Day 1
Saturday, 28 November 2009

07:00 am

REGISTRATION

08:00 am

08:15 am

WELCOME & OPENING

Prof. Sandra V. Navarra, MD, Course director, Ten Topics in Rheumatology-Asia 2009

PLENARY

Rheumatology Without Borders: A Tale of Many Cities

Speaker: Prof. Feng Pao Hsii (Singapore)

08:40 am

09:00 am

09:20 am

Symposium: SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS

Chairpersons: Dr. Julie Li-Yu, Dr. Juan Javier Lichauco

New pathogenic mechanisms in Anti-Phospholipid Syndrome: Therapeutic implications

Speaker: Prof. Graham Hughes (UK)

Catastrophic Anti-Phospholipid Syndrome

Speaker: Dr. Silvia Bucciarelli (Spain)

Paper Presentation: Title / Presenter

• Valvular heart disease & thrombocytopenia in SLE / Sorrah Fiel Briones (Philippines)

• Acute coronary syndrome following successful IVIg for thrombocytopenia / Eugene A. Uy (Philippines)

Discussion

Panelists: Prof. Feng Pao Hsii, Prof. Graham Hughes, Dr. Silvia Bucciarelli

09:45 am

BREAK

10:15 am

10:35 am

10:55 am

11:15 am

11:35 am

Symposium: ARTHRITIS and OTHER PAIN SYNDROMES

Chairpersons: Dr. Lyndon John Llamado, Dr. Keith Lim

Pathomechanisms in fibromyalgia and other chronic pain syndromes

Speaker: Prof. Sandra V. Navarra (Philippines)

Management of osteoarthritis: Best practice

Speaker: Dr. Keith Lim (Australia)

Asian consensus on osteoarthritis management: Summary report

Speaker: Dr. Ester G. Penserga (Philippines)

Spondyloarthropathies: Early diagnosis and optimal management

Speaker: Dr. James Cheng-Chung Wei (Taiwan)

Discussion

Supported by an educational grant from PFIZER

11:50 am

12:10 pm

12:30 pm

12:50 pm

Symposium: CRYSTALS, ARTHRITIS and the KIDNEYS

Chairpersons: Dr. Jose Paulo P. Lorenzo, Dr. Millicent Tan-Ong

New drugs for gout

Speaker: Dr. Julie Li-Yu (Philippines)

Dietary prescription for gout and hyperuricemia: Evidence-to-date

Speaker: Dr. Karina Marianne D. Torralba (USA)

Calcium and renal stones: What’s the real score

Speaker: Dr. Antonio V. Cayco (Philippines)

Discussion

01:00 pm

LUNCH

02:00 pm

02:20 pm

02:40 pm

03:00 pm

Symposium: PEDIATRIC RHEUMATOLOGY

Chairpersons: Dr. Christine Bernal, Dr.Thaschawee Arkachaisri

Mimics of rheumatic diseases in children

Speaker: Dr. Marietta de Guzman (USA)

Classification and outcomes in pediatric scleroderma

Speaker: Dr. Thaschawee Arkachaisri (Singapore)

Pediatric Rheumatology in the biologics era

Speaker: Dr. Marietta de Guzman (USA)

Case Presentation

• Macrophage activating syndrome in systemic JIA / Anna Regina R. Banatin (Philippines)

• Systemic-onset JIA: Flare at age 19 / Joenavin D. Ngo (Philippines)

Discussion

Panelists: Dr. Marietta de Guzman, Dr. Thaschawee Arkachaisri

03:20 pm

BREAK

03:50 pm

04:10 pm

04:30 pm

04:50 pm

Symposium: THERAPEUTICS/ BIOLOGICS

Chairpersons: Dr. Emmanuel Perez, Dr. Elizabeth Edralin-Manlulu

Immunization in the immunocompromised host

Speaker: Dr. Ma. Rhona G. Bergantin (Philippines)

Safety profile of biologic agents: A systematic review

Speaker: Dr. Karina Marianne D. Torralba (USA)

Best treatment of RA – Early and protocol driven

Speaker: Dr. Christopher Edwards (UK)

Paper Presentation: Title / Presenter

• Refractory AOSD treated with Anakinra / Manjari Lahiri (Singapore)

• Renal amyloidosis due to ankylosing spondylitis resolving with infliximab / Aniruddha G. Tembe (India)

• Fever and pericarditis on TNF inhibitor for RA / Ginger Alden Cabasan (Philippines)

• Cold abscesses in Adult Onset Still’s Disease / John Emmanuel Ong (Philippines)

Discussion

Panelists: Dr. Christopher Edwards, Dr. Karina Torralba-Padilla, Dr. James Cheng-Chung Wei,

Dr. Ma. Rhona Bergantin

Supported by an educational grant from SCHERING PLOUGH

06:00 pm

COCKTAILS and SOCIAL PROGRAMME (by invitation only)

UST Quadricentennial Square

Day 2
Sunday, 29 November 2009

07:00 am

REGISTRATION

08:00 am

08:20 am

08:40 am

09:00 am

Symposium: OSTEOPOROSIS

Chairpersons: Dr. Millicent Tan-Ong, Dr. Edgar Ramiterre

Updates in the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis

Speaker: Dr. Lyndon John Q. Llamado (Philippines)

