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Acta Clin Croat 2009; 48:383-387 NewsJOSIP MATOVINOVIC SCIENTIFIC SYMPOSIUM WITHINTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATION IODINE PROPHYLAXIS- EXPERIENCES AND DILEMMASZagreb, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, May 20, 2009The Josip MatovinoviC Scientific Symposium withInternational Participation Iodine Prophylaxis - Ex-periences and Dilemmas was successfully held on May20, 2009 in the Croatian Academy of Sciences andArts in Zagreb. There were 134 participants from allparts of Croatia, from the neighboring countries Slo-venia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia, and fromItaly and Belgium. The Symposium was organized bythe Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Depart-ment of Medical Sciences; Croatian Thyroid Society,Croatian Medical Association; and University De-partment of Oncology and Nuclear Medicine, Ref-erence Center for Thyroid Diseases of the Ministryof Health and Social Welfare of Republic of Croatia,Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital.The Symposium had two parts, the ceremonialone when the Josip MatovinoviC Award was present-ed to the most distinguished Croatian scientists fortheir special contribution in the field of thyroidology,and the official, scientific part, which consisted of sixlectures delivered by renowned European and Croa-tian experts in the field of iodine prophylaxis, AldoPinchera from Pisa, Italy; Daniel G linaer from Brus-sels, Belgium; Sergej Hojker from Ljubljana, Slove-nia; and Zvonko Kusic, Ivica Kostovic and Tomislavjukic from Croatia.The Symposium was opened by academicianZvonko Kusic as Secretary of the Department ofMedical Sciences, Croatian Academy of Sciencesand Arts, president of the Croatian Thyroid Societyand president of the Symposium Organizing Com-mittee. Among Symposium participants there weredistinguished guests: academician Pavle Despal],Vice-President of the Croatian Academy of Scienc-es and Arts; academician Slavko Cvernic, SecretaryGeneral of the Croatian Academy of Sciences andArts; other academicians; Professor Ivan Simonovic,minister of justice; Professor Mate Granic; Profes-sor Mate Mihanovic, Director of Sveti Ivan Psychi-atric Hospital; Professor Antoinette KaicRak, headof the WHO Office in Croatia; Dr. Zeljko Baklaic,Director of the National Institute of Public Health;academician Husref Tahirovic, member of the Bos-nia and Herzegovina Academy of Sciences and Arts;Dr. Stanko Tezak, President of the Croatian Societyof Nuclear Medicine, Croatian Medical Association;Professor Mate Ljubicic , Deputy President of the Na-tional Health Committee; Professor Dragutin Komar,Dean of the School of Dental Medicine, University inZagreb; Professor Jadranka Boiikov, Director of An-drija Stampar School of Public Health; and directorsof many other health institutions.Symposium participants were addressed by Dr.Hrvoje Minigo, President of the Croatian MedicalChamber; Professor Zeljko Metelko, President ofthe Croatian Medical Council and President of theCroatian Endocrinological Society; Professor AleksaBjelis, President of the University in Zagreb; Profes-sor Drazen Vikic Topic, State Secretary at the Min-istry of Science, Education and Sports; and Dr. AnteZvonimir Golem, State Secretary at the Ministry ofHealth and Social Welfare.In his foreword, academician Zvonko Kusic said:"This Symposium is taking place after a similarone dedicated to iodine deficiency and goiter, held in1999 in this same hall. It was 3 years after the increaseof iodine amount in the salt done in 1996.A study performed in those days showed that goi-ter had not yet been eradicated in our country andthere was still mild iodine deficiency that was suc-cessfully corrected by the new act. Even then, the firstfavorable results could be seen. In the meantime, the383he", Clin Cro>.t :nW; 4K383_387Ih'Josip MatOVWOVIC scroll_.there is always a significart percent of pregnant wem-en that have iodine irt ake lower than Cf"'imal.At this Symposium, we will try to answer all thesequestions and dUemmas, to establish the present sta-tus in Croatia, and to find out whether our pregnantwomen do need add~imal iodine suwlemertatim inthe form ofvbmins, asr