www.paed-anosia.gr: Paediatric Immunology

Paediatric Immunology

Paediatric Immunology has a prominent role in Immunology, which plays a critical role in Medicine. Core of the Paediatric Immunology is the Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases (PIDs), which have a great biological impact and predispose the immunodeficient persons to infections, allergy, autoimmunity and cancer. PIDs have led to remarkable progress in understanding the components and functions of the complex immune system in humans and provide new diagnostic and therapeutic tools. Earlier recognition and better therapeutic management for patients with primary immunodeficiency disorder, as well as for the larger number of persons with immunocompomised conditions, contribute to improve care of affected individuals, quality of life of their families and the society.

The Immunology-Histocompatibility Department of “Aghia Sophia” Children’s Hospital, Athens has been established in 1985 within the National Health System. It provides both clinical and laboratory service in children with immunological diseases. The Department is functioning as Centre for Primary Immunodeficiencies, cooperating closely with European & International Centres. It is the only Pediatric Immunology Department within Greece and possesses an Accreditation for most of its services.

We believe that, via this site, we could disseminate information and education into the early and accurate diagnosis, proper treatment of primary immunodeficiencies and to promote public awareness of the Primary Immunodeficiency diseases.

Maria G. Kanariou
Head of the Department

29-30 April 2010: Symposium for Primary Immunodeficiencies - Paediatric Immunology

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29 April 2010
Nomination of Prof. Alain Fischer
with an Honorable Doctorate
by the University of Athens

30 April 2010
OLYMPIA Hall, Aegli Zappiou
Beethoven: Τrio, Οpus 11
Kyra Iliadi, piano
Giorgos Peristeris, violin
Olga Stratigopoulou, violoncello

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

Thursday, 29 April 2010

08:00 - ....	REGISTRATION

09:00 – 09:45	*SESSION* *Immune Diseases– Clinical pneumo & skin manifestations* Chairs: Harris Katsardis – Talia Tsivitanidou-Kakourou Brochectasis in children with undiagnosed underlying disease Kostas Priftis The management of atopic dermatitis in children Manthoula Valari

09:45 – 10:15	LECTURE Chair: Eleftheria Roma Awareness for Systemic Autoimmune Diseases Athanasios Tzioufas

10:15 – 11:30	*SESSION* *Immunointervention (I)* Chairs: Giorgos Vaiopoulos, Catherine Stavropoulou-Gkioka An immunological overview of allergen specific immunotherapy – subcutaneous and sublingual routes Cevdet Ozdemir The emergence of targeted anti-cytokine therapies George Kollias Cord blood lymphocytes as a source of specific T cells for use in cancer immunotherapy Vaios Karanikas

11:30 – 12:00	COFFEE BREAK

12:00 – 13:30	*SESSION* *Primary Immunodeficiencies – Introduction* Chairs: Ioannis Kakkas, Korina Kassiou Classification of Primary Immunodeficiencies Manolis Liatsis Diagnostic Algorithm for Primary Immunodeficiencies Dimitris Cassimos Immunology Lab in Primary Immunodeficiencies Diagnosis Marianna Tzanoudaki Quality of Life for Patients with Primary Immunodeficiencies Maria Hatzistylianou

13:30 – 14:15	OPENING CEREMONY Maria Kanariou, Nikki Constantinidou Salutation Anastasios Hatzis The importance of Primary Immunodeficiencies Registry Maria Kanariou ARMONIA experience Christos Manolakakis IPOPI experience Joy Rosario

14:15 – 15:00	LIGHT LUNCH

15:00 – 15:45	LECTURE Chair: Emmanouil Kanavakis Molecular diagnosis of severe congenital immunodeficiencies Bobby Gaspar

15:45 – 16:30	LECTURE Chair: George Saroglou Pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009 and the contribution of vaccination to herd immunity Takis Panagiotopoulos

Παρασκευή, 30 April 2010

08:30 – 10:00	*SESSION* *Discussion of Undiagnosed Cases* Chairs: Athina Xaidara, Dota Liakopoulou Presentation: Maria Garantzioti, Harikleia Gatsiou, Cryssa Zaharioudaki, Sofia Tantou, Marianna Tzanoudaki

10:00 – 11:30	*SESSION* *Primary Immunodeficiencies Diseases (I)* Chairs: Vassiliki Syriopoulou, Dimitrios Kafetzis The significance of Primary Immunodeficiencies in Clinical Practice Paediatrics Maria Kanariou Severed Combined Immunodeficiencies (SCID) Despina Moshous Antibody Deficiencies - CVID Teresa Espanol Hyper-IgM Syndromes Anne Durandy

