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UIP-Newsletter 01-2010

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UIP Newsletter

Dear colleagues!

This is the  first UIP-Newsletter in 2010 with  an update on the developments in our union.

First of all I have to apologize!  In the last newsletter I have forgotten to mention that also the Bulgarian Society of Phlebology has become a new member of the UIP in Monaco (President is Dr. Lachezar Grozdinsky, you reach the secretariat under Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist gegen Spambots geschützt! JavaScript muss aktiviert werden, damit sie angezeigt werden kann. ). Congratulations and I’m looking forward to the cooperation with this active scientific phlebological society.

Communication

In 2009 nine issues of the UIP-Newsletter reached 8.000 phlebologists worldwide. This is part of our goal towards a better communication between the phlebological societies but also with individual phlebologists. These activities will go on. In addition the UIP website will be updated this year.

Education

Our efforts towards a system of consensus documents are ongoing. In the December-Edition of International Angiology the consensus document: “Diagnosis and Treatment of Venous Malformations” by B.B. Lee, J. Bergan, P. Gloczki, J. Laredo, DA Loose, R. Matassi, K. Parsi, J. Villavicencio and P. Zamboni has been published. The curriculum is ready to be published as well as our consensus documents on primary lymphedma and deep venous pathology. Others will follow soon. The consensus documents are the basis for future educational projects in the UIP.  

Decisions of the Executive Committee of the UIP

On January 16th 2010 the meeting of the Executive Committee of the UIP took place. Some important decisions have been made there.

Humanitarian projects:

A variety of different humanitarian projects exist in the phlebological field. A UIP humanitarian network will be created to help individual initiatives to cooperate or to get started. There are limited financial possibilities for support by the UIP, but the UIP will support the activities by giving them a platform and by communicating the issues to the venous community to health professionals and to political officials. By this network also industry can be made more aware of these programs and give financial support. It was decided that Nick Morrison and Pier-Luigi Antignani, both Vice-Presidents of the UIP, will start this network together with André Cornu-Thénard and Attilio Cavezzi. All are experienced in humanitarian projects in this field.

Role of the Vice-Presidents

Aside from many other duties the Vice-Presidents are representing different parts of the world and it’s their role to gather information on the member societies and to communicate with those who might be new candidates for membership in the UIP. The responsibilities are as follows:

  • Nick Morrison:          North-America
  • Armando Shapiro:   South-America
  • Kurosh Parsi:           South-East Asia,  Australia and New Zealand
  • Mehmet Kurtoglu:    Balkans Region, Middle East and  Northern Africa
  • Felizitas Pannier:     other European countries

International Venous Academy

An International Venous Academy will be founded this year by Eberhard Rabe to structure the educational issues on a long perspective. The educational matters will be based on the consensus documents and the curriculum as adopted by the UIP. The International Venous Academy will have its own organization and board which will closely cooperate with the Executive Committee of the UIP. This is necessary as the UIP is a non-profit organization and would not be able to run the International Venous Academy in a self-financing way including fees for different activities.

UIP - Diploma in Phlebology

A UIP Diploma in Phlebology will be available in the future based on a modular partition of the educational program (curriculum). The proposed modular projects must all be certified by the International Venous Academy. Educational parts in venous congresses and other educational projects by member societies could also be rewarded modular value. The UIP certificates for the different moduls will also be available.

Secretariat of the UIP

The Executive Committee has also decided to establish a permanent secretariat of the UIP in cooperation with a professional organization. This organization should build up a secretariat which is organizing communications and relations with member societies, the UIP-Newsletter and the UIP-Website in cooperation with the President of the UIP and the Executive Committee. The activities will be financed mainly by funding and the secretariat will build up its own funding-system.

Next UIP Meetings

The next International UIP-Congress in Prague with Jaroslav Strejcek as President will take place from September 15th – 17th 2011. More information will be available in May 2010 (The mailadress is: Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist gegen Spambots geschützt! JavaScript muss aktiviert werden, damit sie angezeigt werden kann. ).

