A very warm welcome to the website of the International Federation for Emergency Medicine

Message from the President

Greetings from the International Federation for Emergency Medicine.

As your first elected president, it gives me great pleasure to welcome you to this new IFEM website. Since this Federation of national EM organisations was established, it has grown enormously from strength to strength and remains committed to spreading the message of Emergency Medicine internationally. But I urge all national Emergency Medicine organisations to join the Federation and make it truly global. As the Charter talks about every citizen’s right to receive emergency care by trained emergency physicians, one of the most important functions of this organization is to help other countries develop emergency medical care, systems, and training programmes. The only way this can be achieved is by us working together and help those who need it.

The new website is created for better access to IFEM information and interaction with members and visitors. It gives information on all activities of IFEM including its governance and its functions. But we remain in the process of evolution and your help in developing this site further will be most appreciated.

Please don’t hesitate to communicate with me or any of the officers.  As I said in my George Podgorny lecture in Boston, MA, USA in 2002 that the 21st century will be the century for and of Emergency Medicine, let us all work together to achieve that.

With my warmest best wishes to all those who participate in providing emergency care.

Gautam Bodiwala CBE, DL
DSc (Hon), MS, FRCS, FRCP, FCEM, FIFEM
President