Year XVII-n.04-01

 

 

 

 

 

SURGERY OF OBESITY

Roma - May 10-11 2001

Università Cattolica of Rome will host (May 10-11, 2001) the 11th National Congress of Italian Society of Surgery of Obesity. Italian specialists will treat the latest updatings of a new branch of medicine, which seems to have increasing prospects and further developments.

Segreteria organizzativa: SC Studio Congressi, Via Francesco Ferrara, 00191 Roma. Tel. 06/3290250, fax 06/36306897.

PAIN THERAPY

Torino - May,17-19 2001

The 23th Congress of Italian Association for the Study of Pain will be held in Turin (May 17-19, 2001). The discussion will deal with the latest news, both technical and pharmacological, concerning pain, but the attention will be addressed also to traditional approaches: new and old treatments have to match and help patients.

Per ulteriori informazioni rivolgersi a: Servizio di anestesia e rianimazione, Ospedale S. Anna, Corso Spezia 60, 10126 Torino. Tel. 011 31345444, fax 011 3134278.

MENOPAUSE

Washington D.C. - May, 19-23 2001

U.S. capitol will host (May 19-23, 2001) the “4th International Symposium on Women’s Health and Menopause”. International specialists will treat several topics concerning menopause, with a particular attention to new strategies for an improved quality of life. Nutrition, new drugs, immunological and cardiovascular aspects: the scientific discussion will deal on these and many other issues.

Segreteria organizzativa: Fondazione Giovanni Lorenzini, Via Appiani 7, 20121 Milano. Tel. +39 02 29006267, fax +39 02 29007018, www.lorenzinifoundation.org

RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY OF THE BREAST

Genova - May, 21-25 2001

National Institute for Cancer Research organizes and host (Genoa, May 21-25, 2001) a theorical-practical course on “Reconstructive surgery of the breast”. Directors: Pietro Berrino e Ferdinando Cafiero (National Institute for Cancer Research), Pierluigi Santi (Università of Genoa). Objective of the course is the explanation of surgical techniques of breast reconstruction: pre-operative planning, surgical times, main phases of the operation, discussion on clinical cases.

Segreteria organizzativa: Anna Guida, Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Genova. Tel. 010 5600881, fax 010 5600316.

VASCULAR SURGERY

Bologna - June, 18-20 2001

Bologna will host (June 18-20, 2001) the 10th Congress on “Vascular Surgery, techniques in comparison”, organized by prof. D’Addato, head of the Dept. of vascular surgery at Sant’Orsola Hospital. Main topics to be treated: traditional surgery, endovascular treatment, reinterventions in endovascular procedures

Segreteria organizzativa: O.S.C., Via S. Stefano 6, 40125 Bologna. Tel. 051/ 224232, fax 051 226855, www.oscbologna.it