Virtual access
11 sessions with over 70 lectures covering the key specialties and essential updates in internal medicine, including landmark studies and the most current clinical practice guidelines
With special sessions
- McMaster Annual Update in Cardiology 2025
- McMaster Annual Update in Diabetology & Endocrinology 2025
- McMaster Annual Update in Rheumatology 2025
- Artificial Intelligence in Medicine 2025
- Medical Education Forum 2025
- Young Talents in Internal Medicine World Contest 2025
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With special sessions
McMaster Annual Update in Cardiology 2025
McMaster Annual Update in Diabetology & Endocrinology 2025
McMaster Annual Update in Rheumatology 2025
Artificial Intelligence in Medicine 2025
Medical Education Forum 2025
Young Talents in Internal Medicine World Contest 2025 - Finals
Program at a glance
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Auditorium Hall
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Theatre Hall
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Chamber Hall
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Auditorium Hall
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Theatre Hall
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Auditorium Hall
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Theatre Hall
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Session III Artificial Intelligence Part 1 |
Session I Young Talents in Internal Medicine World Contest Finals
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Session II Medical Education Forum In collaboration with the UEMS and Society of Bedside Medicine Part 1 |
Session IV Part 1 |
Session VII Gastroenterology |
Session VIII Infectious diseases |
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Hands-on workshops |
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Session VI McMaster Annual Update Part 1 |
Session IX Nephrology & Hematology |
Session X The Multimorbid Patient Session under the auspices of |
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Session XI McMaster Annual Update Under the auspices of |
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Session V Pulmonology
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Opening Ceremony Opening lecture |
SESSION I: Young Talents in Internal Medicine World Contest Finals
Chairs: Prof. Roman Jaeschke (Canada), Prof. Piotr Gajewski (Poland)
A 57-year-old welder with altered liver biochemistry and Kaposi’s sarcoma: A rare case with a unifying hypothesis
Dr. Mattia Lotto, Italy
Pulmonary edema - not just a cardiological diagnosis
Dr. Anna Ürgeová, Slovakia
When the body rebels
Dr. Klára Dombrovská, Czechia
Kidney disease… Is it worth the weight?
Dr. Peter Todd, Scotland
Aseptic abscess syndrome: Unravelling a rare cause of fever and abscesses in inflammatory bowel disease
Dr. Joana Nunes, Portugal
The vessel of warning: A case of unexplained recurrent arterial thrombosis
Dr. Yin Nan Huang, Canada
Recurrent VTE in a patient with multiple spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhages on a background of CAA
Dr. Aoife Harrison, Ireland
First documented use of the Wrapsody stentgraft for the treatment of nutcracker type of pelvic congestion syndrome
Dr. Elene Tkabladze, Germany
Now you see me: Bazin’s disease
Dr. Virginia Huhn, Argentina
Peritoneal implantation of pheochromocytoma – pheochromocytomatosis
Dr. Erik Bényei, Hungary
Human herpes virus-8 and AIDS: Old friends and a new foe
Dr. Daniel-Nicolás Marco Prats, Spain
The typhoid malady: A wolf in the skin of a lamb
Dr. Shashank Ravi Ganesh, India
Pyrexia puzzle – take a closer look to solve the mystery: A case report
Dr. Radwa Genidy, United Arab Emirates
Navigating the complexities: Case study of neuroinfection accompanied by thrombocytopenia
Dr. Aleksandra Raczyńska, Poland
Blood, brain, and a hidden battle: A case of eosinophilia and chronic strokes
Dr. Mehala Subramaniapillai, Canada
Refractory ascites and multinodular systemic involvement revealing an exceptional multivisceral form of vascular epithelioid tumor associated with the EWSR1::NFATC2 rearrangement
Dr. Arthur Renaud, France
From gut to gene: How colitis led to the diagnosis of a rare immunodeficiency
Dr. Leslie Naesens, Belgium
When family history illuminates the path: An uncommon cause of esophageal stricture
Dr. Mariana Pereira, Chile
Neuropathy in a diabetic patient. Think again.
