FDIME activities during ECIM 2024, 5 -9 March in Istanbul All session participants togetherThe booth with two congress participantsThe session participants with some of the colleagues from the audience During the EUROPEAN CONGRESS of INTERNAL MEDICINE (ECIM) in Istanbul the Foundation for the Development of Internal Medicine in Europe (FDIME) was involved in a variety of activities. All FDIME Board members present (Daniel Sereni, Ramon Pujol, Jan Willem Elte, Runolfur Palsson, Lorenzo Dagna, Chris Davidson) gave presentations and/or acted as chairpersons of sessions or members of a jury. During the opening ceremony of the congress Jan Willem Elte presented a tribute to Werner Bauer, past EFIM President and FDIME Board member, who passed away at the end of January 2024. For the third time there was a combined FDIME/EFIM patient session on Wednesday March 6, mainly organized by members of the FDIME Management Team and chaired by Daniel Sereni and Ricardo Gomez Huelgas. After a short introduction about the recent activities of FDIME entitled “Internists, health communications and FDIME”and presented by Jan Willem Elte, two Turkish patients gave their view after being introduced by Akif Bayyagit, an internists from Istanbul, who also took care of the translation together with a […]

FDIME activities during ECIM 2025, March 5 – 8 in Florence During the European Congress of Internal Medicine (ECIM) in Florence the Foundation for the development of Internal Medicine in Europe (FDIME) was involved in a variety of activities. Already during the opening session there was a remarkable and joyful event: Prof Daniel Sereni, President of the FDIME received the EFIM 2025 Life Achievement Award in Clinical Medicine. A very honorful, prestigious and only once yearly reached out award. And this is well deserved! Daniel Sereni receives his EFIM 2025 Life Achievement Award in Clinical Medicine All FDIME Board members present (Daniel Sereni, Runolfur Palsson, Lorenzo Dagna, Chris Davidson, Nica Cappellini and Jan Willem Elte) gave presentations and/or acted as chairpersons of sessions or were members of a jury. Ramon Pujol was present during the EFIM-FDIME and the award sessions through Zoom. Ricardo Gomez Huelgas became a FDIME Board member during the annual GA/Board meeting. Before the congress most FDIME Board members looked at and rated numerous abstracts. For the fourth time there was a combined FDIME/EFIM patient session on Friday March 6, mainly organized by members of the FDIME Management Team and chaired by Daniel Sereni and Ricardo Gomez […]