5^th Belarusian-Polish Conference: Dermatology and Allergology Without Borders. Grodno, 3–5 May 2017

On 3–5 May 2017, the International Conference “Dermatology and Allergology Without Borders” was held in Grodno. The venue was the “Niemen 72” Sanatorium. The conference was conducted under the auspices of the Ministry of Health of Belarus and the Belarusian State Medical University in Grodno. The organizer and chairman of the Organizing Committee of the Conference was Professor Dzmitry F. Khvoryk, Head of the Department of Dermatovenerology of the State Medical University in Grodno. The Scientific Committee was chaired by Professor Khvoryk and Professor Roman Nowicki, Head of the Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, Gdansk Medical University, honorary doctor of the State Medical University in Grodno.
Participants of the conference were representatives of various medical disciplines dealing with skin diseases (including allergic), mainly dermatologists, allergologists, paediatricians as well as specialists in aesthetic medicine and cosmetology.
Most of the participants were doctors from Belarus. The conference was also attended by doctors from Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Russia, the Czech Republic and Cyprus. The Polish group was represented by Professor R. Nowicki, Professor J. Kruszewski, Professor R. Kurzawa, Professor R. Olszañski, Professor W. Niczyporuk, Professor M. Kaczmarski and M. Niczyporuk, MD.
During the opening of the conference, lecturers and participants were greeted by the Rector of the Medical University of Grodno – Professor V. Snezhitskiy (Figure 1), Chairman of the Regional Executive Committee in Grodno – W. Liskowicz, Chief Dermatologist and specialist of the Ministry of Health of Belarus – Head of the Department of Dermatology and Venereal Diseases, Belarusian State Medical University in Minsk – Professor A. Lukyanov and Director of the “Niemen 72” Sanatorium and W. Funt, MD.
In the Plenary Session, Professor Khvoryk and Professor Nowicki recalled in their papers the genesis of international scientific conferences of dermatovenerologists and allergologists of both countries “Dermatology and Allergology Without Borders”. The idea of organizing such conferences came from personal contacts of Professor Nowicki and Professor Khvoryk at one of the conferences of “Academy of Dermatology and Allergology” that Professor Nowicki has been organizing for several years each February in Slupsk and Ustka and lately in the Charlotta Valley. For several years together with Professor Khvoryk, a group...


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