The 27th World Congress of the UIP, organized by Nick Morrison and the American College of Phlebology, will be held at the Hynes Center in Boston/USA from September 8th to 14th 2013.

Other Meetings

The meeting of the European Venous Forum will take place from June 24th - 26th 2010 in Antwerp. Further details of the meeting are available on the website: www.europeanvenousforum.org

The Annual Meeting of the German Society of Phlebology will take place from November 10th – 13th in Aachen with the topic Phlebology – Reality and Fiction, further information on www.dgp-congress.de.

More information of future congresses and meetings are available on our congress list phlebological meetings.pdf.

Stemmer Library

The most comprehensive library of references of studies and articles about compression therapy, the Stemmer Library, is now online availabe under www.stemmerlibrary.com.

Best wishes for a Happy Easter

Prof. Dr. med. Eberhard Rabe
President Past President General Secretary Assistant General Secretary Treasurer
Eberhard RABE Angelo SCUDERI Ivan STAELENS Pierre Luigi ANTIGNANI Jean Jerome GUEX
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Mehmet KURTOGLU Nick MORRISON Felizitas PANNIER Kurosh PARSI Armando SCHAPIRA
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ear Colleagues,

a very busy year 2009 is now almost lying behind us. A year of many activities in the UIP.

The UIP World Congress 2009 was an outstanding success. Fifteen hundred attendees, the most in its history, representing fifty countries, assembled in the picture perfect setting and balmy clime of Monaco to survey, share and present the achievements within the field of phlebology over the past four years, and to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the UIP. This congress, held on August 30th through September 4th, was a collaborative effort between the French and German Societies of Phlebology, with Dr. Jean-Jerome Guex serving as chairman of the organizing committee, and Dr. Eberhard Rabe as chairman of the scientific committee.
Five very full days were packed with six hundred presentations in lectures, abstracts, posters and videos, and the exhibition hall at the beautiful Grimaldi Forum filled with exhibitor and society booths. Monaco, with a population of about 32,000, and an equal number, it seemed, of Ferraris, Maseratis, Lamborghinis, Bentleys and Royces, was a magnificent venue. Its spectacular vistas and beaches, casinos, museums and restaurants offered a dazzling ambiance for socializing and relaxation.
A high level of scientific diversity and quality was achieved within the broad array of topics that included venous malformations and lymphedema, chronic cerebro-spinal venous insufficiency, endovenous ablation, sclerotherapy, compression, venous ulcerations, anatomy, thromboembolic disease, pathophysiology, pelvic veins, venous surgery, phlebolymphedema, diagnosis, patient compliance, deep venous insufficiency and embryology.
All the abstracts and impressing pictures from the World Congress are available at www.uip2009.eu (e-abstract book and photo gallery).


Several industry-sponsored UIP- awards were announced:

  • 6th Servier Research Fellowship 2009: Ahmad Anwar, UK; “The role of soluble uPAR (suPAR) fragments in venous ulcer healing”
  • 5th Bauerfeind Phlebology Award 2009: Mrs. Prof. Kornelia Böhler from Department of Dermatology, AKH Vienna Austria; “Prospective randomized study,treatment of superficial phlebitis with and without compression stockings”
  • 1st Kreussler Young Scientists’ Sclerotherapy Award 2009: Nina Tetsch, Uniklinik Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck, Klinik für Dermatologie, Ratzeburger Allee 160, D-23538 Lübeck;  “Catheter-directed foam sclerotherapy of varicose veins under tumescence anesthesia“

Congratulations to the winners!

During the UIP Council meeting in Monaco Dr. Angelo Scuderi of Brazil was elected the next President, to begin in 2011, following the European chapter meeting scheduled in Prague, which will be under the direction of Prof. Strejcek of the Czech Republic, on September 15-17, 2011 (uip-prague-new.pdf). Eberhard Rabe will remain President until this time.   

