Post Graduate Course in Rheumatology

• The first pre-PSR conference post- graduate course in Rheumatology

• Number of Registered attendees 223• 15 key topics in Rheumatology covered by International as well as National speakers

• Accredited by PMDC for maximum of 2credit hours

Prof. Muhammad Asim KhanMD, FRCP, MACP, MACR

Professor Emeritus of MedicineCase Western Reserve University

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

• Advice from a senior Rheumatologist to the upcoming young Rheumatologist

• Advances in the management of Axial Spondyloarthritis

Dr. Aisha LateefMBBS, MRCP, M. Med, FAMS

Senior Consultant, Division of General Medicine & RheumatologyAssistant Professor, Department of Medicine,

Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore

• Sjogren’s Syndrome: Clinical Challenges

Prof. Nighat Mir Ahmad, MDHead Division of RheumatologyFMH College of Medicine and

Dentistry

Vasculitis

Dr. Sumaira Farman RajaAssociate Professor

Division of RheumatologyFMH College of Medicine and Dentistry

Childhood arthritis and related diseases

Prof. Kamran Hameed

Ziauddin Hospital, Karachi

President PSR

Rheumatoid Arthritis

Dr. Javaid Mehmood Malik

Rahmat Noor Clinic and Arthritis Research Centre, Rawalpindi

Immediate Past President PSR

Osteoarthritis

Dr. Muhammad Ahmed Saeed

Fatima Memorial Hospital, Lahore

Lupus Nephritis

Dr. Mehfooz Alam

Liaqat National Hospital, Karachi

Psoriatic Arthritis

Dr. Shakil BaigBaqai Medical University, Karachi

Scleroderma

Dr. Samina GhaznaviLiaqat National Hospital, Karachi

Inflammatory Myopathies

Dr. Saira Khan

Fatima Memorial Hospital, Lahore

Macrophage Activation Syndrome

Dr. Tahira Parveen

Liaqat National Hospital, Karachi

Osteoporosis

Dr. Babur Saleem

Fauji Foundation Hospital, Rawalpindi

Soft Tissue Rheumatism

Dr. Ghulam ShabbirMedicare Hospital,Multan

IgG4 Related Diseases

Course audience: FMH auditorium

Ushers’

Pakistan Society for Rheumatology 19th Annual International

Conference

Number of registered attendees 329 Several key topics in Rheumatology covered by International as well as National Speakers

Accredited by PMDC for maximum of 4credit hours

Inaugural SessionWelcome Note

Prof. Nighat Mir Ahmad, Chairperson Organizing Committee

Welcome Address Prof. Kamran Hameed

President PSR

Mrs. Shaheema Rehman

CEC Fatima Memorial System

Inaugural address

Prof. Junaid Sarfraz

Pro-VC University of Health Sciences, Lahore

Chief Guest Inaugural address

State of the Art Lecture:

Possible new therapies of Ankylosing Spondylitis

Prof. Humayun MaqsoodPresenting a Memento to Prof. Muhammad Asim Khan

Mrs. Shaheema Rehman receiving Memento from President PSR

Prof. Junaid Sarfraz receiving Momento from President PSR

Prof Johannes ( Hans) J. Rasker, MD PhD

Professor University of Twente, Enschede Consultant Rheumatologist Hospital Medisch Spectrum Twente

• Key Note Lecture:

Osteo-Arthritis:

What’s new?

• Asymptomatic Hyperuricemia:

When to treat

Prof. David D’ Cruz, MD, FRCP

Professor and Consultant Rheumatologist,Louise Coote Lupus Unit, Guys Hospital, London

• Difficult Lupus

• Rituximab in Lupus & ANCA positive Vasculitis : Predictors and Biomarkers of Response and Relapse –Key Note lecture

• APLS: What should physicians and Gynecologists know?

Prof. Syed Attiq ul Haq MBBS, FRCP, FCPS, MD

Professor & Chairman, Department of MedicineProfessor of Rheumatology, BSM Medical University, Dhaka

• Vitamin D; the truth and the legend

• Red Hot joint: Is it crystal clear?

Dr. Deirdre ShaweMRCGP, MRCP

Consultant Rheumatologist North Hampshire Hospital, UK

• Medical Synovectomy

• Scleroderma

Dr. Beena Hameed FCPS, MRCP, M.Sc Rheumatology/Internal Medicine

Consultant Rheumatologist and Physician at Homer ton University Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK

• Update on Rheumatoid Arthritis

• Co-Facilitator Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Workshop

Dr. Humeira BadshaFACR, FAMS

American Board Certified in Internal Medicine and RheumatologyRheumatologist, Medical Center, Dubai

• Osteoporosis: Update on diagnosis and pitfalls in management

• Large vessel Vasculitis: Challenges in diagnosis & management

• Co-Facilitator Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Workshop

Dr. Aisha Lateef MBBS, MRCP, M. Med, FAMS

Senior Consultant, Division of General Medicine & RheumatologyAssistant Professor, Department of Medicine,

Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore

• Mimics of Lupus

• Pregnancy and Rheumatic Diseases

Dr. Cheng Yew KuangMRCP (UK), FAMS (Rheumatology),

FACR (USA), FAAAAI (USA)International Fellow, American College of Rheumatology

Visiting consultant to National University Hospital and Changi General Hospital

Facilitator:

Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Workshop

Day 1 & 2

Dr. Muhammad Haroon ,MBBS, MRCPI

Consultant Rheumatologist, Kerry General Hospital, Tralee, Ireland

• Psoriatic arthritis

• Co-Facilitator Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Workshop

Dr. Farooq Azam Rathore:Assistant professor and consultant, Rehabilitation Medicine

CMH Lahore Medical College, Lahore

Facilitator:

• Rehabilitation in Rheumatic Diseases

Dr. Fariha ShahDPT (USA)

Head Physiotherapy DepartmentFatima Memorial Hospital

Facilitator:

• Rehabilitation in Rheumatic Diseases

Dr. Usmara ZafarCertified Osteopath (Switzerland)

B.Sc. Physiotherapy (Pakistan)

Facilitator

• Rehabilitation in Rheumatic Diseases

Imaging in Rheumatic Diseases

Posters in Exhibition Area

Arthritis Awareness Seminar

Panelists: Arthritis Awareness Seminar

Audience in Arthritis Awareness Seminar

City Tour

Gala Dinner

Acknowledgements• Nur Foundation

• Medical Students

• Department of Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation

• Admin of FMH