PReS School webinar: Update on Vaccinations
Date: 18.11.2025
Tuesday, 16 December 2025 (12:00 to 13:00 CET)
Moderator:
Dr. Merav Heshin Bekenstein
Pediatric Rheumatology Service
Dana Children's Hospital of Tel Aviv Medical Center
Tel Aviv, Israel
Agenda and speakers:
Session 1: Varicella vaccination in pediatric rheumatic diseases: new insights and future directions.
Speakers
Dr. Masa Bizjak
Department of Allergology, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology
University Children's Hospital, University Medical Centre Ljubljana
Slovenia
Dr. Mohamad Hamad Saied
Pediatric Rheumatology Unit
Carmel Medical Center, Haifa , Israel
Session 2: Current global vaccination status and its effect on the risk of vaccine-preventable infections among patients with rheumatic diseases.
Speaker
Dr Geraldine Blanchard-Rohner
Pediatric Immunology, Vaccinology and Rheumatology
University Hospitals of Geneva and the University of Geneva, Switzerland
