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Friday, May 16
13:00 14:00
Registration
13:00 - 14:00
14:00 17:30
Interpretation of PFT/ Echo / Right Heart Catheterization in Rheumatic Diseases
14:00 - 17:30
Speakers: Dr. Yasir Parviz (UAE), Dr. Muhammad Shahid Peerbhoy (UAE)
Hall A
ADULT
Workshop
Research in Rheumatology
14:00 - 17:30
Speaker: Dr. Jeyaseelan Lakshmanan (UAE)
Hall B
ADULT
Workshop
Interpretation of Serological Biomarkers and Nail Fold Capilloroscopy
14:00 - 17:30
Speakers: Dr. Khalid Khan (UAE), Dr. Jalila Al-Shekaili (Oman)
Hall C
ADULT
Workshop
17:30 18:00
Satellite Symposium
17:30 - 18:00
Satellite Symposium
18:00 19:00
Dinner and Networking
18:00 - 19:00
Saturday, May 17
08:30 09:00
Registration and Morning Coffee
08:30 - 09:00
09:00 09:45
Keynote
09:00 - 09:45
Rheumatology: Year-in review
Speaker: Prof. Christopher Edwards (UK)
Main Hall
ADULT
Lecture
Opening Remarks
09:00 - 09:05
Speaker: Dr. Elsadeg Sharif (UAE)
Pediatric Hall
PEDIATRIC
09:05 09:25
Keynote
09:05 - 09:25
Monogenic Inflammatory Immune Dysregulation Disorders - an International MDT Consensus
Speaker: Dr. Sulaiman AlMayouf (KSA)
Pediatric Hall
PEDIATRIC
Lecture
09:25 09:45
Panel Discussion
09:25 - 09:45
Speakers: Dr. Elsadeg Sharif (UAE), Dr. Sulaiman AlMayouf (KSA), Dr. Wafa Suwairi (KSA), Dr. Reem Abdwani (Oman), Dr. Muna Almutairi (Kuwait), Dr. Wafa Madan (Bahrain)
Pediatric Hall
PEDIATRIC
09:45 10:15
Satellite Symposium hosted by Lilly
09:45 - 10:15
Main Hall
Satellite Symposium
10:15 10:45
Opening Ceremony
10:15 - 10:45
Main Hall
10:45 11:15
Satellite Symposium hosted by Novartis
10:45 - 11:15
Main Hall
Satellite Symposium
11:15 12:45
Session I: Malignancy in Rheumatic Diseases and Mimickers
11:15 - 12:45
Moderators: Dr. Khalid Alnaqbi (UAE), Dr. Saadeya Naji (Bahrain)
Main Hall
ADULT
Lecture
11:15 11:30
Case Based Interactive Discussion: Malignancy in Autoimmune Diseases
Dr. Francis Kynaston-Pearson (UAE)
11:30 11:50
Basic Science: Check Point Inhibitors and Autoimmunity
Dr. Fathi Azribi (UAE)
11:50 12:10
Local Experience: Rheumatic Aspect of Immune Therapy in Oncology Patients
Dr. Mohamed Elbassyouny Alawy (UAE)
12:10 12:30
Keynote: IgG4 Related Disease - What’s new?
Dr. Venkat Reddy (UK)
12:30 12:45
Q&A
Session I: Pulmonology
11:15 - 11:55
Moderator: Dr. Muna Almutairi (Kuwait)
Pediatric Hall
PEDIATRIC
Lecture
11:15 11:35
Anti-MDA5 Positive JDM
Dr. Brian Feldman (Canada)
11:35 11:55
JDM Associated ILD: Pulmonologist’s perspective
Dr. Majid AlTeneiji (UAE)
11:55 12:45
Session II: Nephrology
11:55 - 12:45
Moderator: Dr. Bashayer Alnuaimi (UAE)
Pediatric Hall
PEDIATRIC
Lecture
11:55 12:15
New Updates in SLE/Lupus Nephritis
Dr. Ayesha Rashed AlMheiri (UAE)
12:15 12:35
Lupus Nephritis: Nephrologist’s Perspective
Dr. Loai Eid (UAE)
12:35 12:45
Q&A
12:45 13:30
Lunch and Networking
12:45 - 13:30
13:30 14:00
Satellite Symposium hosted by Abbvie
13:30 - 14:00
Main Hall
Satellite Symposium
Session III: Miscellaneous I
13:30 - 14:40
Moderator: Dr. Wafa Madan (Bahrain)
Pediatric Hall
PEDIATRIC
Lecture
13:30 13:50
What’s New in CNO?
