November,10 November,11 November,12 November,13  

8:30 ~ 10:30
Symposia
Room101
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases : Recent Advances
Room102
Geriatric Care : Contemporary Important Issues
VIP Room (4F)
Current Opinions in Rheumatic Disorders
10:30 ~ 11:00
Coffee Break
11:00 ~ 11:50
Special Lecture
Room101
Progressive Renal Failure -Can It Be Prevented?
VIP Room (4F)
Prevention of Type 1 Diabetes
 
12:00 ~ 12:50
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13:00 ~ 15:00
Symposia
Room101
Quality Improvement in Medical Care
Room102
Internal Medicine in IT Era (3) — Applications in Clinical Service
VIP Room (4F)
Hyperuricemia and Gout: State- of- the-Art
15:00 ~ 15:30
Coffee Break
15:30 ~ 16:20
Special Lecture
Room101
Diagnosis and Treatment of Pulmonary Embolism
VIP Room (4F)
Strategies for Successful Aging
 
16:30 ~ 18:30
Symposia
Room101
Drug Allergy
Room102
Heart Failure: Current Opinions and Future Perspective
VIP Room (4F)
Current Uses of Dialytic Therapies in Non-renal Organ Failure
18:30
Closing Ceremony / Farewell Cocktail Party ( 1F Central Lobby, TICC )

 

8:30 ~ 10:30
Symposia

Rm 101 : Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases : Recent Advances
Chair : Prof. Charles R.K. Hind, UK
             Prof. Sow-Hsong Kuo, Taiwan

1.
COPD: A Threatening Global Disease
Prof. Young-Soo Shim, Korea
2.
COPD: Tobacco Act and Smoking Cessation
Prof. Hajime Kurosawa, Japan
3.
COPD: Advances in Pharmacological Therapy
Prof. Wan C. Tan, Canada
4.
COPD: Rehabilitation and Education Program
Prof. Ying-Huang, Tsai, Taiwan
 

Rm 102 : Geriatric Care : Contemporary Important Issues
Chair : Prof. William J Hall, USA
             Prof. Tong-Yuan Tai, Taiwan

1.
Overview and Age-related Physiological Changes
Prof. Shyh-Dye Lee, Taiwan
2.
Preventing Functional Decline in Older Adults
Prof. Anne Fabiny, USA
3.
Drug Treatment in Later Life
Prof. Peter Crome, UK
4.
Anti-aging Medicine and Its Dock System in Japan
Prof. Toshikazu Yoshikawa, Japan
 

Rm 4F VIP : Current Opinions in Rheumatic Disorders
Chair : Prof. Eugene J Kucharz, Poland
             Prof. Chia-Li Yu, Taiwan

1.
Viral Infections in Rheumatic Disorders
Prof. Gregory J Tsay, Taiwan
2.
Cardiovascular Complications of Specific COX-2 Inhibitors
Prof. Eugene J. Kucharz, Poland
3.
Biological Therapy in Rheumatic Disorders
Prof. Chia-Li Yu, Taiwan
4.
Clinical and Genetic Differences Between Autoantibody Positive and Negative Rheumatoid Arthritis
Prof. Rene E. M.Toes, Netherlands
 
11:00 ~ 11:50
Special Lecture

Rm 101 :
Chair : Prof. Toshiro Fujita, Japan
Progressive Renal Failure -Can It Be Prevented?
Prof. Napier Thomson, Australia

Rm 4F VIP :
Chair : Prof. Low-Tone Ho, Taiwan
Prevention of Type 1 Diabetes
Prof. Bart Keymeulen, Belgium

13:00 ~ 15:30
Symposia

Rm 101 : Quality Improvement in Medical Care
Chair : Prof. Thomas Kjellstrom, Sweden
             Prof. Mei-Shu Lai, Taiwan

1.
The Leading Edge of Healthcare Quality through Performance Measurement: Lessons from the Codman Competition
Prof. John Noble, USA
2.
The Passionate Pursuit of Perfect Health Care
Prof. Peter A. Gross, USA
3.
Quality Improvement in Health Care; An Example of Japan
Prof. Tomonori Hasegawa, Japan
4.
Transforming system to better health care quality in Taiwan
Prof. Mei-Shu Lai, Taiwan
 

