Conference "Insurance medicine of the new century"
Organized by: PAIM
Place: Marriott Hotel, Al. Jerozolimskie 65/79, Warsaw
Date: 3rd - 4th of April 2001
Komitet Naukowy
Prof. Ryszard Andrzejak
Head of Department and Faculty of Internal and Occupational Diseases of Medical Academy in Wrocław
Prof. Tadeusz Płusa
Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Central Clinical Hospital of Medical Academy in Warsaw
Prof. Piotr Zaborowski
Department of Hepatology and Acquired Immunodeficiency of the Institute of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Medical Academy in Warsaw
Prof. Witold Zatoński
Head of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Division in Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology in Warsaw
Honorary patronage
Danuta Wałcerz
President of State Insurance Authority
Piotr Gryza
President of Bureau of Health Insurance Supervision
Jerzy Wysocki
President of Polish Insurance Association
Organising Committee
President: Dr Krzysztof Hoszowski
Secretary: Barbara Perzyńska
Treasurer: Dr Jerzy Nowak
Members: Dr Michał Brodzki, Dr Piotr Daniluk, Dr Barbara Godlewska-Jurczak, Dr Alina Goszczyk, Dr Krzysztof Grzyliński, Dr Zuzanna Guzel, Dr Arkadiusz Lipka, Dr Jerzy Morzycki, Dr Tadeusz Zielonka
Agenda
| Tuesday, April 3rd, 2001 | |
| 09.00 – 10.00 | participants registration, coffee |
| 10.00 – 10.30 | opening address |
| 10.30 – 13.30 |
Session I Chair: Dr Krzysztof Grzyliński, Dr Krzysztof Hoszowski, Prof. Witold Zatoński |
| 10.30 – 11.15 | Dr Jerzy Tyczyński (Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Division in Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology in Warsaw) Assessment and prognosis possibilities of the epidemiological situation in the Polish population |
| 11.15 – 11.30 | break |
| 11.30 – 12.30 | Dr Phillip Smalley (Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated) Insurance implications of the new cardiac markers in acute coronary syndromes |
| 12.30 – 13.30 | Prof. Robert Pokorski (General & Cologne Re, USA) Hyperthrophic cardiomyopathy: risk factors for life insurance |
| 13.30 – 15.00 | lunch |
| 15.00 – 16.30 |
Session II Chair: Dr Michał Brodzki, Dr Arkadiusz Lipka, Prof. Piotr Zaborowski |
| 15.00 – 15.45 | Prof. Andrzej Januszewicz (Department of Hypertension, Institute of Cardiology in Warsaw) Factors influencing survival rate in patients with hypertension |
| 15.45 – 16.30 | Dr Altus van der Merwe (Swiss Re) Diabetes – state of art |
| 19.00 | gala dinner |
| Wednesday, April 4th, 2001 r. | |
| 07.30 – 10.00 | Election Breakfast, General Assembly of PAIM |
| 10.00 – 10.30 | coffee |
| 10.30 – 12.15 |
Session III Chair: Dr Zuzanna Guzel, Dr Tadeusz Zielonka, Prof. Tadeusz Płusa |
| 10.30 – 11.15 | Dr Krzysztof Grzyliński (General & Cologne Re) Geographical and enviromental factors determining the prevalence of malignant neoplasm in Poland |
| 11.15 – 12.15 | Dr Michael Wiechmann (GE Francona Re) New aspects of cancer diagnosis and treatment |
| 12.15 – 12.30 | break |
| 12.30 – 17.00 |
Session IV Chair: Prof. Ryszard Andrzejak, Dr Jerzy Nowak |
| 12.30 – 13.30 | Dr Achim Regenauer (Munich Re) Is medical progress still affordable? - some observations on trends using CHD as an example |
| 13.30 – 15.00 | lunch |
| 15.00 – 16.30 |
discussion panel – Private health insurance perspectives in Poland. Participants: representatives of the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Finance, Bureau of Health Insurance upervision, insurance companies, public health insurance bodies, health centres. |
| 16.30 – 17.00 | Dr Zuzanna Guzel (PAIM), Dr Krzysztof Grzyliński (PAIM) concluding remarks |
| conference closing ceremony |
