| Dear Colleagues,
The EuGMS SIG on Education and Training is pleased to invite you to its next open online meeting, organised in collaboration with VAS-INT, on Thursday 19th November 2026, 16.00-17.30 CET (3-4.30pm GMT).
The agenda of the meeting is as follows:
16:00–16:05 | Welcome and Opening Remarks — EuGMS
Prof. Tahir Masud
President, European Geriatric Medicine Society (EuGMS)
Prof. Susan D. Shenkin
Academic Director, European Geriatric Medicine Society (EuGMS)
16:05–16:25 | VAS-INT: Advancing Vascular Medicine through International Collaboration
Prof. Mariella Catalano
Honorary President and Past-President, VAS-INT
University of Milan, Italy
16:25–16:45 | Vascular Ageing, Multimorbidity and Geriatric Syndromes: Emerging Research at the Interface
Prof. Francesco Mattace-Raso
Co-Chair of the EuGMS SIG on Cardiovascular Medicine
Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
16:45–17:05 | Why Every Vascular Clinician Needs Some Geriatrics: Curricular Overlaps and Educational Priorities
Prof. M. Cristina Polidori
Co-Chair of the EuGMS SIG on Education & Training
University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Germany
17:05–17:25 | Moderated Discussion and Audience Q&A
Moderator: Prof. Michael Vassallo
Co-Chair of the EuGMS SIG on Education & Training
Bournemouth University and University Hospitals Dorset, Dorset, UK
17:25–17:30 | Closing Remarks and Future Perspectives
Prof. Mariella Catalano
VAS-INT
Prof. Roman Romero-Ortuno
Director of Education and Training, EuGMS
Trinity College Dublin, Ireland |
