Day 1

SYMPOSIUMModerators: A. Kokkinos, M. Dalamaga  Gut hormones and neuro-hormonal mechanisms of food intake regulation  G. Argyrakopoulou  What’s new in the pharmaceutical treatment and management of obesity? A. Kokkinos  Sarcopenic obesity: Epidemiological evidence, pathophysiology and treatment options C. Koliaki 

LECTURE Moderator: M. Dalamaga    Familial Hypercholesterolemia: An Underdiagnosed Health ProblemP. Twomey 

SYMPOSIUMModerators: A. Tsirogianni, D.P. Bogdanos, Chr. Papasteriades Recommendations for interpreting and reporting Hep-2 IIFA ANA results: Focus on their clinical relevance according to the ICAP initiative  C. Tsigalou  The diagnostic approach of the antiphospholipid syndrome with the new classification criteria M. Infantino  Celiac Disease: From genetics to the future G. Mantzaris

SYMPOSIUMModerators: L. Skoura, O. Zarkotou, S. Pournaras   Current challenges in the microbiological diagnosis of bacterial bloodstream infections E. Protonotariou  The application of MALDI- TOF technology in the diagnosis of bloodstream infections A. Spiliopoulou  Syndromic testing applications to the diagnosis of bloodstream infections: Molecular resistance detection Vs antibiogram T. Naas  The role of rapid antimicrobial susceptibility testing (RAST) from positive …