Year XVI-Issue,09-2000

 

 

 

 

 

GERIATRY

Milan,14-16 december 2000

"Contempo 2000, one year of geriatrics" is a congress aiming to provide specialists with a survey on some of pathologies affecting elders.

Actually the steady increase of elderly population has consequences on social costs which public health care must face, year after year.

Congress will be held in Milan (December 14-16, 2000) and directed by Prof. Marco Trabucchi, teaching neuropsychopharmacology at Tor Vergata University, Rome.

Segreteria organizzativa: Accademia Nazionale di Medicina, Piazza della Vittoria 15/1, 16121 Genova. Tel. 010/5450603.

OSTEOPOROSIS

Rome, 15-16 december 2000

A residential course on "Multidisciplinary approach to the study of osteoporosis" will be held (December 15-16, 2000) at Hotel Albani, Rome. It is organized by Dept. of Clinical Sciences of La Sapienza University and aims to provide specialists with updated information on a disease, osteoporosis, affecting in particular elderly women.

Course will be divided in three scientific sessions: physiopathology, clinics and diagnostics, therapy.

Directors: Emilio D'Erasmo and Gianfranco Mazzuoli (Dept. Clinical Sciences, La Sapienza University)

Segreteria organizzativa: Accademia Nazionale di Medicina, Borgo Santo Spirito 3, 00193 Roma. Tel. 06/6871421, fax 06/6869601.

CARDIOLOGY Rome, 16-20 december 2000 he annual congress of Italian Society of Cardiology will be hosted by Cavalieri Hilton Hotel of Rome (December 16-20, 2000).

Among the topics to be treated: aorta and peripheral vascular pathology, arrythmia, molecular cardiology, teaching and communication, cardiac surgery, risk factors and prevention…

Board of SIC is headed by prof. Peter J. Schwartz; scientific committee, which organizes congress, is directed by prof. Paolo Rizzon.

Segreteria organizzativa: AISC, Gruppo AIM, Via A. Ristori 38, 00197. tel. 06809681, fax 06 8088491, e-mail sic2000 @aisc.it

ONCOLOGY Milan, 18-19 december 2000 "Grandangolo 200, one year of oncology" will be held in Milan (December 18-19, 2000).

The meeting proposes to specialists an analysis of results emerging from recent international congresses and scientific journals.

Directors: Roberto Labianca (Ospedali Riuniti, Bergamo) e Alberto Sobrero (University of Udine).

Segreteria organizzativa: Accademia Nazionale di Medicina, Piazza della Vittoria 15/1, 16121 Genova. Tel. 010/5458610, fax 010/5450056-541761, e-mail: infocorsi@accmed.net.