Multidisciplinary medical
education

Respiratory

COPD: Hot topics concerning SARS-CoV-2 pandemic Recording of the Live Webinar on 03^rd Dec 2020

• Prof. Dr. Johann Christian Virchow (Germany)
  MD, FRCP, FCCP, FAAAAI, Professor of Medicine and Pneumology, Head of the Departments of Pulmonary Medicine and Intensive Care Medicine in the University Medical Clinic at the University of Rostock, Germany; Medical Director of the Pulmonary Diagnostic Services and the Sleep Laboratory of the University of Rostock, Germany
  COPD-exacerbations‘ prevention: more than just to remember, but time to act
  

• Prof. Dave Singh (United Kingdom)
  Professor of clinical pharmacology & respiratory medicine at the University of Manchester; Medical director of the Medicines Evaluation Unit; Member of the GOLD Science Committee; Chair of the European Respiratory Society airway pharmacology group; Editor of the European Respiratory Journal and European Respiratory Review; Fellow of the European Respiratory Society and of the British Pharmacology Society
  ICS: risks and benefits for COPD patients during the COVID-19 pandemic

• Q&A interactive session

Pain

Online Academy on Pain | Session 1 Recording of the Live Webinar on 13^th Nov 2020

• Welcome remarks: The objectives of the interdisciplinary meeting in management of pain
  Prof. A. Belîi (Moldova)
  Professor of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care
  Chair of Anesthesia and Intensive Care nr. 1 „Valeriu Ghereg”
  State University of Medicine and Pharmacy „Nicolae Testemitanu”,
  Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
  Chairperson, Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care
  Institute of Emergency Medicine
  President of Moldovan Society for Study and Management of Pain

• The phenomenon of pain: from pathophysiology to management
  Prof. M. Gavriliuc (Moldova)
  Professor of Neurology
  Chair of Neurology Department Nr.1
  Neurology Department
  State University of Medicine and Pharmacy „Nicolae Testemitanu”,
  Chisinau, Republic of Moldova

• Acute pain management with NSAIDs focusing CV and GI safety profiles
  Prof. H.-G. Kress (Austria)
  Past President of the European Pain Federation EFIC^®; Head of Dept. of Special Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine, Medical University/AKH Vienna

• Expert consensus on the use of FDC of dexketoprofen/tramadol
  Prof. G. Varrassi (Italy)
  President, World Institute of Pain (WIP)
  President, Paolo Procacci Foundation

• Q&A interactive session

Pain

Online Academy on Pain | Session 2 Recording of the Live Webinar on 13^th Nov 2020

• Multimodal approach to perioperative pain
  Prof. A. Belîi (Moldova)
  Professor of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care
  Chair of Anesthesia and Intensive Care nr. 1 „Valeriu Ghereg”
  State University of Medicine and Pharmacy „Nicolae Testemitanu”,
  Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
  Chairperson, Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care
  Institute of Emergency Medicine
  President of Moldovan Society for Study and Management of Pain

• Post-operative pain management, Dexketoprofen – an option for multimodal analgesia
  Prof. A. Montero Matamala (Spain)
  Professor, MD, Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Member of the Royal Academy of Medicine of Catalonia, Director of the Department of Surgery at the University of Lleida, Head of the Department of Anesthesiology, Reanimation and Pain Clinic of the University Hospital Arnau de Vilanova, Lleida

• Pain in Rheumatology: diagnostic approach and management
  Ass. Prof. E. Deseatnicova (Moldova)
  Associate Professor, Rheumatology and Nephrology Department State University of Medicine and Pharmacy „Nicolae Testemitanu”, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova

• Q&A interactive session

• Closing remarks
  Prof. M. Gavriliuc (Moldova)
  Professor of Neurology
  Chair of Neurology Department Nr.1
  Neurology Department State University of Medicine and Pharmacy „Nicolae Testemitanu”,
  Chisinau, Republic of Moldova

Urology

Urinary Flow and male LUTS/BPH Recording of the Live Webinar on 04^th Nov 2020

• Diagnosing male LUTS/BPH – Symptoms, diagnosis and measurement tools
  Prof. H. Hashim (United Kingdom)
  Consultant Urological Surgeon & Honorary Professor of Urology
  Director of the Urodynamics Unit, Bristol Urological Institute

