2ND INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF GENDER MEDICINE JUNE 2ND - JUNE 3RD 2007 VIENNA, AUSTRIA

1. 2ND INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF GENDER MEDICINEJUNE 2ND - JUNE 3RD 2007 VIENNA, AUSTRIA www.gendercongress.com 1

2. CONGRESS VENUEMedical University of ViennaLecture Halls (Hörsaalzentrum) Level 7General Hospital Vienna (AKH) Währinger Gürtel 18-201090 Vienna, Austria PRESENTED BYInternational Society of Gender Medicine POWERED BYMedical University of Vienna LANGUAGEEnglish is the official language of the Congress.Satellite Symposia and Workshops are also available in German CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION (CME) CREDITSThe Scientific Program will be qualified for continuing medical education of the Austrian Chambers of Physicians for the subjects: cardiology, endocrinology, internal medicine, neurology, general practioners, pharmacology CONGRESS ORGANIZATIONPerfect actionIngrid DobiasSpeisingerstraße 37/11130 Vienna, Austria Phone: 0043/699/170 389 16 Fax:  0043/1/804 00 63-4 E-Mail:  office@gendercongress.com ingrid@dobias.at Website: www.gendercongress.com 2

3. CONGRESS COMMITTEE UNDER THE AUSPICES OFWolfgang SchützRector of Medical University of Vienna HONORARY CONGRESS PRESIDENTMarianne J. Legato, MD, FACPColumbia University, College of Physicians & SurgeonsFounder and Director, The Partnership for Gender-Specific Medicine, New York, USA CONGRESS PRESIDENTJeanette Strametz-JuranekMedical University of Vienna, Department of Cardiology,Department for Gender Mainstreaming CONGRESS COMMITTEEKarin Schenck-Gustafsson, MD, PhD, FESCDirector, Center of Gender Related Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital Solna,Stockholm, Sweden Vera Regitz-Zagrosek, MDVice Director, Cardiovascular Research Center, Chair, Cardiovascular Disease in Women, Gender in Medicine, Charité Universitaetsmedizin Berlin & Deutsches Herzzentrum (DHZB) Berlin, Germany 3

4. SCIENTIFIC BOARD C. Noel Bairey Merz, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles Kurt Derfler, Medical University, Vienna Veronika Fialka-Moser, Medical University, Vienna Gabriele Fischer, Medical University, Vienna Maria-Grazia Modena, Policlinico, Modena Karin Gutierrez-Lobos, Medical University, Vienna Margarethe Hochleitner, Medical University, Innsbruck Johannes Huber, Medical University, Vienna Herwig Imhof, Medical University Vienna Renate Koppensteiner, Medical University, Vienna Tobias Kurth, Harvard Medical School, Boston Monika Lechleitner, Hospital, Hochzirl Marianne Legato, Columbia University, New York Brigitte Litschauer, Medical University, Vienna Anton Luger, Medical University, Vienna Gerald Maurer, Medical University, Vienna Donald R. Mattison, National Institute of Health, Bethesda Katharina Pils, Sophienspital, Vienna Vera Regitz-Zagrosek, Charité, Berlin Anita Rieder, Institute of Social Medicine, Vienna Karin Schenck-Gustafsson, Karolinska University Hospital Solna, Stockholm Marianne Springer-Kremser, Medical University, Vienna Marco Stramba-Badiale, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milano Jeanette Strametz-Juranek, Medical University, Vienna 4

5. PRELIMINARY SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM • NOVEL AND CONVENTIONAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR RISK-FACTORS • GENDER AND THE BRAIN • GENDER AND PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS AND STRESS • GENDER AND BASIC RESEARCH – WHAT‘S DIFFERENT IN GENDER • GENDER ASPECTS IN CLINICAL CARDIOLOGY • GENDER – BASED ASPECTS IN PHARMACOLOGY • GENDER AND EDUCATION • DISCUSSION ON CARDIOVASCULARGUIDELINES FOR WOMEN – WHAT SHOULD BE CHANGED? • GENDER- REHABILITATION AND PAIN • GENDER ASPECTS IN ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM • GENDER AND AGING • GENDER ASPECTS IN PUBLIC HEALTH • GENDER AND OBESITY • NEW TECHNOLOGY AND INTERVENTIONS • SEXUALITY AND CHRONIC DISEASES • OPEN DISCUSSION ON ABSTRACTS 5

6. INVITATION LETTER Dear Colleagues, The International Society of Gender Medicine welcomes you to the 2nd International Congress of Gender Medicine 2007, in Vienna, Austria,2nd - 3rd June, 2007 which focuses on the scientific impact of biological sex/gender on normal function and the experience of disease in women and men. The aim of the Congress is to invite an international group of experts in this field to provide the audience with an overview of the latest scientific data and information on all the sub-specialities of medicine. The Congress will provide the participants with: 1. Up-to-date information about gender-specific features of patient care in all the sub-specialities of medicine. 2. Data to show that gender-specific medicine improves patient outcome. 3. New avenues of communication and collaboration between the members of the faculty and the audience. 4. A compilation of abstracts culled from the proceedings of the Congress will be published in the indexed journal Gender Medicine. 5. An opportunity to join the newly formed International Association of Gender Medicine.6. The foundation of a body of knowledge needed to construct a system of optimal practice of gender-specific medicine. We appreciate your interest and look forward to welcome you in Vienna. Jeanette Strametz-JuranekCongress President 6