Scientific Program

Timing

• Registration: 07:30 - 08:30
• Duration: 08:30 - 15:00

Target Audience

• Rheumatologists
• Radiologists
• Allied Health Professionals

Learning Objectives

• Understand ultrasound assessment of joints, synovium, tendon, and entheses.
• Apply a probability-based approach to evaluate individual presentations.
• Understand the role of point of consultation ultrasound in the probability-based algorithm.
• Recognise specific and sensitive ultrasound signs/patterns.
• Confirm/exclude different scenarios by applying ultrasound findings.
• Understand the individual settings and procedures for ultrasound scanning.

Speakers

Ahmed Zayat Senior Consultant Rheumatologist University Hospital Sharjah United Arab Emirates

Bhaskar Dasgupta Professor of Rheumatology Head of Rheumatology & Director of Research Southend University Hospital United Kingdom

Wafae Rachidi Specialist Rheumatologist Dubai Hospital - DHA United Arab Emirates

Zaid Alrawi Consultant Rheumatologist Clemenceau Medical Center Hospital United Arab Emirates

Agenda

07:30 - 08:30	Registration
08:30 - 08:45	Welcome Remarks
	Session 1
08:45 - 09:05	Knobology and Settings for Musculoskeletal Ultrasound	Wafae Rachidi
09:05 - 09:30	Scanning Various Tissues Synovium, Tendons & Entheses	Ahmed Zayat
09:30 - 10:00	Live Demo Scanning Synovium, Tendons & Entheses in Different Joints
10:00 - 11:00	Practical Workshop - Scanning Technique on Volunteers
11:00 - 11:20	Coffee Break
	Session 2
11:20 - 11:45	Overview of Scenario-based Ultrasound Assessment	Bhaskar Dasgupta
11:45 - 12:30	Practical Workshop: Wrist/Hands - Normal versus Abnormal
12:30 - 14:00	Lunch & Prayer
	Session 3
14:00 - 14:15	Live Demo Gout, CPPD Crystal Disease, Inflammatory Arthritis & Enthesitis
14:15 - 15:00	Practical Workshop of Gout, CPPD, Inflammatory Arthritis & Enthesitis
END OF THE DAY

*This program is subject to change without prior notice. Program as of 22 February 2024

Timing

• Registration: 07:30 - 08:25
• Duration: 08:25 - 15:00

Target Audience

• Rheumatologists
• Physicians interested in Extraarticular Ultrasound in Rheumatology
• Healthcare Professionals interested in Vascular Ultrasound in Rheumatology

Learning Objectives

• To identify the indications and findings for vascular ultrasound in rheumatology
• To practice vascular ultrasound in rheumatology using standard scans
• To evaluate vascular ultrasound findings acknowledging important pitfalls

Speakers

Ahmed Abogamal Consultant Rheumatologist Gargash Hospital Professor of Rheumatology Al-Azhar Faculty Of Medicine United Arab Emirates

Wolfgang Schmidt Consultant Rheumatologist Medical Center for Rheumatology, Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin Germany

Agenda

07:30 - 08:25	Registration
08:25 - 08:30	Welcome Remarks	Wolfgang Schmidt
	Session 1
08:30 - 09:10	Introduction to Polymyalgia Rheumatica & Giant Cell Arteritis	Wolfgang Schmidt
0910: - 09:30	Demonstration of Scans and Settings
09:30 - 10:00	Hands-on Scanning in 3 Groups (PMR & Cranial Arteries)	Wolfgang Schmidt Ahmed Abogamal
10:00 - 10:15	Coffee Break
	Session 2
10:15 - 11:15	Hand-on Scanning in Groups (PMR & Cranial Arteries)	Wolfgang Schmidt Ahmed Abogamal
11:15 - 11:55	Introduction to Takayasu Arteritis & Extracranial Arteries	Wolfgang Schmidt
11:55 - 12:15	Demonstration of Scans and Settings
12:15 - 12:24	Hands-on Scanning in Groups (Extracranial Arteries)	Wolfgang Schmidt Ahmed Abogamal
12:45 - 13:45	Lunch & Prayer
	Session 3
13:45 - 14:00	Introduction to Thrombosis & Behçet Disease	Wolfgang Schmidt
14:00 - 15:00	Hands-on Scanning in Groups (Arteries & Veins)	Wolfgang Schmidt Ahmed Abogamal

*This program is subject to change without prior notice. Program as of 27 February 2024

Timing

• Registration: 08:00 - 09:00
• Duration: 09:00 - 12:45

Target Audience

• Rheumatologists
• Rheumatology, Internal Medicine & Radiology Residents
• Radiology Technologists

Learning Objectives

• Familiarize with MRI scan sequences.
• Role of MRI in Rheumatology imaging.
• Revision of relevant anatomy.
• Learn to interpret common joint and spinal pathologies on MRI scans.
• Revision of plain radiograph appearances of common joint pathologies.
• Brief overview of the role and interpretation of Dual Energy CT scan in suspected gout patients.

Speaker

Abdur Rafeh Khan

Consultant Radiologist
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City
Honorary Assistant Professor
Khalifa University
United Arab Emirates

Agenda

*This program is subject to change without prior notice. Program as of 26 February 2024

Timing

• Registration: 07:30 - 08:25
• Duration: 08:25 - 15:00

Target Audience

• Rheumatologists and trainees passionate about advancing their research and making meaningful contributions to the field.

Learning Objectives

• Understand the type of rheumatology publications.
• Apply the basics of scientific rigour in conducting research.
• Knowledge of common statistical pitfalls.
• Understand the publishing process.

Speaker

Marwan Bukhari

Consultant Rheumatologist
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay - NHS Trust
Honorary Senior Lecturer
Manchester University
United Kingdom

Agenda

*This program is subject to change without prior notice. Program as of 22 February 2024