Dr. Brian Beyers, South Africa
Misdiagnosis risk in tuberculosis-endemic regions: A multidisciplinary case report
Dr. Yüsra Ağaoğlu, Turkey
SESSION II: Medical Education Forum 2025
Part 1
In collaboration with the UEMS and Society of Bedside Medicine
Chairs: Prof. Przemko Kwinta (Poland), Prof. Nishma Singhal (Canada)
Reinvigorating the bedside exam: Strategies to improve the teaching and assessment of bedside clinical skills
Prof. Brian T. Garibaldi (Center for Bedside Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, USA)
How to effectively teach at the bedside during rounds
Dr. Timothy Niessen (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA)
From traditional into digital lectures: Risks and benefits
Prof. Przemko Kwinta (Jagiellonian University Medical College, Poland)
European CME/CPD and the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS)
Prof. Hannu Halila (University of Helsinki, Finland)
Medical education program reconstruction for an active learning, competency-based, excellence-driven (ACE) curriculum
Prof. Isaac Opole (American College of Physicians, USA)
Questions & Answers
Part 2: From the battlefield to the bedside: Practical lessons to enhance medical education
Session under the honorary patronage of the Ministry of National Defense, Republic of Poland
Chairs: LtCol Dr. Anita Podlasin (Poland), Prof. Michael Czekajlo (USA)
Individual and team training programs in the military that lead to high-performing clinicians and teams
Prof. Anthony LaPorta (Rocky Vista University, USA)
Challenges in medical education for future armed conflict: Standardized training in non standardized environment
Lt. Col. Dr. Anita Podlasin (Military Medical Training Center in Lodz, Poland)
Adapting the military experience into civilian training: Case studies and a vision for the future
Prof. Michael Czekajlo (Virginia Commonwealth University Health, USA)
Prepare the best for the worst: Implementing battlefield experience into the medical school curriculum
Dr. Tomasz Sanak (Jagiellonian University Medical College, Poland)
Implementation of cross training in military medical personnel education
2nd Lt. Artur Skobel (Postgraduate Education Center, Military Institute of Medicine – National Research Institute, Poland)
Questions & Answers
SESSION III: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine 2025
Part 1: From data to bedside: Using big data to develop AI tools for medicine
Chairs: Prof. Bartłomiej W. Papież (UK), Prof. Dan Perri (Canada)
Introduction
Prof. Bartłomiej W. Papież (Big Data Institute, University of Oxford, UK)
Will the European Health Data Space (EHDS) contribute to the AI revolution?
Dr. Andrzej Ryś (former Director for Health Systems, Medical Products and Innovation, DG SANTE, European Commission, Belgium; EHDS Co-creator)
Clinical AI: Curiosity, or cure?
Dr. Mikael Brudfors (Senior Solution Architect, NVIDIA, UK)
AI to reduce bureaucracy in medicine
Tomasz Kopacz (Healthcare Technology Strategist at Microsoft, Poland)
AI in cardiothoracic imaging: Ready for clinical implementation?
Prof. Rozemarijn Vliegenthart (University Medical Center Groningen, the Netherlands)
Pig in a poke? Unpacking the promise and pitfalls of foundation models in health care
Prof. Bartłomiej W. Papież (Big Data Institute, University of Oxford, UK)
From concept to clinic: Bridging the healthcare AI innovation gap – observations from the OxCAIR Research group
Prof. Alex Novak (Oxford Clinical Artificial Intelligence Research, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK)
Questions & Answers
All speakers
Part 2: Humans and AI view on healthcare: For users of AI tools
Chairs: Prof. Bartłomiej W. Papież (UK), Prof. Dan Perri (Canada)
Regulatory ecosystem for the AI-enabled medical devices: A brief summary for clinicians
Prof. Piotr Szymański (Chairman, Regulatory Affairs Committee of the European Society of Cardiology, National Medical Institute of the Ministry of the Interior and Administration, Poland)
Primum non nocere, secundum simulare! The ethical imperative of in silico evidence in the digital era
Prof. Alejandro F. Frangi (University of Manchester, UK)
Friend or foe? Navigating human-AI interactions in clinical practice
Prof. Bartłomiej W. Papież (Big Data Institute, Oxford University, UK)
Front-line experience in evaluating and translating AI tools into hospitals
Prof. Alex Novak (Oxford Clinical Artificial Intelligence Research, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK)
Challenges with integrating AI into clinical workflows
Prof. Dan Perri (McMaster University, Canada)
Integration of AI in medical education
Prof. Sameer Shaikh (McMaster University, Canada)
Questions & Answers
All speakers
Keynote lecture
