September 15th 2017 - Hotel de La Paix, Lugano
Choosing Wisely: bridging the gap from theory to practice
Hands on experience about data & patient empowerment
The conference
Speakers and moderators
Reto Auer, MD, MAS, Assistant Professor, Head of Research, Institute of Primary Health Care (BIHAM), University of Bern, and Adjunct physician, Department of Ambulatory Care and Community Medicine, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Fabrizio Barazzoni, MD, MPH, FMH Prevention and Public Health, Head of Academic Education, Research and Innovation Area, EOC; Member of Choosing Wisely Switzerland/Ticino, Switzerland
Enos Bernasconi, MD, Professor and Vice Head Physician of Internal Medicine, Ospedale Regionale di Lugano; Head of the Division of infectious diseases EOC; Deputy Head of EOC Internal Medicine Department; Member of Choosing Wisely Switzerland/Ticino, Switzerland
Alessandro Ceschi, MD, PD, FEAPCCT, Medical and Scientific Director, Institute of Pharmacological Sciences of Southern Switzerland, EOC; Consultant, Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Hospital Zurich; Member of Choosing Wisely Switzerland/Ticino, Switzerland
Luca Gabutti, MD, Professor and Chief Physician of Medicine and Nephrology, Ospedale Regionale di Bellinzona e Valli and Head of EOC Internal Medicine Department; Member of Smarter Medicine and Scientific Director of Choosing Wisely Switzerland/Ticino, Switzerland
Jean-Michel Gaspoz, MD, Professor and Physician-in-chief, Division of Primary Care Medicine; Chairman, Department of community medicine, primary care and emergency medicine, Geneva University Hospitals; Co-President, Swiss Society of General Internal Medicine, Geneva, President of Smarter Medicine, Switzerland
Mauro Giuliani, MD, Specialist in Visceral Surgery, Vice Head Physician of General Surgery, Ospedale Regionale di Locarno, Member of Choosing Wisely Switzerland/Ticino, Switzerland
Angela Greco, MS, Head of Quality and Patient Safety Service, Ospedale Regionale di Locarno; Coordinator of EOC Internal Medicine Department; Coordinator of Choosing Wisely Switzerland/Ticino, Switzerland
Mirjam Jenny, PhD, Head Research Scientist, Harding Center for Risk Literacy, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany
David Klemperer, MD, Professor of Social Medicine and Public Health, University of Applied Sciences, Regensburg, Germany
Wendy Levinson, MD, Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto and Chair of Choosing Wisely Canada & International
Paul Myres, MMed Sci FRCGP, Chair Academy of Medical Royal Colleges Wales, Programme Lead Choosing Wisely Wales
Giorgio Pellanda, PhD, Chief Executive Officer, EOC, Switzerland
Wilco C. Peul, MD, PhD, MBA, Professor & Chair Neurosurgery Leiden University, Department of Neurosurgery The Hague & Leiden, Holland
Nicolas Rodondi, MD, Professor and Head of Ambulatory Care, Department of General Internal Medicine, Inselspital, University Hospital of Bern, Switzerland
Beccah Rothschild, MPA, Senior Outreach Leader for Choosing Wisely campaign at Consumer Reports, San Francisco, United States of America
Sandra Vernero, MD, Founding Member and Vice-president of Italy’s Slow Medicine, Coordinator of the campaign “Doing more does not mean doing better” - Choosing Wisely Italy