Program for Wednesday, June 4, 2025

Event language: German

5 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.

Welcome by the scientific director of the Alfried Krupp Wissenschaftskolleg and the conference chair Dr. med. Elpiniki Katsari (Greifswald)

5:15 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Musical introduction: Beltango, German-Finnish band with Annette Fischer (clarinet), Karen Salewski (accordion) and Hanna Silvennoinen (cello)

5:30 p.m. – 5:45 p.m.

Greeting, State Secretary Sylvia Grimm, Ministry of Social Affairs, Health and Sport, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

5:45 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

Public keynote speech
The future of surgery: gender-specific medicine as the key to better treatments
Professor Dr. med. Katja Ott (Rosenheim)

6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

Public panel discussion
Challenges and opportunities of gender-specific medicine in surgery: an interdisciplinary approach
Moderated by Professor Dr. med. Sabine Bleiziffer (Bad Oyenhausen)

Professor Dr. med. Katja Ott (Rosenheim)
Professor Dr. med. Sabine Oertelt-Prigione (Nijmengen/Bielefeld)
Stefan Schwartze, Federal Government Commissioner for Patients
State Secretary Grimm, Ministry of Social Affairs, Health and Sport, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Manon Austenat-Wied (Die Techniker public health insurance company, Schwerin)

Gender-Specific

Aspects in

Surgery

Program for Wednesday, June 4, 2025

Public evening lecture and panel discussion as part of the international symposium “Geschlechtsspezifische Aspekte in der Chirurgie/Sex and Gender Aspects in Surgery”