HELLENIC SOCIETY OF INTERNAL MEDICINEThe very successful 9th International Congress of Internal Medicine welcomed more than 80 invited faculty members and 500 participants from all around the world. Have a view of the interviews, slides, photos and more HERE!
Dear Colleagues,
With an experience of 9 International Congresses, we are now excited to be organizing the 10th International Congress of Internal Medicine, which will be held on March 22-24, 2018 in Athens, Greece.
This Annual International Congress is an Independent International Congress of Internal Medicine organised by the Institute of Internal Medicine and Hepatology and the Department of Medicine and Research Laboratory of Internal Medicine, University of Thessaly Medical School, hosting more than 800 attendees around the world and with the active participation of established and distinguished international scientists and experts.
The scientific program of the forthcoming 10th International Congress includes the latest developments and innovations of Internal Medicine. The Congress also provides young colleagues with a great opportunity to present their work, research and clinical experience through oral presentations and e-posters covering various fields of Internal Medicine. Therefore, we encourage interested colleagues to actively participate in the program and submit abstracts of their work through the website of the Congress (Online submission is now OPEN).
Many important scientific authorities will participate such as:
- The European Society for Swallowing Disorders
- The Hellenic Association for the Study of Diabetic Foot
- The Hellenic Association for the Study of the Liver
- The Hellenic Diabetes Association
- The Hellenic Sepsis Study Group
- The Hellenic Society of Internal Medicine
- The Hellenic Stroke Organization
As in the previous year, the Congress is also endorsed and supported by the Foundation for the Development of Internal Medicine in Europe (FDIME).
This Congress promises to be an outstanding scientific meeting and we are delighted to welcome you in the exciting and historic city of Athens.
With my warmest regards
George N. Dalekos
President of the Organizing Committee
President, Institute of Internal Medicine and Hepatology
Vice President, Internal Medicine Society of Greece
Head, Department of Medicine and Research Laboratory of Internal Medicine
Medical School, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece
PS To have a view of the of the last 9th International Congress program and invited speakers please see here.
Organizers
INSTITUTE OF INTERNAL MEDICINE & HEPATOLOGY
DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE & RESEARCH LABORATORY OF INTERNAL MEDICINE,
UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY MEDICAL SCHOOL, LARISSA, GREECE
Director: Professor G.N. Dalekos
Endorsed by :
FOUNDATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNAL MEDICINE IN EUROPE
Participating scientific authorities :
EUROPEAN SOCIETY FOR SWALLOWING DISORDERS
HELLENIC ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF DIABETIC FOOT
HELLENIC ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF THE LIVER
HELLENIC DIABETES ASSOCIATION
HELLENIC SEPSIS STUDY GROUP
HELLENIC SOCIETY OF INTERNAL MEDICINE
HELLENIC STROKE ORGANIZATION
Under the auspices of :
UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY MEDICAL SCHOOL, LARISSA, GREECE
Preliminary Scientific Programme
The Congress has been accredited with 24 Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits by the Panhellenic Medical Association.
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ORAL PRESENTATIONS (OP01-OP09)
Cardiovascular Diseases
Chairpersons: Konstantinos P. Makaritsis (Larissa, Greece), Vasileios Papavasileiou (Leeds, UK)STATE –OF-THE-ART LECTURE
Future innovations in cardiovascular medicine
Panos Vardas (Heraklion, Greece)
ROUND TABLE
Interventional procedures in cardiovascular diseases
Non-pharmacological intervention in atrial fibrillation
Georgios Andrikopoulos (Athens, Greece)
Management of asymptomatic carotid stenosis
Richard Bulbulia (Oxford, UK)
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement
Emmanouil Vavouranakis (Athens, Greece)
SYMPOSIUM
β-blockers as first-line treatment in arterial hypertension
Pros
Alberto Zanchetti (Milan, Italy)
Cons
Michel Burnier (Milan, Italy)
ORAL PRESENTATIONS (OP10-OP18)
Gastroenterology/Hepatology (Α)
Chairpersons: Melanie Deutsch (Athens, Greece), Christos Triantos (Patras, Greece)ROUND TABLE
Diabetic foot: Advances in everyday clinical practice
Hellenic Society of Internal Medicine
Hellenic Diabetes Association
Hellenic Association for the Study of the Diabetic Foot
Overview of the diabetic foot-successes and unmet needs
Andrew Boulton (Manchester, UK)
Charcot neuro-osteo-arthropathy-update in diagnosis and management
Edward Jude (Lancashire, UK)
Diagnosis and management of diabetic foot infections
Mina Psichogiou (Athens, Greece)
Nikolaos Tentolouris (Athens, Greece)
ROUND TABLE
Intracranial haemorrhage and cerebral microbleeds
Hellenic Stroke Organization
Early blood pressure lowering in acute intracerebral haemorrhage: How low?