Rm 102 : Internal Medicine in IT Era (3) — Applications in Clinical Service
Chair : Prof. Ryohei Kuwatsuru, Japan
             Prof. Xi-Zhang Lin, Taiwan

1.
Information Technology Application for Infectious Disease and Antibiotic Usage: Implication for a Broader Scope of Education
Prof. Victor L Yu, USA
2.
Application of Information Technology in Electronic Medical Records
Prof. Ryohei Kuwatsuru, Japan
3.
Ubiquitous Healthcare in Ageing Society
Dr. Heng-Shuen Chen, Taiwan
4.
Innovational Application of Information Technology in Clinical Conferences : Crux Integrated System
Prof. Mark Ming-Long Hsu, Taiwan
 

Rm 4F VIP : Hyperuricemia and Gout : State- of- the-Art
Chair : Prof. Michael Schachter, UK
             Prof. Deh-Ming Chang, Taiwan

1.
Genetic Factors in Hyperuricemia and Gout
Prof. Ying-Chin Ko, Taiwan
2.
Hyperuricemia Associated Medical Problems
Prof. John Darmawan, Indonesia
3.
Debates in the Management of Hyperuricemia
Prof. Naoyuki Kamatani, Japan
4.
Uric Acid, Endothelial Dysfunction and Atherosclerosis
Prof. Michael Schachter, UK
 
15:30 ~ 16:20
Special Lecture

Rm 101 :
Chair : Prof. Virginijus Sapoka, Lithuania
Diagnosis and Treatment of Pulmonary Embolism
Prof. Hanspeter Kohler, Switzerland

Rm 4F VIP :
Chair : Prof. Tien-Chung Chang, Taiwan
Strategies for Successful Aging
Prof. William J. Hall, USA

16:30 ~ 18:20
Symposia

Rm 101 : Drug Allergy
Chair : Prof. Werner J Pichler, Switzerland
             Prof. Yuan-Tsong Chen, Taiwan

1.
Approach to A Patient with Suspected Drug Hypersensitivity
Prof. Werner J. Pichler, Switzerland
2.
Genetic Susceptibility and Pharmacogenomics of Cutaneous Adverse Drug Reactions
Prof. Yuan-Tsong Chen, Taiwan
3.
Drug-induced Systemic Anaphylaxis
Dr. Bernard Yu-Hor Thong, Singapore
4.
Viral Infections in Drug-induced Hypersensitivity
Prof. Tetsuo Shiohara, Japan
 

Rm 102 : Heart Failure: Current Opinions and Future Perspective
Chair : Prof. Roger J Hajjar, USA
             Prof. Yu-An Ding, Taiwan

1.
Etiology and Pathophysiology of Heart Failure : Acute Denovo Versus Decompensated Chronic Heart Failure
Dr. Federica del Monte, USA
2.
Novel Prognostic Indicators Changes the Management of Heart Failure
Dr. David Adlam, UK
3.
Heart Failure Clinic: the Value of Teamwork
Dr. Yi -Lwun Ho, Taiwan
4.
Cell Therapy and Gene Therapy for Heart Failure
Prof. Roger J. Hajjar, USA
5.
Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy for Heart Failure
Dr. Fung Wing-Hong, Jeffrey, Hong Kong
 

Rm 4F VIP : Current Uses of Dialytic Therapies in Non-renal Organ Failure
Chair : Prof. Napier Thomson, Australia
             Prof. Kuan-Tun Wu, Taiwan

1.
Current Uses of Dialytic Therapies in Non-renal Organ Failure
Prof. John A. Kellum, USA
2.
Extracorporeal Ultrafiltration in Refractory Congestive Heart Failure
Prof. William Richard Clark, USA
3.
The Twelve-Year Experience of Plasmapheresis in Patients with Myasthenia Gravis
Prof. Hou-Chang Chiu, Taiwan
4.
New Strategies for the Development of Internal Artificial Organ
Dr. Katsutoshi Naruse, Japan