Healthcare event and education company HMP announces the European launch of the Amputation Prevention (AMP) Symposium, scheduled to take place October 2-4, 2019 in Lugano, Switzerland.

AMP Europe is an expansion of the Amputation Prevention Symposium, held annually in August in Chicago. It will be led by Jihad A. Mustapha, MD, FACC, FSCAI, a notable professional in the field of critical limb ischemia (CLI).

“CLI is a global public health concern,” says Mustapha, of Advanced Cardiac & Vascular Amputation Prevention Centers, Grand Rapids, Michigan, in a media release from HMP. “AMP Europe will meet an unmet need, providing awareness and education regarding CLI prevalence, diagnosis, treatment (surgical, endovascular, and medical management), and post-revascularization surveillance.”

AMP Europe will provide a forum to connect clinicians — interventional cardiologists and radiologists, vascular surgeons, angiologists, and the entire limb salvage team — with experts in CLI to gain knowledge and learn from one another. The practical program will afford attendees the opportunity to gain insight and perspective on CLI advances from around the world.

Joining Dr Mustapha as course director will be Jos C. van den Berg, MD, of Ospedale Regionale di Lugano, Lugano, Switzerland, who will help guide the inaugural European program, the release continues.

“After the enormous success of AMP in Chicago over the past 8 years, it has become clear that the education offered at AMP does not exist elsewhere around the globe,” van den Berg states. “In order to support the global fight against CLI, it is a logical next step to expand the meeting outside the US, first by bringing it to Europe.

“The goal of the meeting is the same as Chicago: ‘to save limbs and save lives.’ The symposium will be tailored to the specific needs of the healthcare systems throughout Europe, and a renowned European and US faculty will make the global expansion of AMP and its philosophy possible.”

Health Service & Education (HSEC Swiss GmbH) will serve as a international partner to support the meeting’s organization.

“We are very much looking forward to the first AMP Europe and working with our partner HSEC to create a very successful meeting,” comments Jeff Hennessy, chairman and CEO, HMP. “The meeting is another example of delivering on our mission to provide practical education that can improve patient care and save lives.”

[Source(s): HMP, PR Newswire]