Plenary Sessions and Concurrent Workshop Presenters

Immunology & Inflammation

Abul Abbas

Emeritus Professor
University of California, San Francisco
United States of America

Professor of Clinical Rheumatology & Director
Therapeutics North East, Newcastle University
Associate Medical Director & Consultant Rheumatologist
Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
United Kingdom

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Robert Lahita

Director
Institute for Autoimmune & Rheumatic Disease
St. Joseph’s Health
United States of America

Innovation in Rheumatic Musculoskeletal Diseases (RMDs)

Jasjit S. Suri

Chairman
AtheroPoint
United States of America

Pediatric Rheumatology

Leonardo Oliveira Mendonça

Head of Centre for Rare & Immunological Disorders
DASA-Hospital 9 de Julho
Professor of Clinical Immunology & Allergy
UNISA – Universidade de Santo Amaro
Brazil

A.V. Ramanan

Consultant Pediatric Rheumatologist
Bristol Royal Hospital for Children
Professor of Pediatric Rheumatology
University of Bristol
United Kingdom

Vasculitis

Bhaskar Dasgupta

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

Metabolic Bone Disease

Judith Bubbear

Consultant Rheumatologist
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH)
United Kingdom

Alexandra Papaioannou

Professor of Medicine
Division of Geriatrics, McMaster University
Geriatric Medicine Specialist
Hamilton Health Sciences
Executive Director
Geras Centre for Aging Research
Canada