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April 10, 2012 
Understand diabetes and treat it courageously
After a successful kick-off event in 2009, the “Freiburger Diabetestag” took once again place on March 17, 2012. Professor Dr. Jochen Seufert, head of the special fields of diabetology and endocrinology in the university hospital Freiburg, and his team created an interesting programme for medical experts and assisting diabetes professions. A total of 210 participants followed the invitation into the Konzerthaus Freiburg. The light-flooded ambience of this venue with view on the Johannes church presented the perfect surrounding for a successful advanced training.
April 03, 2012
20 years of Intercongress: much effected, plenty in the pipeline – we say 'Thank you'!
Berlin, Kassel, Nuremberg, Munich and Budapest… to those cities, our little witty time travel to the founding years of Intercongress takes you. 20 years – this adds up to a lot of “do-you-remember”-moments, exciting encounters and enjoyable little stories.
We cordially invite you to the “backward roll” to the first 2,000 days of Intercongress – to be continued.
March 29, 2012
2nd International Knee Update convinces with extraordinary scientific level in family atmosphere
The 2nd International Knee Update from March 8 to 10, 2012 was devoted to the innovations in the conservative and surgical arthrosis therapies. Under the scientific guidance of Dr. Urs Munzinger, PD Dr. Philip Schöttle as well as Dr. Thomas Perren the participants got valuable insights on how the profound techniques and innovations influence one another and how they can lead to the optimal therapy concept for various pathomorphologies.
March 19, 2012
Whole-hearted and with spring air in Cologne
On March 3, 2012 the first "Kölner Herz-Lungen-Konferenz" took place at the MARITIM hotel.
The aim of the one-day conference was to consider aspects of pneumology and cardiology coherently, highlighting differences as well as similarities. Never before has there been a conjunction of those two independent topics in that combination. A high certification by the medical council of North Rhine attested the importance and originality of the leading topic.
With Professor Dr. Wolfram Windisch as pulmonary specialist and Dr. Axel Meissner as cardiac specialist, the first conference of its series was able to attract 140 participants …
February 20, 2012
Triumph on first trial for the "Freiburger Knorpeltage 2012"
This year the congress “Freiburger Knorpeltage” had its premiere – and was able to celebrate an instant success with a total of 240 participants and 19 exhibiting companies rewarding it with an excellent feedback. The scientific and organisational aspects enabled the congress to score a 1:0 for Freiburg. (A result the SC Freiburg currently can only dream of!)
Under the scientific guidance of Professor Dr. Norbert P. Südkamp, PD Dr. Hermann Mayr, PD Dr. Philipp Niemeyer and Dr. Gian Salzmann, the department of orthopaedics and traumatology of the University hospital Freiburg emphasised their focus on regenerative medicine and cartilage surgery.
