diumenge, 11 de gener del 2015

III International Congress on Controversies in Rheumatology and Autoimmune Diseases (CORA 2015)(Sorrento, Italy, 12-14 March 2015)




Hello! I am Fabiola Atzeni, an Italian rheumatologist working in Milan, Italy, and former fellow at the Department of Autoimmune Diseases of the Hospital Clínic in Barcelona (1999). I performed my residency training at the University of Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (including one year fellowship in Barcelona), and my PhD doctorate at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, with postgraduate fellowships in USA, Germany and England.
Currently, I am Scientific Secretary of the III International Congress on Controversies in Rheumatology and Autoimmune Diseases (CORA 2015) that will take place in Sorrento, Italy, on 12-14 March, 2015. Andrea Doria (Italy), Piercarlo Sarzi-Puttini (Italy), Zoltan Szekanecz (Hungary)and Yehuda Shoenfeld (Israel) are the Chairmen of the Congress and the International Committe include many well recognized experts on these conditions, such as Ricard Cervera (Catalonia, Spain), Thomas Dorner (Germany), Loic Guillevin (France), Geroge Tsokos (USA), Athanasios Tzioufas (Greece), Maurizio Cutolo, Mauro Galeazzi, Marco Matucci-Cerinic, Pierluigi Meroni, Angela Tincani and Guido Valesini (Italy).
I cordially invite all of you to attend this unique International Congress, where many former residents and fellows of the Department of Autoimmune Diseases of the Hospital Clínic will meet and also enjoy the beautifil city of Sorrento, nearby Naples and the ancient cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum.
Link to the Congress: http://cora.kenes.com/

dissabte, 10 de gener del 2015

4ª Reunión Anual de la Lupus Academy (Roma, Italy, 27 February-1 March 2015)


La 4ª edición de la Lupus Academy se realizará en Roma (Italia) del 27 de febrero al 1 de marzo de 2015. Durante 3 días se llevarán a cabo conferencias magistrales, mesas redondas, talleres prácticos y desayunos con los profesores para profundizar en los conocimientos clínicos sobre el lupus eritematoso sistémico. El curso está abierto a la participación de 300 médicos de todo el mundo y la organización ofrece becas para el viaje y la asistencia (sujetas a condiciones).
La Lupus Academy está constituida por un consorcio independiente liderado por 12 expertos internacionales (Zahir Amoura, Ricard Cervera, Andrea Doria, Thomas Döner, Richard Furie, Breva Hahn, David Isenberg, Munther Khamashta, Roger Levy, Sandra Navarra, Murray Urowitz y Ronald van Vollenhoven) y se dedica a promover actividades educativas (cursos presenciales y en línea, material didactico...) sobre esta enfermedad.