Else Sandset (Oslo, Norway)
Acute management in antithrombotic-related intracerebral haemorrhage
Stefan Engelter (Basel, Switzerland)
Restart or Stop antithrombotics after intracerebral haemorrhage?
Rustam Al-Shahi Salman (Edinburgh, UK)
Cerebral microbleeds: current knowledge and implications for clinical practice
David Werring (London, UK)
19:45 – 21:00
WELCOME
Inaugural Lecture
Internal Medicine in the 21st Century: Challenges in education and research
Maria Domenica Cappellini (Milan, Italy)
ORAL PRESENTATIONS (OP19-OP27)
Gastroenterology/Hepatology (Β)
Chairpersons: Stylianos Karatapanis (Rhodes, Greece), Maria Schina (Athens, Greece)ORAL PRESENTATIONS (OP28-OP36)
Internal Medicine / Miscellaneous
Chairpersons: Alexandra Alexopoulou (Athens, Greece), Alberto M. Marra (Naples, Italy)ROUND TABLE
Dysphagia disorders in clinical practice
European Society for Swallowing Disorders
Dysphagia: Incidence and characteristics
Emilia Michou (Manchester, UK)
Aging and dysphagia (presbyphagia)
Pere Clave (Mataró, Spain)
Dysphagia in stroke & neurostimulation
Shaheen Hamdy (Manchester, UK)
ROUND TABLE
Hypertriglyceridemia: A true risk factor or innocent bystander?
Hypertriglyceridaemia, atherosclerosis cardiovascular disease and pharmacological management
Pablo Perez-Martinez (Cordoba, Spain)
Novel aspects of diet modulating postprandial lipaemia in cardiometabolic diseases
Jose Lopez-Miranda (Cordoba, Spain)
Consensus and guidelines concerning fasting/non-fasting triglycerides
Dimitri Mikhailidis (London, UK)
ROUND TABLE
Medication adherence
Medication adherence: The magnitude of the problem
Elisio Costa (Porto, Portugal)
Interventions to improve medication adherence
Przemyslaw Kardas (Lodz, Poland)
Educational tools to improve medication adherence
Periklis Giovas (Zug, Switzerland)
Elisio Costa (Porto, Portugal)
ROUND TABLE
Sepsis in 2018
Hellenic Sepsis Study Group
Does immunosuppression in sepsis really exist?
Jean-Marc Cavaillon (Paris, France)
Macrophage activation and sepsis
Mihai Netea< (Nijmegen, The Netherlands)
Current guidelines for sepsis management
Evangelos J. Giamarellos-Bourboulis (Athens, Greece)
Evangelos J. Giamarellos-Bourboulis (Athens, Greece)
SYMPOSIUM
Combination treatment in the era of MDR bacteria infections
Due to Gram negative bacteria
Mario Tumbarello (Rome, Italy)
Due to MRSA
Francesco Menichetti (Pisa, Italy)
George Daikos (Athens, Greece)
STATE-OF-THE-ART LECTURE
IgG4 related disease: An underrecognized entity
Michael Trauner (Vienna, Austria)
ROUND TABLE
Internal Medicine in the core of medical specialties
European education centre for Internal Medicine
Rijk Gans(Gronignen, The Netherlands)
Young internists subcommittee actions
Frauke Weidanz(Edinburgh, UK)
Gender differences in medicine
Alberto M. Marra(Heidelberg, Germany)
STATE –OF-THE-ART LECTURE
Quality of care and professional issues
Luis Campos(Lisbon, Portugal)
ORAL PRESENTATIONS (OP37-OP42)
Diabetes Mellitus
Chairpersons: Eleni Boutati (Athens, Greece), Erifili Hatziagelaki (Athens, Greece)ORAL PRESENTATIONS (OP43-OP48)
Infections / Immunology
Chairpersons: Panagiotis Skendros (Alexandroupolis, Greece), Garyfallia Poulakou (Athens, Greece)ROUND TABLE
Perspectives in viral hepatitis treatment
Hellenic Association for the Study of the Liver
Present and future treatment of chronic hepatitis B
Pietro Lampertico (Milan, Italy)
Optimal management of special groups of chronic HBV infection
Spilios Manolakopoulos (Athens, Greece)
Optimal current treatment of hepatitis C
Christophe Hézode (Paris, France)
ROUND TABLE
Lymphomas and myelodysplastic syndromes in autoimmune diseases
Autoimmune disorders: Risk factors for lymphomagenesis
Michael Voulgarelis(Athens, Greece)
Virus-driven autoimmunity and lymphoproliferation:
The example of HCV infection
Salvatore De Vita (Udine, Italy)
Myelodysplastic syndrome and autoimmune disorders: Cause or consequence?
