Structure
The Executive Board
- coordinates the projects
- organizes all events, especially the annual NESA Days
- manages the network
- are voluntary members
- should identify with the aims and goals of the NESA
- are appointed for limited periods
The Advisory Board
- 14 members
- 2 members per discipline and 4 additional members
- Mission: Discipline representation, input of ideas and interdisciplinary thinking
The International Board
- Persons or institutions with high professional and personal reputation
- Members function as consultants to the Advisory and Executive Boards
- Members promote the academy in various professional forums
The diplomats
- The professional diplomats function as correspondents for certain disciplines such as breast surgery and gynaecological or surgical endoscopy
- The regional diplomats function as correspondents in various institutions, hospitals or regions and supervise studies in their region
The country representatives
- Represent the members of their countries in the NESA and the NESA in their countries
- Establish contacts to medical institutions, coordinate the communication with diplomats and partners and supervise studies in their countries
The partners
- The partners are active members of the academy who take part in national and multinational studies.
The honorary members
- The NESA's honorary members are members distinguished by extraordinary medical achievements, humanistic thinking and personal integrity.