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.

  1. 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
Daniel Sereni receives his EFIM 2025 Life Achievement Award in Clinical Medicine
  1. 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.
  2. 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 Huelgas. After a short introduction about the recent activities of FDIME entitled “Internists, health communications, AI and FDIME” presented by Jan Willem Elte, one patient from Florence gave his view on diabetes after being introduced by Filippo Pieralli, his internist and a long-term friend.
    The patient Mr Mario Carniani was a very lively and young looking past Professor of art and city guide, 86 years of age and capable of keeping the attention of the audience during most time of the session telling stories about his disease and also about his life. After and during his presentation a discussion took place with the patient and his internist (Filippo Pieralli), Ramon Pujol (chair, through Zoom), Daniel Sereni, Ricardo Gomez Huelgas, Jan Willem Elte. Also the audience participated in a vivid discussion.
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Jan Willem Elte giving his short presentation on FDIME
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The patient Mr Mario Carniani (left) and his internist Dr Filippo Pieralli with Ramon Pujol present through Zoom
  1. During the closing ceremony on Saturday March 8 the Grant Award winner of 2023 Dr. Laure Gallay gave a short presentation of her research about “Skeletal muscle stem cells as new actors in the immunopathogenesis of inflammatory myopathies”
    She carried out her research at the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Cell Therapy & Musculoskeletal Disorders, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, Geneva (Switzerland), from October 1st 2023 and for one year under the supervision of Professor Thomas Laumonier, Laboratory Director.
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The start of the Awards ceremony
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Laure Gallay receiving her award from Daniel Sereni
  1. After that the three FDIME best abstract prizes as decided by a jury (Ramon Pujol, chair and through Zoom, Daniel Sereni, Stefan Lindgren and Jan Willem Elte) were reached out. Winners and subjects were:

1st

1st prize to the abstract 2904: Population-Wide Cardiometabolic Screening: Insights from the UNISCREEN Study Using Point-of-Care Capillary Testing, by Aurora Merolla et al. from Italy.

2nd

2nd prize to the abstract 2111: Implementation of machine learning-based multiplex cytokine analysis for resolving FUO/IUO (fever and inflammation of unknown origin): a tertiary hospital experience, by Leslie Naesens from Belgium.

3rd

3rd prize to the abstract 1555: Impact of empagliflozin and metformin combination therapy vs. metformin monotherapy on masld progression in type 2 diabetes: findings from the imagin study, by Alfredo Caturano et al. from Italy.
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The first prize for Aurora Merolla
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The second prize for Leslie Naesens
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The third prize for Alfredo Caturano
  1. And of course there was a FDIME booth at the exhibition area.
    In the booth posters were displayed with information about FDIME and its activities, including health publications and the session during ECIM 2025. Samia Jeanbart, the FDIME administrative assistant, gave information when asked. We are very grateful to her for her on-going support. There was ample interest for FDIME of the congress participants.
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The FDIME booth of course with Samia Jeanbart, the FDIME administrative assistant

Other years

FDIME activities during ECIM 2024, 5 – 9 March in Istanbul
  • March 22, 2024
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FDIME activities during ECIM 2023, 15 -18 March in Athens
  • April 6, 2023
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Short report 20th European Congress of Internal Medicine (ECIM), Malaga Spain
  • October 31, 2022
Malaga ECIM 2022
ECIM 18, Lisbon 29-31 August 2019
  • May 18, 2021
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ECIM 18, Lisbon 29-31 August 2019, Award Ceremony
  • October 3, 2019
Dr Pinelopi Arvaniti
FDIME Conference report ECIM 17 in Wiesbaden
  • September 13, 2018
Dr Guillaume Moulis and Dr Eweline Biskup