
Program
25th FIAMC Congress, Zagreb – Croatia, May 30th – June 2nd, 2018
Congress Venue: The Westin Hotel
Congress Venue: The Westin Hotel
“…we hold those physicians and medical personnel in the highest esteem who, in the exercise of their profession, value above every human interest the superior demands of their Christian vocation. Let them persevere, therefore, in promoting on every occasion the discovery of solutions inspired by faith and right reason…
– Pope Paul VI, Humanae vitae
“When we fail to acknowledge as part of reality the worth of a poor person, a human embryo, a person with disabilities – to offer just a few examples — it becomes difficult to hear the cry of nature itself: everything is connected.”
– Pope Francis, Laudato si
CONGRESS OBJECTIVES
- Sanctity of Life in the Light of Ethical Relativism, Secularism, and Transhumanism from Fertilization until Natural Death
- Science and Medicine through the Lens of the Magisterium as Expressed in the Past Fifty Years of Papal Encyclicas
- The Mission of FIAMC as an International Association of Lay Medical Professionals in the Concert with the Teachings of the Catholic Church
TOPICS
- Sanctity of Life and Human Dignity
- Humanae Vitae, Evangelium Vitae, Donum Vitae, Laudato Si, Familiaris Consortio
- Science in the Service of Human Nature
- Bioethics and Scientific Achievements in Clinical Practice – Genome Editing, Germ Line Therapy, Artificial Gametes from Stem Cells, Perfect Baby
- Protection of the Family, Infertility, Naprotechnology, Procreative Assistance, Ovary and Uterus Transplantation, Gestational Surrogacy
- Interfaith Dialogue – World Medical Association Policy Changes
- Organ Transplantation and Trafficking – Legal Regulations of Medical Practice
- Ethical aspects of Dental Medicine, Laboratory Medicine and Pharmacology
- Intergeneration Solidarity, End of Life, Palliative Care and Deep Sedation, Prenatal and Postnatal Euthanasia
Culture of Life, Culture of Death – Waste Culture - Medical Education on Bioethics
Wednesday, May 30, 2018
10:00 –18:00 Registration
10:00 – 13:00 Executive Committee (FIAMC) Meeting
13:00 – 14.30 FEAMC Bureau Meeting
PRE – CONGRESS LECTURES
11:00 – 12:30 Satellite Symposium
Chairman: Jure Murgić
Ingrid Prkačin, Nutrition, Frailty and Disability
Mirjana Turkalj; Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition in Children
Julijana Franinović-Marković, Palliative Care from Theory to Practice
13:00 – 14:00 Round table Discussion: Interfaith Dialogue – World Medical Association Policy Changes – Msgr Jacques Suaudeau
Participants from Catholic, Jewish, Islamic and Orthodox Religion
OPENING CEREMONY
15:00 – 16:00
Opening Ceremony Performance
Presidential Address – John Lee and Ana Planinc-Peraica
Distinguished Guests’ Address and Film Projection
Msgr Vincenzo Paglia, President of the Pontifical Academy for Life
Institutional address
16:00 – 16:20
Lecture:
Msgr. Bruno- Marie Duffé, Secretary of Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, Role of the New Dicastery on Promoting Integral Human Development
16:30 – 18:00
Welcome reception
19:00 – 21:00
Holy Mass and Solemn Procession Our Lady Patroness of Zagreb Celebration, Zagreb Cathedral
Thursday, May 31, 2018
07:15 – 07:45
Holy Mass, The Westin Hotel
08:00 –18:00
Registration
08:30 – 09:00
Keynote Address I
Chairpersons: George Isajiw, USA, John Lee, Singapore; Ana Planinc Peraica, Croatia
Card. Willem Jacobus Eijk, Netherlands, Humanae Vitae: Half a Century – A Stumbling Block or A Prophetic Document?
09:00 – 09:15 Discussion
09:15 – 09:45
Keynote Address II
Chairpersons: Vincenzo Defilippis, Italy; Gian–Luigi Gigli; Italy; Ermanno Pavesi, Switzerland
Msgr. Vicenzo Paglia, President of the Pontifical Academy for Life, Sanctity of Life and the Medical Profession from Humanae Vitae to Laudato si
09:45 – 10:00
Discussion
10:00 – 10:15
Coffee break
Scientific Session I: Sanctity of Life and Human Dignity
Chairpersons: Jack Lane, USA; Vincenzo Defilippis, Italy; Jasenka Markeljević, Croatia
10:15 – 10:35 Nikolas T. Nikas, USA, The Power and Glory of Conscientious Practice in A Culture of Death: What Every Catholic Healthcare Professional Should Know
10:35 -10:55 Gian–Luigi Gigli, Italy, Assisted Nutrition and Hydration. Ethical Meaning in The Different Clinical Contexts
10:55 -11:15 Ermanno Pavesi, Switzerland, Hospital as Christian Institution
11:15 – 11:35 Vincenzo Defilippis, Italy, Role of Catholic Doctors in Europe Today Between Science and Bioethics, Rights and Freedom of Thought
11:35 – 11:55 Jasenka Markeljević, Croatia, Sanctity of Life and Human Dignity in our Civilization – Quo Vadis, Croatia?
