Registration at the place of venue starts one hour before the first event and continues during the day.
Live stream available: https://is.arstubiedriba.lv/kongress
13:00-13:10
Opening of the Plenary Session
Address by Congress President Prof. March Leja and Minister of Health Dr. Hosams Abu Meri
13:05-13:15/Prof. Gunta Ancane, doctor-psychotherapist
"Medical Ethics as the Highest Law in the Work of a Doctor"
13:15-13:25/Dr. Alise Nicmane-Aispure, general practiotioner (family doctor)
"The Code of Physician’s Ethics in the Everyday Life of a General Practitioner"
13:25-13:35/Dr. Anna Klesmite-Bluma, anesthesiologist, reanimatologist
"Dilemmas in Communication of a Junior Doctor on the Way to the 20th Latvian Medical Congress"
13:45-13:55/Edgars Āboliņš, Member of the board of the Latvian Association of Oncology Patient Organizations "ONKOALIANSE", patient
"Patient-doctor communication from the patient's perspective"
13:55-14:10/Dr. Hosams Abu Meri, gastroenterologist, Minister of Health
"Doctor, Patient and Communication in the Age of Technology"
14:10-14:50
Discussion
14:50-15:00
Conslusion
Chaired by: prof. Angelika Krūmiņa, prof. Marcis Leja, prof. Bertrams Zarins, assoc. prof. Daina Dreimane, Dr. Janis Vetra jun.
Topics of speeches and lectures will touch each participant deeply. We are one family, even though we come from different countries, with different professional and historical experiences, but we are all one tribe. Cooperation and mutual support - these are key words for this Congress, they were also key words in Latvia's path to freedom. Gens and Sumus was the main theme of the Congress in 1989 and is also this year.
9:00-9:20
Opening of the plenary session
Dainis Ivans's Address to the Participants of the Congress
9:20-9:45/Prof. Bertrams Zariņš (ASV), orthopedic surgeon, co-founder of the Latvian Medical Foundation
"The seed that has sprouted in the garden of the first worldwide congress of Latvian doctors"
9:45-10:05/Prof. Janis Vetra, healthcare management physician
"Looking back over the shoulder - pioneers in medicine"
10:05-10:35/Assoc. prof. Juris Lazovskis (Canada), rheumatologist, the president of the Latvian Medical and Dental association
"Professionalism in medicine and the challenges of the modern world"
10:35-10:55/Arnis Kaktins, Director of the Market and Opinion Research Centre SKDS
"Role of the doctor in Latvian society" (presentation of the survey results)
10:55-11:00
Conclusion of the plenary session
Chaired by: Dr. Normunds Vaivads, asoc. prof. Iveta Golubovska, Dr. Martins Malzubris
11:30-11:35
Opening address
11:35-11:45/Dr. Normunds Vaivadas, Chief Medical Officer of the Medical Service of the Joint Staff of the National Armed Forces, lieutenant colonel
"Differences between War and Disaster Medicine"
11:45-12:00/Mg. sc. sal. Liene Cipule, Director of the Emergency Medical Service
"Evacuation of Casualties During War. Dilemmas of Theory and Practice. Ukrainian Experience"
12:00-12:15/Assoc. prof. Iveta Golubovska, head of the Association of Anesthesiologists and Reanimatologists of Latvia
"Perioperative Care of Injured Patients, Educational Transformations in Real Life"
12:15-12:30/Dr. Martins Malzubris, orthopedic traumatologist, microsurgeon, head of the Latvian Association of Traumatologists and Orthopedists
"Peacetime Medicine in War in Ukraine"
12:30-12:45/Dr. Dzintars Ozols, plastic surgeon, pediatric surgeon, microsurgeon, captain; Dr. Jurģis Strautmanis, child neurologist, senior national guard
"War Medicine in Peacetime in Latvia"
12:45-13:00/Prof. Bertrams Zarins (USA), orthopedic surgeon, co-founder of the Latvian Medical Foundation; prof. Kristaps Zarins (USA), vascular surgeon
Experience in Ukrain, 2024
13:00-13:25
Discussion with all lecturers
13:25-13:30
Conclusion of the Plenary Session
Chaired by: prof. Ludmila Vīksna
9:00-9:059:05-9:15/Prof. Ludmila Vīksna, infectologist, hepatologist
"The prospect is visible - prospectus est visibilis"
9:15-9:35/Dr. med. Linda Gailīte, geneticist
"Genetic framework for new horizons of prevention and treatment"
9:35-9:55/Dr. Yurii Perevoshchikov, epidemiologist, public health doctor
"The value of modern prevention and preparedness for potential public health threats"
9:55-10:20/Prof. dr. Pharm. Dace Bandere, pharmacist; Ance Bārzdiņa,
"Future Challenges in Pharmacy. Nanotechnology Solutions in Pharmacy"
10:20-10:40/Prof. Maris Taube, psychiatrist, president of the Latvian Psychiatric Association
"Comparative assessment of mental health prevention and treatment rates"
10:40-10:50/Prof. Indra Zeltiņa, infectologist, hepatologist
"There is something to hope for - est aliquid sperare"
10:50-11:00
Conclusion of the plenary session
Chaired by: Dr. Juris Jansons, Dr. Janis Vetra jun.
11:30-11:35
Opening address
11:35-11:45/Assoc. Prof. Daina Dreimane (USA), endocrinologist
"Medicine Today: The Age of Technology and Humanity"
11:45-12:00/Prof. Dainis Krievins, vascular surgeon
"From a Closer Look to a Big Idea – the Path of Innovation"
12:00-12:25/Prof. Kristaps Zarins (USA), vascular surgeon
"The Path of Innovation to Global Impact"
12:25-12:35/Dr. Signe Setlere, pediatric neurologist
"Precision Medicine – Glory or Disaster?"
12:35-12:45/Dr. Katrina Priede, general practitioner
"Family Medicine in the Age of Technology"
12:45-12:55/Dr. Arturs Silovs, radiologist, resident in invasive radiology
"Radiology – from X-ray shadow to future imaging diagnostics"
12:55-13:15/Raitis Purins, Director of Global Growth at Mapon, former Marketing Manager at Printful
"pT1aL‑V+ patient journey: one year between doctors, technologies and personal/professional experience"
13:15-13:25
Discussion
13:25-13:30/Dr. Juris Jansons, urologist
Closing discussion and summary
Chaired by: Dr. Gunta Andzane; assoc. prof. Juris Lazovskis
13:30-13:35
Opening of the Plenary Session
13:35-14:00/Prof. Ilze Konrade, endocrinologist
"Emotions, Actions, Hormones, and Metabolic Outcomes"
14:00-14:25/Dr. med. Velga Sudraba, psychotherapist, narcologist
"Pinocchio: Does the Body Tell the Truth?"
14:25-14:50/Dr. Silvija Lejniece, psychotherapist, psychoanalyst
"Biopsychosocial Perspective on Personality Development as a Basis for Public Health"
14:50-15:15/Dr. Elizabete Svareniece-Karjaka, anesthesiologist, reanimatologist, algologist
"Change of Paradigms - Biopsychosocial Approach through the Eyes of the Junior Doctor"