Scientific Program

Annual Bahrain Rheumatology Conference

Program at a Glance

Day 1: Thursday, 16 January 2025
Workshops & Primary Care
Parallel Session

09:00 – 15:00	Registration
10:00 – 11:00	Opening Ceremony Welcome Remarks by Dr. Saadeya Naji Abdulkarim, President of the Bahrain Society of Rheumatology
11:00 – 12:00	Meet with Sponsors
12:00 – 13:00	Prayer & Lunch Break

13:00 – 17:30	Workshops \| Parallel Session Moderators: Dr. Saadeya Naji Abdulkarim
13:00 – 14:00	Workshop 1: MRI in Rheumatology: Mimickers and Pitfall	Dr. Mai Ebrahim Mattar, Bahrain
14:00 – 15:00	Workshop 2: Applications of Musculoskeletal Ultrasound in Rheumatology for Beginners	Dr. Majeed Haider, Bahrain & Dr. Osama Alalwan, Bahrain
15:00 – 15:15	Coffee Break
15:15 – 16:00	Workshop 3: Osteoporosis Update/Drug Holidays in Osteoporosis	Dr. Ebtihal Yusuf AlYusuf, Bahrain
16:00 – 16:45	Workshop 4: Treat-to-Target in Lupus: When to Use Biological Therapies?	Prof. Laurent Arnaud, France
16:45 – 17:30	Workshop 5: Vaccine in Autoimmune Disease	Dr. Rawan Alagha, Bahrain
17:30	End of the Workshops

13:00 – 17:00	Primary Care \| Parallel Session Moderators: Dr. Mayssaa Madan & Dr. Ahmed Zayat
13:00 – 13:10	Welcome Remarks
13:10 – 13:55	Gout	Dr. Faisal Naseeb, Bahrain
13:55 – 14:40	Joint Pain	Dr. Fajer Altamimi, Bahrain
14:40 – 14:55	Q&A
14:55 – 15:10	Coffee Break
15:10 – 15:55	ANA Interpretation	Dr. Mariam Meshikhes, Bahrain
15:55 – 16:40	CTD Derma	Dr. Fatema Khamdan, Bahrain
16:40 – 16:55	Q&A
16:55	End of the Primary Care Session

Day 2: Friday, 17 January 2025
Adult Rheumatology
Parallel Session

07:45 – 16:00	Registration
08:45 – 10:30	Session 1 Moderators: Dr. Yaser Mustafa Ghadanfar & Dr. Redha Ali
08:45 – 09:15	Autoimmunity: A One-Way Street or Can it Be Reversed?	Prof. John Isaacs, UK
09:15 – 09:45	Spondyloarthritis (SpA) Mimickers: When SpA is not the Answer	Dr. Mohammad Khudadah, Kuwait
09:45 – 10:15	Gulf Experience and Guidelines in Axial Spondyloarthritis (axSpA)	Dr. Ahmed Zayat, UAE
10:15 – 10:30	Q&A
10:30 – 10:45	Coffee Break
10:45 – 11:15	Industry Symposium by Novartis	Dr. Ahmed Zayat, UAE
11:15 – 13:00	Friday Prayer & Lunch Break
13:00 – 14:15	Session 2 Moderators: Dr. Hanan Alrayes & Prof. Abdulrahman Alarfaj
13:00 – 13:30	Pre-Clinical Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA): Do We Need to Treat	Prof. John Isaacs, UK
13:30 – 14:00	CNS Manifestations of Sjögren’s Syndrome	Dr. Salman Aljarallah, KSA
14:00 – 14:15	Q&A
14:15 – 14:45	Industry Symposium by AbbVie	Dr. Yaser Mustafa Ghadanfar, Kuwait
14:45 – 15:00	Coffee Break
15:00 – 16:15	Session 3 Moderators: Dr. Suad Hannawi & Dr. Ahmed Zayat
15:00 – 15:30	Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) and Daily Practice: Management Dilemma, Tips & Tricks	Dr. Waleed Abdurrab Hafiz, KSA
15:30 – 16:00	Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) and Calcinocis: More Attention is Required	Prof. Mohammed Omair, KSA
16:00 – 16:15	Q&A
16:15 – 18:00	Session 4 Moderators: Dr. Fajer Altamimi, Dr. Abdullatif Al-Arfaj & Prof. John Isaacs
16:15 – 16:35	Challenging Case in Spondyloarthritis (SpA)	Dr. Mayssaa Madan, Bahrain
16:35 – 16:55	Challenging Case in Adult-Onset Still’s Disease (AOSD)	Dr. Tariq Al Fanna Al Araimi, Oman
16:55 – 17:05	Session Break
17:05 – 17:25	Metabolic/Hypophosphatemia in Adult	Dr. Zahra Saeed Alsahlawi, Bahrain
17:25 – 17:45	Challenging Case in Scleroderma	Dr. Fatima Haji, Bahrain
17:45 – 18:00	Q&A