Evidence-based medicine: Past, present, future
Prof. Gordon Guyatt (McMaster University, Canada)
OPENING LECTURE
To do or not to do? Clinical practices we do for no reason
Prof. Isaac Opole (President, American College of Physicians, USA)
SESSION IV: McMaster Annual Update in Cardiology 2025
In collaboration with the Polish Cardiac Society
Part 1
Chairs: Prof. Robert Gil (Poland), Prof. Jacek Legutko (Poland)
Management of chronic coronary syndromes: How the latest ESC guidelines change practice
Prof. Vijay Kunadian (Newcastle University, UK)
Current invasive approach to acute coronary syndromes
Prof. Sanjit Jolly (McMaster University, Canada)
Perioperative cardiovascular management of patients undergoing noncardiac surgery
Prof. P.J. Devereaux (McMaster University, Canada)
Chronic heart failure: 2025 update
Prof. Piotr Ponikowski (Wroclaw Medical University, Poland)
Questions & Answers
All speakers
Part 2
Chairs: Prof. Akbar Panju (Canada), Prof. Piotr Ponikowski (Poland)
Non-invasive management of peripheral arterial and aortic diseases: An overview of ESC guidelines
Prof. Victor Aboyans (University of Limoges, France)
Current invasive modalities in the management of peripheral arterial and aortic diseases
Prof. Raphaël Coscas (University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France)
Venous thromboembolism: 2025 update
Prof. James Douketis (McMaster University, Canada)
Cardio-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome: Risk factors and management principles
Prof. Grzegorz Gajos (Jagiellonian University Medical College, Poland)
Questions & Answers
All speakers
Part 3
Chairs: Prof. Roman Jaeschke (Canada), Prof. Grzegorz Gajos (Poland)
Management of atrial fibrillation: Current strategies according to the latest ESC practice guidelines
Prof. Ruben Casado Arroyo (Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium)
Anticoagulation in patients with atrial fibrillation
Prof. Dimitri Richter (Athens Euroclinic Hospital, Greece)
Electrotherapy in cardiac arrhythmias: 2025 update for everyday clinical practice
Prof. Josef Kautzner (Palacký University Medical School, Czechia)
Update on cardiopulmonary resuscitation 2025
Prof. Bernd W. Böttiger (University of Cologne, Germany)
Questions & Answers
All speakers
SESSION V: Pulmonology
Chairs: Prof. Roman Jaeschke (Canada), Prof. Brian T. Garibaldi (USA)
Pulmonary physiology: What clinicians (still) need to know
Prof. John Kolbe (University of Auckland, New Zealand)
Asthma management: GINA 2025 update
Prof. Arzu Yorgancıoğlu (Manisa Celal Bayar University, Turkey)
Incidental findings from low dose CT screening for lung cancer: When to worry
Prof. Julian Dobranowski (McMaster University, Canada)
How to predict and prevent perioperative pulmonary complications: The role of a consultant and prehabilitation team
Introductory speaker: Prof. Dorota Sobczyk, John Paul II Specialist Hospital in Kraków, Poland
Main speaker: Prof. Tarannum Rampal, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, UK
Questions & Answers
All speakers
SESSION VI: McMaster Annual Update in Rheumatology 2025
Part 1
Chairs: Prof. Bhaskar Dasgupta (UK), Prof. Piotr Wiland (Poland)
Disease stratification, personalised medicine and treatment advances in rheumatology: Parallels with other conditions
Prof. Bhaskar Dasgupta (Anglia Ruskin University, UK)
Rheumatoid arthritis stratified management
Prof. Ernest Choy (Cardiff University School of Medicine, UK)
Systemic lupus erythematosus stratified management
Prof. Frédéric Houssiau (UCLouvain, Belgium)
ANCA vasculitis stratified management
Prof. Christian Pagnoux (University of Toronto, Canada)
Questions & Answers
All speakers
Part 2
Chairs: Prof. Bhaskar Dasgupta (UK), Prof. Mariusz Korkosz (Poland)
Systemic sclerosis stratified management
Prof. Maggie Larché (University of Calgary, Canada)
Axial spondyloarthritis stratified management
Prof. Elena Nikiphorou (King’s College London, UK)
Psoriatic arthritis stratified management
Prof. Laura Coates (University of Oxford, UK)
CPPD deposition and other crystal arthropathies stratified management
Prof. Geraldine McCarthy (University College Dublin, Ireland)
Questions & Answers
All speakers
Part 3
Chairs: Prof. Bhaskar Dasgupta (UK), Prof. Mariusz Korkosz (Poland)
Still’s disease stratified management
Prof. Lorenzo Dagna (Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Italy)
Polymyalgia and giant cell arteritis stratified management
Prof. Bhaskar Dasgupta (Anglia Ruskin University, UK)
Fibromyalgia stratified management
Prof. Jacob Ablin (Tel Aviv University Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, Israel)
Questions & Answers
All speakers
OPENING LECTURE
Opening lecture: The second victim phenomenon and its impact on health care