Dr. Kamran Mahmood (UAE)
13:50 14:10
Refractory Myositis
Dr. Brian Feldman (Canada)
14:10 14:30
Updates in Kawasaki Disease: Cardiologist perspective
Dr. Zainab Alawadhi (UAE)
14:30 14:40
Q&A
14:00 15:30
Session II: Precision Medicine in Rheumatic Diseases
14:00 - 15:30
Moderators: Dr. Ahmed Abdulshakour (KSA), Dr. Ahmed Zayat (UAE)
Main Hall
ADULT
Lecture
14:00 14:20
Case Based Interactive Discussion: Precision medicine in Ankylosing Spondylitis- How it helps making treatment decisions
Prof. Hassan Tahir (UK)
14:20 14:45
Basic Science: Precision Medicine in Psoriatic Arthritis and its Clinical Application
Prof. Dennis McGonagle (UK)
14:45 15:10
Keynote: Precision Medicine in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Patient Profiling
Prof. Costantino Pitzalis (UK)
15:10 15:30
Q&A
15:00 16:30
Session IV: Challenging Cases
15:00 - 16:30
Pediatric Hall
PEDIATRIC
Lecture
15:00 15:20
Challenging Case 1
15:20 15:40
Challenging Case 2
15:40 16:00
Challenging Case 3
16:00 16:20
Challenging Case 4
16:20 16:30
Q&A
15:30 15:45
Coffee Break
15:30 - 15:45
15:45 17:15
Session III: Connective Tissue Diseases
15:45 - 17:15
Moderators: Dr. Abdulaziz Alsarawi (KSA), Dr. Amel Ginawi (UAE)
Main Hall
ADULT
Lecture
15:45 16:00
Case Based Interactive Discussion: Steroid Induced Osteoporosis
Dr. Yousef Saleh (KSA)
16:00 16:20
Basic Science: B-cell Targeted Therapy in SLE: From monoclonal antibodies to CAR T cell
Prof. Andrea Doria (Italy)
16:20 16:40
Local Experience: KDIGO Lupus Nephritis Guidelines
Dr. Chadia Beaini (UAE)
16:40 17:00
Keynote: Management of Catastrophic APS - What’s New?
Prof. David D’Cruz (UK)
Sunday, May 18
08:30 09:00
Registration and Morning Coffee
08:30 - 09:00
09:00 10:10
Abstract Presentations
09:00 - 10:10
Moderators: Dr. Francis Kynaston-Pearson (UAE), Dr. Martin Lee (UAE)
Main Hall
ADULT
Lecture
10:10 10:15
Abstract Awards
10:10 - 10:15
10:15 10:30
Coffee Break
10:15 - 10:30
10:30 12:00
Session IV: Auto-Inflammatory Disease
10:30 - 12:00
Moderators: Dr. Venkat Reddy (UK), Dr. Martin Lee (UAE)
Main Hall
ADULT
Lecture
10:30 10:45
Case Based Discussion: Familial Mediterranean Fever
Dr. Maisam Musgrave (UAE)
10:45 11:05
Basic Science: Macrophage Activation Syndrome
Dr. Mahmood Hachim (UAE)
11:05 11:25
Local Experience: Treatment Aspects of Macrophage Activation Syndrome
Dr. Abdul Rahman Agha El Kinge (UAE)
11:25 11:45
Keynote: VEXAS Syndrome
Prof. David D’Cruz (UK)
11:45 12:00
Q&A
10:35 11:15
Session V: Ophthalmology
10:35 - 11:15
Moderator: Dr. Ayesha Rashed AlMheiri (UAE)
Pediatric Hall
PEDIATRIC
Lecture
10:35 10:55
Uveitis: Rheumatologist’s perspective
Dr. Sima Abu Alsaoud (Palestine)
