Upcoming Medical Conferences in Bulgaria

Conference "Breast Cancer from A to Z" is organized by New Event Ltd., Bulgarian Alliance for Precision and Personalized Medicine (BAPPM) and will be held on May 17, 2019 at Ramada Sofia City Center, Sofia, Bulgaria. Description: The Bulgarian Alliance for Precision and Personalized Medicine (BAPPM) organizes a Conference “Breast Cancer from A to Z”, on May, 17th, 2019 in Sofia, Bulgaria. The aim of the event is to give the floor to all stake-holders to present their prospective and to position themselves in the overall struggle with the most common cancer among women. The conference will give opportunity for presenting the cutting edge technologies for screening, early diagnosis, precision diagnostics and therapy of breast cancer. It will enlighten the opportunities for even stronger interdisciplinary cooperation for the benefit of the patients and the society. The agenda includes screening, early diagnosis, precision diagnostics – genetic and bio-molecular tests, pathological diagnosis, imaging, drug and combined therapy, surgery, radiotherapy and monitoring of the results. In order to make the struggle with breast cancer in a real success story of saving lives, we need political will and institutional support. We need health policy of ensuring all stages of a sustainable integrated strategy and respective legal, regulatory and administrative framework. Special guests of the Conference will be Ass. prof. dr. Nadya Dimitrova – European Science Hub, European Commission and Denis Horgan – Executive Director of European Alliance for Personalised Medicine= The agenda includes the following discussion panels: • Role of the institutions in the struggle with breast cancer. Access to diagnosis and treatment. • Screening, early diagnosis, precision diagnosis and their role in the therapeutic choice. • Interdisciplinary team in diagnosis, treatment and monitoring of the results. • Drug therapy of breast cancer: chemotherapy, target therapy, adjuvant and neo-adjuvant therapy.

European Congenital Heart Surgeons Association (ECHSA), World Society for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery (WSPCHS) Joint Meeting is organized by European Congenital Heart Surgeons Association (ECHSA), World Society for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery (WSPCHS) and will be held from Jun 20 - 22, 2019 at National Palace of Culture, Sofia, Bulgaria. Postgraduate Course: Surgical Management of the Critically III Neonate and Infant: Jun 20, 2019 Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

13th edition of Bulgarian Pharmaceutical Days 2019 is organized by New Event Ltd. and will be held from Jun 21 - 23, 2019 at Hotel Rila, Borovets, Sofia, Bulgaria. Description: The success and popularity of the forum is growing with each passing year. The pharmaceutical industry, as well as representatives of the state institutions, the academic community, students, producers, distributors, representatives of related Bulgarian and international organizations, as well as many specialists in the sphere of healthcare, participate in the project.  This year’s focus of Bulgarian Pharmaceutical Days, in a stunningly beautiful mountain setting, will be the adoption of new rules for Good Pharmaceutical Practice and the introduction of the Code of Conduct of the Bulgarian Pharmaceutical Union for retail of medicinal products within the meaning of Art. 40, §1 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679. For the first time the forum will have in one single event two award ceremonies - the BPhU Products of the Year Annual Awards and the Awards for Regional Pharmaceutical Chambers and Masters of Pharmacy of the Year. There will be a Specialized Exhibition (registered-attendee only) and Science Program as a component of the continuing medical training of masters of pharmacy. you will be provided with attractive promotion opportunities for your company, products, and services during the science symposium, the specialized exhibition and all accompanying events.

Visiting Professorship Programme Bulgaria is organized by European School of Radiology (ESOR) and will be held on Sep 26, 2019 at Melia Grand Hermitage, Varna, Bulgaria.  Description: This ESOR course is aimed at senior residents and board-certified radiologists and it is directly linked to the Bulgarian Congress of Radiology. The purpose of the course is to familiarise the attendees with foetal imaging, the key imaging findings and the differential diagnosis of common paediatric disorders and radiation protection applied in paediatric imaging. A hot topic in paediatric imaging, “imaging of child abuse”, the typical findings and the differential diagnosis will also be presented. Teachers with a large experience in practicing paediatric radiology will give didactic lectures associated with interactive casebased discussions. Objectives: • to learn about the diagnostic work-up and the imaging findings of common paediatric disorders • to know how to do foetal MRI and how to recognise the most common abnormalities • to become familiar with radiation protection rules in imaging children Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.