ecemmend ed in seme coun-tr;", (USA) known to have reached sufficient iod;",intake in the general poF'-'latim, The Croatian Thy-roid Society has already issued guidelines fcr ratimaldiagnosis of thyroid diseases and fcr diagnosis andtreatmert of carcinemas, This Symposium will alsoresult in cCflClusims upct1 which the Society wU! es-tablish guidelines fCf tr eating pregnant wemen,That iswhy wehave invited ProfessCf Pinchera andProfessCf Glinoer as the leading Eurepean and Worldexperts in the field, to take part in the Symposllm",After the welceme address, the award ceremmyt ook place and academician Kusie said:"Let me introduce you to tn, events that have ledto the decision of establishiq!; the Josip MatovinovieAward,Thyroid diseases are amof{!; tn, most cemmm dis-orders in humans, Anumber of specialt;", are involvedin the treatm ert of these patients, In Goatia, ther e isa high level of clinical and labcratCfY discip.ines witha gr eat number of clinical experts and sc;"rtists, Theexisting high quality of clinical pract ice and sc;"neeis the result of hard work and lmg tr a d ~ im of manyprevious generatims and their accemplishments inthe field, especially our teachers that are respons DlefCf tn, develcpnent ofGoatianmedicine,Ih'Josip MatOVWOVlC medal.__ .....---~-_.._-investigatims have shown cmt iruous progress in io-dine deficiency eliminatim, Croatia has crossed tn,path frem severe iodine deficiency through moderateiod;", defic;"ney, so that it could reach iodine suf-ficiency and beceme me of the countries that haveshown best results in resolving this impCftart F'-'blicn,alth problem. This Symposium has been Cfganizedso that the presert state could be evaluated and alsoto focus m another impc<tant t epic, Le, the issue ofsufficiert iod;", intake in pregnart women Duringpregnancy, iod;", requirements increase and it is im-pc< tant fcr tn, psychomotCf develepment of infantsaswell as fCf the preventi m ofpsychemotor disCfders,An impCftart questim that stU! remains unanswer edis additimal iodine supp.emertatim during pregnan-cy, There are examples of countries with suffic;"rt io-dine intake in tn, general pepulatim whUerepc<tinginsufficiert iodine irt ake in pregnant wemen, Also,even if tn,re is adequate iodine irt ake in pregnancy,........- ......"'- -POVELJA.Josip Matol,jnod r.__........---,....... .._........... '-.:.ifi...e.~Acta [i n CrNt, Vol. 48, No. J, 20Cf9A,t> am Cro>.t ;nw; 4U83_387That is wlTf tn, Qoatian Thyroid Society Manag-ing Board made a decisioo, based on article 43 oftn,Croatian Medical Associatioo regulatc<y provisionson the professiooal society activity, to establish tn, Jo-sF Matovinovie Award fc< special scientific and pro-fessiooal ccrtr DUti oo to the field of thyroidology",The Award coosists ofa medal and a scrollw~h afigure ofJosip Matovinovk, The medal was made byProfessc< D amir Matausie, academic sculptc<,Then, academician Kusie presert ed a shc<t biog-rajily ofProfessc< Matovinovie and awarded the sci-et"lists,Professor Joslp MatD'vlnovk was the father ofmodern Croatian endocrinology and authc< ofthe fir stact 00 salt iodinatioo in Croatia, He was bc<nin 1914in Lk ko Cerje, In 1956, he went to the USA, wherehe stayed at Harvard Univers ~y fc< thr ee years andfrcm 1959 he wc<ked at tn, lhiversity of Michiganin Ann Arbe<, where he stayed untU his retirementin 1985, Professc< Matovinovk was a wc<ld knownendocrinologist and his special field of interest wasresearch and treatment oftlTfroid diseases, especiallygo ~er, He wrote tn, first act on salt iodinatioo in 1953in fe<mer Yugoslavia and he played the most impc<-tart role in ~ s implemertatioo,In tn, USA, he was appreciated not ccly as a sci-ertist, doctc< and t eacher, but also as an irt ellectualand erudite, a man ofumsually wide culture, He hadspecial interest in the histc<y of medicine and receiveda number of awards and hooors,Professc< Matovinovic died in Ann Arbc< in 1998,where he had established a scholarship foundation fe<young doctc<s gr aduated at Zagreb lhiversity Schoolof M edicine,Academician Kusk pointed out that hehad agr eathooc< and privUege to wc<k and learn frcm him inAnnArbc<,The Managing Board decided to present the Jo-sF Matovinovie Award to academician Ivo Padovan,academician Sime Spaventi, academician ZdenkoSkrabalo, and postmmously to academician MladenSekso and Professor Ivan Simonovk. The award wasreceived by academician Kr ista Kostial-Simooovie 00Acad,m,a"" Ivo Padov"" "rcmvwg themedal,Act' CI ~ C,oz<, Vol . 