Serbian Diaspora Medical Conference Medicinska konferencija srpske dijaspore
11th Serbian Diaspora Medical Conference
virtual medical conference
Thursday 17th and Friday 18th June 2021
Time schedule – Central European Time Zone
Session: BIOETHICS IN HUMAN MEDICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
Session chairs: Prof. dr Aleksandar Ljubić (Belgrade, Serbia)
Prof. dr Miomir Knežević (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
09:00 – 09:20 Bioethics in Longevity and Reproductive treatment
Prof. dr Aleksandar Ljubić (Belgrade, Serbia)
09:20 -09:40 Enhancement at the crossroad between the individual and collective ethics
Prof. dr Zoran Todorović (Belgrade, Serbia)
09:40 – 10:00 Neuroplasticity Based Rehabilitation: Importance of Personalized Therapy
Prof. dr Dušan Marić (Belgrade, Serbia),
10:00 – 10:20 Stem cells ethical issues in research and therapy
Prof. dr Miomir Knežević (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
10:20 – 10:40 The Ethics of Moral Bio-enhancement
Prof. dr Vojin Rakić (Belgrade, Serbia)
10:40 – 11:00 Collision of ethics and science in applying genetic therapy and biohacking
Dr Džihan Abazović (Belgrade, Serbia)
11:00 – 11:20 Discussion
11:20 – 11:30 Break
Session: OBESITY
Session chairs: Academician Dragan Micić (Belgrade, Serbia)
Prof. dr Aleksandar Simić (Belgrade, Serbia)
11:30 -11:50 Obesity and covid-19: a complex interconnection
Academician Dragan Micić (Belgrade, Serbia)
11:50 – 12:10 Metabolic surgery and diabetes – new knowledge
Assoc. Prof. Snežana Polovina (Belgrade, Serbia)
12:10 – 12:30 Obesity treatment of the female patients with PCOS
Prof. dr Mirjana Šumarac-Dumanović (Belgrade, Serbia)
12:30 – 12:50 GLP-1 analogues in obesity therapy: Evolution and achievements
Prof. dr Aleksandra Kendereški (Belgrade, Serbia)
12:50 – 13:10 Intragastric balloon usage in obesity therapy
Prof. dr Aleksandar Simić (Belgrade, Serbia)
13:10 – 13:30 Discussion
13:30 – 14:00 Break
14:00 – 14:30 The official opening ceremony – keynote speeches
HRH Crown Prince Alexander
The representative, World Health Organization
The representative, Ministry of Health
The representative, Provincial Secretariat for Healthcare
Dean of the Medical School
The representative, Serbian Medical Chamber
The representative, Royal Medical Board
HRH Crown Princess Katherine
Session: WHO CERTAIN: RAPID, MULTIMODAL, CRITICAL CARE KNOWLEDGE-SHARING PLATFORM FOR COVID-19 PANDEMICS
Session chairs: Prof. dr Ognjen Gajić (Rochester, USA)
Prof. dr Zoran Todorović (Belgrade, Serbia)
14:40 – 15:00 International collaboration during COVID-19 pandemics
Prof. dr Ognjen Gajić (Rochester, MN, USA)
15:00 – 15:20 Respiratory support in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia
Mirela Alić, RRT (Jacksonville, FL, USA)
15:20 – 15:40 Extracorporeal blood purification and organ support in critically ill patients during COVID-19 pandemics
Assist. Prof. Vladimir Krajinović (Zagreb, Croatia)
15:40 – 16:00 Antibiotic treatment in COVID-19 patients hospitalized in the intensive care unit
Prof. dr Zoran Todorović (Belgrade, Serbia), Dr Srđan Gavrilović (Novi Sad, Serbia)
16:00 – 16:20 Cardiovascular complications in critically ill patients with COVID-19
Assist. Prof. Marija Zdravković (Belgrade, Serbia)
16:20 – 16:40 Thrombotic complications and anticoagulation treatment in patients with COVID-19
Dr Milka Jandrić (Banja Luka, Bosnia and Hercegovina)
16:50 – 17:00 Break
Session: STATE-OF -THE-ART CLINICAL APPROACH TO COVID -19 IMMUNIZATION AND TREATMENT
Session chairs: Prof. dr Nebojsa Lalić (Belgrade, Serbia)
Prof. dr Vesna Garovic (Rochester, USA)
17:00 – 17:30 Impact of Viral variants on COVID and its treatment
Prof. dr Andrew D. Badley (Rochester, USA)
17:30 – 18:00 Vaccines and Immunity
