Upcoming Medical Conferences in Ireland

12-Night Dublin to London CME Cruise is organized by Sea Courses Inc and will be held from May 23 - Jun 04, 2019 at Silver Cloud, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland. This course is designed for family physicians, specialists, and allied health care professionals. 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. CME Topics Dr. Hardin • Glucose Control and Macrovascular Disease: Is There a Connection? • Pre-Diabetes • Neuropathy • TZD’s • Early Aggressive Glucose Lowering Therapy • Lipids Dr. Woo • Microvascular Complications of Diabetes • Adherence: The Biggest Bang for your Buck • Common Thyroid Disorders in the Office • Hypertension: What Goes Up Should Go Down • Obesity Obesity and Overweight: Just the Fa(c)ts • Cardiovascular Outcome Trials and Diabetes Drs. Hardin & Woo • Doctors Lounge: Pros and Cons of Different Anti-Hyperglycemic Agents Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Dermatology and Gastroenterology Course is organized by Continuing Education, Inc and will be held from May 26 - Jun 03, 2019 at Celebrity Reflection, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland. Target Audience: Physicians, Physician Assistants, Pharmacists, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners. Accreditation: 14 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™  14.0 Contact Hours  2½ Hours of Pharmacology for NPs  Program Purpose: The goal is to provide our fellow colleagues with an overview of the most common gastrointestinal issues. The role is not only to review the underlying problems but to aid in the formation of a differential diagnosis. Participants will be provided with the latest guidelines which will allow them to address the complex issues.  One of the biggest initiatives is to increase colon cancer screening. Participants will have the tools to answer their patient's questions, concerns and will be able to encourage patients to undergo screening tests from FIT, to COLOGUARD to screening colonoscopies.  Additional goals include providing knowledge in differentiating between celiac disease, gluten intolerance, and gluten sensitivity. Providers will be able to explain the difference and direct the patients for necessary testing. In understanding elevated liver enzymes, physicians will be able to order additional blood work and narrow the diagnosis prior to the referral. When addressing a topic of fatty liver, a multidisciplinary approach is introduced which will explain how liver findings are part of the metabolic syndrome and therefore close monitoring may involve the participation of multiple teams.  Topics: • Recognizing Benign and Malignant Lesions of The Skin • Skin Disease Pearls for Primary Practice • Selected Topics in Acne and Rosacea • Infections and Infestations of the Skin • Psoriasis Update - Treatment and Co-morbidities • Gerd And Safety Of Ppi Medications • How To Proceed When You See Elevated Liver Enzymes? • What's In A Name? Celiac Disease And Gluten Sensitivity • Colon Cancer - Is Colonoscopy The Only Modality • Abdominal Bloating And Bacterial Overgrowth • Fatty Liver- How Concerned Should We Be? • Constipation-Is There Anything New On The Market? Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Symposia Series for Mental Health Professionals (SSMHP) Galway 2019 is organized by Boston University School of Medicine Continuing Medical Education (BUSM CME) and will be held from Jun 03 - 07, 2019 at The Galmont Hotel & Spa, Galway, Connacht, Ireland. Target Audience: This program is designed for intermediate psychologists, social workers, psychiatrists, nurses, allied mental health professionals, educators, and other medical professionals. Accreditation: Psychologists The Danielsen Institute at Boston University is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Danielsen Institute at Boston University maintains responsibility for this program and its content. 15 units of continuing education Physician Accreditation Boston University School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Boston University School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 15 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Course Objectives : At the end of this program, attendees will be able to: • Describe the interaction between the immune system, genes, brain dynamics, and mental health • Identify how genes can be expressed or suppressed • Describe how the stress systems can be turned on and are difficult to turn off • Discuss how the immune system is intricately connected to brain systems • Explain how chronic and acute stress can dysregulate the immune system • Discuss how autoimmune disorders contribute to depression, anxiety, and cognitive problems • Explain how an overactive immune system contributes to depression and anxiety • Describe psychotherapeutic interventions most effective for specific psychological conditions • Describe brain-based and evidence-based approaches with the most practical outcomes • Create a treatment plan most appropriate for the individual based on her/his ethnicity, socio-economic position, and LGBTQ identification

27th Meeting of the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons is organized by European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS) and will be held from Jun 09 - 12, 2019 at The Convention Centre Dublin (CCD), Dublin, Leinster, Ireland. The target audience for this medical event is Thoracic Surgeons. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Positive-Strand RNA Viruses (E2) is organized by Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology and will be held from Jun 09 - 13, 2019 at INEC Killarney, Killarney, Munster, Ireland. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

9th Europaediatrics 2019 is organized by Bioscientifica Ltd and will be held from Jun 13 - 15, 2019 at The Convention Centre Dublin (CCD), Dublin, Leinster, Ireland. Description: The overall theme of the meeting is ‘Prevention and therapeutic innovations in the management of child health’. Our objective is to prevent disease and disability through primary, secondary and tertiary prevention; and where prevention is not possible to provide up-to-date evidence based treatment and optimize the health and wellbeing of the child and family and in addition promote children’s rights to health, equity and social justice. Relevant information will be provided for paediatricians and health professionals working in primary, secondary and tertiary care across Europe and Internationally.  Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Hot Topics Urgent Care Courses is organized by NB Medical Education and will be held on Jun 19, 2019 at The Helix, Dublin, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland. The target audience for this medical event is all health care professionals who see patients acutely, in or out of hours. This includes GPs, ECPs, ANPs, paramedics, nurses and pharmacists in primary care, but also secondary care health professionals seeing ambulatory patients in A&E / ACC environments whose final destination is back in the community. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 6 CPD Credits. Course Description : The course is a truly multidisciplinary, evidence-based update in acute patient management, covering national and international literature/ guidelines to ensure you are providing the most up to date evidence-informed patient care. The course revolves around short, engaging presentations using clinical cases and problems to illustrate recent learning points from the literature, followed by Q&A sessions. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

16th International Phillip Zorab Symposium 2019 is organized by British Scoliosis Research Foundation (BSRF) and will be held from Jun 20 - 21, 2019 at Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

The Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland's (ACPGBI) 2019 Annual  Meeting is organized by The Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (ACPGBI) and will be held from Jul 01 - 03, 2019 at Convention Centre Dublin, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland. Conference Themes: We are developing a very stimulating programme exploring the themes of Research, Innovation, Quality Outcomes, Early Colorectal Cancer, Advanced Malignancy, Pelvic Floor and Proctology. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Haematological Malignancies and Future of Immunotherapy is organized by Hartley Taylor Medical Communications Ltd and will be held on Jul 05, 2019 at Dublin, Leinster, Ireland. Topics to include: • Workshop in Myeloma • Relapsed CLL: Have the newer therapies completely replaced chemotherapy  • AML, MDS • Lymphoma MDT – Carousel of Cases • Transplantation in lymphoid malignancy • CAR T cell therapy update on the process of patient selection • Update on respiratory viruses prevention and treatment Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.