Upcoming Medical Conferences in Israel

14th International Dead Sea Symposium (IDSS) is organized by Paragon Group and will be held from Oct 28 - 31, 2018 at InterContinental David Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel. The target audience for this medical event is Specialists in Cardiac Arrhythmias, Specialists in Heart Failure, Electrophysiologists & Pacemaker Specialists, Cardiologists: Adult & Pediatric Cardiac Surgeons, Internists, Sports Medicine Physicians, Military Medicine Physicians, Family Physicians & General Practitioners, Allied Professionals: Nurses & Technicians working in cardiology departments, cardiac arrhythmias, EP & pacemaker units, cardiac surgery, CCU and telemedicine, Innovative Scientists, Biomedical Engineers, Entrepreneurs, Medical Industry. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 20.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. Course Topics: • Innovations in Cardiac Implantable Devices • Innovations in Ablation Techniques • Innovations in Imaging and Navigation Techniques • Innovations in Non-Invasive Electrophysiology • Heart & Brain: Newest Approaches in Brain Protection • Wireless Diagnostic and Therapeutic Devices • New Implanted Devices (leadless, epicardial, subQ, etc) • Remote Monitoring of Implanted Devices • Cell-Based and Stem Cell Therapy • Sudden Cardiac Death • Atrial Fibrillation • CHF • Clinical Trials • Controversy • Entrepreneurship in Electrophysiology Course Special Topices: • Cardiac Pacing • ICD • Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest • Genetic Aspects of Arrhythmia • Arrhythmias in Childhood • Arrhythmias in Athletes • Syncope • Ablation of AF-various Techniques • LAA Occluders • Lead Extraction • Robotics in Electrophysiology • TAVI and Pacing • Basic Aspects of Defibrillation • Arrhythmias in Out-patient Clinic • Management of Recalls: • Legal, Emotional & Ethical Considerations • Pacing & ICDs Registry • Healthcare Economics of Pacing and ICD Prices: Practicing Physician - $590 - Early Fee Practicing Physician - $790 - Regular Fee Practicing Physician - $935 - Late Fee Resident Nurse Technician - $490 - Early Fee Resident Nurse Technician - $690 - Regular Fee Resident Nurse Technician - $790 - Late Fee Student - $290 - Early Fee Student - $350 - Regular Fee Student - $395 - Late Fee Innovation summit 30/10/18 or 31/10/18 Industry - $390 - Early Fee Innovation summit 30/10/18 or 31/10/18 Industry - $450 - Regular Fee Innovation summit 30/10/18 or 31/10/18 Industry - $495 - Late Fee Start-up companies - $290 - Early Fee Start-up companies - $350 - Regular Fee Start-up companies - $395 - Late Fee Speakers: Elad Anter, Charles Antzelevitch, Samuel J. Asirvatham, Angelo Auricchio, Boaz Avital, Aaron, Baggish, Mauro Biffi, Poul Erik Bloch Thomsen, Maria Grazia Bongiorni, Johannes Brachmann, A. John Camm, Ricardo Cappato, Shin-Ann Chen, Larry A. Chinitz, Mitchell I. Cohen, Todd Cohen, Stuart Connolly, Eugene Crystal, Carlo de Asmundis, Luigi Di Biase, Paul A. Friedman, Michael R. Gold, Jeffrey J. Goldberger, Jay N. Gross, Blair Grubb, Dhiraj Gupta, Robert M. Hamilton, Jeff Healey, Gerhard Hindricks, Carsten W. Israel, Warren M. Jackman, Jan Janousek, Werner Jung, Jonathan M. Kalman, Josef Klautzner, Charles Kennergren, Joel Kirsh, Helmut Klein, Hans Kottkamp, Andrew Krumerman, Piere Lambiase, Samuel Levy, Thorsten Lewalter, Randy A. Lieberman, Charles J. Love, Peter Neuzil, Jens C. Nielsen, Brian Olshansky, Ali Oto, Douglas L. Packer, Thomas Paul, Sergey V. Popov, Eric N. Prystowsky, Antonio Raviele, Vivek Y. Reddy, Amiran Revishvili, Eric Rosenthal, Yoram Rudy, J. Philip Saul, Melvin M. Schienman, Sanjay Sharman, Maria A. Shkolnikova, Jennifer A. Silva, Peter Sogaard, Elizabeth Stevenson, Ronn E. Tanel, John K. Triedman, Atul Verma, Pugazhendhi Vijayaraman, Raul Weiss, Seth J. Worley, Shu Zhang Time: 5:00 pm to 5:00 pm Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Health Systems Management is organized by Galilee International Management Institute (GIMI) and will be held during Nov 14 - 27, 2018 at Galilee International Management Institute, Nahalal, Northern, Israel. The target audience for this medical event is Hospital Directors and Officers, Government Officials, Medical Doctors, Health Administrators, Policy Makers, Health Organisation Directors. Curriculum • National health Insurance Reform • Family Medicine: Base of the Health System • Stress management and work attrition • Workshop: Principles of management and effective management of resources • Physicians’ duty for XXI Century- Decalogue of the Modern Physician • Human resources management and financial management • Dilemmas of medical technology acquisition in view of budget constraints • Budget management in medical systems and hospitals • Electronic medical records • Project management Study Tours • Primary Care Clinics • Secondary Care Clinics • Tertiary care: Governmental and other Public Hospitals • Hospital Information System • Multiphasic Screening System (MSS) - Diagnostic center (MOR) • MADA, Israeli National Emergency Medical Service • Hospital Rehabilitation Center • Voluntary rehabilitation equipment center • Human Resources management The curriculum and study tours are subject to change at the discretion of the administration. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