Prof. dr Stacey Rizza (Rochester, USA)
18:00 – 18:30 In-patient treatment
Assist. Prof. Paschalis Vergidis (Rochester, USA)
18:30 – 19:00 Outpatient diagnosis and therapy
Prof. dr Raymund Razonable (Rochester, USA)
19:00 – 19:30 COVID-19 and aging
Prof. dr James Kirkland (Rochester, USA)
19:30 – 20:00 COVID-19 and diabetes
Prof. dr Nebojsa Lalić (Belgrade, Serbia)
20:00 – 20:20 Discussion
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FRIDAY, 18 JUNE – ROOM 1
Session: COVID – 19 PANDEMICS – EXPERIENCE FROM THE REGION
Session chairs: Prof. dr Nevena Secen (Novi Sad, Serbia)
Prof. dr Tatjana Jovanovic (Belgrade, Serbia)
08:30 – 08:50 COVID-19 pandemics in Serbia
Prof. dr Vicko Ferenc (Belgrade, Serbia)
08:50 – 09:10 COVID-19 pandemics in Hungary
Prof. dr Horwath Ildiko (Budapest, Hungary)
09:10 – 09:30 Significance of SARS-CoV-2 genetic variability
Prof. dr Tatjana Jovanović (Belgrade, Serbia)
09:30 – 09:50 Radiology fighting COVID-19
Prof. Dr Helmuth Prosch (Vienna, Austria)
09:50 – 10:10 The first COVID – 19 Hospital in Serbia, experience
Assist Prof. dr Tatjana Adzic (Belgrade, Serbia)
10:10 – 10:30 COVID – 19 Pneumonia outcome in ICU Institute of Pulmonary Diseases of Vojvodina, Sremska Kamenica
Assoc Prof. dr Jovan Matijasević (Novi Sad, Serbia)
10:30 – 10:50 World experience with COVID-19 Lung Transplantation (LUTX)
Prof. dr Walter Klepetko (Vienna, Austria)
10:50 – 11:10 COVID-19 and Cancer
Prof. dr Joseph Gligorov (Paris, France)
11:10 – 11:30 Targeted therapy in lung cancer and COVID-19 infection
Prof. dr Krisztina Bogos (Hungary, Budapest)
11:30 – 11:40 Break
Session: LUNG CANCER
Session chairs: Prof. dr Nevena Sečen (Novi Sad, Serbia)
Prof. dr Danica Grujičić (Belgrade, Serbia)
11:40 – 12:10 State of the Art: Challenges to Clinical Application of Precision Medicine: Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer as a Model
Prof. dr David R. Gandara (Sacramento, USA)
12:10 – 12:30 TMB and PD-L1 are Independent Biomarkers: Together could Guide Immunotherapy Decisions in NSCL
Prof. dr Bakir Mehic (Sarajevo, Bosna and Hercegovina)
12:30 – 12:50 Management of early stage Non Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC): recent developments
Prof. Dr Robert Pirker (Vienna, Austria)
12:50 – 13:10 Management of stage III of non –small cell lung cancer (NSCL) – Up To Date
Prof. dr Wilfried E.E. Eberhardt (Essen, Germany)
13:10 – 13:30 What is the role of surgery in stage III NSCLC in the era of immunotherapy?
Prof. dr Walter Klepetko (Vienna, Austria)
13:30 – 13:50 Tissue and liquid biopsy in Next Generation sequencing (NGS) of bronchial carcinoma sample
Dr Evica Budišin (Novi Sad, Serbia)
13:50 – 14:10 Future of Frontline EGFR+ NSCLC Features TKI, Chemo Combos and Improved Molecular Profiling
Prof. dr Marko Jakopovic, Croatia, Zagreb
14:10 – 14:30 Treatment of ALK positive non small cell lung cancer
Prof. dr Tanja Ćufer (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
14:30 – 14:50 Novel therapies in small cell lung cancer (SCLC)
Prof. dr Nevena Secen (Novi Sad, Serbia)
14:50 – 15:10 Potential synergistic effect of phosphodiesterase inhibitors with chemotherapy in lung cancer
Prof. dr Kostas Zarogoulidis (Thessaloniki, Greece)
15:10 – 15:30 New directions of brain metastasis research in lung cancer
Prof. dr Judit Moldvay (Budapest, Hungary)
15:30 – 15:50 The role of radiosurgery in lung cancer treatment
Prof. dr Dana Grujičić (Belgrade, Serbia)
15:50 – 16:10 The role of radio surgery in the treatment brain metastases in lung cancer
Prof. dr Dana Grujičić (Belgrade, Serbia)
16:10 – 16:30 Better approaches on the horizon for managing lung cancer pain, Prof Dr Nensi Lalić (Novi Sad, Serbia)
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16:30 – 16:45 Sponsorship symposium