• Conservative and pharmacological treatment options for male LUTS/BPH with focus on the flow
  Prof. C. Gratzke (Germany)
  Professor and Chairman Department of Urology University Hospital Freiburg

• Urinary flow and Serenoa Repens (results from a long term study)
  Prof. A. Vinarov (Russia)
  Professor of Urology at Sechenov University, Institute for Urology and Human Reproductive Health, Moscow

• Q&A – Interactive session

Cardiology

Cardio Forum 2020 Recording of the Live Webinar on 24^th Oct 2020

Management of Chronic Coronary Syndromes

• Prof. A. Manolis (Greece)
  Cardiology Department Asklepeio Hospital Athens Greece
  2019 ESC CCS guidelines: lost in space? or did we leave our patients and scientific evidence behind?

• Prof. P. Collins (United Kingdom)
  Professor of Clinical Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, National Heart & Lung Institute
  Optimal medical treatment vs revascularization in the post ORBITA and ISCHEMIA era

• Prof. R. Dechend (Germany)
  Professor of Cardiology Charité Campus Buch, University Hospital Berlin and HELIOS Clinic Berlin
  Microvascular disease and chronic coronary syndromes

• Q&A interactive session

Diabetes

Novel aspects of Type 2 Diabetes Management Recording of the Live Webinar on 24^th Oct 2020

• Prof. A. Ceriello (Italy)
  Head of Diabetes Research Department, IRCCS MultiMedica, Milan
  News on Metformin

• Prof. G. Sesti (Italy)
  Full Professor of Internal Medicine
  Department of Clinical and Molecular
  Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome
  Chief, Division of Internal Medicine
  University Hospital Sant’Andrea
  1-hour post-load hyperglycemia: implications for prediction and prevention of type 2 diabetes

• Prof. D. Ziegler (Germany)
  Professor of Internal Medicine, Institute for Clinical Diabetology, German Diabetes Center, Leibniz Center for Diabetes Research at Heinrich Heine University and Consultant physician, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, University Hospital, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany
  Diabetic polyneuropathy: from Prevention to adequate treatment

Pain

Online Academy on Pain and Gout Recording of the Live Webinar on 16^th Oct 2020

• Welcome and introduction – Moderator
  M. Vidas, MD, PhD (Croatia)
  Product Manager, Berlin-Chemie Menarini Hrvatska d.o.o.
  

Session 1
Modern Aspects of Pain Management

• NSAIDs in pain management: how to choose wisely?
  Prof. H.G. Kress (Austria)
  Past President of the European Pain Federation EFIC^®; Head of Dept. of Special Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine, Medical University/AKH Vienna
• Expert consensus on clinical use of dexketoprofen/tramadol
  Prof. G. Varrassi (Italy)
  President, World Institute of Pain (WIP)
  President, Paolo Procacci Foundation
• Q&A – Interactive session

Pain

Online Academy on Pain and Gout Recording of the Live Webinar on 16^th Oct 2020

Session 2
Modern Aspects of Gout Management

• Management of gout
  Prof. J. Kielstein (Germany)
  Director of Medical Clinic V, Hypertension and Nephrology, Tertiary Care and Teaching Municipal Hospital Braunschweig
• Clinical use of febuxostat in the management of patients with renal dysfunction and gout
  Prof. I. Prkačin (Croatia)
  Head of Dept. of Emergency Internal Medicine, Clinical Hospital Merkur, University of Zagreb
• Q&A – Interactive session

Pain

Modern Aspects of Pain Management | Session 1 Recording of the Live Webinar on 03^rd Oct 2020

Session I

• Welcome remarks
  Alexander Tsiskaridze (Georgia)
  Professor; I. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Head of Neurological Service at Pineo Medical Ecosystem
• Management of gout
  Jan Kielstein (Germany)
  Professor; Director Medical Clinic V, Hypertension and Nephrology, Tertiary Care and Teaching Hospital Braunschweig
• Modern aspects in the management of OA
  Stefano Coaccioli (Italy)
  Professor; Head of the Department of Medicine and Medical Specialities, Chief of Internal Medicine – Rheumatology and
  Pain Medicine, Head of the European Center for Pain Medicine, Santa Maria General Hospital, Terni, Italy. Associate Professor
  of Internal Medicine, Perugia University School of Medicine, Cascia, Italy. Full Professor and Chair of Internal Medicine
  and Rheumatology University LUdeS, Lugano, Switzerland, and Valetta, Malta
• Chronic low back pain
  George Gegelashvili (Gerorgia)
  MD; President of Tsotne Chkhikvishvili Georgian Headache Society, Director of Health Institute
• Q&A – Interactive session