UNESCO Chair in Bioethics 13th World Conference on Bioethics, Medical Ethics and Health Law is organized by ISAS International Seminars and will be held from Nov 27 - 29, 2018 at Ramada Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel. The target audience for this medical event is, physicians, nurses, social workers, psychologists, psychiatrists, doctors involved in legal medicine, lawyers, judges, bioethicists, philosophers, researchers, writers, ethics committee members, teachers, educators, rectors, deans and administrators of academic institutes, hospital managers, teachers and students of medical, nursing, ethics, psychology, philosophy and law schools and faculties, professional, cultural and volunteer organizations and associations, governmental & public bodies, speech and language therapists, veterinarians, nutritionists & dietitians. Main Topics: • Alcohol, Drugs • Animal Research Ethics • Assisted Suicide • Autonomy • Benefit & Harm • Bioethics and the Holocaust • Bioethics Education • Bioethics: Gender • Bioethics: General • Bioethics: History & Future Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

IDMSS - International Diabesity and Metabolic Surgery Summit is organized by Target Conferences Ltd and will be held during Nov 28 - 30, 2018 at Dan Panorama Tel -Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel. Diabetes and Obesity are related diseases that result in significant morbidity and mortality. Once considered afflictions of the developed world, they've become twin global endemics crossing all cultures and economic conditions. The cost to care for patients who suffer from obesity, diabetes or both is sobering. At present, bariatric surgery has been demonstrated to be the most effective treatment option that can dramatically improve both metabolic disorders (as well as several other metabolic diseases). It has been observed over many decades, that bariatric surgical procedures reduced patient weight and improved metabolic disorders such as type 2 diabetes mellitus involving mechanisms of action other than calorie restriction or malabsorption. Additionally, the improvement observed in the metabolic diseases is in part, independent of weight loss. Therefore, a better understanding of the mechanisms of action of these procedures enables us to investigate the full potential enable us to create even more effective treatments and procedures, vital to controlling the Diabesity pandemic. The focus of our forthcoming IDMSS 2018 will be the prevalent rapid increase in the relationship between Metabolic surgery, Obesity and Diabetes type 2 and their associated complications. This Summit is therefore vital to increase the international knowledge of these procedures and stimulate the investigation and development of new and more effective treatments. It will bring together many of the world experts in the fields of metabolic surgery and medicine. A wide range of related topics will be presented, discussed and debated. The range and scope of the program are a must for all clinicians caring for patients suffering form metabolic diseases. The Summit includes didactic state-of-the-art presentations, debates, panel discussions, and a best paper presentation contest, as well as ample time to interact with faculty and industry partners with related interest. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

