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
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DAY 2 - Saturday, 13 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 | |
DAY 2 - Rheumatology Nurses Workshop
Rheumatology Nurses Workshop
Timing
- 08:50 AM – 12:45 PM
Meeting Room
- Samaya D, Lobby Level
Target Audience
- Rheumatology Nurses
Topics to be discussed
- The Value, Impact and Role of Nurses in Rheumatology Outpatient Care
- Caring for Pediatric Rheumatology Patients: Focus on Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA)
- Chronic Disease in Rheumatology
- Update on the Use of Disease-Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drugs (DMARDs) in Rheumatic Conditions
Faculty

Afra Al Dhaheri
Consultant RheumatologistTawam Hospital
United Arab Emirates

Najla Aljaberi
Consultant Pediatric RheumatologistTawam Hospital
United Arab Emirates

Patricia Kavanagh
Registered Advanced Nurse Practitioner (Rheumatology)Nurse Tutor
Trinity College Dublin
Ireland
Agenda
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 | |
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 | |
12:15 – 12:45 | The Value, Impact and Role of Nurses in Rheumatology Outpatient Care | Afra Al Dhaheri |
*This program is subject to change without prior notice. Program as of 12 April 2023
DAY 3 - Sunday, 14 May
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 |