Association for European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology
Recent meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.
Mission & Goals
AEPC mission is to: (a) Share knowledge of the normal and diseased heart and circulation in a growing individual (b) Encourage exchange of expertise between experts from Europe and globally (c) Provide continuous medical education (d) Harmonizing training in Paediatric Cardiology and it’s subspecialties in Europe.
EU Legislative Interests
- EU-MDR legislation - Enpr-EMA - Paediatric Network - EMA - Paediatric Committee - EU health policy, advancing paediatric research & prevention
Communication Activities
- EU-MDR / mainly in collaboration with BioMed Alliance - Enpr-EMA / EMA / participation in the paediatric committee as public stakeholder - EU health policy / participation in meeting to be set up for early June 2026, as group of stakeholders, together with other medical associations in the paediatric arena.
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
BioMedical Alliance in Europe - https://www.biomedeurope.org/ UEMS - Cardiology section - https://www.uems-cardio.eu/
Organisation Members
AEPC currently has around 1,500 members, paediatric cardiologists and other specialists working in the field of paediatric cardiology and its related disciplines. The majority originates from Europe, however we have an increasing international membership. AEPC holds official collaborations with other medical associations in related fields to advance interaction and encourage collaboration across specialties/regions: - EACTS - European Society for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery - https://www.eacts.org/ - JSPCCS - Japanese Society of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery - https://jspccs.jp/english/ - PCSI - Pediatric Cardiac Society of India - https://pcsi2025.com/index.html - ESC - European Society of Cardology - https://www.escardio.org/ - ERN GUARD-Heart - https://guardheart.ern-net.eu/