Dear future CROSS participants,
We are excited to present the first lecturer of this year's edition of CROSS! Our speaker is academician Vida Demarin, MD, FAAN, FAHA, FESO, FEAN, FWSO.
The topic of her lecture is "Adopting the paradigm shift in clinical practice", during which she will share knowledge on how the psychological aspect and way of life truly influence physical health and how we, as future and current doctors, can incorporate this in our own clinical work.
Professor Vida Demarin, MD, Ph.D., specialist in neuropsychiatry graduated from the School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia. She is a full member of Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts and Head of its Department of Medical Sciences.
She was Head of the Department of Neurology in the University Hospital Centre “Sestre Milosrdnice” in Zagreb and from 2015. she is the director of International Institute for Brain Health.
She authored about 1000 papers in national and international journals, several chapters in books and handbooks, organized and participated in numerous symposia, conferences and congresses. She is the founder and one of directors of Summer Stroke School, “Healthy Lifestyle and Prevention of Stroke and Other Brain Impairments” within the academic program of Interuniversity Centre in Dubrovnik and the president of traditional Mind & Brain INPC in Pula.
She is a member of numerous national and international professional societies and she serves on various scientific Advisory, Editorial and Review Boards.
For two years in a row, she was within 2% of the world's scientists with the greatest influence on the profession. Through her professional and scientific work, she has significantly influenced the development of neurology and neuroscience in Croatia and the world, and has established fruitful cooperation with the world's most prestigious institutions, contributing to the WFN motto „There is no health, without brain health“!
We invite you to join us from April 25th to 28th at the School of Medicine in Zagreb and learn more about this topic and many others that await you at this year's congress!
Your CROSS team