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 

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

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

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!

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