10:55 11:15
Uveitis: Ophthalmologist’s perspective
Dr. Alan Mulvihill (UAE)
11:15 12:25
Session VI: Miscellaneous II
11:15 - 12:25
Moderator: Dr. Reem Abdwani (Oman)
Pediatric Hall
PEDIATRIC
Lecture
11:15 11:35
What’s New in Autoinflammatory Diseases
Dr. Bashayer Alnuaimi (UAE)
11:35 11:55
CNS Vasculitis
Dr. Abdulrahman AlRasheed (KSA)
11:55 12:15
Dermatological Manifestations of RMDs
Dr. Alia Galadari (UAE)
12:00 12:15
12:00 - 12:15
Local Experience: AS Guidelines
Speaker: Dr. Hanan Al Rayes (KSA)
Main Hall
ADULT
Lecture
12:15 12:45
Satellite Symposium
12:15 - 12:45
Main Hall
Satellite Symposium
12:45 13:30
Lunch and Networking
12:45 - 13:30
13:30 14:00
Satellite Symposium
13:30 - 14:00
Main Hall
Satellite Symposium
Session VII: Miscellaneous III
13:30 - 14:20
Moderator: Dr. Wafa Suwairi (KSA)
Pediatric Hall
PEDIATRIC
Lecture
13:30 13:50
Hematological Mimickers of Rheumatologic Diseases
Dr. Eman Alshamsi (UAE)
13:50 14:10
Rheumatic Manifestations GI Diseases
Dr. Ajmal Kader (UAE)
14:10 14:20
Q&A
14:00 15:30
Session V: Infectious Diseases in Rheumatology
14:00 - 15:30
Moderators: Prof. Hassan Tahir (UK), Dr. Asia Mubashir (UAE)
Main Hall
ADULT
Lecture
14:00 14:15
Case Based Interactive Discussion: Infective Spondylitis
Dr. Tommaso Tufo (UAE)
14:15 14:35
Basic Science: COVID-19 and Autoimmunity
Dr. Saba Al Heialy (UAE)
14:35 14:55
Local Experience: Post-COVID Autoimmune Diseases
Dr. Shazia Abdullah (UAE)
14:55 15:15
Keynote: Septic Arthritis - What’s new?
Dr. Venkat Reddy (UK)
15:15 15:30
Q&A
14:30 15:40
Session VIII: MSK
14:30 - 15:40
Moderator: Dr. Shamma Lootah (UAE)
Pediatric Hall
PEDIATRIC
Lecture
14:30 14:50
Bone Health in Children on Glucorticoids
Dr. Sarah Ehtisham (UAE)
14:50 15:10
Noninflammatory Causes of Joint Pain
Dr. Sattar AlShryda (UAE)
15:10 15:30
Case Based Discussoin - Radiology Cases
Dr. Ajay D’souza (UAE)
15:30 15:40
Q&A
15:30 15:45
Coffee Break
15:30 - 15:45
15:40 15:45
Closing Remarks
15:40 - 15:45
Pediatric Hall
PEDIATRIC
15:45 17:15
Session VI: Organ Based Disease in Rheumatology
15:45 - 17:15
Moderators: Dr. Rajaie Namas (UAE), Dr. Ali Shamsi (Oman)
Main Hall
ADULT
Lecture
15:45 16:00
Case Based Interactive Discussion: Difficult to Treat Uveitis
Dr. Fahd Quhill (UAE)
16:00 16:20
Basic Science: IBD and Spodyloarthropathy Arthropathy
Dr. Lisa Sharkey (UAE)
16:20 16:40
Local Experience: Interstitial Lung Disease in CTDs - How are we doing?
Prof. Syed Husain (UAE)
16:40 17:00
Keynote: Skin in Rheumatic Diseases - When to refer to rheumatologist?
Dr. Nooren-Nisa Razack Moti-Joosub (UAE)
17:00 17:15
Q&A
17:15 17:30
Closing Remarks
17:15 - 17:30
Main Hall
ADULT