Belgian Society of Internal Medicine

Annual Congress of the Belgian Society of Internal Medicine
Location: Dolce La Hulpe, Chaussee de Bruxelles 135, La Hulpe 1310, Belgium
Time: 9:00 - 17:00

Friday, December 6, 2024

Agenda:

• 09:00 - 09:05: Welcome by the President
• 09:05 - 09:45: Lecture: Best Belgian Clinical Article in Internal Medicine 2023
                                 “Once weekly insulin as basal insulin in diabetes”, by Chantal Mathieu
• 09:45: Workshops:
• • Point-of-Care Ultrasound
  • • Introduction Ultrasound in General Internal Medicine and hands-on training
    • Led by: Dieter De Clerck, Filippo Annoni, Juan Pablo Herreraavila
      (Limited places available)
  • Infectious Diseases
  • • Immunostart: Preparing Patients for Immunosuppression by Charlotte Martin
    • Importance of History Taking in Diagnostic Workup of Fever Patients by Eric Florence
• 11:25: Coffee Break
• 11:45: Satellite Symposium by MSD: 
              Pneumococcal epidemiology, disease and prevention in Belgium
              Epidemiology of pneumococcal disease in Belgium by Stefanie Desmet
              Pneumococcal disease and its prevention by Johan Flamaing
• 12:30: Lunch and Poster Viewing
• 13:30: Satellite Symposium by GSK:
     Vaccination Strategies for Herpes Zoster and RSV: A Path to Better Immunity
             By Marie-Angelique de Scheerder and Nicolas Dauby
  

• 14:15: Young Clinician's Award Session and voting
  off-label use of avacopan in a patient with anca-associated vasculitis-related life-threatening diffuse lung haemorrhage 
  Margaux Leclercq, Raphael Mottale, Hamza Yousfi, Lionel Leblanc, Frédéric Vandergheynst
  Unveiling PTPN2 mutations in two families as a novel genetic driver fueling autoimmunity
  Leslie Naesens, Bram Meertens, Marieke De Bruyne, Lore Pottie, Ciel De Vriendt, Tessa Kerre, Simon Tavernier, Filomeen Haerynck
  The Evolving Understanding of Low-Penetrance NLRP3 Variants: A Case Report
  Aya Sayah, Frederic Vandergheynst, Louis Wolff
  A rare cause of hematuria : when the doctor becomes a detective    
  Elisa Aldersons, Halil Yildiz
  When Life-Saving Treatment Turns Rogue: A Rare Case of Acquired Hemophilia A in Metastatic Melanoma     
  Sarah Will, Olivier Descamps, Marie-Christine Ngirabacu

• 15:10: Coffee Break
• 15:20: Workshops
• • Point-of-Care Ultrasound
  • • Introduction Ultrasound in General Internal Medicine and hands-on training
    • Led by: Dieter De Clerck, Filippo Annoni, Juan Pablo Herreraavila
      (Limited places available)
  • Neurology
  • • Neurological complications of systemic diseases by Vincent van Pesch
    • Neuroreumatology and Neuroinfectiology by Guy Laureys
• 17:00: End of Sessions
• 17:10: General Assembly

Saturday, December 7, 2024

Location: Dolce La Hulpe, Chaussee de Bruxelles 135, La Hulpe 1310, Belgium
Time: 9:00 – 13.00

Agenda:

• 08:55 - 09:00: Welcome by the President
• 09:00 - 09:35: Lecture: Immunotherapies by Sandrine Aspeslagh
• 09:35 - 10:00: Lecture: The internist in the vaccination landscape by Steven Callens
• 10:00 - 10:35: Young Internists Corner
  Organized by L. Wolff and M. De Moor

10:35:Coffee Break and Poster Viewing

• 11:00 - 11:30: Lecture: General Internal Medicine in Climate Change by Pauline Modrie
• 11:30 - 12:15: Panel discussion "The connective tissue of healthcare: the internist pioneering frontiers and unifying specialties”
  by: Grégoire Wieers, Patrick Lacor and Steven Callens           
  Introduction by (Patrick Lacor): “Let’s share a dream.”

• 12:15 - 12:55: Young Investigator’s Session and voting
  
  Implementation of machine learning-based multiplex cytokine analysis for resolving FUO/IUO (fever and inflammation of unknown origin): a tertiary hospital experience
  Leslie Naesens, Bram Meertens, Levi Hoste, Karlien Claes, Marie-Angélique De Scheerder, Steven Callens, Filomeen Haerynck

     Mepolizumab in patients with lymphoid variant hypereosinophilic syndrome: a multi-center prospective study.    
     Julien Catherine, Sina Karimi, Laurent Dewispelaere, Christophe Lelubre, Liliane Schandené, Florence Roufosse

    Hypereosinophilic syndrome response to mepolizumab in the setting of a compassionate use program.     
    Gauthier Coussement, Julien Catherine, Florence Roufosse

• 12:55 - 13:10: Professional Union Session
• 13:10: Award Session and Closure