2019-2021majoractivities

Venous-lymphaticWorld International Network

Not forprofit,ONLUS

V-

www.vwinfoundation.cominfo@vwinfoundation.com

v-WIN has been created by an idea ofSergio Gianesini, Oscar Bottini and Yung-Wei Chi,three vein specialists working in three different

universities of three different continents, with the aim of gathering

the medical and public world together forvenous and lymphatics science promotion.

Universityof

FerraraITALY

Universidadde

Buenos AiresARGENTINA

Universityof

California DavisUSA

WHOWEARE

:”Venous thrombosis:leading causeofpreventable death”Lancet Hematology 2015;(2):e393

v-WIN foundation was created following ascientific call made by the prestigious Lancetjournal in 2015, requiring involvement in theimprovement of venous disease management,leading cause of preventable death, afflicting upto half of our population.

HUMANITARIANPROJECTS

Thefoundationmembers

areinvolvedwith

humanitarianprojectsin

LatinAmerica,Europe

andarenowpaving

thewaytowards

newprojectsinCentral

America,AsiaandAfrica.

SOCIAL&

SPORT EVENTS

Thefoundationcreated

anInternationalpublic

healthawareness

project,developed

duringopensportand

socialeventsunderthe

auspicies oftheItalian

OlympicsCommittee

andcalledGameOverto

LegFailure.

WHATWEDO

SCIENTIFICRESEARCH

&MEDICAL

EDUCATION

Thefoundationisfocused

onevidence-based

researchinvenousand

lymphaticdisease,

togetherwith

related specialties.

International scientific

meetings are organized

every year.

v-WIN scientific committee is composedby world renown physicians and scientists

SCIENTIFICCOMMITTEE

JOSEPHRAFFETTO TOMASZURBANEK LOWELLKABNICK

JOHANNC.RAGG

ARMANDOMANSILHA

JOSE’DIAZ GIOVANNIMOSTI

FABRICIOSANTIAGO TAKASHIYAMAKI

RAVULJINDAL JINSONGWANG JULISSARODRIGUEZ

University ofSilesiaPOLAND

HarvardUniversityUSA

AmericanVenous ForumUSA

University ofMichiganUSA

University ofPortoPORTUGAL

Angioclinic CentersGERMANY

Barbantini ClinicITALY

Instituto deVarizesBRAZIL

TokyoWomen’s UniversityJAPAN

PanamaUniversityPANAMA

Sun Yat-senUniversityCHINA

PunjabUniversityINDIA

ATTILIOCAVEZZI

EurocenterVenalinfaITALY

RASHADBISHARA

Teaching HospitalsEGYPT

ZAZALAZARASHVILI

Chapidze CenterGEORGIA

DOMENICOCORDA

CordaClinicITALY

OPERATIVEROLES

JOHNCODY

FinancialManagement

FiscalconsultantControlcommiteechair

FrancescoZiniKatiaTafner

Social&health awarenesscommunication

Vice-president Treasurer Accountant

RICCARDOBIZZARRIERICAMENEGATTILORENZOTESSARI

JACOPOBURIANI FRANCESCOZINI

LUCIANOZANFORLIN

Lawyer

Lawyer

VALENTINANOCE

Vision&Mission advisor

Fiscalmanagement

ANGELATRAVAGLI

Committee dedicated to young researchers, healthand not-health professionals wishing to develop projects related to venous & lymphatics science,

public health and medical education

v-WINEngagementCommittee - VEC

Aguero Chantal(PARAGUAY),Baccilieri Domenico(ITALY),Bissacco Daniele(ITALY),Borsuk Denis(RUSSIA),Chunga Juan(PARAGUAY),Demekhova Marina(RUSSIA),Intriago Ernesto(ECUADOR),Iovane Emma(USA),Luyuan Niu (CHINA)Morales Mariuxi (ARGENTINA),Onida Sarah(UK),Pandey Raj Sandeep (NEPAL)

Rosukhovski Dimitry (RUSSIA),Ruvio Barbara(BRAZIL),Xi Chen(CHINA)

VECprojects

International Phlebology & Physics Teamwork (iPPT)(Borsuk D,GianesiniS)

Teamworkamongphysicistsandphlebologistsinvenoushemodynamicsinterpretation.Adedicatedsessionhasbeenincludedinthev-WINterinternationalmeeting.Aneditorialprojectisinadevelopingphase.

Phleb-ORTHO forum(Menegatti E,GianesiniS)

Forumamongorthopaedicsandphlebologistsinthrombosis,anticoagulationrehabandcompressionmanagement.Dedicatedsessionshavebeenincludedinthev-WINter internationalmeeting.Adedicatedinvestigationisongoing.

v-HELP project(Humanitarian Education in Lympho-Phlebology)

(GianesiniS,RodriguezJ,Bottini O,Canata V,ChantalA)EducationalandhumanitariannotforprofitmissionsinLatinAmerica

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH & MEDICAL EDUCATION

2019MAJOREVENT&PUBLICATIONS

v-WINter international meetinginPhlebology,Lymphology &Aesthetics

Cortinad’Ampezzo,Jan 23-26,2019

47 Internationaluniversities;44 countries

148 worldrenownspeakers;16scientificjointsocieties.