Pain

Modern Aspects of Pain Management | Session 2 Recording of the Live Webinar on 03^rd Oct 2020

Session II

• Acute pain management with NSAIDs focusing CV and GI safety profiles
  Hans G. Kress (Austria)
  Professor, MD, PhD, EDPM, FFPMCAI (hon); Past President of the European Pain Federation EFIC, Head of the Department of Special
  Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, Medical University/AKH Vienna
• Disturbed symmetry against acute pain
  Kakhaber Chelidze (Georgia)
  Professor; Chair of Internal Medicine at TSMU (Tbilisi State Medical University), Head of Department of Internal
  Medicine & Cardiology at the First University Clinic of TSMU
• Post-operative pain management
  Antonio Montero Matamala (Spain)
  Professor, MD, Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Member of the Royal Academy of Medicine of Catalonia,
  Director of the Department of Surgery at the University of Lleida, Head of the Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care
  and Pain Clinic of the University Hospital Arnau de Vilanova, Lleida
• Q&A – Interactive session
• Closing remarks
  Alexander Tsiskaridze (Georgia)
  Professor; I. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Head of Neurological Service at Pineo Medical Ecosystem

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Pain

Contemporary approaches to treating pain Recording of the Live Webinar on 17^th Sep 2020

• Welcome and Introduction
  MD, EDPM Aleksandra Šilova (Estonia)
  General Surgeon and Pain Specialist, East Viru Central Hospital
  Member of Board, Estonian Pain Society
  and
  Prof. A. Macas (Lithuania)
  Head of the Clinic of Anesthesiology, Kaunas Hospital,
  Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Hospital

• Cardiovascular risk profiles of NSAIDs
  Prof. H. G. Kress (Austria)
  Past-President European Pain Federation  EFIC
  Professor and Chairman
  Dept. of Special Anaesthesia and Pain Therapy
  Medical University / AKH Vienna

• Expert consensus on clinical use of dexketoprofen/tramadol
  Prof. G. Varrassi (Italy)
  President, World Institute of Pain (WIP)
  President, Paolo Procacci Foundation (Italy)
  Q&A interactive session 

Diabetes

Diabetes & Pain | Session 1: Diabetes Recording of the Live Webinar on 09^th Jul 2020

Diabetes Mellitus from science to clinical practice

• Prof. A. Ceriello (Italy)
  Head of Diabetes Research Department, IRCCS MultiMedica, Milan
  The role of metformin in the new paradigm of diabetes management.
• Prof. E. Standl (Germany)
  Professor, Endocrinologist, Honorary Doctor, FESC. Munich Diabetes Research Group e.V. Helmholtz Center
  Update on CompoSIT and other recent sitagliptin studies
• Prof. G. Sesti (Italy)
  Full Professor of Internal Medicine
  Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome
  Chief, Division of Internal Medicine
  University Hospital Sant’Andrea
  
  New on IGT diagnosis and management
• Q&A interactive session

Pain

Diabetes & Pain | Session 2: Pain Recording of the Live Webinar on 09^th Jul 2020

Pathophysiology and treatment of OA in patients with diabetes

• Prof. A. Virdis (Italy)
  Internal Medicine, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Italy
  Osteoarthritis and type 2 diabetes mellitus: what are the links?
• Prof. G. Varrassi (Italy)
  President, World Institute of Pain (WIP)
  President, Paolo Procacci Foundation (Italy)
  Modern aspects of pain management
• Q&A interactive session

Cardiology

Cardio Update 2020 Recording of the Live Webinar on 10^th Jun 2020

• Prof. G. Mancia (Italy)
  Professor Emeritus, University Milano-Bicocca
  Renin–Angiotensin–Aldosterone System Blockers and the Risk of COVID-19
• Prof. A. Manolis (Greece)
  Director, Department of Cardiology, “Asklepieion” General Hospital, Athens
  COVID-19 and the heart: Any concern for ß-blockers?
• Prof. R. Kreutz (Germany)
  Charité University Medicine Berlin, President of the European Society of Hypertension
  Update on Hypertension Guidelines: 2020 Global ISH vs. 2018 European ESC/ESH Guidelines
• Q&A interactive session

