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Friday, March 4, 2011 4:30 AM
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Ken Torbert
Look what's coming ahead in Europe: VEF Conference, Poland, March 3 and 4 March 3:
- 14:00-17:30 CCSVI Diagnostic workshops:
- MRI equipment preparation in order to perform MRI diagnostic tests.
- Doppler Ultrasound equipment preparation and Doppler USG examination training
- 19:00-23:00 Welcome Reception.
March 4:
09:00-09:10 What do we know and do not know about CCSVI? (Assoc. Prof. Marian Simka, MD, PhD, Poland)
09:10-09:30 Fighting for Treatment of CCSVI in Canada: Untangling Science and Politics. (Kirsty Duncan, MD, PhD, Canada)
09:30-09:50 Imaging as a Treatment Planning Tool for CCSVI. (Prof. E. Mark Haacke, MD, PhD, USA)
- 09:50-10:30 Neurological panel
Controversy on the prevalence of CCSVI in MS. (Prof. Danuta Ryglewicz, MD, PhD, Poland)
Clinical picture and up-today diagnostic of MS. (Prof. Jerzy Kotowicz, MD, PhD, Poland)
What we should assess doing follow-up in MS patients. (Jacek Zaborski, MD, PhD, Poland)
Current concepts in MS pathogenesis. (Assoc. Prof. Konrad Rejdak, MD, PhD, Poland)
Ultrasound examination of cerebral venous hemodynamics. (Joanna Wojczal, MD, PhD, Poland)
10:50-11:00 Angiographic findings of CCSVI: Characterization of venous lesions in CCSVI and review of angiographic findings of CCSVI. (Ma'moon Hasan Al-Omari, MD, PhD, Jordan)
11:00-11:10 Early and mid term results of Endovascular treatment in patients with CCSVI and MS. Experience in Tokuda Hospital. (Assoc. Prof. Ivo Petrov, MD, PhD, Bulgaria)
11:10-11:20 How we treat CCSVI in India. (Vikas Gupta, MD, PhD, India)
11:20-11:30 CCSVI in Argentina. Argenmedic - our working progress. (Prof. Cristian Schulte, MD, PhD, Argentina)
11:30-11:40 How we treat CCSVI in UK. (Thomas Cormac Gilhooly, MD, PhD, United Kingdom)
11:40-11:50 Improvement of chronic fatigue after the treatment for CCSVI. (Prof. Miro Denišlic, MD, PhD, Slovenia)
11:50-12:00 Results of the world survey on diagnostics and interventions for CCSVI. (Assoc. Prof. Marian Simka, MD, PhD, Poland)
- 12:00-12:40 Discussion panel.
- 12:40-13:30 Live case I-transmission of the CCSVI treatment from Euromedic Clinic.
14:30-14:45 Presentation of problems, complications and difficulties encountered during CCSVI endovascular procedure.. (Tomasz Ludyga, MD, PhD, Poland)
14:45-15:00 Thrombosis and intimal hyperplasia following endovascular treatments for CCSVI: which prophylaxis could be the best one? (Assoc. Prof. Tomasz Urbanek, MD, PhD, Poland)
- 15:00-15:50 Live case II- transmission of the CCSVI treatment from Euromedic Clinic..
15:50-16:00 Ophthalmological findings.. (Aneta Adamczyk-Ludyga, MD, PhD, Poland)
16:00-16:10 Does venous pathology play a role in the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis? (Assoc. Prof. Marian Simka, MD, PhD, Poland)
16:30-16:40 Blood gas analysis in patients with Chronic Cerebro-spinal Venous Insufficiency (Prof. Lachezar Grozdinski, MD, PhD, Bulgaria)
16:40-16:50 Venous hypertension in the central nervous system - a symptom or disease entity? (Prof. Krzysztof Ziaja, MD, PhD, Poland)
16:50-17:00 Changes in physical, mental and neurological status in MS patients six months after endovascular procedure. (Jacek Kostecki, MD, PhD, Poland)
17:00-17:10 How to improve the results and avoid problems: what have we learnt during last year. (Tomasz Ludyga, MD, PhD, Poland)
- 17:10-18:00 "Round table" discussion – summary of:
- Formal and medical guidelines for further action
- New areas of application of balloon angioplasty and stenting; Parkinson disease?, Sclerosis lateralis amyotrophica? Alzheimer disease?
- Multicentre research
- New materials (stents, balloons)
- Implement the CCSVI procedure as a universally available treatment
- 18:00-18:15 The Conference Closing Ceremony.
