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#Keynote Lecture

Since a great congress day always ends with a keynote lecture, make sure you check what we have in store for you. Our 2022 edition comes with keynote speakers with years of medical experience and remarkable achievements.

Keynote lectures will be held, for the first time in 3 years, in a fully on-site format, providing you with the opportunity to interact with international world-renowned speakers and medical students with common passion and interests.

Since we set a goal for this year to bring science closer to the future generation of physicians, we decided to provide free access for all participants to our keynote lectures. Embrace the full congress experience and take part in as many top events with world-renowned speakers as you can.

     This type of event will be held ON-SITE      

     This type of event will be held ON-SITE      

     This type of event will be held ON-SITE      

Keynote Lectures

Zachary Murphy, PA (Ninja Nerd)

Cardiovascular Case Study & Ninja Nerd’s recipe for success

Come up with the most likely diagnosis based upon the presented cause & clinical features and learn how to differentiate between several cardiac pathologies alongside Ninja Nerd! Find out the unspoken secrets of efficient learning and the best strategy regarding studying, scheduling and memorisation techniques,
straight from Ninja Nerd, and join our special Q&A session at the end!

Cardiovascular Case Study 

Prepare for a case study presented by the Co-Founder of Ninja Nerd – Zachary Murphy, on differentiating between several cardiac pathologies. We want all of you to come up with the most likely diagnosis based upon the presented cause, clinical features, and diagnostic work up. Thus, you will learn how to properly manage this diagnosis including the potential complications.

Ninja Nerd’s recipe for success 

As medical school can be overwhelming, we are here to help you find the best strategy regarding studying, daily or monthly scheduling, memorisation techniques, and so on. Join Zachary Murphy, co-founder of Ninja Nerd, as he breaks down the unspoken secrets of efficient learning, helping you to figure out the best strategy for yourself in the least amount of time. Come and find out how to study smart, not hard, and join our special Q&A session at the end!

Prof. Joost Schymkowitz, PhD

Protein Aggregation in health and disease

Find out from Prof. Joost Schymkowitz, PhD how the process of protein aggregation is the cause of a systemic amyloidoses, Alezheimer’s disease or type-2 diabetes.

In order to be functional, proteins need to fold into a well defined 3D structure – but many of them can fold into an alternative state – the amyloid-like aggregated state, in which alternative intermolecular beta-sheets are formed that cause proteins to stick together and precipitate. Find out from Prof. Joost Schymkowitz, PhD how this process is the cause of a group of pathologies that encompasses rare diseases such as primary systemic amyloidoses as well as common degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease or type-2 diabetes.

Andreas Rowald, PhD

Digital twins for personalized neurostimulation

In this Keynote Lecture, Andreas Rowald, PhD will focus his speech on a radical innovation in the neurostimulation field: personalized computational models, so-called digital twins.

Neurostimulation strategies offer a potentially safe and effective medical intervention to provide symptom relief and support functional capacity in individuals suffering from neurological, psychiatric, and even multi-organ disorders.

In this Keynote Lecture, Andreas Rowald, PhD will focus his speech on a radical innovation in the neurostimulation field: personalized computational models, so-called digital twins. The key of this mechanism is creating a precise and personalized support of various physiological functions.

Prof. Dariusz Górecki, MD, PhD

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy - the death of dogma

Diving into Molecular Medicine, we get to discover along with our Keynote Lecturer, Prof. Dariusz Górecki, MD, PhD how our understanding of the mechanism behind Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) started to evolve.

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy is an incurable genetic disorder characterized by the progressive loss of muscle. Diving into Molecular Medicine and Genetics field, we get to discover along with our Keynote Lecturer, Prof. Dariusz Górecki, MD, PhD how our understanding of the mechanism behind DMD started to evolve. Get to find more about this specific topic from one of the contributors to the discovery that DMD pathology starts in prenatal development.

Fabio Santanelli di Pompeo, MD, PhD

Breast Reconstruction with the DIEP Flap

Full Professor, Fabio Santanelli di Pompeo, MD, PhD, will introduce you to the DIEP flap surgery, a type of breast reconstruction which uses skin, fat and blood vessels from your lower belly to rebuild your breast after a mastectomy or lumpectomy.

DIEP flap surgery is a type of breast reconstruction which uses skin, fat and blood vessels from your lower belly to rebuild your breast after a mastectomy or lumpectomy. It’s a muscle-sparing procedure, so no abdominal muscles are cut or removed. Fabio Santanelli di Pompeo, MD, PhD, who is Full Professor in Plastic Surgery at Sapienza University of Rome will introduce you to the art of breast reconstruction through an unique Keynote, at this year’s edition of the IMSCB.