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Prague to Play Host to European Transplant Congress
PRAGUE, October 1 /PRNewswire/ -- The latest developments in the field of European and global transplantation medicine, from specialist to ethical matters, will be the subject of the four-day 13th Congress of the European Society for Organ Transplantation, ESOT 2007, which will be held in Prague for the first time from 30 September to 3 October. At the forefront of the lay and professional public's interest will be the progress that transplantation medicine has made in recent years. Speakers include leading figures from European and world transplantation clinics such as Jean-Michel Dubernard, Bernard Charpentier, Maurice Slapak, Catherine Wood and Stefan VÃtko, chairman of the Czech Transplantation Society and president of the congress. This prestigious professional gathering, which is held every two years, will be attended by more than 3,500 specialists. The next ESOT congress will be held in two years time in Paris. "The European transplantation congress is the sole place for comparing Czech transplantation medicine and international trends," said MUDr. Stefan VÃtko, president of the Local Organising Committee of ESOT and head of Transplantcentrum IKEM. "The fact that the ESOT Congress is being held in Prague is a good sign for Czech transplantation medicine," he added. At the current time a Transplantcentrum IKEM team is preparing for the first small intestine transplant in the Czech Republic. The European transplantation congress, held every other year in different cities around Europe, creates a platform for the international exchange of scientific and practical knowledge and co-operation between countries in the field of organ transplants. More detailed information about the ESOT Prague 2007 Congress can be obtained at http://www.esot2007.cz. In addition to co-ordinating significant European transplant events, ESOT is involved in supporting the education of specialists through wide-ranging educational programmes and by the creation of grant programmes. Contact: Donath-Burson-Marsteller, Karla Krejci, Telephone : +420-224-211-220, karla.krejci@bm.com
