The 3rd International Online Conference on Clinical Medicine
The 3rd International Online Conference on Clinical Medicine
Part of the International Electronic Conference on Clinical Medicine series
Event's Timezone: Central European Time
18 August 2025
20 September 2025
3 November 2025
Cardiology, Emergency Medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine, General Surgery, Rehabilitation, Pulmonology, Anesthesiology, Cardiovascular Medicine
IOCCM 2025 is Now Calling for Participation—FREE of Charge!
Join us today by submitting your abstract and registering for the event to be part of cutting-edge discussions and valuable networking opportunities in the field of clinical medicine.
To submit your abstract by 18 Aug 2025, please click here.
To register for free by 3 Nov 2025, please click here.
Welcome from the Chairs
Dear Colleagues,
It is a great pleasure to welcome you to the 3rd International Online Conference on Clinical Medicine (IOCCM 2025), to be held from 17 to 19 Nov 2025, CET, online.
The goal of this conference is to enable scientists to present their latest research in the field of clinical medicines and engage in discussions with the scientific community worldwide. We invite scientists, researchers, and healthcare professionals to contribute and share their findings in the following areas, including but not limited to:
• Cardiology & Cardiovascular Medicine
• Nephrology & Urology
• Emergency Medicine
• Nuclear Medicine & Radiology
• General Surgery
• Clinical Rehabilitation
• Pulmonology
• Anesthesiology
All submitted abstracts will undergo MDPI’s standard peer-review procedure. After the conference, authors are invited to submit a full proceedings paper (3-6 pages), which will be published in the Medical Sciences Forum. The publication of the proceedings will be free of charge.
Additionally, selected contributions will have the opportunity to be submitted to the Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN: 2077-0383; Impact Factor: 3.0; ranked 59/329, Q1 in "Medicine, General & Internal") with a 20% discount on the publication fee.
To acknowledge the support of the conference's esteemed authors and recognize their outstanding scientific accomplishments, we are pleased to announce that the conference will provide six awards, including Best Oral Presentation Awards and Best Poster Awards. The winner will receive a certificate and 200 CHF each.
We look forward to your participation in this exciting event.
Conference Chairs:
Prof. Dr. Emmanuel Andrès
Internal Medicine Department, University Hospital Strasbourg, France.
Prof. Dr. Kent Doi
Department of Acute Care Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan.
Prof. Dr. Francisco Guillen-Grima
Department of Preventive Medicine, Clinica Universidad de Navarra, University of Navarra, Spain.
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Event Chairs
Internal Medicine Department, University Hospital Strasbourg, 67081 Strasbourg, France
Prof. Dr. Emmanuel Andrès has been the Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Clinical Medicine (JCM) since 2018, bringing extensive expertise and leadership to the role. With a respected reputation in the medical community, he has authored over 600 papers, earning an H-index of 47 on Scopus. Dr. Andrès is deeply involved in the ongoing development and management of JCM, leveraging his vast knowledge of the journal. His research interests are broad and impactful, focusing on areas such as drug-induced cytopenias, anemia, thrombocytopenia, neutropenia, vitamin B12 and cobalamin deficiencies, telemedicine, chronic diseases, and chronic heart failure.
Prof. Dr. Kent Doi earned both his M.D. and Ph.D. from the University of Tokyo, followed by advanced nephrology training at NIH/NIDDK. As a professor in the Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, his research focuses on acute kidney injury, sepsis, and multiple organ failure. A leader in his field, Dr. Doi has published over 250 articles, delivered numerous presentations, and holds key roles in various Japanese medical societies. He also serves as an Associate Editor for several journals.
1. Department of Preventive Medicine, Clinica Universidad de Navarra, University of Navarra, Spain;
2. Navarra Medical Research Institute (IdiSNA), Spain;
3. Center for Biomedical Research Network Epidemiology and Public Health, (CIBERESP), Spain;
4. Department of Health Sciences, Public University of Navarra, Spain
Prof. Dr. Francisco Guillen-Grima is a highly regarded Spanish physician with a strong background in Preventive Medicine and Public Health. He holds an MD, PhD, MBA from the University of Murcia, and advanced degrees in Epidemiology and Public Health from Harvard University. Over the years, he has held important roles, including Medical Officer in Murcia, Fulbright Scholar at Harvard, and Field Epidemiologist in Pamplona. Since 2005, Dr. Guillen-Grima has headed Preventive Medicine at the University of Navarra Clinic and is a Full Professor at the Public University of Navarra. He has also been deeply involved in graduate program leadership and policy advisory roles at ANECA. His significant contributions extend to the Spanish Society of Preventive Medicine, where he served as Secretary. Throughout his career, Dr. Guillen-Grima has been dedicated to advancing public health education, improving health systems, and shaping public health policies both locally and globally.
