European Academy of Allergology
and Clinical Immunology



In collaboration with the 

British -Yugoslav Medical Association
and
 Yugoslav Association of Allergologists and Clinical Immunologists 

Under the Patronage of the
School of Medicine, University of Belgrade

 

 EAACI CLINICAL UPDATE COURSE

PALIC  2002



  Educational course for allergologists and clinical immunologists

 EKO  Centre - Palic, Yugoslavia - 12th to 16th June,  2002

  
IN MEMORIAM
      Svetlana Paranos       

Dr Svetlana Paranos, Associate Professor of Medicine, renowned immunologist and allergologist, died on May 5th 2002.

Svetlana Paranos was born in 1953. She graduated at the School of Medicine in Belgrade in 1978, and finished her residentship in Internal Medicine in 1985. She got the M.S. degree in 1988. In 1994, Dr Svetlana Paranos became the Ph.D. in Allergology. Her special interest was the food allergy. The title of her dissertation was “Nutritive allergy in adults: clinical significance of  in vivo and in vitro tests”.

 Svetlana Paranos was the Head of the Division of Allergology and Clinical Immunology  at the University Medical Centre “Bežanijska Kosa” and later became the Director of the Clinic for Internal Medicine in the same Centre. Many allergologists  have been educated in her department and have been guided by her professionalism. Dr Paranos succeeded in combining innovative research with daily clinical bedside work. Colleagues, students, and patients estimated her diligence, intelligence, devotion, and authority. She published 110 articles in various fields of Allergology and Internal Medicine.

Svetlana Paranos was a great personality, and it is a privilege and an honour to have known and worked with her. We, who collaborated with Dr Svetlana Paranos in Yugoslav Association for Allergologists and Clinical Immunologists (YAACI), had an opportunity and luck to see and learn how we have to fight for the improvement of the quality of work, and how important results can be achieved by personal sacrifice. As the President of YACCI for one and half year, she started with publication of official YACCI Information Booklet that was sent to every allergologist in Serbia and Montenegro. She was speaking in favour of active participation of YACCI in educational program of EAACI.  She started the initiative and prepared the EACCI Clinical Update Course Palic 2002. After her premature and unexpected death, the Organising Committee only finalized that work and we hope that every participant will improve his/her knowledge of allergology, and that was her major goal. She was a fighter in every life situation, and we hope that in this way she wins in this last battle.

                            Organising Committee

SUPPORTED BY

The European Academy of Allerology and Clinical Immunology

 INVITED LECTURERS

Anthony Frew, United Kingdom, EAACI Secretary General
Kristine Breuer, Germany
Adnan Custovic, United Kingdom
Pascal Demoly, France
Ratko Djukanovic, United Kingdom
Todor Popov, Bulgaria
Lars Poulsen, Denmark
Martin Wagemann, Germany

LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE 

Svetlana Paranos
Mirjana Bukilica
Vojislav Djuric
Branka Bonaci-Nikolic
Zoran Dimcic
Andrejevic Sladjana
Sporcic Zorica
Zivkovic Zorica
Milenkovic Branislava
Lidija Burazer
Dragana Tadic 

PROGRAMME 
 

Wednesday 12 June

19.00   Opening ceremony
Town Hall, Subotica

Thursday  13 June

9.00-10.00   Introductory Lecture 1
Anthony Frew
Epidemiology of allergic diseases including information on ISAAC
 Co-chairmen: M.Mostarica, V.Djuric

10.15 – 11.30   Workshop 1
 Kristine  Breuer
Skin manifestations of atopic disease – /Urticaria  and angioedema: diagnosis and treatment; Atopic dermatitis and childhood food allergy, practical problems/.
Co-chairmen: M.Nikolic, M.Jovanovic

11.30 – 11.45    coffee break

11.45 – 13.00    Mini Symposium
Lars Poulsen
In vitro tests for the practicing allergist.
Co-chairmen: B.Nikolic, S.Andrejevic

13.00 – 13.45  Meet the Professors Luncheon Seminar
Programme to be announced

15.00 – 16.15  Company Sponsored Minisymposium 1
(Torlak, Belgrade, Yugoslavia)

  •  “Antigens and allergens “ Lidija Burazer
    Production of allergen extracts in Yugoslavia

  • Tanja Cirkovic-Velickovic
    Preparation and characterization of low-molecular weight allergoids of Artemisia vulgaris pollen proteins

  • Marija Gavrovic-Jankulovic
    Biochemical characterization of thaumatin-like kiwi allergen

16.15 – 16.30   coffee break

16.30 – 17.30   Introductory Lecture 2
Ratko Djukanovic
Basic mechanisms of allergic diseases. Inflammation and remodeling.
Co-chairmen: N.Pejnovic, P.Minic

Friday 14 June

9.00 – 10.00   Introductory Lecture 3
Martin Wagenmann
Asthma and rhinitis : novel approaches in therapy
Co-chairmen: S. Raskovic, A.Gjorcev

10.15 – 11.30    Workshop 2
Anthony Frew
Food allergy : allergy vs. intolerance; how to diagnose and how to treat?
Co-chairmen: M.Nikolic, M.Hadnadjev

