Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of
the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts
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40 years
1967 - 2007
Macedonian Society of
Nephrology, Dialysis,
Transplantation and Artificial
Organs
A Scientific Symposium organized under the auspices of
European Society for Artificial Organs (ESAO),
the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts (MANU) and by
the Macedonian Society of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation and Artificial Organs
Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Artificial Organs Today:
From in vitro assessment to human therapies
Skopje, R. Macedonia
September 28, 2007
Official language: English
Names and address of the scientific organizers:
European Society for Artificial Organs (ESAO)
H. Klinkmann, J. Vienken (joerg.vienken@fmc-ag.com), A. SIkole (asikole@hotmail.com)
Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts (MANU)
M. Polenakovic (maknefpo@mt.net.mk), V. Serafimoski, H. Klinkmann
Macedonian Society of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation and Artificial Organs
M. Polenakovic (maknefpo@mt.net.mk), G. Spasovski (gspas@sonet.com.mk)
Main sponsor: Fresenius Medical Care
Sponsors: Gambro, Hoffmann-La Roche, Janssen-Cilag, Alkaloid
Info on accommodations:
Office "Bulevar Turisticka" 50, 6000 Ohrid
Phone/fax: +389 (0)46 255 600, 255 601, 255 602, 256 321
e-mail: booking@vispoj.com.mk; info@vispoj.com.mk; groups@vispoj.com.mk; vispoj@mt.net.mk
web site: www.vispoj.com.mk
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Venue:
Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Krste Misirkov 2, P.O. Box 428,
1000 Skopje, Macedonia
Tel: +389 2 3235 400
Fax: +389 2 3235 500
www.manu.edu.mk
This scientific symposium will be accredited by the European Accreditation Council for
Continuing Medical Education (EACCME) to provide a number of hours of European external
CME credits from European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS).
Programme
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Chairperson:
M. Polenaković, H. Klinkmann, V. Serafimoski
09.00h
Welcome address
Cvetan Grozdanov,
Skopje, Macedonia
President of MANU
Session I:
Artificial Organs in front of the ageing populations
09.15h - 09.45h
Health is wealth, is wealth health?
Horst Klinkmann,
Rostock, Germany
Session II
System Requirements for Artificial Organ Technology
Chairpersons:
A. Šikole, D. Falkenhagen, B. Georgievski
09.45h - 10.05h
10.05h - 10.25h
10.25h - 10.45h
Testing biomaterials for the application in
artificial organs: impact of donor and
patient properties and procedures
Jörg Vienken,
Anticoagulation in combined membrane/
adsorption systems
Jens Hartmann,
Animal models for artificial organs
Udo Losert,
Bad Homburg, Germany
Krems, Austria
Vienna, Austria
10.45h - 11.00h
Discussion
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------11.00h - 11.30h Coffee Break
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Session III
Tools for Artificial Organ Technology
Chairpersons:
J. Vienken, S. Kedev, Č. Dimitrovski
11.30h - 11.55h
Monitoring of the patient’s metabolic state Jan Wojcicki,
by microdialysis techniques.
Warsaw, Poland
11.55h - 12.15h
Modeling dialytic therapies:
theoretics and practices.
Helmut Mann and
Siegfried Stiller,
Aachen, Germany
12.15h -12.35h
From vascular prostheses to tissueengineered vascular grafts
Beat Walpoth,
Geneva, Switzerland
12.35h - 12.55h
12.55h -13.15h
Heart support systems:
from the idea to the clinical practice
Juan F. del Cañizo
Stem cells – approaches to new therapies
Borče Georgievski
Madrid, Spain
Skopje, Macedonia
13.15h – 13.30h
Discussion
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------13.30h - 14.15h Lunch Break
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Session IV
Extracorporeal blood circuits in organ replacement therapies
Chairpersons:
B. Walpoth, G. Spasovski, Lj. Stojkovski
14.15h - 14.35h
Peritoneal dialysis as a valuable tool for
blood purification
Bernd Stegmayr
14.35h - 14.55h
Dialysis and Apheresis in Macedonia:
A success story
Momir Polenaković
Skopje, Macedonia
14.55h - 15.15h
New experiences with the therapy of
Acute Renal Failure
Petar Kes
Umea, Sweden
Zagreb, Croatia
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------15.15h - 15.45h Coffee Break
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Session V
Treatment Options for Blood Purification Therapies
Chairpersons:
K. Čakalaroski, U. Losert, M. Zabzun
15.45h - 16.05h
16.05h - 16.25h
New approaches in the therapy of
Hepatitis C (HCV) in dialysis patients
Aleksandar Šikole,
Skopje, Macedonia
New applications in Therapeutic Apheresis Wolfgang Ramlow
Rostock, Germany
16.25h - 16.45h
Sepsis therapy through adsorber systems
Dieter Falkenhagen,
Krems, Austria
16.45h - 17.00h
Discussion
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------17.00h
Conclusion and Farewell
Momir Polenaković,
Horst Klinkmann,
Jörg Vienken
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