Thyroid

Current Challenges in Thyroidology Recording of the Live Webinar on 27^th May 2020

• Prof. L. Hegedüs (Denmark)
  Full professor and senior consultant physician, University of Southern Denmark, Department of Endocrinology, Odense (DK), current president of the European Thyroid Association
  Introduction & Long-term morbidity and mortality in hypo- and hyperthyroidism
• Dr. Tim Korevaar (Netherlands)
  Consultant physician in the Department of Epidemiology of Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam (NL). Coordinator of the Consortium on Thyroid and Pregnancy
  Hypo- und Hyperthyroidism in pregnancy
• Prof. G. Kahaly (Germany)
  Professor of Medicine and Endocrinology / Metabolism, Johannes Gutenberg University (JGU) Medical Center, Mainz (Germany)
  Thyroid autoimmunity and associated diseases

• Q&A interactive session

Sexual Health

50 shades of Sexuality in COVID-19 times Recording of the Live Webinar on 20^th May 2020

• Shelly Varod (Israel): Shades of Corona
  Sex therapist at Reuth Rehabilitation Hospital, Sex Therapy Clinic, Tel Aviv-Yafo (Israel)
  How does the worldwide lockdown change the sexual behaviour?
• Francesca Tripodi (Italy): Shades of Ejaculation
  Psychotherapist, Sexologist, Lecturer, Clinical Supervisor at Istituto di Sessuologia Clinica, Roma (Italy)
  How to build a situation of consent, negotiation and communication to strengthen the self esteem of men with PE in a lockdown situation?
• Cobi Reisman (Netherlands): Shades of Erection
  MD, PhD, Urologist, Sexologist , Flare-Health in Amstelveen (NL) and Past-President of the European Society for Sexual Medicine (ESSM)
  How can a modern ED medication help to tackle in Covid time erection problems?

Multidisciplinary

COVID-19 impact on the management of multimorbid patients | Session 1 Recording of the Live Webinar on 16^th May 2020

• Cardio:
  Prof. R. Kreutz (Germany)
  Charité University Medicine Berlin, President of the European Society of Hypertension
  COVID-19 impact on the management of CVD patients
• Respiratory:
  Prof. C. Vogelmeier (Germany)
  Director of the Department of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University Medical Center Giessen and Marburg
  COVID-19 and COPD patients – German experience

Multidisciplinary

COVID-19 impact on the management of multimorbid patients | Session 2 Recording of the Live Webinar on 16^th May 2020

• Diabetes:
  Prof. A. Ceriello (Italy)
  Head of Diabetes Research Department, IRCCS MultiMedica, Milan
  Diabetes management during COVID-19
• Pain:
  Prof. G. Varrassi (Italy)
  President of the World Institute of Pain
  Pain management during COVID-19 pandemic

Cardiology

Cardio Update 2019 Recording of the Live Webinar on 03^rd Jul 2019

• Prof. A. Coca (Spain): Combination Treatment: which drugs for which patients?
• Prof. A. Manolis (Greece): Are all antihypertensive drugs the same?
• Prof. R. Kreutz (Germany): Hypertensive patients with comorbidities
• Q&A interactive session

Hyperuricaemia

Hyperuricaemia Update 2019 Recording of the Live Webinar on 03^rd Jul 2019

• Prof. C. Borghi (Italy): Update on uric acid in new ESC / ESH Guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension
• Prof. J. Kielstein (Germany): Hyperuricaemia in CKD Patients – when and how should we start to treat?
• Q&A interactive session

Diabetes

Type II Diabetes Update 2019 Recording of the Live Webinar on 04^th Jul 2019

• Prof. A. Ceriello (Italy): Metformin in Type II Diabetes: choice with benefits
• Prof. E. Standl (Germany): Role of DPP4 inhibitors in Type II Diabetes treatment
• Q&A interactive session

Urology

BPH symptoms and treatment Recording of the Live Webinar on 04^th Jul 2019

• Prof. C. Gratzke (Germany): BPH symptoms and their medical treatment described in the EAU guidelines
• Prof. A. Vinarov (Russia): Serenoa Repens – a treatment option for BPH symptoms
• Q&A interactive session