ICI Meeting 2018: The Premier International Meeting for Innovation in Cardiovascular Systems is organized by Paragon Group and will be held from Dec 02 - 04, 2018 at InterContinental David Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel. The target audience for this medical event is Engineers, Nurses, Private Equity Firms, Entrepreneurs, Patent Experts, Researchers, Investors, Pharmaceutical Companies, Technicians, Medical Device Companies, Physicians, Venture Capital Firms. Course Description: The ICI Meeting is an acclaimed forum which aims to explore fuel, spark and be involved in the innovations that will shape the future of our cardiovascular systems and BEYOND. Over the last 2 decades, Israel has become a medical “start-up nation”. ICI’s dynamic environment which allows rich exchanges on innovations has contributed to this process by facilitating global interaction between physicians, entrepreneurs, academia and industry and by building bridges leading to innovation. The ICI meeting is preceded by the ICI Academy of Innovation Day – a full-day pre-conference educational workshop satellite, which trains participants in the entire medical innovation process. We then continue to a 2-day conference focusing on advanced technologies to save hearts and lives. We challenge the horizons in coronary interventions, vascular interventions, transcatheter valvular therapies, stroke prevention/intervention, electrophysiology, cell therapy and heart failure. The popular “Technology Parade” offers biomedical technology start-ups from around the world the opportunity to present their latest developments. The unique “Wall-to-Wall – East Meets West” sessions concentrate on China-Israeli cooperation in the field. We look forward to having you join us for this exciting event! Rafi Beyar and Chaim Lotan, Meeting Directors Price: Early Bird Price: USD 500.0 Speakers: Rafael Bayer, Chaim Lotan, Yaron Almagor, Peter J. Fitzgerald, Gad Keren, Ran Komowski, Martin B. Leon, Yuval Binur, Haim Darsenberg, Ariel Finkelstein, Uri Geiger, Lior Gepstein, Michael Glikson, Juan Granada, Paul Laizzo, Andre Keren, Jonathan Leor, Amir Lerman, David Luria, Amit Segev, Yehuda Wolf, Shmuel Banai, Ronen Beeri, Gil Bolatin, Natan Bornstein, Moshe Flugelman, Roni Karmeli, Eli Lev, Evgenia Nikolsky, Ariel Roguin, Oz Shapira, William Wijns, Doron Zahger Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

The 38th Annual Meeting of the Israel Orthopaedic Association (IOA) is organized by Paragon Group and will be held from Dec 12 - 13, 2018 at InterContinental David Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel. Conference Topics: • Bone Tumors / Infections • Complicated Cases • Foot and Ankle • General and Research Orthopaedics • Hand Surgery • Joint Replacement - Hip and Knee • Pediatric Orthopaedics • Shoulder Surgery • Spine • Sport Medicine • Trauma Price: Early Bird Ticket: USD 250.0 Time: 8:00 am to 5:00 pm Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis (ISPS) Israel Biennial Conference is organized by International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis (ISPS) and will be held from Dec 16 - 17, 2018 at The Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yaffo, Tel Aviv, Israel. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

3rd International Conference on Loss, Bereavement & Human Resilience in Israel and the World: Facts, Insights & Implications is organized by Target Conferences Ltd and will be held from Jan 14 - 17, 2019 at Queen of Sheba Eilat, Eilat, Ha Darom, Israel. Course Description: This is the third conference in a series dedicated to bringing together Israeli and international professionals to focus on the issues relevant to the care of the bereaved, terminally ill and grieving individuals and communities. We welcome mental health professionals and clinicians, faculty and students from the academic and research aspects of the field, healthcare personnel and policy makers, persons involved in service delivery and policy development from social services, the military and police and more. Persons with an interest in the field, including persons who have experienced bereavement and want to learn and contribute, will find much to interest them in this conference. Speakers: A New Look at Disenfranchised Grief Kenneth J. Doka, Ph.D Professor, The Graduate School, The College of New Rochelle, New York; Senior Consultant, The Hospice Foundation of America, Washington DC, USA Professor Doka specializes in disenfranchised grief, Attachment-Informed Grief Therapy John R. Jordan, Ph.D Clinical Psychologist, Private Practice, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA Dr. Jordan specializes in grief counseling, specifically for suicide loss survivors, The Impact of Supporting Refugee Children and Adolescents on Professionals and Field Workers Danai Papadatou, Ph.D Professor of Clinical Psychology, School of Health Sciences, Dept. of Nursing, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece Professor Papadatou specializes in pediatric palliative care and psychosocial interventions in disaster. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

15th Annual Update Conference on Neurology & Neurophysiology is organized by ISAS International Seminars and will be held from Feb 18 - 19, 2019 at Tel Aviv, Israel. The target audience for this medical event is neurologists, neuroscientists, and general internists, gerontologists, psychiatrists and physiatrists, anesthesiologists and allied health professionals with a particular interest in patients with neurological disorders who wish to update their knowledge of the mechanisms and treatments of these disorders, and to improve their expertise in clinical neurophysiology as practiced in their private offices. Feature Sessions On: • Pain. • Neuro-Ophthalmology. • Movement Disorders. • Hands-on Workshop on Visceral Pain & Myofascial Pain Mimicry. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

38th European Paediatric Orthopaedic Society (EPOS) Annual Meeting is organized by OIC Group and will be held from Apr 03 - 06,2019 at Hilton Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel. Conference Topic: • Hip • DDH • Spine • Knee • Foot • Neuromuscular • Congenital, Syndromes, Skeletal dysplasias • Trauma • Upper extremity • Infection • Tumours • Sports • Miscellaneous • Basic science Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.