Publicationof69 pagesonPhlebologyJournalas

v-WINter meetingGlobalGuidelinesanalysis

Alongtheyear thefollowing scientific investigations were published oninternational journals:1. Case-controlevaluationoftheimpactofbelow20 mmHgelasticcompressionstockingson

lowerlimbvolumeserialvariationsinstandardizedflights.2. Diagnosisandtreatmentofpelviccongestionsyndrome:UIPconsensusdocument.3. Upperlimbsecondarylymphedemaultrasoundmappingandcharacterization.

4. Safetyandshort-termefficacyoftelangiectasiatreatmentbymeansofaninnovativecombinationof532and808 nmtransdermaldiodelaser.

5. Lowerlimbvolumeinhealthyindividualsafterwalkingwithcompressionstockings.6. Mini-invasivefoamsclerotherapy-assistedligationversussurgicalflushligationforincompetent

sapheno-poplitealjunctiontreatment.7. Alteredvelocitygradientinlowerlimbchronicvenousdisease.

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH & MEDICAL EDUCATION

2019GRANTSforunder40yo&international education

In2019vWINfoundation provided 12flight stipends &registrations toattend international meetings tounder40yo

researchers andtoscientific sessionswinners.

Since 2010, vWINmembers have beeninvolved with volunteerhumanitarian trips inEcuador and inNicaragua. Social and

v-HELP:v-WIN Humanitarian Education inLympho-Phlebology

sport events of thefoundation fundraisealso for theseinitiatives.

The project called v-WIN Humanitarian Education inLympho-Phlebology (v-HELP) provides free medicaltreatment to the local poor population together withmedical education of the local health-professionals.

v-HELP2019(Dominican Rep)

v-HELP2020(Guatemala)

SOCIAL & SPORT EVENTS

Undertheauspices of

Internationalpublicvenousawareness&screeningprogram

SportandSocialevents,asameantopositivelyimpactthehealth ofthepopulation,promotephysicalactivityandincreasesocialand

scientificawareness.

1) Red =artery2) Blu =vein

3) Heart=cardio.4) Feet:walking,nordic walking,running,

cycling5) Golfball,clubs:golf

6) Stars&stripes/Argentinacolors honoringtheinternationalrelationship

“Real learning happensjust when you are having fun”

Anatole France

FEDERAZIONEITALIANAGOLF

1.Dopplerscreening

2.Cardiologyconsult

3.Nutritionalconsult

4.Sport-medicineconsult

5.Physiatry consult

6.Physiotherapymassages

7.Posturalevaluation

8.Cardiovasculartests

9.EMStraining

10.TECARtherapy

11.CPRcourse

12.Elasticstockingsschool

Severalfreemedicalscreeningandhealthyinitiativesareofferedduring

theGameOvertoLegFailureevents

FREEMEDICALSCREENINGSontheSPORT&SOCIALFIELD

Golf,Running,Walking,Biking,Skiing...andsomuchmore!

Aninternationalnetworkofsportandsocialeventswhereraffleprizesamongtheparticipantsleadtotheparticipationtotheothercontinentseventsofthefoundation

GameOvertoLeg Failure majorevents

GameOvertoLeg Failure OPENDAYS

Round table on Sport and Health chaired by the vWIN foundation. Freemedical screening and public venous awareness promotion, togetherwith the Olympics Commitee and the Italian Golf Federation during theOpen Days, public event for the promotion of 2022 Ryder Cup.

GameOvertoLeg Failure Golfcup

Distributionofpublicvenousawareness material andinitiativesduring several golfcompetitionsall around Italy all year long.

EDUCATIONALQUESTIONNAIRES&TRIPS

v-WIN foundation has created educational questionnaires in English,Italian, Spanish, Russian and Chinese, dedicated to public venousawareness, venous health professionals evidence based education,orthopaedics involvement. All the questionnaires provide scientificreferences as answer to the questions. A survey about Phlebologytraining is also included.

Among all the ones who fill in a venous awareness questionnaire once ayear, an educational trip is donated as raffle prize.In this way, the winner can attend similar events of the vWIN foundationall around the world, based on the winner choice. The events are alwaysinside top quality Scientific Meetings of societies related to the vWINfoundation.

2020v-WINjointScientificSessions

In2020thefollowing topquality international meetings will have jointeducationalactivities withvWIN foundation,sofostering scientific networking

andteamwork inresearch andeducation.

2021SCIENTIFICRESEARCH& MEDICALEDUCATION

10th International Interuniversity meetingin Phlebology, Lymphology & Aesthetics

vWIN foundation has been identified as theorganization holdingthe10th edition oftheprestigious

InternationalInteruniversity meetinginPhlebology,Lymphology andAesthetics.Themeetingwill beheld inDubai(Jan 27-30,2021),during the

Health WeekoftheEXPO.

Themeetingwill befocused onthecreation ofaninternational consensusdocument against

FAKE NEWS inVENOUS-LYMPHATIC DISEASE management.

Several products are available with

the registered logo of the v-WIN

foundation.

All the items bring an educational

message related to venous &

lymphatics awareness.

commerce

Not forprofitPRODUCTS

Eventual

proceedings

support the

humanitarian and

research aims of

the v-WIN

foundation

as well as of

other NO profits.

vWIN is a legally recognized foundation and registered to the ONLUS not for profit list.All the donations will receive the fiscal advantage according to the related law.

vWIN foundation is proud to declare that ALL the involved professionals are working for free, donating their time and expertise, WITHOUT REQUESTING ANY REIMBURSMENT

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