The Interallied Confederation of Medical Reserve Officers (CIOMR)

The Confédération Interalliée des Officiers Médicaux de Réserve (CIOMR) was founded in Brussels in 1947 by Belgium, France and the Netherlands. Nowadays the reserve officers associations of most NATO countries are members. Also organizations of non-NATO countries are (associate) members: Austria, the Republic of South Africa and Switzerland. Delegates are physicians, dentists, pharmacists, veterinarians, nurses, technicians and medical service corps officers.

More information on CIOMR can be find at www.ciomr.net

What are the objectives of CIOMR?

  • To establish close relationships with medical reserve personnel and services within the alliance.
  • To study and discuss subjects which are of military medical importance.
  • To promote effective cooperation with the medical services of the active forces by providing information and feedback through its civilian medical expertise.
  • To participate as an actively involved observer in the plenary meeting and the Working Group on Medical Training of COMEDS, the NATO Committee of Chiefs of Medical Services, and the Joint Medical Committee (JMC) plenary meeting.

How often are meetings held?
Meetings are held twice a year, in conjunction with the Confédération Interalliée des Officiers de Réserve (CIOR). CIOMR and CIOR cooperate closely in various fields.

Who can be a member?

  • National reserve military medical associations or their equivalents from all NATO member countries can become full members.
  • National reserve military medical associations or their equivalents from non-NATO member countries can become associate members (PfP countries, countries of the Mediterranean Dialogue etc.).
  • Only one national association per country will be admitted.
  • Each member of CIOMR may send a delegation consisting of 6 members, one of them must be a medical officer.
  • Application for membership should be made to the Executive Committee.
The Governing body of CIOMR is its Executive Committee, which consists of the heads of the national delegations. Each delegation is headed by the respective national vice president. The CIOMR president is nominated by one of the national associations in rotation, serving a two-years-term. In due course the president designate will choose in consultation with the national association an international vice president who will take on the position simultaneously with the president by the approval of the EC. The Executive Committee accepts nominations for the other board positions from members of the delegations.

They also serve two-years-terms in office. The international presidency, for the period 2008- 2010, is held by France, with the following board members:
Contact Information
Position Membre
President Lieutenant Colonel (Res),
Bruno Pelletier,
DVM, French Military Health Service
Secretary General Colonel Gunter H. Ruetter, MD, PhD, German Joint Medical Service Air Force Reserve
Treasurer

Lieutenant Colonel (Res)
Francis Vanden Eynde,
Belgian Medical Service
President Elect Colonel Gunter H. Ruetter, MD, PhD, German Joint Medical Service Air Force Reserve
International
Vice President		 Lieutenant Colonel (Res)
François Martelet, MD,
French Military Health Service
Assistant Secretary General Colonel Lewis Neace, MD, United States Air Force Reserve
For further information, please visit the website www.ciomr.org
Contact: Colonel Gunter H. Ruetter, MD, PhD, Secretary General, sg@ciomr.org
     
Documents
Name Description Date
CIOMR Flyer A documentsdescribing what's CIOMR June 2008
COMEDS Presentation Introductory brief by the Chiefs of Military Medical Serrvice in NATO August 2007
CIOMR Constitution The official CIOMR constitution approved in Maastricht 25 July 2003
CIOMR Bylaws The official CIOMR Bylaws approved in Maastricht 25 July 2003