Welcome

Dear colleagues,

It is our privilege to invite and welcome you to the SSPH Congress 2018 and to celebrate 20 years of the Swiss Society for Pulmonary Hypertension.

The event will take place at the Palais de l’Athénée in Geneva from November 8 - 9, 2018. The scientific program will provide state-of-the-art sessions given by experts as well as a platform for the presentation of original research in the field of pulmonary hypertension. In addition, there will be a specific session for nurses, an award ceremony and you will have the possibility to attend satellite symposia.

The main topics of the scientific program revolve around:

  • Celebrating 20 years of the SSPH
  • Pulmonary Hypertension and autoimmunity
  • New and non-invasive approach of haemodynamic exploration
  • Highlights from the 6th World Symposium on Pulmonary Hypertension
  • Pulmonary hypertension from childhood to adulthood
  • Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
  • The liver and the pulmonary circulation

You will have the great opportunities to meet colleagues from the field and to get in contact with renowned experts from Switzerland, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Scotland, the Netherlands, Australia, Canada, and the USA.

Save the date for the 7th International Congress of the Swiss Society for Pulmonary Hypertension and be part of the celebration of 20 years SSPH. We look forward to welcoming you in Geneva.

For the scientific committee

PD Frédéric Lador, MD
President of the SSPH
Prof. Silvia Ulrich, MD
Lead Scientific Committee