11.30 – 11.45   coffee break

11.45 – 13.00   Mini Symposium 2
Martin Wagenmann
Rhinitis: diagnosis and management
Co-chairmen: R.Stosovic, B.Milenkovic

13.00    lunch
Meet the Professors Lancheon Seminar
Programme to be announced

15.00 – 16.15  Mini Symposium 3
Anthony Frew  
 Occupational allergy: protocols for diagnosing occupational asthma
Co-chairmen: S.Tacevic, M.Arandjelovic

16.15 – 16.30  coffee break

16.30 - 17.30   Introductory Lecture 4
Adnan Custovic
Primary prevention  of allergic diseases: allergen avoidance; in utero prevention of allergy; the benefits of breast-feeding.
Co-chairmen: B.Kamenov, S.Pasic

17.45 – 18.45   Company Sponsored Minisymposium 2
(LKB Vertriebs G.m.b.H, Vienna, Austria)

  • “In vitro tests in Allergology “Nebojsa Dovezenski
    Molecular immunology of in vitro assays for determination of specific IgE

  • Zeljka Bukovec
    Clinical significance of in vitro determination of specific IgE

Saturday 15 June

8.15 – 9.00
 Practicing in vitro testing for IgE (Part I)

9.00 – 10.00  Introductory Lecture 5
Anthony Frew
Immunotherapy : past, present and future
Co-chairmen: V.Djuric, M.Bukilica  

10.15 –11.30  Workshop 3
Pascal  Demoly
Drug allergy : a sensible approach to a common problem; aspirin sensitivity; allergy to anesthetics /pro et contra/; drug allergy in children.
Co-chairmen: B.Nikolic, M.Atanaskovic

11.30 – 11.45  coffee break

11.45 – 12.15
 Practicing in vitro testing for IgE (Part II)

12.15 – 13.30   Mini Symposium 4
Todor Popov
Non - invasive methods for assessing allergic inflamation.
Co-chairmen: P. Minic, V.Djuric

14.15 -15.00  Check your knowledge - win a book 

15.15 – 16.30   Workshop 4
Anthony Frew
Immunotherapy : when to start and when to stop? how to estimate the improvement? depot immunotherapy vs. sublingual treatment; allergen immunotherapy vs. drug medication.
Co-chairmen: V.Djuric, R.Stosovic

Sight seeing tour and get-together dinner

Sunday 16 June

9.00 – 10.00    Introductory Lecture 6
Todor Popov
 Asthma-like syndromes.
Co-chairmen: A.Gjorcev, B.Milenkovic 

10.15 – 11.30   Workshop 5
Adnan Custovic
Pediatric asthma problems: when is wheeze asthma?; diagnosis and management of childhood asthma; trends in treatment.
Co-chairmen: P.Minic, Z.Zivkovic

11.30 – 11.45   coffee break

11.45 – 13.00   Workshop 6
Ratko Djukanovic
Adult asthma problems : difficult  to diagnose and difficult  to treat; asthma management guidelines; asthma and COPD – practical implications.
Co-chairmen: B.Milenkovic, Z.Dimcic

13.00-13.30   Closing ceremony 

 

General information

Accommodation
Palic, Hotel ”Prezident '', “Park, “Jezero” 

Conference rooms

EKO Centre, within walking distance of the hotels.
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Official Language
The official language of the course will be English. Translation in Serbian will be provided.

Registration
The registration fee is 30 EUR (for attendans under 35 years - 20 EUR) including taxes. The registration fee includes: admission to all sessions, Congress material, get - together reception, two Meet the Professors Luncheon Seminars, daily tae/coffee, sight seeing tour and the congress dinner. The registration desks will be located at the Hotel President, Park and Jezero on June 12, and at the ECO Centre on the following days of the Course.

Certificate of attendance
A Certificate of Attendance will be given together with Congress material to all participiens.

Travel and Accommodation

Royal Travel Office is the official travel agent.
Royal Travel Office (Palic 2002)
Makedonska 21,  11000 Beograd
Tel/fax + 381 11 322 90 92

Other Sponsors

 Institute of Immunology and Virusology “Torlak” Belgrade
LKB Vertriebs, G.m.b.H., Vienna, Austria

 

  


ORGANIZING SECRETARIAT 

Institute of Rheumatology, General Ždanova 69, Belgrade: Dr Mirjana Bukilica, tel. ++ 381 11 361-1-535 / 177, E-mail:  bmira@eunet.yu

Institute of Allergology and Clinical Immunology, Koste Todorovica 2, Belgrade: Dr Branka Bonaci-Nikolic,  tel. ++ 381 11 361-7-777/33-95, E-mail: mmnikolic@ptt.yu; Dr Vojislav Djuric, tel. ++ 381 11 361-7-777/37-00,

E-mail: vojadj@eunet.yu; Dr Zoran Dimcic, Institute of Allergology and Clinical Immunology, Koste Todorovica 2, Belgrade, tel. ++ 381 11 361-8-444/ 23-62.

 

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