specialty of medicine and to gain specialist accreditation through universities and governmental authorities of member countries.
To maintain, update and publish the WUIP Curriculum as an international standard for initial and continuing medical education in Phlebology.
To further develop and contribute to the WUIP online training courses and modules.
To develop and award a Certificate of Knowledge based on the WUIP curriculum and online modules.
To plan and conduct educational and training activities during the WUIP Congresses and Events.
To plan and conduct other educational and training activities in phlebology as the Committee sees fit.
WUIP Education Committee Meeting
WUIP Education Committee Meeting
What the EdC does
Curriculum & Certification
Form sub‑committees to focus on particular aspects of the WUIP Curriculum to identify priorities, develop teaching and educational activities, contribute to the online modules, develop a Certificate of Knowledge and to update and publish the WUIP Curriculum.
Member Society Support
Design and propose educational and training activities to be conducted by Member Societies under the auspices of the WUIP.
Under-developed Regions
Conduct educational and training activities in countries where phlebology is underdeveloped.
Congress Management
Manage the educational component of the WUIP Congresses and Events by conducting workshops, educational sessions, masterclasses and other teaching and training activities as the committee sees fit.
Committee Members
Previous Education Committee Members
Prof. Oscar Bottini (Chair), Prof. José Antonio Díaz (Deputy Chair, USA), Dr Janna Bentley (Canada), Prof. Willy Chi (USA), Prof. Antonios Gasparis (USA), Dr Ravul Jindal (India), Dr Neil Khilnani (USA), Dr Luis Leon (USA), Dr Zaza Lazarashvili (Georgia), Prof. Armando Mansilha (Portugal), Prof. Giovanni Mosti (Italy), Dr Pauline Raymond-Martimbeau (Canada), Dr Luis Francisco Rodriguez Reyes (El Salvador), Prof. Roberto Simkin (Argentina), Dr Wassila Taha Elkashishi (Egypt), Dr Jorge Hernando Ulloa (Colombia), Prof. Jean F. Uhl (France), Prof. Tomasz Urbanek (Poland), Prof. Shenming Wang (China), Prof. Mark Whiteley (UK), Dr Takashi Yamaki (Japan)
Education Advisory Committee
Miguel Amore, Pier L Antignani, Luis Arias, Niels Bækgaard, Rashad Bishara, Juan Bombin, Javier Cabezas, Carlos Carvalho, Roberto Corbeta, Zhong Chen, Juan Chunga-Prieto, Marcelo Dandolo, Ayman Fakhri, Elena Goranova, Lorena Grillo, Ki-Pyo Hong, Ernesto Intriago, Nicos Labropoulos, Byung B Lee, Andres Marin R, Alberto Martinez Granados, Erika Mendoza, Makoto Mo, Hugo Navas, Shoaib Padaria, Alfredo Prego, Fabricio Santiago, Nuttawut Sermsathanasawadi, Javier Serralde, Evgeny Shaydakov, Carlos Simkin, Simon Thibault, Fernando Vega Rasgado, Gerardo Victoria, Marc Vuylesteke, Jingsong Wang, Igor Zolotukhin