Iracon 2011-CMC Vellore

27TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF INDIAN RHEUMATOLOGY ASSOCIATION 1st - 4th December 2011
Pre-Conference Symposium on "Genetics of rheumatic diseases"
30th Nov 2011

Venue: Scudder Auditorium, Bagayam, Vellore

Patron: Dr.Suranjan Bhattacharji, Director, CMC

CHIEF SCIENTIFIC GUEST OF HONOUR : PROF. JAMES R. O DELL, PRESIDENT ELECT ACR

Chairman Organising Committee Dr.C.P.Rajendran

Organising Secretary Dr.Debashish Danda

Chairman, Scientific Committee Dr.V.Krishnamurthy

Treasurer & Trade/Exhibition Dr.John Mathew Registration & Reception Dr.Sumita Danda Catering Dr Raji Thomas Ms.Amala Rajan

Cultural & Social Dr.Bertha Rathinam Mrs.Sangeetha Priya Programme Dr. Sandhya.P Souvenir Dr. Ruchika Goel Dr. Ashish K Badika Audio-visual Dr.Vishad Vishwanath

Transport Dr.T.Sathish Accommodation Dr. Ajit Kumar Surin Dr.Abhra Chowdhury Dr.Raheesh Ravindran Tour Management Dr. Ashish Mathew

APPLIED FOR CME CREDIT POINTS

Dear Friends, I would like to draw your attention to the main highlights of the conference. Please dont forget to arrive here at Vellore by 30th November lunchtime so that you dont miss out an cutting edge academic extravaganza. Apart from the top Indian faculty, there are Stalwart International faculty from top institutes in the world.

The highlights of the Pre-Conference Symposium on "Genetics of rheumatic diseases is as follows:

30th November 2011 (Wednesday) Genetics of Rheumatic Diseases 1 00 pm to 5 00 pm

Genetics for Rheumatologists too much or too little Genetics of heritable connective tissue diseases Epigenetics and Genetics of RA Genetics of SLE Genetics of Ankylosing Spondylitis Genetics of Psoriatic Arthritis

BJD & Osteoporosis session 5.30 pm 7:30 pm (COPCORD Jammu experience,

COPCORD Bengal experience, Osteoporosis, IRA guidelines for GIOP)

1st December 2011 (Thursday) Workshops 7 30 AM to 11 30 AM

Six workshops (limited to 25 participants only in each workshop), Paediatric Rheumatology CME and Indian Rheumatology Vasculitic Group Meeting in parallel as below A How to read and do a critical appraisal of an article on rheumatic diseases How to read a paper on diagnosis, How to read a paper on therapy, How to read a paper on harm, How to critically apprise a metaanalysis, ( each topic has 30 min talk and 30 min hands on exercise) B Advanced Injection techniques in Rheumatology (Injecting joints in children, sacroiliiac joint injection, Hip joint injection, Suprascapular nerve block for frozen shoulder, Posterior tibial nerve block, Facet joint injection (Each topic has 15 min talk and 30 min demonstration) C . Video Capilloroscopy ( 1 hour talk and 3 hour demonstration)

D. Imaging - Plain X-ray - ( 30 min talk , 30 min interaction), Extremity MRI for hands UK (30 min talk, 1 hour demonstration), USG ( 30 min talk, 1 hour demonstration) E. Occupational therapy & Physiotherapy for rheumatologist - REHABILITATION in RHEUMATOLOGY SESSION I (I. Pretest II. Introduction III. Exercises IV. Pain relief V. Scope of Occupational Therapy + Work Simplification / Joint Protection / Energy Conservation /ADL & Transfers / Aids and Adaptive devices - followed by DEMONSTRATION ) SESSION II ( VI. Hand Assessments / Biomechanics /Retraining of function VII. Splinting VIII. Foot care & Orthoses IX. Biofeedback in Rheumatology X. Post test- followed by Demonstration) F Lab techniques in Autoimmunity and Rheumatology (ELISA, Nephelometry, IIF, PCR / Immunoblot, LA , Polarising microscopy- each topic will have 15 min talk and 15 min demonstration) Paediatric CME ( Kawasaki s disease- Are we missing it? , JIA Mimics, Biologics in Paediatric Rheumatology, Prescribing for a child with rheumatism , Debate on Should Pediatric Rheumatology be a subspeciality of General Paediatrics or Rheumatology?) Special interest group meeting - IRAVAS