Glucocorticoid induced osteoporosis

Speaker: Dr. Yeap Swan Sim (Malaysia)

Vitamin / Hormone D: A Clinician’s D-light

Speaker: Prof. Tito P. Torralba (Philippines)

Case Presentation: Title / Presenter

• Bilateral femoral AVN in HSP on steroids / Aileen U. Agbanlog (Philippines)

• Paget’s disease of bone presenting as multiple fractures / Katherine Valeros (Philippines)

Discussion

Panelists: Prof Tito P. Torralba, Dr. Yeap Swan Sim, Dr. Jose Fernando Syquia (Orthopedics,

Philippines), Prof. Consuelo G. Suarez (Rehabilitation Medicine, Philippines)

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ELI LILLY SERVIER

09:30 am

09:50 am

10:10 am

10:30 am

Symposium : LUPUS and OTHER CTDs

Chairpersons: Dr. Caroline G. Arroyo, Prof. Sandra V. Navarra

Updates in lupus nephritis treatment: Focus on mycophenolate mofetil

Speaker: Prof. Graham Hughes (UK)

Preventing organ damage and improving quality of life in SLE

Speaker: Prof. Chak S. Lau (UK)

Cardiovascular disease in inflammatory rheumatic diseases

Speaker: Dr. Christopher Edwards (UK)

Case Presentation: Title / Presenter

• Stevens Johnson syndrome after cyclophosphamide / Gideon Caballes (Philippines)

• Pericardial effusion in lupus nephritis / Gladys Bermio (Philippines)

• Lupus nephritis and acute renal failure in a young male / Aileen D. Guerzon (Philippines)

Discussion

Panelists: Prof. Graham Hughes, Prof. Chak S. Lau, Dr. Christopher Edwards,

Dr. Oscar D. Naidas (Nephrology, Philippines)

Supported by an educational grant from ROCHE

11:00 am

BREAK

11:30 am

11:50 am

12:10 pm

Symposium: AUTOIMMUNITY

Chairpersons: Dr.Mo-Yin Temy Mok, Dr. Harold Michael Gomez

B and T-cell Cross talk

Speaker: Dr. Mo -Yin Temy Mok (Hong Kong)

ANCA: From bench to bedside

Speaker: Prof Jörgen Wieslander (Sweden)

Case & Paper Presentation: Title / Presenter

• Breast lymphoma in Sjogren’s complicated by monocular blindness / Ramon Miguel Molina, Helmar F. Soldevilla (Philippines)

• Extra-glandular manifestations in Primary Sjogren’s syndrome: A retrospective study of 37 patients / Aniruddha G. Tembe (India)

• Psoriasis & Crohn’s in T cell immunodeficiency syndrome / Patrick G. Co (Philippines)

• Hansen’s disease presenting as destructive arthropathy / Ma. Rica Salgado (Philippines)

• T cell selection defect as hypothetic immunological background of parallelism between leprosy and rheumatoid arthritis / Mark Goloviznin (Russia)

Discussion

Panelists: Dr. Mo-Yin Temy Mok, Prof. Jörgen Wieslander, Dr. Silvia Bucciarelli

1:00pm

LUNCH

2:00 pm

Mentoring session 1: Ward rounds - the many faces of Lupus [CME auditorium]

Moderators: Prof. Sandra V. Navarra, Dr. Paul Santos-Estrella

Case Presentation: Title / Presenter

• Thrombocytopenia in SLE / Marian Alvarez (Philippines)

• Nephrotic syndrome / Francis Angelo D. Basilio (Philippines)

• Transverse myelitis / Honeylette Brotonel (Philippines)

• Herpes zoster / Alfred Ang ( Philippines)

• Disseminated TB in SLE / John S. Delgado, Esther Maderazo (Philippines)

• Brain abscess in SLE / Maria Sheila N. Leynes (Philippines)

Mentors: Prof. Graham Hughes, Prof. Feng Pao Hsii, Dr. Silvia Bucciarelli,

Dr. Mo-Yin Temy Mok

Mentoring session 2: Partnering with non-rheumatologists [CME extension/ Lab Med]

Moderators: Dr .Julie Li Yu, Dr. Andrei Rhoneil Rodriguez

Case Presentation: Title / Presenter

• Tophaceous gout and hemophilic arthropathy / Eugene Uy (Philippines)

• UCTD with eye manifestations / Ronaree Agustin (Philippines)

• Parkinson’s disease and arthropathy / Vikram Sonawane (Singapore)

Mentors: Prof. Tito P. Torralba, Dr. Christopher Edwards, Dr. Keith Lim,

Prof. Consuelo Suarez

Mentoring session 3: Career paths in rheumatology [Lab Med Projection Rm]

Moderators: Dr. Juan Javier Lichauco, Dr. Christine Bernal

Discussion points:

• Socioeconomic burden of rheumatic diseases

• Continuing demand for rheumatologists

• Career opportunities unlimited: Academic, Clinical and Research

Mentors: Prof. Chak Sing Lau, Dr. Marietta de Guzman, Dr. Karina Torralba-Padilla

4:00 pm

Summary and Closing