Ten Topics in Rheumatology : Next meeting


THURSDAY, 1st July 2010
08.15 - 09.00 REGISTRATION & COFFEE
Governors’ Hall, St Thomas’ Hospital
09.00 - 11.00 SYMPOSIUM : FAILURE AND SUCCESS
09.00-09.30 VISITING PROFESSOR: Severe lupus: treatment in 2010 Prof F Houssiau
09.30-09.55 • Debate : Why the recent failures of lupus drug Dr D Close
trials?
09.55-10.00 Discussion
10.00-10.25 • Hot Topic: Rationale for BLyS inhibitors in lupus Dr M Khamashta
10.25-10.55 VISITING PROFESSOR: Biologics in RA Prof P Emery
10.55-11.00 Discussion
C O F F E E – Governors’ Hall
11.30-1.00 SYMPOSIUM : CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE
11.30-11.45 • Hot Topic : Pulmonary hypertension Prof A Wells
11.45-11.50 Discussion
11.50-12.20 ROCHE VISITING PROFESSOR : Myositis and Scleroderma Prof A Rosen
Lessons from auto-antigens
12.20-12.50 VISITING PROFESSOR : Vasculitis : A view from the East Dr D Jayne
12.50-1.00 Discussion
L U N C H - Governors’ Hall
2.00-3.30 SYMPOSIUM : MECHANISMS AND INSIGHTS
2.00-2.20 • Hot Topic : Sarcoidosis : untreatable? Prof A Wells
2.20-2.45 • Hot Topic : New insights from gastroenterology Prof D Silk
2.45-3.00 • Hot Topic : Arterial disease Dr R Davies
3.00-3.25 • Hot Topic : The genetics of lupus Prof T Vyse
3.25-3.30 Discussion
T E A – Governors’ Hall
4.00- 5.30 SYMPOSIUM : ON THIN ICE
4.00-4.20 • Hot Topic: Renal biopsy – when cracks appear Dr D D’Cruz
4.20-4.40 CLINICAL OBSERVATION: APS without Prof G Hughes
thrombosis – worth treating?
4.40-5.00 CASE PRESENTATION: Difficulty with the brain Dr G Sanna
5.00-5.30 GUEST SPEAKER: On Thin Ice Dr E Coats
W I N E R E C E P T I O N - Governors’ Hall
FRIDAY, 2nd July 2010
08.30-09.00 COFFEE
Governors’ Hall, St Thomas’ Hospital
09.00-11.30 SYMPOSIUM : HOT TOPICS
09.00-09.15 • Hot Topic: Mechanisms in APS Dr M Cuadrado
09.15-09.30 • Hot Topic: Sero-negative APS – a view from the lab Dr L Bertolaccini
09.30-10.00 BIO-RAD VISITING LECTURER:ANA – New Mr S Binder
technology strategies
10.00-10.15 • Hot Topic: Vasculitis and pregnancy Dr S Sangle
10.15-1030 • Hot Topic: Renal histology Dr C Fofi
10.30-11.30 SYMPOSIUM : “NIGHTMARE ON Dr D D’Cruz & team
LAMBETH PALACE ROAD”
A series of impossible cases : for your opinions, please
C O F F E E – Governors’ Hall
12.00-2.00 SYMPOSIUM : MASTERCLASS
12.00-12.30 CLINICAL OVERVIEW: Osteoporosis : new horizons Dr R Keen
12.30-1.00 For Debate: Successful treatment of Prof A Cope
early RA – a pipe-dream?
1.00-1.20 REVIEW: Pregnancy : what the rheumatologist Dr M Khamashta
needs to know
1.20-1.50 GUEST SPEAKER : Editor, Lancet Dr Richard Horton
1.50-2.00 Quiz results and prize Prof G Hughes
2.00 p.m. C O N C L U S I O N - L U N C H : Governors’ Hall
Programme sponsored by The London Lupus Centre, London Bridge Hospital
www.thelondonlupuscentre.com