11:55 – 12:05 George Isajiw, USA, Stealth Euthanasia Among Us – Before We Take the Splinter Out of Our Brother’s Eye
12.05 – 12.15
Discussion
12:15– 13:00
Round table discussion: Conscientious Objection in Science and Clinical Practice Related to Ethical Committees’ Decisions (Ana Planinc-Peraica, Jasenka Markeljević, Morana Brkljačić)
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch break
Scientific Session II: Trans-humanism and the Medical Profession in Contemporary Civilization
Chairpersons: Jozef Glasa; Slovakia; Davor Miličić, Croatia; Kevin Murrell,USA
14:00 – 14:45 Bernard Ars, Belgium, Reflections on the Human Being in the Face of the Domination of Techno-Sciences
14:45 -15:05 Davor Miličić, Croatia, Ethical Aspects of Everyday Clinical Practice in Perspective of New Technologies
15:05- 15:25 Jana Zuščinová, Slovakia, Bioethics & Politics: Good Governance Of Humanity
15:25 – 15:45
Discussion
15:45 – 16:00
Coffee break
16:00 – 16:30
Keynote Address III:
Chairperson Freddie Loh, Malaysia
Msgr. Bruno-Marie Duffé, Secretary of Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, Take Care of Your Patients
Scientific Session III: Evangelium Vitae – The Antidote to Contraception, Abortion, and Euthanasia
Chairpersons: Elvis Seman, Australia; Neda Aberle, Croatia; Bernard Ars, Belgium
16:30 – 16:50 Filippo-Maria Boscia, Italy, The great Confusion Between Contraception and Contragestation Abortion Hidden Today
16:50 – 17:10 Jozef Glasa, Slovakia, The Culture of Life and the Waste Culture
17:10 -17:30 Neda Aberle, Croatia, Prenatal Euthanasia for Healthy and Sick Child
17:30 – 18.00
Discussion
19:00 –20:00
Holy Mass, St Marko Church, Upper Town of Zagreb
20:30 – 22:00
Visit to Dverce Palace, reception hosted by the Mayor of Zagreb, Upper Town of Zagreb
Friday, June 1, 2018
07:15 – 07:45 Holy Mass, The Hotel Westin
08:00 –18:00 Registration
Symposium for Students and Young Physicians
Chairpersons: Kevin Murrell, USA; Lucija Murgić, Croatia; Etienne Gaisne, France
08:30 – 08:45 Etienne Gaisne, France, The Medical Error ̶ A Look of Truth
08:45 – 08:55 Kevin Murrell, USA, FIAMC and Young Physicians and Medical Students
08:55 – 09:05 John Rhee, USA, Is God Present in Your Life as a Medical Student?
09:05 – 09:15 Deborah Anne Lee, Singapore, Joy of Service –12 Years of Mission Work and Counting from a Student to a Doctor
09:15 – 09:25 Carissa Soon, Singapore, Student-driven Medical Missions
09:25– 09:35
Panel: Dialogue with Medical Students and Young Doctors – Priscilla Lim, Singapore; Pedro Spinelli, Brazil; John Rhee, USA; Deborah Lee, Singapore; Carissa Soon, Singapore
09:35-10:00
Discussion
10:00 – 11:00
FIAMC General Assembly
Parallel sessions
Workshops
Small Hall 1
08:30 – 10:00 Boris Ujević, Croatia; Lea Potočar, Croatia, FEMM – Healthcare for Women
Small Hall 2
08:30 – 10:00 Marija Ćurlin, Croatia, Billings Ovulation Method® – Fertility Awareness and Management
Small Hall 3
08:30 – 10:00 Freddie Loh, Malaysia, Care for the Poor in Malaysia
Workshops in Different Languages
Small Hall 1
10:00-11:00 ITALIAN LANGUAGE
Danijela Rupčić, Croatia, Aspetti etici e giuridici della protezione del nascituro (Ethical and Legal Aspects of the Protection of Unborn Child)
Small Hall 2
10:00-11:00 ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Stephen Bartulica, Croatia, Renewal of Culture and Conscience
Martha Ferenc, Ukraine, Report on Ukrainian Experience in Social Support for Young Mothers
Small Hall 3
08:30-09:30 CROATIAN LANGUAGE
Daniela De Micheli Vitturi, Croatia, Odgovorno roditeljstvo i demografska obnova
(Responsible Parenthood and demographic renewal)
Small Hall 4
08:30-09:30 ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Tvrtko Barun, Croatia, Migration, Human Trafficking and Children Exploitation
11:00-11:15
Coffee Break
11:15 – 11:45
Keynote Address IV:
Msgr. Jacques Suaudeau, France, History and Perspective of Bioethics
11:45 – 12:15
Keynote Address V:
Vincent Kemme, Belgium, A Positive Response to a “Tsunami” of Secularism
Presentation for Medical Students and Young Physicians
12:15 – 12:30 Lucija Murgić, Croatia, Medical Education on Bioethics
12:30 – 12:45 Damir Stojić, Croatia, Pastoral Care for Medical Students in Croatia
12:45 – 13:00 Mateja Šegović, Croatia, Youth Section (CCMS)
13:00 – 13:15 Katarina Mamić, Croatia, World Youth Alliance
Lunch break
13:00 – 14:00
Scientific Session IV: Familiaris Consortio – The Medical Profession in Protection of the Family
14:00 – 14:20 Robert Walley, Canada, Matercare International, Is the Catholic Doctor Being Frozen out of Modern Health Care by New Ethical and Moral Asteroids?
