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The first years of EPOS

A look back at the early years of EPOS, the first meetings and seminars, and the first Executive Board.

Celebrating 45 years of EPOS: An interview with past presidents Hakan Ömeroğlu and Pierre Lascombes

To mark the 45th anniversary of EPOS in 2026, Darius Rad invited past presidents Pierre Lascombes and Hakan Ömeroğlu to speak on the EPOS Podcast – to take a look back at how EPOS got started all those years ago, how it has developed into the thriving society it is today, and how they see the future of EPOS.

Together, they discuss the origins of EPOS, the evolution of its educational programme and BAT courses for upcoming paediatric orthopaedic surgeons, and the role EPOS plays in nurturing friendship and community among paediatric orthopaedic surgeons across Europe and beyond.

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EPOS memories 2007–2016

Collated by Klaus Parsch

A comprehensive presentation, spanning the EPOS Annual Meetings from Sorrento, Italy (2007) until Rome, Italy (2016).

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Commemorating 25 years of EPOS

Collated by Nando de Sanctis

A comprehensive booklet of the history of the European Paediatric Orthopaedic Society, spanning from the first letter exchanges between the founding members in the early 1980s until the 26th Annual Meeting in Sorrento, Italy in 2007. The information for this booklet was collated by former EPOS Historian Nando de Sanctis, in collaboration with Henri Bensahel, José de Mesquita Montes, and Klaus Parsch.