Scientific Program

Program at a Glance

DAY 1 - Friday, 12 May

DAY 2 - Saturday, 13 May

DAY 2 - Rheumatology Nurses Workshop

DAY 3 - Sunday, 14 May

Program at a Glance

DAY 1 - Friday, 12 May

Opening Session Co-Chairs: Jamal Al Saleh & Noura Zamani
15:30 – 15:45	Welcome Remarks	Jamal Al Saleh
15:45 – 16:15	Stratification Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)	Andrew Östör
16:15 – 16:45	Compliance in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). The Elephant in the Room	Mohammed Omair
16:45 – 17:15	Industry Symposium by Lilly	Andrew Östör
17:15 – 17:45	Ophthalmologic Manifestations of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) & Other Rheumatic Diseases	Fahd Quhill
END OF DAY 1

DAY 2 - Saturday, 13 May

DAY 2 - Rheumatology Nurses Workshop

DAY 3 - Sunday, 14 May

07:30 – 08:30	Registration
08:30 – 08:45	Welcome Remarks	Jamal Al Saleh
	Session 1: Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) Co-Chairs: Ahmed Abogamal & Ali Al Shirawi
08:45 – 09:15	Beyond Joints: How Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) Affects the Body	Eman Al-Qurtas
09:15 – 09:45	Axial Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA)	Yaser Ali
09:15 – 09:45	Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) Screening & DMARD Tapering	Andrew Östör
10:15 – 10:30	Panel Discussion
10:30 – 11:00	Industry Symposium by Novartis	Rajaie Namas
11:00 – 11:15	Coffee, Refreshments & Abstracts Session
	Session 2: Dermatomyositis Co-Chairs: Rajaie Namas & Sulaiman Al-Mayouf
11:15 – 11:45	Industry Symposium by AbbVie	Samy Zakout
11:45 – 12:15	Anti-MDA5 Dermatomyositis	Hector Chinoy
12:15 – 12:45	Dermatomyositis Mimics	Bader Almehmadi
12:45 – 13:15	Noninflammatory Myopathies	Hector Chinoy
13:15 – 13:30	Panel Discussion
13:30 – 15:00	Lunch
	Session 3: Vasculitis Co-Chairs: Maysam Musgrave & Mustafa Al Maini
15:00 – 15:30	Industry Symposium by Pfizer	Ahmed Zayat
15:30 – 16:00	Updates in Vasculitis	Raashid Luqmani
16:00 – 16:30	Ophthalmic Manifestations of Vasculitis	Francesco Pichi
16:30 – 17:00	CNS Vasculitis & Mimics	Raashid Luqmani
17:00 – 17:15	Panel Discussion
END OF DAY 2

08:50 – 09:50	Registration
09:50 – 10:00	Welcome Remarks
10:00 – 10:30	Caring for Pediatric Rheumatology Patients: Focus on Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA)	Najla Aljaberi
10:30 – 11:05	Chronic Disease in Rheumatology	Patricia Kavanagh
11:05 – 11:15	Q&A	Patricia Kavanagh
11:15 – 11:30	Coffee & Refreshments
11:30 – 12:05	Update on the Use of Disease-Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drugs (DMARDs) in Rheumatic Conditions	Patricia Kavanagh
11:05 – 11:15	Q&A	Patricia Kavanagh
12:15 – 12:45	The Value, Impact and Role of Nurses in Rheumatology Outpatient Care	Afra Al Dhaheri
END OF WORKSHOP

07:30 – 08:30	Registration
	Session 4: Pediatric Rheumatology Co-Chairs: Khulood Khawaja & Najla Aljaberi
08:30 – 09:00	An Overview & the Recent Advances in Paediatric Juvenile Dermatomyositis (JDM)	Liza McCann
09:00 – 09:30	Inflammatory CNS Diseases in Pediatric	Kamran Mahmoud Shanawaz Hussein
09:30 – 10:00	Managing Calcinosis in Juvenile Dermatomyositis (JDM)	Liza McCann
10:00 – 10:15	Panel Discussion
10:15 – 10:45	Industry Symposium by AstraZeneca	Afra Al Dhaheri
10:45 – 11:00	Coffee & Refreshments
	Session 5: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) & Abstracts Co-Chairs: Afra Al Dhaheri & Samar Al-Emadi
11:00 – 11:30	Industry Symposium by GSK	Ahmed Zayat
11:30 – 12:00	Herpes Zoster Prevention in Rheumatic Diseases	Munther Khamashta
12:00 – 12:30	Cutaneous Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)	Hassan Riad
12:30 – 13:00	Oral Abstracts Session
13:00 – 13:15	Panel Discussion
13:15 – 14:30	Lunch
	Session 6: Women & Reproductive Health Co-Chairs: Ahlam Almarzooqi & Munther Khamashta
14:30 – 15:0	Industry Symposium by Boehringer Ingelheim	Ahmed Zayat
15:00 – 15:30	Updates in Management of Reproductive Health in Rheumatic Diseases	Carl Laskin
15:30 – 16:00	Anti-rheumatic Drugs in Pregnancy & Lactation	Cathrerine Nelson Piercy
16:00 – 16:30	How to Establish a Rheumatology Shared Clinic	Carl Laskin
16:30 – 16:45	Panel Discussion & Awards
16:45 – 17:00	Closing Remarks	Jamal Al Saleh
END OF DAY 3