14-Night Black Sea Cruise CME Away is organized by Sea Courses Inc and will be held from Sep 12 - 26, 2020 at Azamara Journey, Athens, Attica, Greece. The target audience for this medical event is family physicians, specialists, and allied health care professionals. Course Description: The aim is to provide evidence-based material, as well as practical and relevant clinical pearls that will be easy to implement into one’s own medical practice. Conference attendees will be invited to complete a pre-course Needs Assessment to assist the faculty with the development of their presentations. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available. 

Please kindly note that the information provided at the ESRA 2020 Annual Congress website (https://esra-congress.com/) is not valid anymore 39th Annual The European Society of Regional Anaesthesia & Pain Therapy (ESRA) Congress is organized by Kenes Group. The symposium is held from Sep 16 - 19, 2020 at Thessaloniki Concert Hall, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece. Description The ESRA annual congress encourages growth in the area of regional anesthesia and pain therapy by developing new collaborations and distinct educational opportunities. The program is the ultimate platform for uniting with the anaesthesiologists and pain therapists from across the world. So if you haven't marked your calendar for this important congress, we reassure you to do so. As in earlier years, the focus of the scientific meeting is on state-of-the-art presentations in our field as well as prevailing insights on the basic science, clinical research, and therapeutic interventions. The program mainly focuses on rendering communication between speakers and the audience. The scientific pattern at the annual ESRA congress is now perceived as one of the best in the world and as a result, carries a high rating with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education. The Scientific Committee has created a program installed with topics including all the fields of interest in the employment of regional anesthesia/analgesia alone or in multimodal approaches. Acute and chronic pain management topics of special interest for anaesthesiologists will also be incorporated. The type of sessions will be refresher course lectures, networking sessions, pro/con debates, panel discussions, luncheon sessions, special workshops including cadaver workshops, and of course free paper and E-Posters. Residents are encouraged to submit their papers for incorporation in the ESRA Resident Best Free Paper and the ESRA Best Abstract Award competitions. ESRA 2020 will also provide us the time and possibilities for networking. While enjoying our outstanding scientific program, ESRA’s Annual Congress is the place to network with your peers, meet old friends and make new ones. This year’s session features several networking opportunities and occasions. During the Thessaloniki Congress, you will have the opportunity to enroll for the first part (written exam) of the Certified EDRA (European Diploma in Regional Anaesthesia & Acute Pain Management) and EDPM (European Diploma of Pain Medicine). For those participants who have already successfully completed the first part of these diplomas, there will be the opportunity to take the second part (practical). Topics below: ​​• Central Nerve Blocks • Peripheral Nerve Blocks • Obstetric • Postoperative Pain Management • Chronic Pain Management • Pediatric • Case Reports • POCUS • ERAS • Anatomy • Miscellaneous​​​ Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.

Radiology in Crete is organized by Radiology International, Inc. and will be held from Oct 04 - 10, 2020 at Elounda Bay Palace Hotel, Elounda, Crete, Greece. Credits: 31.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ plus 5 SAM Credits Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

16th EuGMS Congress is organized by European Union Geriatric Medicine Society (EUGMS) and will be held from Oct 07 - 09, 2020 at Athens, Attica, Greece. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

CPE Conferences 2020 is organized by Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Pty Ltd and will be held from Oct 11 - 19, 2020 at Silver Shadow, Athens, Attica, Greece. Accreditation: Medical: CPE are an accredited Category 2 RACGP QI&CPD Provider for the 2017 to 2019 Triennium (CPE Provider No. 554241). Each conference attracts 30 category 2 points. Legal: CPE are an approved QA provider for the WA Legal Practice Board, so that all our legal conferences attract points for WA solicitors & barristers (to a limit of 6 CPD points per legal conference). After each legal conference you will be provided with a Certificate of Attendance and the academic agenda for your CPD records. Of the 4 core competency areas we cover Substantive Law and at least one of the remaining three (Ethics and Professional Responsibility, Practice Management and Professional Skills). Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

10-Night Israel Intensive Cruise CME Away™ is organized by Sea Courses Inc and will be held from Oct 21 - 31, 2020 at Azamara Journey, Athens, Attica, Greece. The target audience for this medical event is family physicians, specialists, and allied health care professionals. Course Description : The aim is to provide evidence-based material, as well as practical and relevant clinical pearls that will be easy to implement into one’s own medical practice. Conference attendees will be invited to complete a pre-course Needs Assessment to assist the faculty with the development of their presentations. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available. 

4th Hellenic Conference of Podiatry-Podology is organized by Hellenic Society of Podiatrists and will be held from Oct 31 - Nov 01, 2020 at Royal Olympic Hotel, Athens, Attica, Greece.  Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.

ICRS Focus Meeting Thessaloniki - The Impact of Sports in Cartilage: How Much is Normal is organized by International Cartilage Regeneration & Joint Preservation Society (ICRS) and will be held from Mar 25 - 27, 2021 at Mediterranean Palace Hotel, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece. Course Description: They all understand the severity of the morbidity caused by cartilage injuries or posttraumatic – postsurgical osteoarthritis and they are happy to announce that in this special ICRS Focus Meeting they will all manage to get in depth knowledge of the real problem, focusing on the mid and long term results of injury, or even no-injury!! Epidemiological and pathophysiological data will be presented with the surgical techniques that are already used worldwide for the treatment of cartilage lesions. Special credit will be paid in evidence-based rehabilitation and prevention, parallel to presentation of surgical or conservative treatment that can lead to better outcome. Our main aim is that all the participants, at the end of the Focus Meeting, will understand the impact of sports in joint homeostasis and cartilage health, and they hope that they open the discussion regarding consensus of how much is optimal and what is the best treatment algorithm. Hot Topics: • Effect of activity in joint homeostasis • Acute traumatic injuries in sports: what happens in the cartilage • Chronic damage and early OA in athletes: any evidence? • Treatment methodology to achieve better results • Orthobiologics: the impact on reducing OA prevalence in sports • Rehabilitation aspects towards achieving homeostasis • Prevention – Prescription of exercise as “cartilage health tool” • Treatment algorithm – Set the consensus • Workshop for rehabilitation on cartilage cases  Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.

6th World Congress on Vascular Access (WoCoVA) is organized by World Congress on Vascular Access (WoCoVA) and will be held from Apr 07 - 09, 2021 at Megaron Athens International Conference Centre, Athens, Attica,  Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

31st Medical Informatics Europe (MIE) Conference is organized by European Federation for Medical Informatics Association (EFMI) and will be held from Apr 11 - 14, 2021 at Athens, Attica, Greece. Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.