systems, patients, and those who care
Prof. José Joaquín Mira (Miguel Hernández University of Elche, Spain)
SESSION VII: Gastroenterology
Chairs: Prof. Akbar Panju (Canada), Prof. Aftab Moshin (Pakistan)
Diverticular disease of the colon: Current management
Prof. Paul Moayyedi (McMaster University, Canada)
Irritable bowel syndrome: How to adjust treatment depending on symptoms and co-morbid conditions
Prof. Jan Tack (KU Leuven, Belgium)
GI cancer prevention: From evidence to practice
Prof. Janusz Jankowski (University College London, UK)
Metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD): Current management according the EASL-EASD-EASO 2024 guidelines
Prof. Hannele Yki-Järvinen (University of Helsinki, Finland)
Questions & Answers
All speakers
SESSION VIII: Infectious Diseases
Chairs: Prof. Nishma Singhal (Canada), Prof. Monika Bociąga-Jasik (Poland)
Dengue and other vector-borne febrile infections: Differential diagnosis pitfalls
Prof. Somia Iqtadar (King Edward Medical University, Pakistan)
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1): An update
Prof. Mark Loeb (McMaster University, Canada)
Acute diagnosis and management of pneumonia
Prof. Brian T. Garibaldi (Center for Bedside Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, USA)
Management of bloodstream infections
Prof. Nishma Singhal (McMaster University, Canada)
Questions & Answers
All speakers
SESSION IX: Nephrology and Hematology
Chairs: Prof. Virginia Hood (USA), Prof. Justyna Rybka (Poland)
Nephrology update 2025: Advances relevant to everyday clinical practice
Prof. Jürgen Floege (RWTH Aachen University, Germany)
Management of nephrological and hematological complications of pregnancy
Prof. Serena Gundy (McMaster University, Canada)
Cancer-associated thrombosis: Current management
Prof. James Douketis (McMaster University, Canada)
Questions & Answers
All speakers
SESSION X: The Multimorbid Patient
Under the auspices of the European Federation of Internal Medicine
Chairs: Prof. Akbar Panju (Canada), Prof. Julija Voicehovska (Latvia)
A multimorbid patient before invasive treatment: The interdisciplinary preparation including prehabilitation
Introductory speaker: Dr. Magdalena Łasińska-Kowara, COPERNICUS Regional Oncology Center in Gdańsk, Poland
Main speaker: Prof. Amy H. Ng, The University of Texas at MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA
Identification and management of osteosarcopenia
Prof. Julija Voicehovska (Rīga Stradiņš University, Latvia)
Managing complex multimorbidity cases: Lessons from personal experience
Prof. Rebecca W. Opole (University of Kansas School of Medicine, USA)
Questions & Answers
All speakers
SESSION XI: McMaster Annual Update in Diabetology & Endocrinology 2025
Under the auspices of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes
In collaboration with Diabetes Poland
Part 1
Chairs: Prof. Tina Vilsbøll (Denmark), Prof. Marie Pigeyre (Canada)
Diabetes treatment algorithm of the joint ADA and EASD guidelines: 2025 update
Prof. Melanie Davies (University of Leicester, UK)
Precision medicine in diabetes management
Prof. Marie Pigeyre (McMaster University, Canada)
GLP-1 receptor agonists in type 2 diabetes mellitus and other diseases: A summary of study results and practical tips for the physician
Prof. Tina Vilsbøll (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
Modern treatment of obesity: How incretin-based therapies have changed the options for effective treatment
Prof. Martin Haluzík (Charles University, Czechia)
Questions & Answers
All speakers
Part 2
Chairs: Prof. Tina Vilsbøll (Denmark), Prof. Ally Prebtani (Canada)
Glucose and HbA1c tests: From diagnosing diabetes to modern diabetes monitoring
Prof. Leszek Czupryniak (Medical University of Warsaw, Poland)
How to diagnose thyroid diseases wisely and avoid unnecessary tests
Prof. Ally Prebtani (McMaster University, Canada)
Male hypogonadism: When to suspect, how to diagnose and treat?
Prof. Nadia Sawicka-Gutaj (Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poland)
Questions & Answers
All speakers
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How does it really look?
We have selected 4 excellent lectures from 2024 as a sample of what you can expect:
- Prof. Paul O’Byrne, McMaster University, Canada: Asthma exacerbations management
- Prof. Vijay Kunadian, Newcastle University, UK: Acute coronary syndromes management: 2024 update
- Prof. Kevin Hill, Harvard Medical School, USA: Medical cannabis 2024 update: Benefits and dangers
- Prof. Dan Perri, McMaster University, Canada: Artificial intelligence (AI) in medicine: Where we are now and what future may bring
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