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

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 ADARRCTM Networking & Refreshment Break
10:35 – 11:15 A Generalist Approach to Purpura and Cutaneous Vasculitis Tariq Al Fanna Al Araimi
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 19 October 2023.
*Disclaimer: This program is tentative and may be subject to change at the discretion of the Faculty.


Shazia Abdullah

Shazia Abdullah

Consultant Rheumatologist
Sheikh Khalifa Medical City
United Arab Emirates

Tariq Al Fanna Al Araimi

Tariq Al Fanna Al Araimi

Vice President
Oman Society of Rheumatology
Consultant Rheumatologist & Internist
The Royal Hospital, Ministry of Health
Oman

Ghaydaa Aldabie

Ghaydaa Aldabie

Senior Rheumatology & Internal Medicine Specialist
Farwaniya Hospital
Kuwait


Ibrahim Ali Almaghlouth

Ibrahim Ali Almaghlouth

Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
Director, College of Medicine Research Center
King Saud University
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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