Upcoming Medical Conferences in Italy

Focus Meeting 2019 on Perioperative Medicine is organized by European Society of Anaesthesiology (ESA) and will be held from Oct 15 - 16, 2019 at Rome Convention Center, Rome, Lazio, Italy. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Rome Nose Week is organized by The European Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery (EAFPS) and will be held from Oct 16 - 18, 2019 at Nursing Home Our Lady of Mercy, Rome, Lazio, Italy. Course Description: The experience of four renowned surgeons acquired through thousands of rhinoplasties will be transmitted to the participants during three days of full-immersion surgical experience. 9 live surgeries will alternate with lectures, discussions, and patient case analysis. A restricted attendance of 20 participants will confer everyone the opportunity to engage in a direct and informal relationship with faculty members. All attendees in turn will have the exclusive opportunity to interact with the surgeons directly in the operating room. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Full-immersion in Innovative & New Paradigms in Prosthetic Rehabilitation is organized by Global Institute for Dental Education (gIDE) and will be held from Oct 16 - 29, 2019 at Dental Trey (S.R.L.), Fiumana, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 32 CE Credits. Course Overview: The aim of this course is to outline a systematic approach to prosthetic rehabilitation and show the clinician how to confidently address comprehensive treatment involving bridges, crowns, veneers and onlays on natural dentition and on implants from a single restoration to full-mouth rehabilitation. A systematic approach, especially for complex rehabilitations, is an indispensable means for achieving optimal final results from the esthetic as well as biological and functional viewpoints. This course will also take into consideration the new digital approach to prosthetic rehabilitation by following the concept of the “Digital Patient”, providing the highest grade of information to obtain a predictable prosthetic result. Learning Objectives: • Communicating Effectively With the Patient in the First Appointment. • Elaborating The Ideal Treatment Plan For Different Conditions. • Managing Extensive and Complex Rehabilitations. • Treating Challenging Esthetic Cases. • Complete Monolithic Reconstruction on Teeth and Implant Prosthesis. • Increasing the Vertical Dimension. • Management of Soft Tissue Around Teeth and Implants. • Becoming Familiar With Digital Dentistry. With a Focus on: • New Trends to Idealize Bone and Soft Tissue Integration Around Implants. • Maximizing Biological / Esthetic Integration and Achieving Reliable Prosthetic Outcomes. • Selection and Management of Restorative Material. • New Trends on Teeth Preparation. Fee: $2,900  Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Allergy, Immunology & Geriatrics Course is organized by Continuing Education, Inc and will be held from Oct 17 - 27, 2019 at MS Nieuw Statendam, Rome, Lazio, Italy.  Accreditation : 14 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM  14.0 Contact Hours  Target Audience : Physicians, Physician Assistants, Pharmacists, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners Course Topics : • Osteoporosis ○ Evaluate screening recommendations and apply them to everyday practice ○ Utilize therapies that include bisphosphonates, PTH and inhibitors of the RANK/RANKL/OPG system ○ Review the current controversies and clinical studies regarding Vitamin D ○ Better advise patients on calcium supplementation • MCI and Alzheimer's Disease ○ Define Mild Cognitive Impairment in both amnestic and non-amnestic disease states ○ Understand the potential implications of early diagnosis of dementia for patient care outcomes ○ Describe the clinical manifestations of Alzheimer's disease ○ Evaluate patients for symptoms of cognitive and functional loss ○ Apply appropriate drug and non-drug interventions for patients with dementia ○ Counsel families and caregivers at all stages of disease • To Sleep: Perchance to Dream ○ Describe the age-related changes in sleep ○ Evaluate the psychiatric, medical, and neurological causes of sleep problems ○ Implement office-based and objective methods for evaluating sleep disordered breathing ○ Intervene with appropriate treatments for complaints of insomnia including CBTI as first line guideline directed care. • Management of Constipation ○ Understand the common barriers that hinder the optimal management of chronic constipation in health care settings ○ Define primary as well as secondary causes of hypertension in the older adult ○ Provide a rational strategy to manage constipation based on current best evidence of the drug classes currently available • Where Pain Management Meets Addiction Medicine ○ Understand the pathogenesis of pain ○ Apply recent guidelines in pain management including calculations for Morphine Milligram Equivalent Units ○ Choose appropriate drug therapy and multimodal interventions for the relief of pain ○ Consider the metabolic breakdown of different narcotics and their contribution to serotonin syndrome ○ Employ newer tools to determine the potential for opioid dependence •Pulmonary Disease in the Elderly ○ Evaluate current trends in pulmonary disease in the elderly ○ Review current immunization guidelines and supportive therapy ○ Include new therapies like LAMA/LABA combination inhalers and roflumilast in the management of COPD ○ Implement the appropriate use of nebulizers, MDIs and oxygen ○ Apply guideline directed care to patients with COPD • Nutritional Supplements: When East meets West ○ Understand that adequate nutrition is a prerequisite for the maintenance of good health and optimum efficiency ○ Find the on-line resources that provide the best evidence in support of dietary and nutritional supplements ○ Identify targeted supplements for heart disease, vision, depression/mood, and urologic disorders ○ Council patients on the risks of certain therapies in the presence of other disease ○ Improve your working knowledge of the Mediterranean diet Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