Session Chairs
Dr. Carlos Escobar
Cardiology Service, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain
carlos.escobar@salud.madrid.org
Dr. Carlos Escobar is a cardiologist at La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, specializing in outpatient cardiology and continuity of care. A former President of the Clinical Cardiology Association SEC, he has authored 450+ publications and contributed to major clinical trials in cardiovascular research. He is also a leader in digital health and AI, serving as Scientific Coordinator of the DTX Consortium and an educator in AI-driven healthcare at top institutions.
Dr. Francisco Epelde
Internal Medicine Service, Hospital Universitari Parc Taulí. University Autonoma of Barcelona and Aptima Centre Clínic-Mutua de Terrassa. Barcelona, Spain
fepelde@gmail.com
Dr. Francisco Epelde Gonzalo is an internal medicine specialist with a strong focus on cardiology, acute care, and medical research. Passionate about patient-centered care, he has extensive experience managing complex cardiac and acute conditions. Beyond clinical practice, he is actively involved in research, particularly in computer simulation and agent-based modeling, exploring innovative ways to enhance medical understanding and decision-making. Committed to continuous learning and collaboration, he strives to integrate advanced technology with patient care for better health outcomes.
Prof. Dr. Nathan D. Wong
Professor and Director, Heart Disease Prevention Program Mary and Steve Wen Cardiovascular Division University of California, Irvine School of Medicine, Irvine, California, USA Past President, American Society for Preventive Cardiology
ndwong@uci.edu
Dr. Nathan Wong is a cardiovascular epidemiologist and specialist in preventive cardiology with MPH and PhD degrees in epidemiology from Yale University. Dr. Wong’s research interests include cardiovascular risk assessment and subclinical atherosclerosis, where he did pioneering work on coronary calcium beginning over 30 years ago, and the epidemiology and management of dyslipidemia, diabetes, and obesity in relation to cardiovascular disease, including research on residual dyslipidemia, lipoprotein(a), and cardiovascular disease prevention. He has authored over 450 peer-reviewed manuscripts, co-edited 8 textbooks and currently serves as co-editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Preventive Cardiology, associate editor of JACC Asia and cardiovascular medicine editor-in-chief of the Journal of Clinical Medicine. He is a recipient of the ASPC Joseph Stokes Award for lifetime achievement in preventive cardiology and lifetime achievement award in clinical research from the UC Irvine School of Medicine.
Prof. Dr. Michael Christ
Department of Emergency Medicine, Lucerne Hospital, University of Lucerne, Switzerland
michael.christ@luks.ch
Prof. Dr. med. Michael Christ is the Head of the Emergency Department at Luzerner Kantonsspital and an adjunct professor at the University of Lucerne. With a doctorate from University of Munich (1993) and habilitation from Heidelberg (2000), his research specializes in Acute Cardiac Care. He has authored 450+ publications on topics like syncope, ACS, heart failure, and pulmonary embolism (H-Index 35). Dr. Christ also serves as an editor and reviewer for top emergency medicine journals and expert committees.
Prof. Dr. Alberto Signore
Nuclear Medicine Unit, University Hospital S. Andrea, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Italy
alberto.signore@uniroma1.it
Prof. Dr. Alberto Signore is a Full Professor of Diagnostic Imaging at Sapienza University of Rome and Dean of the Technical Faculty for Radiology and Nuclear Medicine. With a PhD from the University of Groningen and 350+ publications, he is a recognized leader in Nuclear Medicine. He has received prestigious awards, including the Marie Curie Award and Masahiro Iio Award, and holds 5 patents in his field.
Prof. Dr. Axel Brandes
Department of Cardiology, Esbjerg Hospital-University Hospital of Southern Denmark, Esbjerg, Denmark
Axel.Brandes2@rsyd.dk
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Dr. Sukhwinder Singh Sohal
Head of the Respiratory Translational Research Group, Senior Lecturer in Pathology, University of Tasmania, Australia
sukhwinder.sohal@utas.edu.au
Dr Sohal is Head of the Respiratory Translational Research Group and Senior Lecturer in Pathology at the University of Tasmania, Australia. He is an internationally recognized leader in chronic lung disease. He is a respiratory disease adviser for the WHO and have published with them. His research group is focused on discovering and identifying novel mechanisms that may act as exciting new therapeutic targets for treating chronic lung diseases, such as COPD, lung cancer, asthma-COPD overlap, pulmonary hypertension and ILDs.
Event Committee
Second Department of Internal Medicine, University of Toyama, Japan
Registration
When registering, please register with your academic email address, as this will accelerate the registration process. If you are registering several people under the same registration, please do not use the same email address for each person, but their individual university email addresses. Thank you for understanding.
The number of participants is limited; once the number of registrations reaches the maximum number of participants, another registration will be cancelled.
Finally, only registered authors will be able to apply for the conference awards.
Instructions for Authors
The 3rd International Online Conference on Clinical Medicine (IOCCM 2025) will accept abstracts only. The accepted abstracts will be available online on Sciforum.net during and after the conference.
1. Deadline for abstract submission: 18 August 2025
2. Abstract Acceptance Notification: 20 September 2025
You will be notified of the acceptance of an oral/poster presentation in a separate email.
