One-day Seminar:

Angioedema: Forefronts in Diagnosis & Management

Thursday 23 June 2011

The Sourasky Auditorium, Sheba Medical Center

PROGRAM

08:30-09:00     Registration & Coffee

09:00-09:10     Welcome Notes: Dr. Izhak Zaides MD- Deputy Manager,Sheba Medical Center

                        Prof. Shlomo Noy MD, Director Rehabilitation hospital and VP for R&D, Sheba Medical Center

                        Dr. Shosh Goldberg RN, Phd, head, Nursing services, Sheba Medical Center

09:10-09:15     Opening remarks Dr.Avner Reshef MD, Allergy Immunology & Angioedema Center, Sheba Medical Center

Morning Session- Basic Mechanisms:

09:15-09:40     Angioedema: physiologic and pathologic mechanisms

                        Prof. Bruce Zuraw MD, University of California, San Diego, USA

09:40-10:05     Bradykinin: from bench research to clinical application

                        Prof. Marco Cicardi MD, Universitא degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy

10:05-10:30     Hereditary Angioedema: C1Inhibitor deficiency and beyond

                        Prof. Konrad Bork MD, Johannes Gutenberg Universitaets-Hautklinik, Mainz, Germany

10:30-10:55     ACE-Inhibitor induced angioedema

                        Prof. Bruce Zuraw MD, University of California, San Diego, USA

10:55-11:15     Clues and Pitfalls in the diagnosis of angioedema

                        Dr. Avner Reshef MD, Allergy Immunology & Angioedema Center, Sheba Medical Center

11:15-11:30     Coffee break

Noon Session- Management & Treatment

11:30-11:50     Recombinant Rabbits’ milk recruited for human benefit

                        Prof. Dumitru Moldovan MD, University of Tirgu Mures, Romania

11:50-12:10     Evidence-based recommendations for drug treatments in Hereditary Angioedema

                        Prof. Marco Cicardi MD, Universitא degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy

12:10-12:30     Self-management of Hereditary Angioedema: The Mainz experience

                        Prof. Konrad Bork MD, Johannes Gutenberg Universitaets-Hautklinik, Mainz, Germany

12:30-12:50     Patient empowerment in contemporary health economy: role of patient organizations

                        Mr. Henrik Boysen, International HAE patient organization (HAEi), Denmark

12:50-13: 05    HAE: quality-of-life and adaptation to chronic disease- nursing aspects (in Hebrew)

                        Mrs. Iris Leibovich RN, MA Clinical Trial Coordinator, Angioedema Center, Sheba Medical Center,, Israel

13:05-13:20     Angioedema network in Romania

                        Prof. Dumitru Moldovan MD University of Tirgu Mures, Romania

13:20-13:35     Angioedema in Israel: current diagnosis and treatment (in Hebrew)

                        Dr. Avner Reshef MD Allergy Immunology & Angioedema Center, Sheba Medical Center, Israel

13:35-14:00     Questions, short case presentations, Panel discussion

14:00               Lunch

Advance registration required:

e-mail: marketing@ sheba. health.gov.il

website: www.sheba.health.gov.il

Tel: 03-5305000, ext.3, Fax: 03-5305924

Participation fees: 50 Shekels