Abstactband Ageing 2015
Meeting Program
Treatment of Elderly Patients: The Challenge of the Future
Friday September 25th 2015
Stadthaus Halle - City Building Halle
18:00 Opening
Andreas Simm
M. Gekle, Dean of the Medical Faculty
R.-E. Silber, Heart Centre University Hospital Halle
Keynote lecture and Schober award
Laudation Cornal Sieber:
by Judith Campisi, Navato, USA
Keynote lecture:
Cornel Sieber, Erlangen-Nürnberg, D
20:00 Come Together
Saturday September 26th 2015
Löwengebäude - Lion Building
Session 1 (8:00 - 10:00)
Epidemiologiy / defining thresholds
Jutta Gampe | Rostock, D | Increasing longevity - perspectives and challenges |
Till Ittermann | Greifswald, D | Calculation of age-specific population-based reference intevals |
Stephan von Haehling | Göttingen, D |
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Ursula Müller-Werdan | Berlin, D | Reference intervals for geriatic patients - pros and cons |
Coffee Break (10:00 - 10:30)
Session 2 (10:30 - 12:30)
Vessel aging and diseases
| Peter Nilsson | Malmö, SE | Blood pressure strategies and goals in elderlypatients with hypertension |
| Andreas Simm | Halle, D | Age-related accumulation of advanced glycation end products modifications reflect the vascular and cardiac function |
| Angelo Scuteri | Rome, I | Vessels stiffness: from blood pressure to brain function |
| Martin R. Bennett | Cambridge, UK | Ageing and atherosclerosis |
Lunch Break (12:30 - 13:30)
Session 3 (13:30 - 15:30)
Cardiac aging and diseases
| Hendrik Treede | Halle, D | Challenges and Chances of Cardiac Surgey in an Ageing Population |
| Stefan Frantz | Halle, D | Immunological phenomena in cardiac physiology and pathophysiology |
| Andreas Thomas | Meerbusch, D | Cardiovascular risk in diabetes patients - a problem of long term and acute diabetes complications? |
| Harriette Verwey | Leiden, NL | Long-term mechanical circulatory support (MCS) in the Elderly patient |
Poster Session / Coffee Break (15:30 - 16:30)
Session 4 (16:30 - 18:30)
Frailty: from mice to humans
| Thomas Johnson | Boulder, USA | Frailty and Health Span in C. elegans and Mice |
| Judith Campisi | Novato, USA | Cellular senescence, ageing and wound healting |
| Andrea Maier | Amsterdam, NL | Geroscience in clinical practice: future perspectives |
| András Varro | Szeged, H | Frailty: from mice (rats) to humans. The electrophysiological effects |
20:00 Conference-Dinner
Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte - Museum for Prehistory
Sunday September 27th 2015
Löwengebäude - Lion Building
Session 5 (8:00 - 10:30)
Multimorbidity: renal and cognitive function
| Michael Gekle | Halle, D | Change of kidney function with age |
| Jeroen Kooman | Maastricht, NL | Challenges in the treatment of elderly patients with end stage renal disease: a clinical approach |
| James Rudolph | Boston, USA | Successful Surgery - Challenging Recovery: Functional and Cognitive Recovery after Cardiac Surgery |
| Hans-Jürgen Heppner | Witten, D | Intensive Care reflected in muldimorbidity and cognitive dysfunction |
Poster Session / Coffee Break (10:30 - 11:30)
Session 6 (11:30- 13:30)
Ethical issues
George M. Martin | Seattle, USA | The Ethical Struggle for Universal, High Quality, Affordable Health Care in the USA Lessons for the Developing World |
| Andreas Suchanek | Leipzig, D | Treatment of Elderly Patients: A View from Ethics |
| Andreas Kruse | Heidelberg, D | Ethical reflections on vulnerability and human dignity in borderline situations of old age |
| Christoph Mandla | Halle, D | The Treatment of Elderly Patients and their Protection in German Law |
