Euro Health Summit

Richard Novak MD is an Adjunct Clinical Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine at Stanford University. Dr. Novak is board-certified in anesthesiology and internal medicine, and is also the Medical Director at Waverley Surgery Center in Palo Alto, California and a member of the Associated Anesthesiologists Medical Group in Palo Alto, California.

Permanent Consultant Anaesthesiologist- Intensivist  Company Name:General Hospital Hippokratio of Thessaloniki Dates Employed:May 2017 – Present Employment Duration: 3.7 years Location :Thessaloniki-Greece Anaesthesiologist: 10 years Company Name:General Hospital Hippokratio of Thessaloniki Trainer - examiner in surgical nursing specialties of Northern Greece Medical doctor volunteer (pain management) Company Name Doctors of the World Greece Dates Employed Aug 2016 – Present Employment Duration 4 yrs Member of rapid response emergency team of G.H.T.Hippokratio Αs an anesthesiologist I have experience in Obstretic & Gynecological cases / Liver and Kidney Transplantations / Cases of General’s Surgeries /Vascular Surgeries / Cases of Neurosurgeries and Emergency Medical Technician Roles. In intensive care, I undertake all kinds of pathological, neurosurgical, general surgery, obstetrics-gynecological cases and the postoperative recovery of liver transplants.

Elizabeth Ekman, Phd, Licensed Psychotherapist and Supervisor in CBT, was born in Gothenburg Sweden. She Started out in education for Chemical Engineering. She compleyted Doctor of Psychology in Karlstads Universitet · Department of Social and Psychological Studies.

Ben Potenziano is a Certified Athletic Trainer that works in Professional Baseball in the United States. He holds a Masters Degree in Education with a concentration in Exercise Science. His background also involves Strength and Conditioning at the professional baseball level. He has 21 years of baseball experiences. He has been involved with sleep and mental health which he is extremely passionate about. Ben is also involved with the Professional Baseball Athletic Trainers Society and on the board.

Laboratory medicine, along with genetic investigations in sports medicine, is taking on an increasingly important role in monitoring athletes’ health conditions. Acute or intense exercise can result in metabolic imbalances, muscle injuries or reveal cardiovascular disorders. This study aimed to monitor the health status of a basketball player with an integrated approach, including biochemical and genetic investigations and advanced imaging techniques, to shed light on the causes of recurrent syncope he experienced during exercise. Biochemical analyses showed that the athlete had abnormal iron, ferritin and bilirubin levels. Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography highlighted the presence of an intra-myocardial bridge, suggesting this may be the cause of the observed syncopes. The athlete was excluded from competitive activity. In order to understand if this cardiac malformation could be caused by an inherited genetic condition, both array-CGH and whole exome sequencing were performed. Array-CGH showed two intronic deletions involving MACROD2 and COMMD10 genes, which could be related to a congenital heart defect; whole exome sequencing highlighted the genotype compatible with Gilbert syndrome. However, no clear pathogenic mutations related to the patient’s cardiological phenotype were detected, even after applying machine learning methods. This case report highlights the importance and the need to provide exhaustive personalized diagnostic work up for the athletes in order to cover the cause of their malaise and for safeguarding their health. This multidisciplinary approach can be useful to create ad personam training and treatments, thus avoiding the appearance of diseases and injuries which, if underestimated, can become irreversible disorders and sometimes
can result in the death of the athlete.