Time: 09:00 – 14:30
Date: Friday, 20 October 2023
Venue: InterContinental Dubai Festival City, UAE
Target Audience
- Rheumatologists
- Clinical Immunologists
- Internists
- Family Medicine Physicians
- Basic Scientists
Residents in Training - Medical Students
Learning Objectives
- Differentiate back pain causes for proper referrals.
- Interpret autoimmune lab markers for early treatment decisions.
- Connect dermatology-rheumatology in vasculitis care.
- Assess biologic therapy for informed rheumatologic treatment.
Academy Lead
Samar Al Emadi
Senior Rheumatology Consultant
Chief of Rheumatology Division, Medicine Department
HMC Chair of OPD Transformation and Centralization
Hamad Medical Corporation
Qatar
| 08:00 – 14:30 | Registration | |
| 08:50 – 09:00 | Opening Remarks by the Academy Lead | Samar Al Emadi |
| 09:00 – 09:40 | An Approach to Back Pain: When to Refer to a Rheumatologist | Ghaydaa Aldabie |
| 09:40 – 10:20 | A Generalist Approach to Interpreting Basic Autoimmune Labs | Tariq Al Fanna Al Araimi |
| 10:20 – 10:35 | Networking & Refreshment Break | |
| 10:35 – 11:15 | Vasculitis – The Link Between Rheumatology and Dermatology | Zbigniew Ruszczak |
| 11:15 – 11:55 | Balancing Benefits and Risks in the Era of Biologics | Shazia Abdullah |
| 11:55 – 12:35 | How a General Physician Follows a Stable Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) Patient | Ibrahim Ali Almaghlouth |
| 12:35 – 14:30 | Prayer & Lunch | |
| END OF THE DAY | ||
Program as of 25 August 2023.
Tariq Al Fanna Al Araimi
Vice President
Oman Society of Rheumatology
Consultant Rheumatologist & Internist
The Royal Hospital, Ministry of Health
Oman
Ibrahim Ali Almaghlouth
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
Director, College of Medicine Research Center
King Saud University
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Zbigniew Ruszczak
Professor of Dermatology
College of Medicine & Health Sciences
Khalifa University
United Arab Emirates