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3rd Lisbon International Forum on Vascular Diseases
The 3rd Lisbon International Forum on Vascular Diseases took place on 7-8 December at the Mariott Hotel in Lisbon.
It was attended by the Health Minister, Dr Paulo Macedo, by the President of the Board of Directors of HSM-CHLN, Professor J. Correia da Cunha, by the President of the Portuguese Society of Angiology and Vascular Surgery, Dr Isabel Cássio, and by Professor Márcio De Castro Silva, Honorary President of the Forum.
The objectives of this edition were: firstly, to enable direct contact among internationally renowned specialists in this field, thus contributing to the academic and professional development of experts, interns and the entire healthcare team involved in this activity. Secondly, to give the community of experts in vascular diseases the opportunity to publicly present their activity to their national and international peers, in an exercise of scientific and professional responsibility for public accountability.
Professor Fernandes e Fernandes, Full Professor of FMUL, Director of the Vascular Surgery Unit of HSM-CHLN and also Director of the Lisbon Cardiovascular Institute, delivered the opening speech and highlighted the importance of these scientific meetings "(...) We live in a new era in Vascular Surgery, which forces us to careful reflection and to objective critical analysis of our activity and our responsibility to patients and society”.
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