Why do clinicians need to know about rare lipid disorders?
While the prevalence of each individual disorder is low, collectively they are important and the busy specialized practitioner will encounter patients with these conditions. Lipidologists need to be familiar with their diagnosis and treatment as they may be associated with high morbidity and mortality. EAS run Rare Lipid Disorder Courses to improve recognition and understanding in this. The courses’ objectives are to review practical aspects of evaluation and management, and to describe real clinical cases of these disorders.
The Courses are organised together with national societies in the respective countries, as stand-alone, one-day events. Included in each programme are rare genetic disorders of lipid metabolism including ß-sitosterolemia; cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis, lysosomal acid lipase deficiency, disorders of high density lipoprotein and familial hypocholesterolemias.
Acknowledgement
EAS have independently organised all matters related to this activity. The Society gratefully acknowledges financial support from Alexion.
Courses coming up in 2026
| Date | Location | Organizer | Programme | Registration |
| June 15 | Copenhagen, Denmark | Prof Marianne Benn & Prof Kirsten Holven | View programme > | Registration has closed, please email [email protected] for questions |
| Date | Location | Organizer | Programme | Registration |
| September 24 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Prof Pablo Corral & Prof Laura Schreier | Programme > | Register here > |
| Date | Location | Organizer | Programme | Registration |
| September 17-18 | Rome, Italy | Prof Marcello Arca & Prof Maurizio Averna | TBA | TBA |
| TBA | United Arab Emirates | Prof Hani Sabbour | TBA | TBA |
| TBA | Portugal | Prof Mafalda Bourbon & Prof Fausto Pinto | TBA | TBA |
Online Course available on demand
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If you were not able to join the course live, it’s not too late! You can register and view, free of charge, the following courses.
2025
- Berlin, Germany, November 28, 2025
- Organiser: Prof Winfried März
- Language: English
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- Graz, Austria, September 2025
- Organiser: Prof Andreas Zirlik
- Language: German
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- LatAm region, June 2025
- Organiser: Prof Pablo Corral
- Language: Spanish
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- Reus-Tarragona, April Spain 2025
- Organiser: Prof Lluís Masana & Dr Daiana Ibarretxe
- Language: Spanish
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- Izimir, Türkiye, February 2025
- Organiser: Prof Meral Kayikcioglu
- Language: Turkish/English
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- Zagreb, Croatia, February 2025
- Organiser: Prof Zeljko Reiner
- Language: English
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- Cairo, Egypt, January 2025
- Organiser: Prof Ashraf Reda
- Language: English
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2024
- Prague, Czechia, November 2024
- Organiser: Prof Michal Vrablik
- Language: Czech, English
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- Athens, Greece, September 2024
- Organiser: Prof Evangelos Liberopoulos
- Language: English
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- Ljubljana, Slovenia, September 2024
- Organiser: Prof Urh Groselj
- Language: English
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2023
- Milan, Italy, May 2023
- Organisers: Prof Alberico Catapano & Prof Maurizio Averna
- Language: Italian
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- Cologne, Germany, April 2023
- Organiser: Prof Ioanna Gouni-Berthold
- Language: English
- Spain/Portugal, April 2023
- Organisers: Dr João Sequeira Duarte &
Prof Pedro Valdivielso - Language: English
- Istanbul, Turkey, March 2023
- Organisers: Prof Oner Ozdogan &
Prof Meral Kayıkçıoğlu - Language: Turkish
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- Lodz, Poland, March 2023
- Format/location: Physical course in
- Organiser: Prof Maciej Banach
- Language: Polish
2022
- Date: November 16, 2022
- Format/location: Physical course in Gothenburg, Sweden
- Organisers: Prof Stefano Romeo &
Prof Kjetil Retterstøl - Language: English
- Date: October 14, 2022
- Format/location: Physical course, France (& Switzerland)
- Organisers: Prof Philippe Moulin &
Prof David Nanchen - Language: French
- Date: June 3, 2022
- Format/location: Virtual meeting from Egypt
- Organiser: Prof Ashraf Reda
- Language: English
- Date: April 28, 2022
- Format/location: Virtual meeting from Spain
- Organisers: Prof Luis Masana Marín & Prof Daiana Ibarretxe
- Language: Spanish
- Date: March 01, 2022
- Format/location: Virtual meeting from Poland
- Organiser: Prof Maciej Banach
- Language: Polish
- Date: January 07, 2022
- Format/location: Virtual meeting from Ankara, Turkey
- Organisers: Prof Lale Tokgozoglu &
Prof Meral Kayikcioglu - Language: Turkish
2021
- Date: November 26, 2021
- Format/location: Virtual meeting from Vienna, Austria
- Organisers: Prof Christoph Binder &
Prof Arnold von Eckardstein - Language: German
- Date: November 06, 2021
- Format/location: Hybrid meeting from Lisbon, Portugal
- Organisers: Dr Sequeira Duarte &
Dr Francisco Araújo - Language: English
- Date: October 08, 2021
- Format/location: Virtual meeting from Copenhagen, Denmark
- Organiser: Prof Ruth Frikke-Schmidt
- Language: English