1. PEDIM 2014
Prague European Days of Internal Medicine
18–20 September, 2014
From cardio and gastro, through endocrinology, diabetology to rheumatology,
metabolism, oncology, infectious diseases, intensive cardiology and much more!
No 5May 2014Newsletter
Editorial
Dear Colleagues,
Let me express my thanks for your interest
in the Prague European Days of Internal
Medicine 2014 in Prague. I thought you
would appreciate some new information
regarding the Congress. If you have any
questions do not hesitate to contact our secretariat.
Yours faithfully,
Richard Ceska, MD, PhD, FACP, FEFIM
Professor of Internal Medicine
President of the Czech Society of Internal Medicine
President PEDIM 2014
Registration Fees
EARLY until
30. 6. 2014
LATE until
15. 9. 2014
Delegates 390 € 430 €
Young Internists
(up to 35 years)
290 € 340 €
Good to know
Official language
The official language of the Prague European Days of
Internal Medicine is English. All sessions and lectures will
be given ONLY in English.
CME Accreditation
Prague European Days of Internal Medicine
(PEDIM 2014) is applying for the European
CME Accreditation.
Important dates
to remember
20 June, 2014 – Deadline for submitting abstracts
30 June, 2014 – Early registration deadline
4 weeks left to submit
your abstract! Have you
submitted your abstract?
If not, there is still time to share your research.
Abstract submission deadline is on Friday
June 20, 2014.
Submit your abstract here.
Free registration Winners
During the PEDIM 2014 Congress promotion, we visited
5 international medical events. Participants of the events
had the chance to win free registration for the PEDIM
2014 Congress in Prague by filing out the PEDIM lottery
tickets. As promised, all the winners were drawn and
their names can be seen also on our congress website.
Free registration Winners are:
• European and Swiss Congress of Internal Medicine
2014, Geneva – Luciana Frade, Portugal
• The 61st
Annual Meeting of the Israel Heart Society,
Tel Aviv – Efrat Markulesko, Israel
• ACC.14 Annual Scientific Session & Expo,
Washington – Idward Vogl, Australia
• III International forum of cardiology and internal
medicine, Moscow – Kate Poshisholina, Russia
• 20º Congresso Nacional de Medicina Interna,
Madeira – Ana Sofia Montez, Portugal
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2. PEDIM 2014
Stars of PEDIM 2014
Prof. Philip Barter
President of IAS
Director of The Heart Research Institute in Sydney,
Australia
Dr. Antonio M. Gotto Jr.
Dean Emeritus and Co-Chair of the Board
of Overseers of Weill Cornell Medical College in
New York, USA
Dr. Henry N. Ginsberg
Irving Professor of Medicine and Director, Irving
Institute for Clinical and Translational Research,
New York, USA
Prof. Florian Lordick
Professor of Oncology and Director of the University
Cancer Centre Leipzig, Germany
Prof. Peter M. Nilsson
Secretary of the European Society of Hypertension,
Clinical Cardiovascular Research at the Department
of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Sweden
Prof. Klaus Parhofer
Medical Department II, Grosshadern, University
Munich, Germany
Prof. Andrey Susekov
Leading Research Fellow, Associate Professor
and Head, Lipid Research Laboratory
at Cardiology Research Complex, Moscow, Russia
Prof. Ivica Lazurova
Professor of Internal Medicine at the Medical
Faculty, P. J. Safarik University Košice, Slovakia
Prof. Wilmar Wiersinga
Professor of Endocrinology at the University
of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Prof. Pierre-François Plouin
Head of the Department of Hypertension and Vascular
Medicine at Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou
in Paris and Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine
at René Descartes Medical School, Paris, France
Congress Organizer: GUARANT International spol. s r.o., Na Pankráci 17, 140 21 Prague 4
Tel: +420 284 001 444, fax: +420 284 001 448, E-mail: pedim@guarant.cz, www.pedim2014.org
Sneak Peak into our
Scientific Programme
Atherosclerosis
P. Barter (Australia): IAS FH Initiative – why, who and where?
K. Parhofer (Germany): Familial Hypercholesterolaemia
A. Gotto (USA): Recent and future therapy of FH –
focused on PCSK9-i, mipomersen and lomitapide
T. Freiberger (CZ): MedPed network – the Czech experience
Invasive cardiology
P. Widimsky (CZ): Ongoing myocardial ischemia as
criterion for early decision making
M. Studencan (SK): Slovak registry of ACS
R. Rokyta (CZ): Acute heart failure and cardiogenic shock
Preventive cardiology
J.CH. Fruchart (France): Residual risk idea
H. Ginsberg (USA): Statins, fibrates and diabetes mellitus
R. Ceska (CZ): Complex reduction of cardiometabolic
risk in clinical practice
K. Parhofer (Germany): Secondary hyperlipidaemias –
focused on endocrine diseases
Hypertension
P. Nilsson (Sweden): Hypertension and diabetes mellitus
J. Filipovsky (CZ): Pharmacological treatment of resistant
hypertension
J. Widimsky jr. (CZ): Nonpharmacological treatment
of resistant hypertension
EASTERN NET workshop
P. Barter (Australia), E. Bruckert (France), H. Ginsberg
(USA), A. Gotto (USA), K. Parhofer (Germany),
A. Susekov (Russia), M. Vrablik (CZ):
Genetics, biochemical findings, clinical picture,
diagnosis, complications, prognosis, risk factors
for cardiovascular disease
Diabetes and metabolic syndrome
D. Dicker (Izrael): Bariatric surgery for the diabetic
patient – medical perspective
M. Fried (CZ): Bariatric surgery for the diabetic patient
– surgeon perspective
Oncology
F. Lordick (Germany): New targeted drug prolongs
survival in advanced stomach cancer
R. Gurlich (CZ): Surgical management of gastric cancer
Endocrinology
W. M. Wiersinga (The Netherlands): Thyroid investigations
in populations at risk to develop autoimmune thyroid disease
I. Lazurova (SK): Adrenal incidentalomas
P. F. Plouin (France): Primary aldosteronism – update
Nephrology
M. Segelmark (Sweden): Diagnostic and prognostic
tools in glomerular disease
Z. Hruskova (CZ): New modes of treatment in
glomerular disease
Rare diseases
L. Golan (CZ): Fabry disease: cardiologist´s view
V. Malinová (CZ): Overview of lysosomal storage diseases
For constant updates
please visit
www.pedim2014.org
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