EMSA stands for 'European Medical Student's Organisation'. EMSA-Antwerp is  the  EMSA-wing at the University of Antwerp (UA), through and for medical students at this university.

EMSA-Antwerp has its parts in many facets of a student's career at the UA:

• We organize a monthly lecture in which an expert presents his or her investigations in a lesser known area to the regular medical student. These topics do not always get the attention they deserve in the curriculum. One of these topics, for instance, is the tough and amazing surgery needed in gender transition. Another example is the call for help which Doctors Without Borders answer every day, while we are unaware of the high price these volunteers have to pay.

• Every year we pick a good cause which we will support financially by organizing a benefit action. In doing so, we hope to give some help to those who need it most.

• We also help high school students to prepare for their admittance exam which they need to pass if they want to enroll in a medical study at a Flemish university. We do this by organizing workshops in which example questions are being solved.

• In order to improve international contacts between medical students, EMSA - Antwerp organizes an annual Congress, of which the first edition took place in September 2007. We are very confident that this congress will become a tradition at the Antwerp medical faculty. The 2008 edition of the Antwerp Medical Student’s Congress was indeed a success, and we are all very enthusiastic to repeat it!

We really hope to hear from you in the near future!