Sunday 4 May
Pre/Event management of LDL-C: Getting the right patient at the right time
Lale Tokgözoğlu, Ankara, Turkey
Lale Tokgözoğlu
AnkaraTurkey
Lale Tokgözoğlu is professor of cardiology at Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey. She is a past president of the European Atherosclerosis Society and deputy editor of the European Heart Journal. She chaired the Atherosclerosis and Vascular Biology Working Group of the European Society of Cardiology between 2008 and 2010. Prof. Tokgözoğlu was the first female president of the Turkish Society of Cardiology, where she developed heart health policies and strategies and chaired the Dyslipidaemia Working Group of the Turkish Society of Cardiology. She has contributed to several guidelines and consensus papers on dyslipidaemia and preventive cardiology. Prof. Tokgözoğlu was a member of the steering committee of the EUROASPIRE III-V studies. She has also served on the board of the Prevention Association as well as different committees of the European Society of Cardiology, including the Fellowship and Training Committee, the Education Committee and the Research and Grants Committee. She is a member of the Science Academy and a founding member of the Atherosclerosis Research and Education Society in Turkey. She is also a founding member of the Department of Noncommunicable Diseases in Hacettepe University. Additionally, she serves on the Scientific and Research Council of Turkey Working Group on women researchers.
Kausik Ray, UK
Nicholas Marston, USA
Monday 5 May
Combination Therapy for LDL-C: Pathways to Goal Attainment
Kausik Ray, UK
Julia Brandts, UK
Alberto Zambon, Italy
Alberto Zambon
Italy
Prof. Alberto Zambon MD, PhD, FAHA
Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine – DIMED – University of Padua School of Medicine – Italy
Professor Alberto Zambon received his MD degree in 1988 from the University of Padua. He is board certified in Endocrinology and Metabolism (1993), and holds a PhD in Gerontology from the University of Padua (1998). Post-Doctoral Fellow in Endocrinology and Metabolism at the Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Nutrition, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, (1991-1993 and 1995-1998), where, in 1999, he was appointed Acting Assistant Professor of Medicine and currently holds a position of Affiliate Assistant Professor of Medicine. He has authored or co-authored more than 120 peer-reviewed publications and 5 book chapters, and has delivered more than 250 invited lectures.
He is a member of the Italian Atherosclerosis Society (SISA), the European Atherosclerosis Society (EAS), Gold Heart Member of the AHA and FAHA, and the International Atherosclerosis Society (IAS). Professor Zambon is currently a member of the EAS Executive Committee.
Lp(a): Are we seeing light in the end of the tunnel?
Ulf Landmesser, Germany
Pia Kamstrup, Denmark
Erik Stroes, The Netherlands
Leslie Cho, USA
EAS have independently organised all matters related to this programme, including content and presenters. We acknowledge financial support, in the form of an educational grant, received from industry in support of the programme.
