Meetings in Greece

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WHBA 3rd Summer School in Medical & Biosciences Research & Management

May 17-25, 2014 The World Hellenic Biomedical Association is organizing the 3rd WHBA summer school on Medical & Biosciences Research & Management, in Greece, in Oitilo, Mani, Greece. For more information, please check their website:

http://www.whba1990.org‎

3rd Summer School in Medical & Biosciences Research & Management

May 17 – 25, 2014 – Itilo-Mani, Laconia, Greece

The Summer School in Biomedical Research & Management is an educational activity that the WHBA has established on an annual basis. The aim of this activity is to provide knowledge given by top-notch experts on the most advanced medical and biosciences research areas to two groups of participants:
1. Graduate and undergraduate students of medical and biosciences background.
2. Post-doctoral researchers and physicians in training (residents and clinical fellows).

In addition, the Summer School in Biomedical Research & Management aims to familiarize the students with “actual life” situations that scientists from Academia or the Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology industry deal with on daily basis….Read more…

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Meetings in Greece in 2014

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For 2014 there are two very notable and important meetings coming up:

The first is the 22nd Panhellenic Congress of Psychiatry. This is the major scientific event of the Hellenic Psychiatric Association that occurs every two years. This year it is May 29th to June 6th 2014. Thankfully there is no conflict with the APA Annual meeting of May 3d to 7th 2014. One can now easily plan to attend both. The meeting will be the Porto Navarino Hotel in Messinia. This is a magnificent hotel in a beautiful area of Greece. Do take part in the Congress, get to know the region and enjoy a first class holiday with your Greek colleagues, participate in the scientific program and most crucially support the scientific community of Greece during these difficult economic. HAPA hopes to participate, if interested contact hellenicpsych.org@gmail.com for details.

The second event features Professor George Christodoulou,a founding member of HAPA and the Honorary President of the Hellenic Psychiatric Association is known internationally for his involvement in the leadership WPA and as a superb organizer of numerous highly successful psychiatric meetings in the Middle East, Eastern Europe & the Balkans. As the incoming President of the World Federation for Mental Health, WFMH, he is now organizing the International Congress of the World Federation for Mental Health which will be held in Athens October 9th to 11th 2014 at the Aegli Zappeiou in collaboration with the Hellenic Psychiatric Association. HAPA is hoping to participate in this meeting as well. This is a very good time to visit Greece and in particular Athens as the weather is good and there are less tourists. If interested to participate contact hellenicpsych.org@gmail.com for further details.

Stay tuned for more event & details about the meetings become available.

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Past Meetings in Greece, 2013

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As usual there were many very successful meetings in Greece during 2013.

HAPA was involved in the following meeting:

In July 2013, Jeffrey Lieberman, MD President of the APA visited Athens Greece. HAPA worked with Professor Christodoulou on this visit. Dr Lieberman was welcomed by Professor Christodoulou who introduced Dr Lieberman to the leadership and members of the Hellenic Psychiatric Association, HPA. as well as to the Department of Psychiatry. On July 2nd Dr Lieberman visited the Eginition University Psychiatric Hospital where he was the Grand Rounds speaker on “Prevention of Mental Illness: An Idea Whose Time has Come“. In appreciation for his presentation the Department of Psychiatry gave him a statuette of a figure of the geometrical period of Ancient Greek art and Professor Christodoulou gave him a copy of the book on Prevention edited by George Christodoulou, Dusica Lecic and Vasilis Kontaxakis.

HPA Events In 2008

1) The Hellenic Psychiatric Association holds it biannual meeting in 2008


HAPA & APA members are invited to the
20th Pan Hellenic Psychiatric Congress
HAPA is a cosponsor of this meeting.
The Congress is held May 14th to May 18th 2008
At the conference centre of the Hotel Group CRETA MARIS in Hersonissos at the island of Crete, Greece.
The website for the Congress: www.psychiatry2008.gr
Contact: Hellenic Psychiatric Association: Frei SA Travel & Congress: Phone: 30-210-321-5600
Fax: 30-210-321-9296
Email: Psychiatry2008@frei.gr
Make your reservations now.

2) The Pan Hellenic General Hospital Psychiatric Society

Is sponsoring a number of scientific meetings and invites HAPA & APA members to attend
In 2008 they are planning a meeting in Turkey at the city of Capadocia.
Every two years they also sponsor meetings with the International Society of Quality of Life and Medical Practice.
For further details contact Athanasios A. Vidalis MD, PhDvidalis@med.auth.gr
Director, Psychiatric Department Hippokratio General Hospital.
President, Pan-Hellenic General Hospital Psychiatric Society
President, of the International Society of Quality of Life and Medical Practice

(III) MINUTES OF THE HAPA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 10/15/07

On Monday, October 15, 2007 George Petrides, MD opened the HAPA teleconference of the HAPA Executive Committee meeting at 5:00PM EST

Participants included Dr. George Petrides, President; Dr. Maria Lymberis, HAPA Founder and Past President; and Dr. Manolis Cassimatis, President-Elect.

Drs Vassilis Latoussakis, HAPA Treasurer and George Papakostas,, HAPA Secretary were unable to attend.