14:20 – 14:50 M.W. LeChevallier, USA, Pharmaceuticals and the Environment: Linkage to Natural Family Planning (NFP)
14:50 – 15:20 Peter Jarzyna, USA, Duke University Trial Shows: Not Born With It! The Worldwide Autism Epidemic – Human Fetal DNA and Retroviral Environmental Triggers
15:20 – 15:40 Msgr. Jacques Suaudeau, France, Patient Centered Medicine
15:40 -16:00
Discussion
16:00 – 16:15
Coffee break
16:15 – 16:45 Priscilla Lim, Singapore; Sr Sarah Garcia, Philippines, The Joy of Service: Proposed Collaboration between FIAMC and Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco
Scientific Session V: Charity in Truth – Science in the Service of Human Nature as Created by God
16:45 – 17:00 Jose-Maria Simon-Castellvi, Spain, Thoughts on Humanae vitae
17:00 – 17:15 Alexandre Laureano-Santos, Portugal, From Scientific Knowledge to Compassion for the Patients
17:15 – 17:30 Fr Ján Ďačok, Slovakia, Care for our Common House, Biopolitics and Theologic-Moral Reflection
17:30- 17:45 Fr. Viktor Yaremak, OSBM, Ivan Luts, Ukraine, Re-establishment of the Principle of Human Dignity and Resumption of Church Teaching in Post-Soviet and Post-socialist Reality, as Experienced in Ukraine
17:45 – 18:00
Discussion
Parallel Sessions for MaterCare International, Dentists and Dental Surgeons, Pharmacists and Nurses
Small Hall 1: Health Care Based on a Pro-life Foundation
Chairperson: Bob Chazan, Poland
14:30 – 14:40
Introduction
14:40 – 14:55 Elvis Šeman, Australia, The Influence of Creighton, Billings and Sympto-thermal Methods in Australia
14:55 – 15:10 Mirjana Radan, Croatia, Surrogate Motherhood- ̶ -Manipulated Parenthood
15:10 – 15:25 Žarko Šperanda, Croatia, Dissociation of Sexuality and Reproduction
15:25 – 15:40
Discussion
15:40 – 16:00
Coffee break
What does Catholic Maternal Health Care Looks Like? MaterCare
Chairperson: Elvis Šeman, Australia
16:00 – 16:10 Introduction
16:10 – 16:25 Robert Walley, Canada, Its Formation and Purpose in The Care of Mothers and Babies.
16:40 – 16:45 Robert Walley, Canada, In the Developing World – Project Isiolo.
16:45 – 17:00 Joseph Hassan and Cushla Hassan, New Zealand, First do no harm: Christian Hippocratic General Practice in New Zealand, offering fertility education and a free Crisis Pregnancy Service.
17:00 – 17:15 B. Chazan, Poland, In Europe
17:15 – 17:30 E. Šeman, Australia, In Australasia
17:30 – 17.45 Oliviero Gorrieri, Italia, ADO assistenza Domiciliare Odontoiatrica
Discussion
Small Hall 2: Ethical Challenges in Dental Medicine
16:45 – 17:00 Pavel Kobler, Croatia, Is there a need to always use dental implants?
