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Day 1

 

 

Monday, 15 October 2012
   
08:50

Opening Remarks 
Dr. Humeira Badsha, Consultant Rheumatologist, Dr. Humeira Badsha Medical Center, Dubai, UAE
Dr. Chris Whately,
BSc, FRCS, Chief, Orthopaedic Surgery, Medcare Hospital, Dubai, UAE   

   
SESSION 1: ORTHOPAEDICS WORKSHOPS AND LIVE EXAMINATION TECHNIQUES
Moderator: 
   
09:00 Sprained Ankle
Dr. Maan Taba,
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE
   
09:30 Hip Pain
Dr. Chris Whately,
BSc, FRCS, Chief, Orthopaedic Surgery, Medcare Hospital, Dubai, UAE
   

10:00

Treatment of Should Impingement Syndrome
Dr. Pervaiz Hashmi, Orthopaedic Surgeon, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan  

10:30 Knee Pain
Professor Barry McKillop,
FRCSC, Former Head Division Orthopaedic Surgery, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Orthopaedic Surgeon, Medcare Hospital, Dubai, UAE
   
11:00 COFFEE BREAK 
   
SESSION 2: BACK PAIN AND BONE DISEASE
Moderator:
   
11:15 Understanding and Treating Inflammatory Back Pain
Dr. Lian Tsui Yee,
MBBS, FRCP, Senior Consultant, Department of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore
   
11:45 Managing Back Pain When Conservative Measures Fail
   
12:15 Osteoporosis
Dr. Mustafa Al Izzi,
Chairman, Emirates Osteoporosis Society (EOS), Consultant Rheumatologist, Welcare, Dubai, UAE
   
12:45 Vitamin D Deficiency: Cost Effectiveness of Testing
   
13:15 LUNCH
   
SESSION 3: RHEUMATOLOGY
Moderator:
   
14:30 Rheumatoid Arthritis: Treating to Target
Dr. Humeira Badsha, Consultant Rheumatologist, Dr. Humeira Badsha Medical Center, Dubai, UAE
   
15:00 Lupus: New Therapies for an Old Disease  
Dr. Christopher J. Edwards,
BSc, MBBS, FRCP, Consultant Rheumatologist & Honorary Senior Lecturer, Associate Director, NIHR Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility, Southampton Centre for Biomedical Research & Senior Research Fellow, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
   
15:30 Psoriatic Arthritis: Treating Skin and Joint Manifestations 
Dr. Christopher J. Edwards,
BSc, MBBS, FRCP, Consultant Rheumatologist & Honorary Senior Lecturer, Associate Director, NIHR Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility, Southampton Centre for Biomedical Research & Senior Research Fellow, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
   
16:00 COFFEE BREAK
   
SESSION 4: CASE PRESENTATIONS
Moderator:
   
16:15 Patient with a Red Hot Toe MTP Joint 
Dr. Lian Tsui Yee,
MBBS, FRCP, Senior Consultant, Department of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore
   
16:45 A Woman Who Aches All Over
Dr. Humeira Badsha, Consultant Rheumatologist, Dr. Humeira Badsha Medical Center, Dubai, UAE
   
17:15 Patient with Painful Knee Who Refuses Knee Surgery
Dr. Chris Whately,
BSc, FRCS, Chief, Orthopaedic Surgery, Medcare Hospital, Dubai, UAE 
   
17:45 CLOSE OF CONFERENCE
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