1st December 2011 (Thursday) CME

(1 00 to 6 30 pm)

Disease activity evaluations in Rheumatology o RA o Sjogrens Technology and gadgets in Rheumatology o PET Scan o Capillaroscopy o GWAS, next generation sequencing Controversies in Rheumatology o When to stop treatment in autoimmune rheumatic diseases o Controversies in management of SLE o Methotrexate Liver and Lung o Early Undifferentiated arthritis treatment approach Education in Rheumatology o Patient education o Effective rheumatology teaching for UG, PG, Superspeciality & GP

7 30 pm Excellence in Rheumatology Dyslipidemia and Cardiovascular mortality in Autoimmune Connective Tissue Diseases

2nd Dec 2011 ( Friday ) 7 00 am to 6 30 pm

Highlights of the Day : 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. The year that was in Rheumatology a) Basic Immunology b) Clinical Rheumatology State of art lecture on Corticosteroid- new mechanisms and new molecules Symposium on RA (Pre-clinical RA, , Panel discussion on cure for RA) Presidential Oration IRA Oration CNS vasculitis Lunch cum cum Poster view session Economic impact of Rheumatic diseases in the biologics era (Talk by ACR president elect and experience from Indian biologic registry) 8. Symposium in SLE (Rrefractory Class V Lupus nephritis ,X chromosome & SLE, Biologics & Biomarkers in SLE, Virus, Vitamin and lupus) 9. CPC (Clinico-Pathological Conference) 10. Inaugural Function, Cultural programme & dinner

3rd Dec 2011 (Saturday) 7 00 am to 6 30 pm

Highlights of the day : 1. Symposium on Vasculitis (Assessing vasculitis, EUVAS trial, Imaging Vaculitis) 2. Futuristic Rheumatology ( IgG4 disease, Inflammosome , Next generation sequencing, Individualised medicine in Rheumatology, Degradation of autoantigens in case of autoimmune diseases) 3. Kolkan Oration, Zydus Oration 4. Symposium on Immunity & Infection in Rheumatology(Rheumatological manifestations of primary immunodeficiency disorders , IVIG, Antibiotic prophylaxis in Rheumatic diseases & Vaccination in Rheumatic diseases) 5. Systemic Sclerosis & Myositis ( Pulmonary arterial hypertension, Newer antibodies in Myositis, Assessing Myositis)

4th Dec 2011 (Sunday) 7 00 am to 2 00 pm

Highlights of the Day: 1. Symposium on Spondyloarthropathy ( enthesopathy, Non- biological treatmentdebate) 2. Vitamin D in Rheumatic diseases, Osteoporosis in Inflammatory conditions ) 3. Practice tips for Rheumatologists in Remote India 4. Diet and complementary medicine in Rheumatology 5. Year that was in Paediatric Rheumatology 6. Carry Home message (3 days in 30 minutes) 7. PG Quiz 8. Valedictory Function & lunch

Stalwart International faculty in the Conference

James R O'Dell, President elect ACR, USA Alexander Gabibov, Moscow, Russia Hal Scofield, OMRF, USA Chella David, Mayo Clinic, USA Vaidehi Chaudhury, Mayo Clinic, USA John Harley, Cincinnati, USA Soumya Raychaudhury, Harvard, USA Sharad Lakhanpal, Texas, USA Terence Gibson, Guys Hospital,London, UK Charu Deshpande Guys hospital, London ,UK George Nuki, Scotland Sami Salman, Oman David Jayne, Cambridge, UK Justin Mason, UK George Kitas, UK Ira Pande, UK Anurag Bharadwaj,UK Ariane Herrick,UK Paul Bacon, UK Saman Perera, UK Vinod Chandran, Canada Les Cleland, Australia Kevin Pile, Australia Atiqur Rehman, Bangladesh

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Dr Debashish Danda MBBS, MD (Medicine), DM (Clinical Immunology) FRCP Professor & Head of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology & Organising Secretary,IRACON 2011

Christian Medical College & Hospital Vellore-632004, TamilNadu, India Ph: +91-416-2282412 (Residence) +91-416-2282529/3681/3689 (Office) Cell +91-9442282150 Fax +91-416-2232035/2232164 Email: debashisdandacmc@hotmail.com / iracon2011@gmail.com