Prevention Summit Basel 2026

Leading national and international experts will present and discuss the most important innovations in the various areas of cardiovascular prevention, including arterial hypertension, lipid metabolic disorders, diabetes mellitus and obesity, in interactive lectures.

When?
Thursday, March 26, 2026
from 11.15 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. (followed by an aperitif riche)


Where?
Center for Teaching and Research - Small Lecture Hall
University Hospital Basel
Hebelstrasse 20
4031 Basel


Accreditation
Credits have been applied for and will be published shortly.

Scientific Committee

Prof. Felix Mahfoud

Prof. Christian Müller

Prof. Otmar Pfister

Dr. Lucas Lauder

summit

Novartis

Boehringer Ingelheim

Amgen

MSD

Speakers

Prof. Ingrid Kindermann (Homburg, D)
Prof. Ulrich Kintscher (Berlin, D)
Prof. Ulf Landmesser (Berlin, D)
Dr. Lucas Lauder (Basel, CH)
Prof. Gregor Leibundgut (Basel, CH)
Prof. Katharina Marx-Schütt (Aachen, D)
Prof. Atul Pathak (Luxembourg, LUX)
Prof. Otmar Pfister (Basel, CH)
Prof. Alexandra Schneider (Munich, D)
Prof. Martin Schulz (Berlin, D)
Prof. Isabella Sudano (Zurich, CH)

Chairpersons and panelists

Dr. Manuela Bernoulli (Basel, CH)
Prof. Pietro Cippà (Basel, CH)
Prof. Ingrid Kindermann (Homburg, D)
Prof. Ulrich Kintscher (Berlin, D)
Prof. Felix Mahfoud (Basel, CH)
Prof. Katharina Marx-Schütt (Aachen, D)
Prof. Christian Müller (Basel, D)
Dr. Remo Osterwalder (Delémont, CH)
Dr. Carola Ramazzina (Olten, CH)
Alexandra Schneider (Munich, D)
Prof. Martin Schulz (Berlin, D)
PD Dr. Eleonora Seelig (Basel, CH)
Dr. Seoung Mann Sou (Oensingen, CH)
Prof. Daniel Staub (Basel, CH)
Prof. Isabella Sudano (Zurich, CH)
Dr. Ruth von Dahlen (Basel, CH)

Program

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Chairpersons: Felix Mahfoud, Eleonora Seelig
Panel: Carola Ramazzina, Ruth von Dahlen

11.15-11.20 a.m. Welcome
Felix Mahfoud (Basel, CH)
11.20-11.35 a.m. Cardiovascular risk stratification - what really helps?
Isabella Sudano (Zurich, CH)
11.35-11.45 a.m. Discussion
11.45-12.00 hrs Obesity - are lifestyle changes enough?
Otmar Pfister (Basel, CH)
12.00-12.10 pm Discussion
12.10-12.25 p.m. Psychocardiology - are we overlooking the psyche because of the heart?
Ingrid Kindermann (Homburg, DE)
12.25-12.35 p.m. Panel discussion
12.35-13.20 Lunch break (45 min)

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Chairpersons: Ulrich Kintscher, Isabella Sudano
Panel: Manuela Bernoulli, Martin Schulz

13.20-13.35 Hypertension - what's new?
Lucas Lauder (Basel, CH)
13.35-13.45 Panel discussion
13.45-14.00 Adherence - what lies between prescription and reality?
Martin Schulz (Berlin, DE)
14.00-14.10 Panel discussion
14.10-14.25 Deprescribing - when is less more?
Atul Pathak (Luxembourg, LUX)
14.25-14.35 Panel discussion
14.35-14.50 Coffee break

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Chairpersons: Christian Müller, Pietro Cippà
Panel: Seoung Mann Sou, Isabella Sudano

14.50-15.05 Dyslipidemia - what has changed with the guideline update?
Ulf Landmesser (Berlin, DE)
15.05-15.15 Panel discussion
15.15-15.30 Cardio-renal-metabolic syndrome - how to recognize and treat it?
Katharina Marx-Schütt (Aachen, DE)
15.30-15.40 hrs Panel discussion
15.40-15.55 hrs

Lp(a) what is it anyway?
Gregor Leibundgut

15.55-16.05 discussion
16.05-16.25 Coffee break

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Chairpersons: Ingrid Kindermann, Daniel Staub

Panel: Remo Osterwalder, Katharina Marx-Schütt, Alexandra Schneider

16.25-16.45 Cardiometabolics - what from the preclinic finds its way into practice?
Ulrich Kintscher (Berlin, DE)
16.45-16.55 Panel discussion
16.55-17.15 hrs Air, noise, climate - how much can the heart take?
Alexandra Schneider (Munich, DE)
17.15-17.30 hrs Discussion & farewell
Felix Mahfoud
From 17.30 Apéro Riche

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