Session I: Cardiovascular diseases – part 1
Is physical examination of the cardiovascular system still important?
Prof. Andrew Elder
University of Edinburgh, UK
Management of chronic coronary syndromes according to the latest practice guidelines
Prof. David Hasdai
Tel Aviv University, Israel
Acute coronary syndromes: from a chest pain to an intervention. Key practical messages from current ESC practice guidelines
Prof. Christian Mueller
University Hospital of Basel, Switzerland
What's new in the management of chronic heart failure
Prof. Harriette Van Spall
McMaster University, Canada
Session II: Cardiovascular diseases – part 2
Management of atrial fibrillation according to the latest practice guidelines: which strategy to choose and what are the consequences
Prof. Tatjana Potpara
University of Belgrade, Serbia
Acute pulmonary embolism: how to diagnose quickly and treat effectively
Prof. Adam Torbicki
Center of Postgraduate Medical Education, Poland
Aortic aneurism: when to call a vascular surgeon and what to expect from invasive treatment
Prof. Stephan Haulon
Surgical Centre Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis Robinson, France
COVID-19 and the cardiovascular system
Prof. Reinhold Kreutz
Charité – Medical University Berlin, Germany
Session III: Infectious diseases
Session of the International Society of Internal Medicine (ISIM)
Battling COVID-19 in South Africa: a firsthand experience
Dr. Adri Kok
President of ISIM, South Africa
Battling COVID-19: from the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 Precision Medicine Center of Excellence
Prof. Brian Garibaldi
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA
COVID-19: an update on treatment options
Prof. Zain Chagla
McMaster University, Canada
Community acquired pneumonia: an update on diagnosis and treatment during COVID-19 pandemic
Prof. Mark Loeb
McMaster University, Canada
Challenges in diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis
Prof. Jyotirmoy Pal
R.G. Kar Medical College, India
Dengue haemorrhagic fever
Dr. Somia Iqtadar
King Edward Medical University, Pakistan
Session IV: Intensive care
Oliguria in ICU patients
Prof. Jean-Louis Vincent
Free University of Brussels, Belgium
Intravenous fluid therapy in hospitalized patients
Prof. Bram Rochwerg
McMaster University, Canada
Managing critically ill patients with sepsis in the COVID-19 era
Prof. Waleed Alhazzani
McMaster University, Canada
Prevention and treatment of venous thrombosis in critically ill patients
Prof. Yaseen Arabi
King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Saudi Arabia
How to make dying in a hospital ICU more humane: Three Wishes project
Prof. Deborah Cook
McMaster University, Canada
Session V: Pneumonology
Treating COPD in 2021: key messages for everyday practice
Prof. Jadwiga Wedzicha
Imperial College London, UK
Bronchiectasis in adults: causes and current treatment
Prof. John Kolbe
President-Elect of ISIM, New Zealand
Pleural fluid on a chest X-ray: how to reach a diagnosis
Prof. Najib Rahman
University of Oxford, UK
Treatment of respiratory failure outside intensive care unit
Prof. Bram Rochwerg
McMaster University, Canada
Session VI: Palliative care
Assessment and pharmacological treatment of chronic breathlessness
Prof. David Currow
University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Holistic breathlessness services: improving mastery and reducing distress caused by breathlessness
Prof. Irene Higginson
Cicely Saunders Institute, King's College London, UK
Management of cancer pain: challenging the evidence of the recent palliative care opioid guidelines
Prof. Per Sjogren
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Spiritual care in physician’s everyday practice
Prof. Megan Best
University of Notre Dame, Australia
Session VII: Gastroenterology
Current management of gastroparesis
Prof. Irene Sarosiek
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, USA
Irritable bowel syndrome diagnosis and management: a simplified algorithm for clinical practice
Prof. Paul Moayyedi
McMaster University, Canada
Evaluating obscure overt gastrointestinal bleeding: what every internist needs to know
Prof. Ian Gralnek
Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
Acute-on-chronic liver failure: current management
Prof. Pere Gines
University of Barcelona, Spain
Session VIII: Endocrinology
Challenges in choosing a medication for type 2 diabetes
Prof. René Rodríguez-Gutiérrez
Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Diabetes care is preventive care: end-organ protection in patients with diabetes
Prof. Hertzel Gerstein
McMaster University, Canada
Do we have a target value for weight loss in obesity disease?
Dr. Dror Dicker
Tel Aviv University, Israel
Current management of Hashimoto's thyroiditis and other hypothyroid states
Prof. Leonard Wartofsky
Georgetown University, USA
When supplementation of vitamin D is justified
Prof. Bess Dawson-Hughes
Tufts University School of Medicine, USA
Session IX: Nephrology
Nephrological emergencies
Prof. Jürgen Floege
RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Food as a medicine: the role of diet in the treatment of chronic kidney disease
Prof. Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh
University of California, Irvine School of Medicine, USA
Patient with chronic kidney disease: when to refer to nephrology and when not to worry
Prof. Alistair Ingram
McMaster University, Canada
COVID-19 and the kidney
Prof. Samira Farouk
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA
Session X: Rheumatology
Management of antiphospholipid syndrome according to the latest practice guidelines
Prof. Kim Legault
McMaster University, Canada
Muscle pain, muscle weakness and muscle inflammation: from symptoms to diagnosis
Prof. Bhaskar Dasgupta
Southend University Hospital, UK
Early arthritis: how to manage in general practice
Prof. Daniel Aletaha
Medical University of Vienna, Austria
COVID-19 and rheumatic diseases
Prof. Robert BM Landewé
Amsterdam University Medical Center, The Netherlands
Session XI: Hematology
Hemoglobinopathies: when to worry
Prof. Madeleine Verhovsek
McMaster University, Canada
Von Willebrand disease: the most common bleeding disorder
Prof. Mark Crowther
McMaster University, Canada
New oral anticoagulants: when and how to use
Prof. James Douketis
McMaster University, Canada
COVID-19 and thrombosis
Prof. Menaka Pai
McMaster University, Canada
Session XII: Evidence Based Medicine: where is the patient
Session of the European Federation of Internal Medicine (EFIM)
An evidence-based practitioner’s experience of careful and kind care
Prof. Gordon Guyatt
McMaster University, Canada
A patient revolution for careful and kind care
Prof. Victor Montori
Mayo Clinic, USA
It’s time for shared decision making and person-centered care
Prof. Martin Härter
University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
Clinically important, patient important or human important outcomes: which one should prevail in medical practice
Prof. Roman Jaeschke
McMaster University, Canada
Narrative medicine: is there a place for it in today’s healthcare systems?
Prof. Małgorzata Nowaczyk
McMaster University, Canada