11:30 – 12:00	COFFEE BREAK

12:00 – 12:45	LECTURE *Primary Immunodeficiencies Diseases (II)* Chair: Michail Papamichail The Wiskott Aldrich syndromes and related immunodeficiencies Raif Geha

12:45 – 14:15	*SESSION* *Primary Immunodeficiencies Diseases (III)* Chairs: Maria Theodoridou, Aleka Tsirogianni Hyper-IgE Syndromes John Manis Autoinflammatory Diseases – Periodic Fever Syndromes Tim Niehues Chronic granulomatous disease, a model phagocyte disorder Reinhard Seger Complement Deficiencies Anastasios Germenis

14:15 – 15:15	LIGHT LUNCH

15:15 – 16:15	*SESSION* *Immunointervention (II) – γ-σφαιρίνη* Chair: Chryssa Bacoula Immunoglobulin Replacement Therapy in Primary Immunodeficiencies Anders Fasth Immunoglobulin Therapy in Autoimmune Diseases Siraj Misbah

16:15 – 17:00	LECTURE Chair: Dimitrios Trichopoulos Cellular Activation via Glucocorticoids. Clinical Implications George Chrousos

17:00 – 17:45	LECTURE Chair: Nina Manolaki Learning to be tolerant: A thymus-centred view of how to keep out of trouble George Hollander

17:45 – 18:30	LECTURE Chair: Raif Geha Gene therapy for Primary Immunodeficiencies Alain Fischer

19:00	CLOSING CEREMONY

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Comments about the event

Alain Fisher

“Thanks a lot Maria for this wonderful stay in Athens”

Raif Geha

“Dear Maria,
We want to thank you for your incredible hospitality and generosity. You really outdid yourself. You should be very proud of the very high quality meeting you organized. I was much impressed and learned a lot.”

Anne Durandy

“How to thank you for these marvellous days in Athens? Everything was perfect, and we received so many and so wonderful gifts. Indeed Greeks have been known for a long time for their generous hospitality.....
Also, the meeting presentations were of a very high level, giving evidence that the group directed by Maria is internationally famous.
THANK YOU again.”

Anders Fasth

“Dear Maria!
The meeting in Athens was a wonderful escape from everyday life and the coldness in Sweden. Thank you so much for all hospitality.”

Georg Hollander

“Dear Maria,
many thanks for a wonderful and very hospitable time in Athens. I very much enjoyed the meeting and the program you have put together for us.

What an excellent way to get to know Athens and its vicinity: This was a splendid first event for me in Athens; many thanks to you and Penny!”

Despina Moshous

Dear Maria,
I really want to congratulate you on the symposium. You did a great work and I feel that the scientific side of the meeting was a real success.
Thank you VERY MUCH for everything, it was a pleasure to be your guest and I think that all the invited speakers were very pleased and impressed by your hospitality.

Tim Niehues

“Dear Maria,
I would like to thank You and Your Team for your very generous invitation to Athens and your nice present. I enjoyed the meeting very much, especially the case-presentations were challenging and the discussions were, I think, quite fruitful. The case presentations were followed by others including Raif’s wonderful talk on WASP and WIP, George’s very instructive presentation on the thymus and the most recent and exciting up-to-date analysis of the gene therapy trials by Alain. The meeting offered a great opportunity to talk to all participants and was topped off by beautiful, relaxing classical music. To hear Beethoven in Athens had a special charm to it.

Dear Maria,
thank You so much for organizing this. I would like to congratulate You, as I know how much work it usually is to get all these people together, get the technical side sorted and make everyone feel comfortable.”

Cevdet Ozdemir

“Dear Dr Kanariou,
It was a great pleasure for me to participate the symposium.
I am very thankful for the great organization and hospitality.
In future, I wish we can collaborate a lot.”

Joy Rosario

“Dear Maria
Thank you so much for the amazing time, the event, the opportunity to meet immunologists such as Raif Geha and Ann Durandy, to connect with Christo and his association”

We would like to thank

Kyra Iliadi, piano
Giorgos Peristeris, violin
Olga Stratigopoulou, violoncello

Dimitris Togkas, photography
Giorgos Zanias, photography & photo editing

Panos Liverakos, communication support
Konstantinos Papadimitriou, communication support

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