FOCUSING ON THE NEW TREATMENT

APPROACH FOR GASTROENTEROLOGICAL

PROBLEMS AND ITS COMORBIDITIES
CHAIR OF THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
CHATZOPOULOS DIMITRIOS
Members:
Gagalis Asterios
Imbrialos Konstantinos
Kazakou Eva
Loufopoulos Panagiotis-Dimitrios
Masmanidou Maria
Moschos Ioannis
Paikos Dimitrios
Protopapas Andreas
Tsionis Theoxaris
Touloumis Lazaros
Dear colleagues and friends,
The International Society of Quality Medicine (www.is-qm.eu) has the plea-
sure to announce "The 4 Seasons of Medicine, ' Cycle of International Meet-
ings" to be held from the 4th to the 7th of July 2014 in Strasbourg, France,
with the title FOCUSING ON THE NEW TREATMENT APPROACH FOR GASTRO-
ENTEROLOGICAL PROBLEMS AND ITS COMORBIDITIES.
A distinguished faculty is willing to share their specialized expertise on novel
gastroenterological issues through symposia, formal lectures and scientific
sessions on biofeedback. They will also provide clinical updates on the diagno-
sis, therapeutics management and palliation of various intestinal disorders.
More precisely the scientific agenda has been specifically designed to offer
practical treatment approaches for a wide array of gastrointestinal problems
including disorders of the esophagus and the stomach, liver disease, liver
transplantation, pancreas and biliary tract, small and large intestine diseases,
which healthcare professionals may readily integrate into their daily practice.
However, these disorders are often accompanied by either one or more addi-
tional medical problems, which co-occur with the primary disease, or by a
behavioural or mental disorder. For example, the functional gastrointestinal
disorders are often either accompanied by a depressive, phobic and anxiety
disorder and might show inadequate response to usual medical care, resulting
in both cases to the gastroenterologists effectively referring the patient for
psychological treatment.
Therefore, it is obvious that different healthcare professionals, such as Inter-
nal Medicine Physicians and more specifically Gastroenterologists, Hepatolo-
gists, General Surgeons, Psychiatrists and other specialties, have to deal with
a large number of often rather complicated medical problems on a very
frequent basis.
Thus, this meeting is a great opportunity for medical practitioners of different
countries and distinct but evidently complementary specialties to decode com-
plicated diagnosis issues, identify the latest developments and progress made
in treatment protocols, examine practical prevention and intervention issues,
as well as exchange ideas in order to provide comprehensive and quality medi-
cal care to their patients.
For all the above reasons we are looking forward to welcoming all of you in
Strasbourg one of the most beautiful cities of Europe.
From the Organizing Committee
Chatzopoulos Dimitrios MD, PhD, FEBG Athanasios Vidalis MD, PhD
President President, ISoQM
PROGRAM
Friday 4/7/14
19:00 -20:00 OPENING CEREMONY
Does the You Tube and the National Geographic help
to understand how the digestive system works?
Vidalis Athanasios
Saturday 5/7/14
10.00 - 13.30 Workshop 1
RECENT ADVANCES IN GERD MANAGEMENT AND THE ROLE
OF PPIs
Coordinator: CHATZOPOULOS DIMITRIOS, MD, PHD
Classification and role of endoscopy
Chatzopoulos Dimitrios, MD, PhD, Gastroenterologist
Diagnosis of GER-related extraesophageal manifestations
Paikos Dimitrios, MD, PhD, Gastroenterologist
Acid suppression therapy in different patient categories
Gagalis Asterios MD, PhD, Gastroenterologist
MID DAY BREAK
16.00 - 19.30 Workshop 2
HEPATIC ENGEPHALOPATHY (HE)
Coordinator: PROTOPAPAS ANDREAS MD, PHD
Hepatic Encepalopathy (HE): Pathophysiology Diagnosis
Protopapas Andreas MD, PhD, Gastroenterologist
Hepatic Encepalopathy (HE): Modern Treatment
Masmanidou Maria MD, PhD, Gastroenterologist
Hepatic Encepalopathy (HE): The Role of Rifaximin in HE
Touloumis Lazaros MD, PhD, Gastroenterologist
Sunday 6/7/14
10.00 - 11.30 DEBATE
IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME:
A GASTROENTEROLOGICAL DISEASE OR A MENTAL DISORDER
Coordinator: CHATZOPOULOS DIMITRIOS

Tsionis theoxaris, MD, PhD, Gastroenterologist
vs
Vidalis Athanasios, MD, PhD, Psychiatrist
11.30 12.00 BREAK
12.00 - 14.00 Lectures
GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS AND PSYCHIATRIC
COMORBIDITIES
Coordinator: CHATZOPOULOS DIMITRIOS
Early laparoscopic cholecystectomy as the preferred method
for acute cholecystitis grade I and II
Kazakou Eva, MD PhD and al
New therapeutic approaches of gastrointestinal tract
Tsionis Theoxaris, MD, PHD
MID DAY BREAK
16.00 - 17.00 Lecture
The treatment of gastric ulcer in the first health care
Triantafillydis Ioannis, MD, General Practitioner
17.00 - 19.30 Workshop 3
GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE AND THE ROLE
OF GENERAL SURGEONS
Coordinator: TBA
Roemheld-techlenburg-ceconi-syndrome
TBA
Cardiac manifestations and sequelae of gastrointestinal disorders
Paliouras Dimitrios MD, Cardiac Surgeon


CLOSING CEREMONY
USEFUL INFORMATION
We are pleased to announce this international scientific meeting,
which will take place at Strasburg, France in July 4
th
- 7
th
, 2014
ORGANIZED BY:
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF QUALITY MEDICINE
VENUE
Novotel Centre Halles Hotel, Strasburg, France

ACCOMMODATION: 360
PLANE TICKET: 400
MEALS: 280
TRANSFER: 210
REGISTRATION FEES: 450
TOTAL AMOUNT: 1,700.00
IMPORTANT DATES
Deadline for submission- proposals of satellite symposiums, round tables, and
lectures: 3/5/2014 Deadline for submission for research abstracts (poster presen-
tations): 3/6/2014
COMMON QUESTIONS
What does the international meeting involve?
Round Tables, Lectures, Satellite Lectures, Symposiums, in point of current issues
in gastroenterology, general surgery, internal medicine, psychiatry and etc. Poster
presentations of research projects in English or Greek language.
Who is the scientific event designed to?
Clinical and Research Health Professionals dealing with digestive system disorders.
Language
The language of certain seminars / lectures / round tables / will be in the Greek
language, others in English. Details will appear in the final program.
How to apply for a place?
Application regarding registration, meeting transfer and accommodation, should
apply to the
conference secretariat:
COR P.C.O Global Events Ltd
50A Stadiou Str, Pylea
555 35, Thessaloniki
Tel: +30 2310 247743,
http://www.globalevents.gr
Other information
Please apply to the Organizing Secretariat
Thessaloniki: 50 Stadiou Str, Pylaia 555 35, Thessaloniki, Greece, Tel: + 30 2310 247743, 2310 247746, Fax: + 30 2310247746,
email: info@globalevents.gr, www.globalevents.gr
Athens: 6 Palaiologou Benizelou Str, 10 556 Athens, Tel: +30 210 3250260, Fax: +30 210 3259999, email: athens@globalevents.gr