Stavroula Giannouli (Athens, Greece)
STATE-OF-THE-ART LECTURE
Update on primary immunodeficiencies
Vassilios Lougaris (Brescia, Italy)
ROUND TABLE
Unmet clinical needs in autoimmune liver diseases
Autoimmune hepatitis
Marco Lenzi (Bologna, Italy)
Primary biliary cholangitis
Pietro Invernizzi (Milan, Italy)
Primary sclerosing cholangitis
Christoph Schramm (Hamburg, Germany)
Pediatric autoimmune liver disease
Giorgina Mieli-Vergani (London, UK)
Pietro Invernizzi (Milan, Italy)
STATE-OF-THE-ART LECTURE
Pulmonary hypertension: New aspects
Dario Vizza (Rome, Italy)
ROUND TABLE
Biologic agents in Internal Medicine
General principles and pathophysiological background for their implementation
Petros P. Sfikakis (Athens, Greece)
Biologics in psoriasis
Peter van de Kerkhof(Nijmegen, The Netherlands)
Biologics in IBD
Peter Laszlo Lakatos (Montreal, Canada)
Biologics in rheumatic diseases
Dimitrios Vassilopoulos (Athens, Greece)
ROUND TABLE
Νew perspectives in oncology
Hereditary cancer: the role of genetic testing
Emmanouel Saloustros (Heraklion Crete, Greece)
Biomarkers as a tool for personalized treatment: the paradigm of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)
Niki Karachaliou (Barcelona, Spain)
Managing toxicities associated with immunotherapy for solid tumors
Yannis Metaxas (Chur, Switzerland)
Vasileios Georgoulias (Athens, Greece)
STATE-OF-THE-ART LECTURE
Hellenic Stroke Organization
Endovascular thrombectomy in acute ischemic stroke
Panagiotis Papanagiotou (Bremen, Germany)
ROUND TABLE
Autoinflammatory syndromes
The role of IL-1β in autoinflammation
Ioannis Mitroulis (Dresden, Germany)
Stress-induced inflammation: Lessons from Familial Mediterranean Fever
Panagiotis Skendros (Alexandroupolis, Greece)
Inflammasomes activation in the pathogenesis of AnkylosingSpondylitis
Francesco Ciccia (Palermo, Italy)
Nikolaos Gatselis (Larissa, Greece)
Sponsors-Expression of interest
A major exhibition will accompany the Congress, where pharmaceutical and/or equipment/device industries will display relevant products, services and therapeutic developments, reach and interact with the medical community, promote their activities, research and technologies.
For relative information interested Companies may contact the Organizing-Administrative Bureau
Εmail: info@conferre.gr
Tel.: ( 30) 26510 68610
Fax: ( 30) 26510 68611
Contact person: Mrs Lina Siamopoulou
The Sponsorship Prospectus is available HERE.
Available also HERE the EOF approval.
Location
Royal Olympic Hotel, Greece
- Athanasiou Diakou 28-34, 117 43
- info@royalolympic.com
- +30 210 9288400
- +30 210 9233317
