Website with registration and programme information are now online. The programm as PDF: For registration, click here:

Website with registration and programme information are now online. The programm as PDF: For registration, click here:
Diabetes management during the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons from action plans in CEDA countries
Presidential note
About 250 delegates met for the CEDA congress at the Hilton Hotel in Sofia, Oct. 30 – Nov. 2, 2019.
Prof. Dr. Werner Waldhäusl gave a comprehensive dinner lecture on the 50-year history of CEDA/FID during the congress in Sofia, November 2019. For further information in German: PDF
Invitation Overview of the symposium’s abstracts Report on the 13th Congress of the Central European Diabetes Association
Prof. Dr. Roger Lehmann was awarded with the Somogyi Prize for his work in islet transplantation. For more information in German:
The dietary habits, the level of physical activity and smoking play a key role in changing cardiovascular risk factors and the observation of their changes over time can reveal patterns that may help in the primary prevention. The Mediterranean diet represents an eating pattern with a balanced intake of nutrients,…
Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Helmut Schatz celebrated his 80th birthday in October 2017. Further Information in German:
Im Mai 2017 verstarb unser Gründungsmitglied der FID, FID-Präsident und FID-Ehrenmitglied Professor Sotirios A. Raptis, M.D., Ph.D., M.D. (hon), HMGSIM, HFEFIM, nach längerer Krankheit in seiner Heimatstadt. Er wurde 1938 in Athen als Sohn eines Arztes geboren und besuchte dort die Schulen einschliesslich der Hochschule. 1962 wurde er an der…