Abstract submissions should be completed online by registering with www.sciforum.net and using the "New Submission" function once logged into the system. No physical template is necessary.
1. The structure abstract should include the introduction, methods, results, and conclusions sections of about 250–300 words in total.
2. All accepted abstracts will be published in the conference report of The 3rd International Online Conference on Clinical Medicine in the Medical Sciences Forum Journal (ISSN 2673-9992); if you wish to publish an extended proceeding paper (3-6 pages), please submit it to the same journal after the conference.
3. All abstracts should be submitted and presented in clear, publication-ready English with accurate grammar and spelling.
4. You may submit multiple abstracts. However, only one abstract will be selected for oral presentation.
5. All abstracts accepted for presentation will be collected in a book of abstracts, which will be published on the website after the conference.
Detailed Requirements:
1. The submitting author must ensure that all co-authors are aware of the contents of the abstract.
2. Please select only one presenter for each submission. If you would like to change the presenter after submission, please email us at ioccm2025@mdpi.com accordingly.
Note: We only accept live presentations.
The slot for the oral presentation is 15 minutes. We advise that your presentation lasts for a maximum of 12 minutes, leaving at least 3 minutes for the Q&A session. Authors are encouraged to prepare a presentation in PowerPoint or similar software.
a. Your submission should include the title, authors, contact details, and main research findings, as well as tables, figures, and graphs where necessary.
b. File format: PDF (.pdf).
c. Size in cm: 60 width x 80 height–portrait orientation.
d. Font size: ≥20.
e. Maximum size: 250 M
You can use our free template to create your poster. The poster template can be downloaded here.
All posters will be permanently exhibited online in the Poster Gallery. The rooms will be called after your surname. You will automatically be assigned to your break-out room; however, you will be responsible for your own room, i.e., sharing your screen by yourself, handling the comments in the chat if there are any, etc. People will then be able to visit your room and discuss your poster with you. Please make sure you have the Zoom Desktop client or mobile app, version 5.3.0 or higher.
We will reach out to you closer to the dates of the conference with more information.
It is the authors' responsibility to identify and declare any personal circumstances or interests that may be perceived as inappropriately influencing the representation or interpretation of clinical research. If there is no conflict, please state, "The authors declare no conflicts of interest." This should be conveyed in a separate "Conflict of Interest" statement preceding the "Acknowledgments" and "References" sections at the end of the manuscript. Any financial support for the study must be fully disclosed in the "Acknowledgments" section.
MDPI, the publisher of the Sciforum.net platform, is an open access publisher. We believe authors should retain the copyright to their scholarly works. Hence, by submitting an abstract to this conference, you retain the copyright to the work, but you grant MDPI the non-exclusive right to publish this abstract online on the Sciforum.net platform. This means you can easily submit your full paper (with the abstract) to any scientific journal at a later stage and transfer the copyright to its publisher if required.
Event Awards
To acknowledge the support of the conference's esteemed authors and recognize their outstanding scientific accomplishments, we are pleased to announce that the conference will provide six awards, including Best Oral Presentation Awards and Best Poster Awards.
The Awards
Number of Awards Available: 6
The Best Oral Presentation Awards are given to the submission judged to make the most significant oral contribution to the conference.
The Best Poster Awards are given to the submission judged to make the most significant and interesting poster for the conference.
There will be six winners selected for these awards. The winner will receive a certificate and 200 CHF each.
Sponsors and Partners
Organizers
Media Partners
Publication Opportunities
1. Journal of Clinical Medicine Publication
Participants in this conference are cordially invited to contribute a full manuscript to the conference's Special Issue, published in the Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN: 2077-0383, Impact Factor 3.0), with a 20% discount on the publication fee. Details of the special issue will be announced here later. Please note that no other discounts are applicable. Acceptance of the abstract does not guarantee acceptance of the manuscript submission. All submitted papers will undergo MDPI’s standard peer-review procedure. The abstracts should be cited and noted on the first page of the paper.
2. Proceeding Paper Publication
You are welcome to submit a proceeding paper (3-6 pages) to the Medical Sciences Forum Journal (ISSN 2673-9992) after the conference. Publication of the proceedings will be free of charge. Authors are asked to disclose that it is a proceeding paper of the IOCCM 2025 conference paper in their cover letter. Carefully read the rules outlined in the 'Instructions for Authors' on the journal’s website and ensure that your submission adheres to these guidelines.
Manuscripts for the proceedings issue must be formatted as follows:
- Title.
- Full author names.
- Affiliations (including full postal address) and authors' e-mail addresses.
- Abstract.
- Keywords.
- Introduction.
- Methods.
- Results and Discussion.
- Conclusions.
- Acknowledgements.
- References.
Conference Secretariat
Ms. Niya Wu
Ms. Suriwipa Chuachaina
Email: ioccm2025@mdpi.com
For inquiries regarding submissions and sponsorship opportunities, please feel free to contact us.
