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2ND INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF GENDER
MEDICINEJUNE 2ND - JUNE 3RD 2007 VIENNA,
AUSTRIA www.gendercongress.com
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• CONGRESS VENUEMedical University of
  ViennaLecture Halls (Hörsaalzentrum) Level
  7General Hospital Vienna (AKH) Währinger Gürtel
  18-201090 Vienna, Austria
• PRESENTED BYInternational Society of Gender
  Medicine
• POWERED BYMedical University of Vienna
• LANGUAGEEnglish is the official language of the
  Congress.Satellite Symposia and Workshops are
  also available in German
• CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION (CME) CREDITSThe
  Scientific Program will be qualified for
  continuing medical education of the Austrian
  Chambers of Physicians for the subjects
  cardiology, endocrinology, internal medicine,
  neurology, general practioners, pharmacology

CONGRESS ORGANIZATIONPerfect actionIngrid
DobiasSpeisingerstraße 37/11130 Vienna,
Austria Phone [phone] Fax
 0043/1/804 00 63-4 E-Mail  office_at_gendercongress
.com ingrid_at_dobias.at Website www.gend
ercongress.com
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• CONGRESS COMMITTEE
• UNDER THE AUSPICES OFWolfgang SchützRector of
  Medical University of Vienna
• HONORARY CONGRESS PRESIDENTMarianne J. Legato,
  MD, FACPColumbia University, College of
  Physicians SurgeonsFounder and Director, The
  Partnership for Gender-Specific Medicine, New
  York, USA
• CONGRESS PRESIDENTJeanette Strametz-JuranekMedi
  cal University of Vienna, Department of
  Cardiology,Department for Gender Mainstreaming
• CONGRESS COMMITTEEKarin Schenck-Gustafsson, MD,
  PhD, FESCDirector, Center of Gender Related
  Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital
  Solna,Stockholm, Sweden
• Vera Regitz-Zagrosek, MDVice Director,
  Cardiovascular Research Center, Chair,
  Cardiovascular Disease in Women, Gender in
  Medicine, Charité Universitaetsmedizin Berlin
  Deutsches Herzzentrum (DHZB) Berlin, Germany

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SCIENTIFIC BOARD C. Noel Bairey Merz,
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles Kurt
Derfler, Medical University, Vienna Veronika
Fialka-Moser, Medical University, Vienna Gabriele
Fischer, Medical University, Vienna Maria-Grazia
Modena, Policlinico, Modena Karin
Gutierrez-Lobos, Medical University,
Vienna Margarethe Hochleitner, Medical
University, Innsbruck Johannes Huber, Medical
University, Vienna Herwig Imhof, Medical
University Vienna Renate Koppensteiner, Medical
University, Vienna Tobias Kurth, Harvard Medical
School, Boston Monika Lechleitner, Hospital,
Hochzirl Marianne Legato, Columbia University,
New York Brigitte Litschauer, Medical University,
Vienna Anton Luger, Medical University,
Vienna Gerald Maurer, Medical University,
Vienna Donald R. Mattison, National Institute of
Health, Bethesda Katharina Pils, Sophienspital,
Vienna Vera Regitz-Zagrosek, Charité,
Berlin Anita Rieder, Institute of Social
Medicine, Vienna Karin Schenck-Gustafsson,
Karolinska University Hospital Solna,
Stockholm Marianne Springer-Kremser, Medical
University, Vienna Marco Stramba-Badiale, IRCCS
Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milano Jeanette
Strametz-Juranek, Medical University, Vienna
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• PRELIMINARY SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
• NOVEL AND CONVENTIONAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR
  RISK-FACTORS
• GENDER AND THE BRAIN
• GENDER AND PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS AND STRESS
• GENDER AND BASIC RESEARCH WHATS DIFFERENT IN
  GENDER
• GENDER ASPECTS IN CLINICAL CARDIOLOGY
• GENDER BASED ASPECTS IN PHARMACOLOGY
• GENDER AND EDUCATION
• DISCUSSION ON CARDIOVASCULARGUIDELINES FOR WOMEN
  WHAT SHOULD BE CHANGED?
• GENDER- REHABILITATION AND PAIN
• GENDER ASPECTS IN ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM
• GENDER AND AGING
• GENDER ASPECTS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
• GENDER AND OBESITY
• NEW TECHNOLOGY AND INTERVENTIONS
• SEXUALITY AND CHRONIC DISEASES
• OPEN DISCUSSION ON ABSTRACTS

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• INVITATION LETTER
• Dear Colleagues,
• The International Society of Gender Medicine
  welcomes you to the
• 2nd International Congress of Gender Medicine
  2007, in Vienna, Austria,2nd - 3rd June, 2007
• which focuses on the scientific impact of
  biological sex/gender on normal function and the
  experience of disease in women and men. The aim
  of the Congress is to invite an international
  group of experts in this field to provide the
  audience with an overview of the latest
  scientific data and information on all the
  sub-specialities of medicine.
• The Congress will provide the participants with
• 1. Up-to-date information about gender-specific
  features of patient care in all the
  sub-specialities of medicine. 2. Data to show
  that gender-specific medicine improves patient
  outcome. 3. New avenues of communication and
  collaboration between the members of the faculty
  and the audience. 4. A compilation of abstracts
  culled from the proceedings of the Congress will
  be published in the indexed journal Gender
  Medicine. 5. An opportunity to join the newly
  formed International Association of Gender
  Medicine.6. The foundation of a body of knowledge
  needed to construct a system of optimal practice
  of gender-specific medicine.
• We appreciate your interest and look forward to
  welcome you in Vienna.
• Jeanette Strametz-JuranekCongress President

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