Five Vice Presidential posts were filled for four-year terms:

  • Mehmet Kurtoglu (Turkish Society of Phlebology)
  • Nick Morrison (American College of Phlebology)
  • Felizitas Pannier (German Society of Phlebology)
  • Kurosh Parsi (Australasian College of Phlebology)
  • Armando Schapira (Sociedad Argentina de Flebologia y Linfologia)

Other positions elected for the next four years are:

  • General Secretary: Ivan Staelens (Benelux Society of Phlebology)
  • Assistant General Secretary: P.L. Antignani (Italian College of Phlebology)
  • Treasurer: Jean Jerome Guex (French Society of Phlebology)

The following national phlebological societies submitted were accepted as new members of the Union Internationale de Phlebologie:

  • Society of Phlebology and Lymphology Bonaerense, Argentina
  • Asociación Civil de Flebología y Linfología de Córdoba, Argentina
  • Chilean Society of Phlebology and Lymphology
  • European Venous Forum
  • Ecuadorian Society of Phlebology
  • Phlebological Association of El Salvador
  • Venous Association of India (VAI)
  • Academia Mexicana de Flebologia y Linfologia

Congratulations!

The American College of Phlebology made a successful bid to hold the next UIP World Congress in Boston in 2013. This is a great honor for the ACP, and validates the important strides that have been made in phlebology in the U.S.

During the pre-congress meeting the results of the UIP-consensus groups were presented. Some of the documents are ready for publication, others still need some finalization.

  • Curriculum in Phlebology (K. Parsi, Australia)
  • Diagnosis and treatment of varicose veins (P. Gloviczki, USA)
  • Diagnosis and treatment of venous edema (A. Scuderi, Brazil)
  • Diagnosis and treatment of venous skin changes (M. Flour, Belgium)
  • Diagnosis and treatment of venous malformation (B.B. Lee, USA)
  • Diagnosis and treatment of primary lymphedema (B.B.Lee, USA)
  • Diagnosis and treatment of phlebolymphedema (N. Piller, Australia)
  • Diagnosis and treatment of superficial Phlebitis (H. Gerlach, Germany)
  • Deep venous reconstruction (F. Lurie, Hawaii, USA)
  • Classification of duplex findings after treatment of saphenous varicose veins (M. de Maeseneer, Belgium)
  • Venous symptoms, telangiectases and reticular veins (J.-P. Benigni, France)
  • Terminologia Embryologica (A. Caggiati, Italy)
  • Patients reported outcome in phlebology (J.J. Guex, France)
  • Corona phlebectatica (A. Cornu-Thénard, France)

Based on the Curriculum in Phlebology the consensus documents together with previous ones will be the backbone of the UIP educational initiative. Many thanks to all the working groups for their tremendous effort!

In Monaco the Vein Consult Program was started. This is an observational, multicenter, descriptive survey of chronic venous disease.It’s the largest international screening program including approximately 80.000 patients. It is endorsed by the Union Internationale de Phlébologie (UIP) and supported by an unrestricted grant from the Servier Research Group. Vein Consult is an international observational prospective survey conducted in 2 complementary steps: step 1, within the framework of general practice, step 2, among selected venous specialists for diagnostic confirmation of patients referred by GPs.

The UIP-Newsletter reaches 8.000 phlebologists worldwide. We try to give you the newest information concerning UIP activities and other venous topics. Please feel free to send us your suggestions and critics.

The 3 pillars of the UIP are Science, Education and Communication. We made some progress in the last years thanks the input from all the board members, consensus group members and the whole phlebological community. Thank you very much. Nevertheless there is still a long way to go for worldwide recognition of phlebological. We will work on this issue.

On behalf of the Executive Committee of the UIP I wish you all a Merry Christmas and all the best for the New Year!