48, No. J, 20Cf9he", Clin Cro>.t :nW; 4K383_387Acad,m!C,an Sim, Spamm' '>recew,ng th'medalbehalfof the late Professc< Simonovk, and by Profes-sc< MUan Vrkljan en behalf of the late academicianSekso,The first JosF Matovinovic Award was presertedto Mrs, N atalijaMatovinovic, Professc< Matovinovk'swife, a distinguished piano player and daugl-ter to Dr.Artun Gottlieb, a surgeon and another great scientistoftn, Croatian medicine, Mrs, Matovinovk showedgreat awreciatien and, visibly touched she said thatifher m sband had been alive, he would not believewhat a great acknowledgmert he had received fe< hiswwkAcademician Zdenko Skrabalo expressed hisgratitude fc< this acknowledgmert en behalfof all thelaureates,After the ceremony, Branka Ja'1'anin-Magdalenk,oor renow",d harp player, henc<ed the audience withher beauti ful music.After the creak, tn, scientific part of the Sympo-sum took part. The first lecture en iodine prcphylaxisin Croatia was held by academician Zvonko Kusie. Hepointed out that our country, led by Univers ~ y De-partmert ofOncology and Nuclear Medici"" Sestremilosrdnic e lhiversity H ospit al, as Reference Centerfc< Thyroid Diseases of the Ministry of Health andSocial Welfar e of Republic ofQoatia, has great andsuccessful experience in adequate iodine prcphylaxisthat resulted in e1iminatien ofgoiter and other disc<-ders caused by iodm, deficiency, amof{!; which psy-chomotc< disc<d ers are most impc<tant and have greatsignificance in any JX1'ulatien W~h this, Croatia hasbeccme ene of the courtries that have successfullysolvedthis impc<tant public health problem, This sci-ertific Symposium can also be perceivedas affirmatienPrifissor Mil"" Vrkljan "rc",,,,ng th'medal on .,halfifth' lat, acad,m!C,anMlo.dm Scho,Acta [i n CrNt, Vol. 48, No. J, 20Cf9Acta Cuo Croat 2009; 48:383 387for the long standing successful work in the field forwhich Croatia is recognized in the world. The latestresults of the studies performed in schoolchildren in2009 in Zagreb, Rude, Split, Rijeka and Osijek haveshown our population to be free from goiter and tohave a sufficient iodine intake.This was followed by lectures on iodine prophylaxisin Europe presented by Professor Aldo Pinchera, io-dine and pregnancy by Professor Daniel Clinoer, andon the pitfalls of iodine overload through excess selfsupplementation by Professor Sergej Hojker. After thebreak, Dr. Tomislav jukic held a lecture on iodine in-take during pregnancy in Croatia. The data shown inthis lecture indicated a sufficient iodine intake duringpregnancy in Croatia, especially in the group of preg-nant women taking iodine supplementation duringpregnancy. Academician !vica Kostovic spoke aboutthe influence of hormones on brain development. Thepeak of the scientific part was the Round Table andlive discussion of the lecturers about the increasedneed of iodine during pregnancy.Acta Clin Croat, Vol. 48, No.3, 2009NewsThen lunch was served in the Academy Palacelobby.The Second Elective Assembly ofthe Croatian ThyroidSocietyAfter the Symposium, at 3.00 p.m., the SecondElective Assembly of the Croatian Thyroid Soci-ety took place. Academician Zvonko Kusic was re-elected President and Professor Miljenko Solter firstVice President; Dr. Zdenka Bence-Zigman, Profes-sor Aleksandar Smokvina, Professor Velimir Bozikov,Professor Damir Dodig, Dr. Danijel Dosen, ProfessorMirko Korsic, Professor Ivan Mihaljevic, Mr. MarijanPetek, Professor Vlado Petrie, Professor Ante Punda,Dr. Juraj Smoje, Professor Milan Vrkljan and Dr. J0-sip Zmire were elected members of the Society Man-aging Board. It was follo~ed by the Managing Boardmeeting, when Dr. Josip Zmire was elected Secretaryof the Society, on recommendation from academicianKusic, President of the Society.Zvonko Kusic387

Josip Matovinović Scientific Symposium with International Participation Iodine Prophylaxis - Experiences and Dilemmas - Zagreb, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, May 20, 2009

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