Dr. Petrides reported on his recent trip to Greece where he represented HAPA at the meeting of the Eastern European Psychiatric Association (EEPA). This very successful conference was held in Thessaloniki, under the auspices of the World Psychiatric Association. It was organized by our distinguished colleague, HAPA member and Past HAPA officer, Dr. George Christodoulou, President of the EEPA and immediate Past President of the Hellenic Psychiatric Association.

Dr. Petridis had an opportunity while in Greece, to speak with several Greek colleagues, including Dr. George Papadimitriou, recently elected Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Athens. Dr Papadimitriou expressed a strong interest in having HAPA participate in the 2008 Hellenic Psychiatric Association’s meeting  which will be held in Crete on May 14th 2008, right after the APA Annual meeting, May 3rd thru May 8th 2008.

The HAPA officers discussed various options for HAPA participation. It was agreed that HAPA sponsor two programs at the Crete meeting:

1) A panel discussion on post graduate psychiatric education: “Post graduate Psychiatric Training:  Options for Training in the USA and Greece (or EU)”. Dr. Lymberis offered to chair the panel which should include both HAPA and HPA members.

2) A lecture presentation by Dr. Cassimatis, the incoming HAPA President, on a topic of his choice, with discussant (s) to be determined by HPA (preferably the discussant (s) should be psychiatrists from Greece).

The HAPA Officers discussed the May 2008 HAPA Annual Meeting: The program has been finalized for Tuesday May 6th 2008. We are very excited at the opportunity to have as our speaker UCLA Professor George Bartzokis, MD. He will speak on: “Brain aging and age-related risk factors for prevalent neurodegenerative disorders: Implications for treatment and prevention”.

Dr Pertides will report next time on his efforts to obtain an educational grant for our CME annual meeting from any of the various Foundations of the Pharmaceutical industry. Dr Lymberis will again apply to the APA and reserve a room for our HAPA 9th Annual meeting on May 6th 2008 at 7:00PM. This again will be a dinner meeting.

This meeting should have better attendance than our meeting last year. However, we need to work on getting the word out and get more members to our meeting.

Dr. Petrides also reported on an email he received from Dr. George Dangas, President of the Hellenic Medical Society of New York, concerning the June 2007 Declaration of Kos of the Global Hellenic Medical Network (GHMN) and information about their future meetings.  Information about the GHMN’s activities including the Declaration of Kos can be found at their website:http://www.hmsny.org/eventsmedconf.html.

Members of the HAPA Executive committee were asked by Dr Dangas to consider endorsing the Kos Declaration. It was agreed that members of the HAPA Executive Committee will review the declaration of Kos  (as noted on their website) and be prepared, at the next meeting, to vote as to whether HAPA should endorse it. Dr Petrides will ask Dr Dangas to submit ASAP any additional info he feels should be considered before the HAPA vote.

The last issue discussed was Nominations for HAPA officers for the May 2008 HAPA elections. The Chair of the Nominating Committee is Dr Cassimatis. He is currently receiving nominations.  Members are encouraged to contact him and submit nominations at Emmanuel Cassimatis, MD ecassimatis@usuhs.edu.

The next HAPA Executive Committee meeting is planned for 11/26/07 at 5:00PM EST to be chaired by Dr Petrides

Respectfully Submitted
Emmanuel Cassimatis, MD
HAPA President Elect

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Exciting Meetings in Greece 2000

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Many exciting scientific meetings are taking place in GREECE in 2000.

Second International Congress
Hormones, Brain and Neuropsycho Pharmacology:
Rhodes GREECE, July 15-19, 2000

This program is certified for CME credit by Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

For registration and reservations

Email: erasmhor@otenet.gr
Mail: Erasmus Horizon, Ltd.
99 Dinokratous Street
11521 Athens, GREECE
Fax: 001 301 725 7532 or 001 301 725 9347

The 2000 Conference of the Hellenic Society of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
Athens, GREECE
November 23-26, 2000

This program will feature psychoanalysts from IPA Christofer Bollas (UK), Elisabeth Spillius (UK), Horacio Etchegoyen (Argentina), and Janine Simon (France)

For registration and reservations:
Mail: Grigoris Vaslamatzis, M.D.
88 Michalakopoulou Street
11528 Athens, GREECE
Fax: 011 301 771 2901

Fifth Delphi International Psychoanalytic Symposium
“”Self Knowledge: Before and After Freud””
Delphi, GREECE
July 25-30, 2000

This program is organized by the Hellenic Psychoanalytic society

For registration and reservations:

Mail: Eleni Vouga
Department of Psychiatry
University of Patras
265 00 Rion, Patras,GREECE
Email: delphi@med.upatras.gr
Website: delphi.med.upatras.gr

Hotel Reservations
email: eusytravel@hol.gr

6th Biomedical Congress of the Hellenic Diaspora
Athens, Greece
October 12-15, 2000.

Mail: Professor Constantin Soldatos
President of Congress is
c/o Congress Organizing Secretriat
Meandrou 23, GR-115 28 Athens, Greece
FAX: 011-301-72-15-082
E_MAIL:iea@mednet.gr

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