This year EAACI will celebrate the 10th anniversary of its Pediatric Allergy and Asthma Meeting (PAAM 2019), taking place from 17 - 19 October at the Fortezza da Basso of Florence, Italy. Description: PAAM 2019 scientific programme will provide delegates with up-to-date information and enhance their learning experience in pediatric allergy and asthma. Contemporary aspects of asthma, food allergy, anaphylaxis, atopic eczema, immunotherapy and eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders will be the main focus of this EAACI meeting. This memorable international meeting will bring together clinicians – pediatric specialists, primary care physicians, health care professionals who manage children with allergic disorders – and scientists with a broad range of experience. For sponsorship/exhibition inquiries, please email events@eaaci.org Scientific Programme: The scientific programme will include the below planned symposia: • Immunotherapy of allergic diseases in children: when and how? • Asthma in children: role of endotypes and phenotypes in targeting the pharmacologic approach • Severe asthma: how to achieve the best adherence and control • Food allergy: new horizons towards a cure • Cow’s milk allergy: phenotypes and selection of special products for the management • Immunodeficiencies: lessons for the pediatric allergists and new advancements • Atopic dermatitis and biologicals: how is this changing the scenario? • Is anaphylaxis in children a rare disease? • Severity score for severe allergic reactions • Vaccines: from bench to bedside • How to improve adherence in pediatric allergic diseases: psycological intervention and new models • The cat or not the cat? How to best manage cat and pet allergy • eHealth for allergic diseases in children: facts and myths • Rhinitis: the big phenotypes dilemma: allergic, non-allergic, mixed? • Managing allergic rhinitis in children: between pharmacology and immunotherapy and beyond • How to best treat non-allergic rhinitis in teens • Molecular allergology at the forefront of early diagnosis and personalized treatment of allergic diseases in children • Controversies in drug allergy in children Time: 1:00 pm - 4:30 pm Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Course on Cadaver Ovarian Cancer Surgery and More is organized by ICLO srl and will be held from Oct 21 - 22, 2019 at ICLO Teaching and Research Center, Verona, Veneto, Italy. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

15th Congress of the World Federation of Interventional and Therapeutic Neuroradiology (WFITN) Napoli is organized by World Federation of Interventional and Therapeutic Neuroradiology (WFITN) and will be held during Oct 21 - 24, 2019 at Naples, Campania, Italy. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

ISMCS 27TH Annual Meeting is organized by Noema Srl and will be held from Oct 21 - 23, 2019 at Royal Hotel Carlton, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. Description: The mission of ISMCS International Society for Mechanical Circulatory Support is to provide a broad international forum for intensive discussion of research, development, clinical use and social acceptance of rotary blood pumps and all related forms of mechanical circulatory support. The ultimate goal is to provide technologies and applications, and clinical procedures for rotary blood pumps and related systems for saving lives, improving the life quality of recipients and for cost-efficient availability of the emerging therapies. A recent ISMCS significant focus on both pulsatile pumps and total artificial heart systems has been additionally addressed. The primary tool to achieve these aims is the implementation of at least one annual meeting alternating between regions (Europe, Asia-Pacific region and the Americas). The meeting shall include at least the oral and poster presentation of submitted abstracts, panel discussions and invited lectures. The Program Committees are specially requested to facilitate/foster the career development of young investigators working in the field. Additional measures to achieve these goals of intensive information and opinion exchange may also include electronic media means, courses, and support of research exchange. The journal Artificial Organs is the official Journal of both the International Federation of Artificial Organs and Our Society and is intended as a platform to discuss the state of the art of these devices. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Cell Signaling and Intracellular Trafficking in Cancer Biology: Interplay, Targeting and Therapy is organized by Biochemical Society and will be held from Oct 21 - 24, 2019 at Turin, Piedmont, Italy. Description: The interplay between cell signalling and intracellular trafficking is implicated in fundamental cellular processes including cell growth and motility, whereas aberrant membrane trafficking events and signalling pathways are frequently associated with malignant transformation and cancer. The aim of this scientific conference is to merge advanced topics in cancer cell signalling together with emerging research themes in lipid metabolism, intracellular organelles, and membrane trafficking. We will discuss oncogenic pathways and signalling networks as therapeutic targets and highlight their regulation by endomembranes and trafficking events. The attendants will be exposed to the most advanced topics at the interface between oncogenic signalling and membrane trafficking including: • Phosphoinositides Signaling and conversion in the endolysosomal system • Lysosomal signalling, Iron Metabolism and Ferroptosis • RTK signalling and RTK-associated drug resistance (cMet, AXL, EGFR etc) • Non-receptor tyrosine kinases and integrin trafficking • System analysis of Signaling networks in cancer and targeted therapies. • EMT, Stemness, and Metastasis Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

X Course of Anatomical Dissection and Surgical Anatomy of the Sicm Upper Limb - 1st Week is organized by ICLO srl and will be held from Oct 21 - 24, 2019 at ICLO Teaching and Research Center San Francesco di Sales, Verona, Veneto, Italy. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.