President Milanović Meets with Participants of the CEDA Diabetologists’ Congress in Zagreb

The President of the Republic Zoran Milanović today welcomed participants of the Central European Diabetes Association (CEDA) Diabetologists’ Congress, ahead of the annual gathering taking place in Zagreb on 12-14 June.

The Central European Diabetes Association is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting scientific advancement and fostering collaboration among diabetes associations in Central Europe. Its key activities include annual symposia – supplemented by smaller events and gatherings – as well as exchange programmes for young doctors and researchers. These programmes, financially supported by CEDA, aim to build connections, facilitate the exchange of experiences, and promote knowledge-sharing.

Dr. Dario Rahelić, President of the Croatian Society for Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders, Head of the Vuk Vrhovac University Clinic, and President of the CEDA Congress 2025, briefed President Milanović on the key topics to be addressed at this year’s Congress in Zagreb. These include: obesity and its impact on health, pharmaceutical treatments for obesity, the interplay between psychology and diabetes treatment, the use of artificial intelligence in diagnostics, new therapies for diabetes and liver diseases, rare metabolic disorders, post menopause and blood sugar control, pregnancy and diabetes, insulin resistance, the relationship between diabetes and heart disease, diabetes and dentistry, the link between cancer and diabetes, and kidney disease.

During the meeting, Congress participants shared their perspectives on several of these topics. President Milanović wished them a productive Congress and highlighted the societal importance of the issues they are addressing.

In addition to prof. Dario Rahelić, the President of the Croatian Society for Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders, the delegation of the Diabetologists’ Congress included: prof. Peter Kempler, President of CEDA and the Hungarian Diabetes Association; dr. Eva Kadar, psychiatrist from Budapest; prof. Manfredi Rizzo, CEDA President Elect and Professor of Medicine at the University of Palermo; prof. Jan Škrha, President of the Czech Diabetes Society and Vice President of the Czech Medical Association; prof. Sanja Klobučar, Vice President of the Croatian Society for Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders and Vice President of the Croatian Society for Obesity; prof. Davor Štimac, President of the Croatian Society for Obesity; prof. Tatjana Milenković, President of the EASD Diabetes Education Study Group, President of the Macedonian Scientific Association of Endocrinologists and Diabetologists, and Head of the Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases Department; dr. Gyula Petrányi, former Associate Editor of Diabetic Medicine, specialist in internal medicine, endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolic diseases; prof. Mohamed Elrayess, Research Associate Professor and Head of Basic Research at the Biomedical Research Center, Qatar University; prof. Eberhard Standl, Professor of Medicine, endocrinologist and angiologist, member of the Munich Diabetes Research Group at the Helmholtz Centre; Past President of IDF Europe, the German Diabetes Association, FID, and the German Diabetes Union; former Vice President of EASD and IDF; prof. Anca Stoian, President of the Romanian Committee of Diabetes, Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases and National Coordinator of the National Diabetes Programme; prof. Jose Silva Nunes, President of the Portuguese Society for the Study of Obesity and Head of the Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism at ULS São José; prof. Christian Herder, Honorary Secretary of the Central European Diabetes Association (CEDA); prof. Mohamed El Tanani, Vice President of Research and Postgraduate Studies and Dean of the College of Pharmacy at RAK Medical and Health Sciences University; prof. Syed Arman Rabbani, Chair of the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology at RAK Medical and Health Sciences University; prof. Katarzyna Cyranka, Head of the Psychodiabetology Research Unit, Department of Metabolic Diseases, Jagiellonian University Medical College in Krakow, President of the Section for Psychodiabetology of the Polish Diabetes Association, and Head of the Psychology and Psychodiabetology Outpatient Clinic at the University Hospital in Krakow; prof. Erifili Hatziagelaki, Professor of Internal Medicine and Metabolic Diseases at the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, and former President of the Diabetes Committee of the Central Board of Health, Ministry of Health; prof. Marica Jandrić Balen, Head of the Department of Gastroenterology, Endocrinology and Diabetology, and Professor Emeritus of Internal Medicine; and prof. Cristian Serafinceanu, Head of the Department of Nephrology and Dialysis at the National Diabetes Institute “N. Paulescu” in Bucharest and former President of the Romanian Society of Diabetes, Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases.

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