The 2nd Balkan Forum on «Innovative Technologies in Health Care» took place in Nesebar, Republic of Bulgaria on September 29 – October 2, 2011.  The forum was organized by the Association of Physicians of the Balkan countries and the Black Sea Coast — the alliances created by initiative of public organizations of Bulgaria and Russia aiming to developing professional relations, scientific and educational exchanges and mutual increase of the medical care.

This year more than 200 leading specialist from Russia, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Georgia and Kazakhstan attended the workshops on anesthesiology and intensive care, endocrinology, drug and alcohol abuse, otorhinolaryngology, tuberculosis and pulmonology.

Professor S.I. Sitkin of Tver State Medical Academy, Head of Anesthesiology, Resuscitation and Intensive Therapy Department of TverSMA and chief anesthesiologist-resuscitator of the Ministry of Health of the Tver region presented report on the "Use of long-term epidural analgesia in preparation for surgery in patients with chronic pancreatitis and severe pain."