Meeting program

11:15–11:45 Satellite symposium 1: Roche

12:00–12:15 Opening

12:15–14:00 Session 1: Hemophilia

  • Lecture: Hemophilia: an overview
    Roger Schutgens (The Netherlands)
  • Challenges in the management of acquired hemophilia in elderly patients
    Melen Brinza (Romania)
  • A case of acquired post-partum hemophilia
    Doroteya Todorieva (Bulgaria)
  • Role of Hemophilia Centre in improving medical practice in hemophilia care (Real data in Albania)
    Bledi Kalaja (Albania)
  • Self-assessment case
    Roger Schutgens (The Netherlands)
  • Panel discussion
    All speakers

14:00–14:45 Lunch

14:45–16:30 Session 2: Thrombocytopenia & platelets

  • Lecture: Investigation of inherited platelet disorders: When should we test platelet function?
    Paolo Gresele (Italy)
  • ITP case presentation
    Barbara Skopec (Slovenia)
  • Paradoxical Cerebral Venous Thrombosis in a patient with Immune Thrombocytopenia
    C Pontikoglou (Greece)
  • Self-assessment case
    Paolo Gresele (Italy)
  • Panel discussion
    All speakers

16:45–17:15 Satellite symposium 2: Amicus

17:30–18:30 Special session: Rare diseases in the region

  • Hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis (hATTR) – Clinical case and Romanian experience
    Andreea Jercan (Romania)
  • The patient pathway in Serbia
    Andrija Bogdanovic (Serbia)

08:30–09:00 Satellite symposium 3: Novartis

09:15–11:00 Session 3: Disorders of iron metabolism / Hemolytic anemia

  • Lecture: Genetic and acquired Iron Overload Disorders: similarities and differences
    Domenico Girelli (Italy)
  • A Diagnostic Odyssey in rare anemias
    Şefika Akyol (Türkiye)
  • Hemosiderosis in children: Possibility, probability, reality
    Vladimir Iacomi (Moldova)
  • Self-assessment case: Hemochromatosis
    Domenico Girelli (Italy)
  • Panel discussion
    All speakers

11:00–11:15 Coffee break

11:15–13:00 Session 5: Thrombosis (general)

  • Lecture: VTE diagnosis, treatment and prevention in pregnancy: Where is the evidence pointing?
    Fionnuala Ní Ainle (Ireland)
  • Catastrophic Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome: ​A case beyond the typical presentation​
    Fatoş Dilan Köseoğlu (Türkiye)
  • Deep venous thrombosis in patients with atresia of the inferior vena cava and right kidney hypoplasia (KILT syndrome)
    Nikola Pantić (Serbia)
  • Self-assessment case
    Fionnuala Ní Ainle (Ireland)
  • Panel discussion
    All speakers

13:00–14:00 Lunch

13:00–14:00 Meet-the-Expert: Roche (Booth)

13:30–14:00 Satellite symposium: Takeda

14:30–16:15 Session 4: Thrombosis (cancer associated)

  • Lecture: Prevention and Treatment of VTE in Patients with Hematological Malignancies
    Grigoris Gerotziafas (France)
  • Thrombosis associated with hematological malignancies
    Marijo Vodanović (Croatia)
  • Thrombosis in solid cancers
    Nikica Sabljic (Serbia)
  • Self-assessment case: Case of Multiple Myeloma Associated Thrombosis: Pitfalls and Challenges
    Grigoris Gerotziafas (France)
  • Panel discussion
    All speakers

16:15–16:30 Coffee break

16:30–18:15 Session 6: Hereditary anemias / Anemia (hereditary / thalassemias), congenital / rare anemias

  • Lecture: Thalassemia and Sickle Cell Disease: Focus on diagnosis and clinical manifestations
    Maria Dimopoulou (Greece)
  • GATA-2 syndrome
    Elena Solomou (Greece)
  • Methemoglobinemia
    Kristina Tomic Vujovic (Serbia)
  • Self-assessment case
    Maria Dimopoulou (Greece)
  • Panel discussion
    All speakers

18:15–18:30 Closing

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