Day 2: Friday, 17 January 2025
Pediatric Rheumatology
Parallel Session

07:45 – 16:00	Registration
08:35 – 08:45	Welcome & Opening Remarks	Dr. Wafa Madan, Bahrain
08:45 – 10:10	Session 1: Arthritis Moderators: Dr. Muna Al Mutairi & Dr. Buthaina Al Adba
08:45 – 09:15	Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Mimickers	Prof. Sulaiman Al-Mayouf, KSA
09:15 – 09:45	Down Syndrome-Associated Arthritis (DA) : Is it a Different Entity?	Dr. Wafa Madan, Bahrain
09:45 – 10:00	Q&A
10:00 – 10:15	Coffee Break
10:15 – 11:30	Session 2: Autoinflammatory Disorders Moderators: Prof. Reem Abdawani & Dr. Ayesha Almheiri
10:15 – 10:45	Chronic Recurrent Multifocal Osteomyelitis (CRMO) & Mimics	Dr. Abdulrahman Alrasheed, KSA
10:45 – 11:15	Autoinflammatory Disorders: Overview and Clinical Approach	Prof. Sulaiman Al-Mayouf, KSA
11:15 – 11:30	Q&A
11:30 – 13:00	Friday Prayer & Lunch Break
13:00 – 16:00	Session 3: Connective Tissue Diseases and Vasculitis Moderators: Dr. Abdulrahman Alrasheed & Dr. Wafa Madan
13:00 – 13:30	Biologic Treatments for Lupus	Dr. Ayesha Almheiri, UAE
13:30 – 14:00	Lupus – Spectrum of Disease	Dr. Aysha Al-Moosa, Bahrain
14:00 – 14:30	Updates in Lupus Nephritis	Dr. Deena Mohammed, Bahrain
14:30 – 14:45	Q&A
14:45 – 15:00	Coffee Break
15:00 – 15:30	Antiphospholipid Antibody (aPL) in Children	Prof. Reem Abdawani, Oman
15:30 – 16:00	Advances in Treatment for Juvenile Dermatomyositis (JDM)	Dr. Muna Al Mutairi, Kuwait
16:00 – 16:15	Q&A
16:15 – 17:40	Session 4: Challenging Cases Moderators: Prof. Sulaiman Al-Mayouf & Dr. Ayesha Almheiri
16:40 – 17:05	Challenging Case 1	Dr. Buthaina Al Adba, Qatar
17:05 – 17:30	Challenging Case 2	Dr. Abdulrahman Alzahrani
16:55 – 17:15	Challenging Case 3	Prof. Reem Abdawani, Oman
17:30 – 17:40	Q&A
17:40	Closing Remarks	Dr. Wafa Madan, Bahrain

Day 3: Saturday, 18 January 2025
Adult Rheumatology

08:00 – 14:00	Registration
08:30 – 10:15	Session 5 Moderators: Dr. Sahar Saad & Dr. Samar Al-Emadi
08:30 – 09:00	Lupus and Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS) in Pregnancy	Dr. Ghaydaa Aldabie, Kuwait
09:00 – 09:30	2024 Highlights in Lupus	Prof. Laurent Arnaud, France
09:30 – 10:00	Herpes Zoster Prevention in Rheumatology Patients	Prof. Munther Khamashta, UAE
10:00 – 10:15	Q&A
10:15 – 10:30	Coffee Break
10:30 – 12:15	Session 6 Moderators: Dr. Basem Mustafa Awadh & Dr. Hebah Alhajeri
10:30 – 11:00	2025 Update on Diagnostic Tools for GCA	Prof. Pier Luigi Meroni, Italy
11:00 – 11:30	An Update on ANCA Vasculitis Management	Dr. Roaa Alsolaimani, KSA
11:30 – 12:00	Are the New Classification Criteria of Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS) Useful, or Do they Complicate the Diagnosis in the Routine Clinical Setting?	Prof. Pier Luigi Meroni, Italy
12:00 – 12:15	Q&A
12:15 – 12:45	Industry Symposium by Janssen	Dr. Saadeya Naji Abdulkarim, Bahrain
12:45 – 13:45	Lunch Break
13:45 – 15:00	Session 7 Moderators: Prof. Laurent Arnaud & Prof. Mohammed Omair
13:45 – 14:05	IgG4 Disease Update	Dr. Mahdi Abusalameh, UAE
14:05 – 14:25	IgA Vasculitis	Dr. Majeed Haider, Bahrain
14:25 – 14:45	Challenging Case in Behçet’s Syndrome	Dr. Osama Alalwan, Bahrain
14:45 – 15:00	Q&A
15:00	End of the Program

Program as of 15 January 2025
*Disclaimer: While the program has been finalized, it may be subject to modifications or adjustments at the sole discretion of the Faculty. Any such changes will be published,
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