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DATES : 15-17 November 2024
VENUE : Golden Jubilee Hall, Panjab University,Chandigarh, India
International Medical Olympicus
Association
In ancient Greece, during the well-known
Olympic Games, other contests were held, like Medical, Theatrical or poetic
contests. Medical contests were taking place in Efessos
in Asia Minor. Having that in mind, during a Medical Symposium held in
Thessaloniki, on 2008, we asked important Professors who participated in the
Meeting, about organizing Medical Olympiads in Thessaloniki. All were very
enthusiastic and offered to support and help in order to materialize this idea.
Two years later, the International Medical Olympicus
Association was founded and the first International Medical Olympiad was
successfully organized in Thessaloniki. Thessaloniki is located in a very
strategic and promising area between Asia, Africa and Europe. From Thessaloniki
one can easily go to touristic and/or historic places like the first capital of
Macedonian Kingdom Aiges-Vergina, the birthplace of
Aristotle Stagira in Chalkidiki, the birthplace of
Democritus Avdira in Xanthi,
the petrified forest in Nostimo, Kastoria,
the prehistoric settlement (1600 bC) of Dispilio by the lake of Kastoria
and other. Olympus mountain, which is well seen from
Thessaloniki, gave its name to the Olympic Games and the nearby city Olympia.