EMA Elections 2026 – Official Election Announcement
Online Voting
The Elections for EMA 2026 will be conducted exclusively online.
Voting Date and Time
17 July 2026
09:00 – 18:00 CET
Eligibility to Vote
Voting is open to all Full Members who have paid their 2026 membership fee.
In accordance with the resolution of the General Assembly, members who have paid their 2025 membership fee are also considered to be in good standing and eligible to vote.
Voting Instructions
Eligible members will receive detailed instructions in due time regarding:
- Access to the online voting platform
- Authentication procedures
- Voting modalities
- Deadline for casting votes
Voting Modalities
Each voter may:
- Cast one (1) vote for a candidate for Vice-President
- Cast one (1) vote for a candidate for Treasurer
- Cast up to two (2) votes for candidates for the Board
Electoral Principles
The voting process will be conducted according to the principles of:
- Transparency
- Fairness
- Equal treatment of candidates
- Confidentiality of votes
- Integrity of the electoral process
Call for Candidacies
- Members wishing to stand for election are invited to submit their candidacies electronically.
Submission Email Addresses
- To: secretary@ema-net.eu
CC: famenta@ema-net.eu - Deadline for Submission: 30 June 2026 at 23:59 CET
- Late submissions may not be considered.
35th Anniversary EMA
Today, May 9th, marks the thirty-fifth anniversary of the foundation of the European Medical Association (EMA).
Objectives
EMA’s objectives all focus on the improvement of the medical profession in the European context.
- Act to influence Health policies according to practicing doctors’ priorities
- To form a forum of doctors working in the European Union’s medical community
- To provide its members with information and services that facilitate their professional activity
- To contribute to the improvement of healthcare given to patients by helping its members keep abreast of the latest developments
- To influence the development of healthcare in Europe by defending its members’ opinions and rights
These objectives are ambitious, yet realistic.
RECENT ACTIVITIES
Some of the recent activities are detailed among the Projects page. Among the position statements and official contributions at European Commission level, we recall:
- The WORKSHOP: HEALTH AND VACCINE STRATEGY. Endorsement and full support to “Vaccine Passports” Read here and recommendations to the Commission: Read here also here
- A position statement on “The unmet needs of novel skills profile and training of the health care workers in Europe” Read here
- Recommendation on the Initiative “Online and distance learning in primary and secondary education” Read here
- The EMA position paper on european Health Emergency preparedness and Response Authority (HERA)
ONGOING ACTIVITIES
The current profile of EMA’s activities is open to any contribution of Members and non-Members of EMA. It is coordinated by the Executive Vice President for Medical Research and International relations. The aim is to focus on global scale strategic topics for medicine, which are somewhat neglected or poorly promoted and developed. We strive to promote international working groups of experts, identify barriers and opportunities and suggest possible trajectories of implementation drafting a final document to be published also in a peer-reviewed medical Journal and thereafter linked by the EMA’s web page.
Ongoing Activities with already operating working groups:
- Environment and Health. Coordinator Prisco Piscitelli, MD
- PREHABILITATION BEFORE SURGERY: A COMPREHENSIVE PARADIGM SHIFT. How to Optimize Pre-Operative Risk Profile and Enhance Perioperative Recovery. Coordinator Nidal Tourkmani, MD
- Surgical approaches for mitigating the worldwide burden of gastroesophageal reflux disease: a model of new strategies of intervention in public health issues. Coordinator Luigi Bonavina, MD
Call to propose new topics and participation in existing or new working groups: please, address to Vincenzo Costigliola, MD, EMA’s President or to Guglielmo Trovato, MD, Executive VicePresident
Awards
The Bial Foundation is a Scientific Partner of the European Medical Association.
Two EMA Board representatives are Members of the nomination Jury of BIAL Award in Biomedicine 2025
Proof of your qualifications
To work as a doctor in another EU country, you must apply to the authority that oversees the doctor profession in that country, providing proof of your qualifications. The authority must:
- Acknowledge your application within 1 month of receiving it, and ask you missing but necessary documents to process the application
- Assess your qualifications and decide whether to grant your application within 3 months (or 4 months for certain complicated cases in the area of non automatic recognition)