16:45 – 16:50 Break
Session: MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO MULTIFACETED IMPACT OF COVID19
Session chairs: Prof. dr Dušica Babović-Vuksanović (Rochester, USA)
Assoc. Prof. Goran Čuturilo (Belgrade, Serbia)
COVID morbidity in vulnerable population of patients with genetic disorders
Lanpher, Brendan C., M.D. (Rochester, USA)
Stroke in COVID 19 patients
Rabinstein, Alejandro A., M.D. (Rochester, USA)
Management of metabolic disorders in COVID pandemics
Morava-Kozicz, Eva, M.D., Ph.D. (Rochester, USA)
Inflammatory syndrome in pediatric patients
Levy, Emily R., M.D. (Rochester, USA)
CERTAIN program and impact on ICU management
Dr Srdjan Gavrilovic (Novi Sad, Serbia)
Covid-19 related risks and outcome in pediatric oncology patients
Dr Jelica Predojevic (Banjaluka, Bosnia and Hercegovina)
Covid 19 and Cancer, science perspective
Prof. dr Tatjana Stanković (Birmingham, UK)
Empowering through Crisis – Lessons Learned: Perspectives from the Frontlines
Prof. dr Hedvig Hricak (New York, USA)
Novel Coronavirus Variants
Prof. dr Greg Filice (Minnesota, USA)
Discussion
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Session: CARDIOVASCULAR EVALUATION DURING AND FOLLOWING COVID-19
Session chairs: Prof. dr Branko Beleslin (Belgrade, Serbia)
Prof. dr Ida Jovanovic (Belgrade, Serbia)
Patho-morphologic changes in COVID-19
Academician, Prof. dr Vladimir Kanjuh (Belgrade, Serbia)
Cardiovascular imaging during and following COVID-19
Prof. dr Eric E Williamson (Rochester, USA)
Post Covid cardiac implications: how to manage?
Prof. dr George Athannasopoulos (Athens, Greece)
Prof. dr Branko Beleslin (Belgrade, Serbia)
Managing venous thromboembolism in COVID-19
Prof. dr Slobodan Obradovic (Belgrade, Serbia)
When and how to evaluate patients to resume physical and sports activity after COVID-19
Assist. Prof. dr Vojsilav Giga (Belgrade, Serbia)
Discussion
Session: INTERVENTIONAL ONCOLOGY
Session chairs: Prof. dr Sanja Stojanović (Novi Sad, Serbia)
Asst. prof. dr Tomislav Stantic (Novi Sad, Serbia)
Growing field of interventional oncology
Prof. dr Sanja Stojanovic (Novi Sad, Serbia)
Interventional Radiology in treatment of lung tumors
Prof dr Thomas Vogl (Frankfurt, Germany)
Current paradigms in liver cancer treatments
Prof. dr Veljko Popov (Burlington, Massachusetts, USA)
Radiology of pancreatic cancer
Prof. dr Kosta Petrovic (Bergen, Norway)
Secrets of MR protocols in diagnostics of focal liver laesions
Dr Ivana Vukadinovic (Bergen, Norway)
Flow diverting stents for the treatment of cerebral aneurysms
Prof. dr Ljubisa Borota (Uppsala, Sweden)
Session: MENTAL HEALTH IN THE AGE OF COVID‐19:
PSYCHOLOGICAL, DEVELOPMENTAL AND SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES
Session chairs: Dr Jasna Milovanovic (Texas, USA)
Dr Jelisaveta Sanja Rolovic, Ph.D. (NY, USA)
Introduction key notes:
Mental health in the age of COVID‐19: Balancing loss and resilience during COVID-19 pandemic
Dr Jelisaveta Sanja Rolovic, Ph.D. (NY, USA)
Psychological effects of the pandemic on medical and mental health professionals
Asst. Prof. Svetlana Simovic (Minnesota, USA)
Poverty in the shadow of Covid19: Impact on families and individuals living in poverty
Prof. dr Michal Shamai (Haifa, Israel)
Impact of COVID-19 on psychiatric illness in children and adolescents
Dr Jasna Milovanovic (Texas, USA)
Evidence -based adolescent substance use treatment for outpatient medical or psychiatric practice
Dr David L. Atkinson (Dallas, TX, USA)
Major depressive disorder in the medically ill during the Covid 19 pandemic
Dr Ružica Jokić (Ontario, Canada)
Experiences from the clinical practice: Outpatient psychiatric treatment of children, adolescents and adults in the times of COVID-19
Dr. Lara Jaradat (Delaware, USA)