17:00 – 17:15 Jasna Leko, Croatia, Dental Medicine in Palliative Care
17:15 – 17:30 Žarko Udiljak, Croatia, Ethics and Esthetics in Dental Practice
Small Hall 3: Ethical Challenges in Biochemistry and Pharmacology
16:45 – 17:00 Jadranka Sertić, Diagnostic Procedures in Laboratories Precision Medicine and Cost Benefit Reality
17:15 – 17:30 Helena Glasova, Slovakia, Ethics in Clinical Research and Drug Reimbursement
17:30-17:45 Robert Likić, Croatia, Ethical Conduct of Clinical Trials
17:45 – 18:00
Discussion
Small Hall 4: Palliative Care
16:15 – 16:30 Ingrid Prkačin, Croatia, Palliative Care in the Emergency Service
16:30 – 16:45 Željko Krznarić, Croatia, Enteral Nutrition in Adults
16:45 – 17:00 Jasminka Stepan, Croatia, Palliative Care in Children
17:00 – 17:15 Morana Brkljačić, Croatia, Ethical Aspects of Palliative Care
17:15 – 17:30 Lidija Fumić Dunkić, Croatia, Palliative Care – New Approach
17:30 – 18:00
Discussion
20:00 – 22:00
Gala Dinner, Westin Hotel
Saturday, June 2, 2018
07:00 – 07:30 Holy Mass, The Westin Hotel
08:00 – 08:30 Keynote Address VII:
- Delmonico, USA, Organ Trafficking
09:15 – 09:30 Mirela Bušić, Croatia, Organ Donation
Scientific Session VI
Round Table Discussion: Salvifici Doloris, Pain, Suffering and Palliative Care – Christian Compassion: avoiding the False Promise of the Culture of Death (Speakers from the different regions of FIAMC invited)
08:45 – 08:55 B. Galichon, France, European Experience
08:55– 09:05 Fr David Garcia, Singapore, Asian Experience
09:05 – 09:15 Oceania Experience
09:15 – 09:25 African Experience
09.25 – 09.35 George Isajiw, USA, North American Experience breakout session on palliative care
09:35 – 09:45 Latin American Experience
09:45 – 10:05 Francois Blin, FIAMC, FEAMC – Past and Future
10:05 – 10:45 Ethical, Professional and Legal Regulations in Medical Practice – Euthanasia and Physician Assisted Suicide. Implications of World Medical Association proposed changes of therapeutic abortion and abrogation of conscientious objections. What can FIAMC and the national associations do? (Speakers from all VI Regions of FIAMC) – AFCMA (Peter Au Yeong, Hong Kong)
Parallel Sessions: Program for Nurses, Priests and Volunteers
8:30 – 9:30
Small Hall 1: Workshop for Nurses
08:30 – 09:00 Janet Muchengwa, United Kingdom, Role of CICIAMS as a Catholic Nurses’ Association in today’s world
09:00 – 09:15 Role of nurses in Palliative Care and Protection of Life
Small Hall 2: Workshop for Priests and Religious – Role of Religious in Palliative Care and Protection of Life
Small Hall 3: Workshop for Volunteers – Role of Volunteers in Palliative Care and Protection of Life
10:45 – 11:00
Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:00 Conclusions of the Congress & Closing Ceremony
Post-Congress Program
13.00 – 18:00
Visit to Sanctuary Marija Bistrica, Holy Mass
Post Congress Program for Students and Young Physicians Pedro Spinelli, Brazil
13.00 – 13:50 Round Table Discussion: How to affirm the Culture of Life (Youth Section, CCMS: Periša Sekondo, Ivo Džeba, Mate Žaja, Boris Jozić, Đuliano Trdić) 13:50 – 14:00 Discussions
14.00 – 15.00 Workshops:
Small Hall 1: Solidarity, Subsidiarity, and Volunteering (Youth Section, CCMS):
14:00 – 14:10 Ivan Novak, Croatia, Survey: Volunteering among medical students and young physicians
14:10 – 14:50 Jakov Milić, Croatia, Salvifici Doloris – Redemptive Suffering According to st. John Paul II
14:50 – 14:50 Discussions
Small Hall 2: Boris Ujević, Lea Potočar, Croatia, FEMM – Healthcare for women
Small Hall 3 : Andreja Kotnik, Croatia, World Youth Alliance – HDC, Human Dignity Curriculum
Small Hall 4 : Katarina Mamić, Croatia, World Youth Alliance – Interactive workshop: Right to life and international treaties
15:30 – 17:30 Sightseeing of Zagreb
18:00 – 19:00 Holy Mass for Students and Young Physicians (St. Mark’s Church, Zagreb, Upper Town of Zagreb)
19:15 – 22:00 Presentation of Students and Young Physicians Activities, Meeting with cocktail, Music program Klapa „Euterpa“ (Praška street 6/II, Zagreb)
Sunday, June 3, 2018
Post Congress Program for Students and Young Physicians
09:30 – 10:30 Coffee Meeting, Ban Jelačić Square
11.00 – 12.00 Holy Mass, Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Zagreb (Palmotićeva street 33)
12.30 – 14.00 Lunch, Restaurant (location to be announced later)*
15.00 Recreational Program, Maksimir Park
*** not included in the Congress fees