- 20:30-02:00 Silesian night – dinner and concert in Monopol Hotel, Katowice
Speakers at VEF:Assoc. Prof. Marian Simka, MD, PhD - Conference President, Poland Tomasz Ludyga, MD, PhD - Leading Surgeon and Head of Euromedic Specialist Clinics in Katowice, Poland Prof. E. Mark Haacke, MD, PhD, USA Prof. Cristian Schulte, MD, PhD, Argentina Prof. Krzysztof Ziaja, MD, PhD, Poland Assoc. Prof. Ivo Petrov, MD, PhD, Bulgaria Prof. Miro Denišlic, MD, PhD, Slovenia Jacek Kostecki, MD, PhD, Poland Vikas Gupta, MD, PhD, India Kirsty Duncan, MD, PhD, Canada Ma'moon Hasan Al-Omari, MD, PhD, Jordan Assoc. Prof. Tomasz Urbanek, MD, PhD, Poland Aneta Adamczyk-Ludyga, MD, PhD, Poland Thomas Cormac Gilhooly, MD, PhD, United Kingdom <!-- Piotr Janas, MD, PhD, Poland Dr Piotr Janas graduated in 1983 from the Silesian Medical Academy in Katowice. He acquired specializations in neurology, earning his first degree in 1989 and another in 1995. He gained his experience in several clinics, hospitals and medical centers across the country. He has been working in the Silesian Center of Medicine, Silesian Medical Academy and Private Specialist Clinic. From The beginning of 2010 to the present Dr Janas has been working at Euromedic Clinic as a specialist of neurology. Dr Piotr Janas is a member of the European Society of Neurosonology and Cerebral Hemodynamics. --> Prof. Lachezar Grozdinski, MD, PhD, Bulgaria Joanna Wojczal MD, PhD, Poland Prof. Danuta Ryglewicz, Md, PhD, Poland Konrad Rejdak, MD, PhD, Poland Jacek Zaborski, MD, PhD, Poland Link: VEF Conference speakers: http://www.vefconference.pl/page10.php.htm 13-15 March, International Society of Neurovascular Disease 1st Annual General Meeting, Italy March 13: Ferrara, Italy
- 8.30-16.30 ISNVD Consensus Conference: US Screening for CCSVI. Recommendations for a protocol
March 14: Bologna, Italy
- 8:30 Congress Opening
- 9.00 Plenary Session 1: CCSVI Imaging (Moderators: E. M. Haacke USA, M. Salvatore Italy)
- 11.30 Keynote lecture (P. Zamboni)
- 13.30 Plenary Session 2: Iron in Neurodegenerative Disorders (Moderators: R. Zivadinov USA, M. Simka Poland)
- 14.45 Plenary Session 3: Update on Carotid Surgery and Stroke (Moderators: C. Setacci Italy, A. N. Siddiqui USA)
- 16.15 Plenary Session 4: Best Abstracts Presentation - part 1 (Moderators: G Filippini Italy, R. Galeotti Italy)
- 17.30 End of daily sessions
March 15 Bologna, Italy 8.30 Plenary Session 5: Basic Sciences and Pathology of CCSVI and MS (Moderators: G. Gabbiani Switzerland, B. Trapp USA) 10.20 Plenary session 6: Vascular Mechanisms in Neurological Disorders (Moderators: C. Iadecola USA, F. Orzi Italy) 12.00 Plenary session 7: Modelling CCSVI Haemodynamics (Moderators: S. J. Shepherd UK, C. Franceschi France) 14.30 Plenary session 8: Endovascular Aspect and Treatment of CCSVI (Moderators: M. Dake USA, F. Florio Italy) 16.00 Plenary session 9: Best Abstracts Presentation - part 2 (Moderators: D. Hubbard USA, F. Schelling Austria) 17.30 End of conference Invited Speakers at ISNVD Meeting: K. Agarwal, USA M. Al-omari, Jordan S. Bastianello, Italy C. B. Beggs, UK G. M. Biasi, Italy G. Buracas, USA A. Cieszanowski, Poland M. Dake, USA M. Denislic, Slovenia C. J. Elkins, USA W. Feng, USA G. Filippini, Italy F. Florio, Italy C. Franceschi, France G. Gabbiani, Switzerland R. Galeotti, Italy D. Gemmati, Italy S. Gianesini, Italy E. M. Haacke, USA D. Hubbard, USA V. Iaccarino, Italy C. Iadecola, USA N. Liasis, Greece M. Mancini, Italy R. Manfredini, Italy G. Mansueto, Italy K. Marr, USA F. Mascoli, Italy M. Mehta, USA E. Menegatti, Italy S. Morovic, Croatia A. N. Nicolaides, Cyprus F. Orzi, Italy P. Pinton, Italy M. Salvatore, Italy F. Salvi, Italy S. Sclafani, USA F. Schelling, Austria C. Setacci, Italy S. J. Shepherd, UK A. N. Siddiqui, USA M. Simka, Poland A. Stella, Italy P. Thanaporn, USA B. Trapp, USA P. Zamboni, Italy M. Zarebinski, Poland R. Zivadinov, USA B. Zlokovic, USA G. Zuliani, Italy Link: http://www.isnvd.org/files/ISNVD-Programma%20definitivo.pdf Dr. Hewett is also speaking at ISNVD and Dr. Bill Code is attending, so we will have lots of reports coming back to us in the next few weeks! http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150100531287734&id=182832983940
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