OPENING CEREMONY
 1 st Day (Tuesday, 06/12/05)

20:00 – 20:30

Registration

20:30 – 20:35

Reading of Holy Quran

20:35 – 20:45

Welcome Speech
By: Dr. Hanafi Salamah,Chairman of the Conference

20:45 – 21:00

Welcome Speech
By: Engr. Sobhi Batterjee,President of the Conference

SESSION I (Biological Agents)
Chairman: Prof. Scalli, Juan Jose
Co-Chairman: Prof. S. Mossa

21:00 – 21:45

Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis from the break of the willows tree to Biological Agents.
By: Prof. Samir El – Badawy, ( Egypt)

21:45 – 22:00

Discussion

22:00 – 22:45

Dinner

SESSION II (Evidence – Based Medicine)
2 nd day, Wednesday, 07/12/05
Chairman: Prof. Samir Mossa, MD, Ph.D
Co-Chairman: Dr. Noha Dashash

08:00 – 09:00

Registration

09:00 – 09:20

EBM & Future of Med. Teaching
By: Prof. Samir Mossa, Director of AAD & TQM, SGHG

09:20 – 09:35

WHY EBM?
By: Dr. Noha Dashash ( Saudi Arabia)

09:35 – 09:50

Types of Epid Studies & levels of E.
By: Dr. Bakr Kalo ( Saudi Arabia)

09:50 – 10:05

Tools of Therapy Appraisal of Therapeutic Paper
By: Dr. Hatem Jefr ( Saudi Arabia)

10:05 – 10:20

EBM in SGHG
By: Dr. Ayman Afifi, EBM Coordinator, SGH-Jeddah

10:00 – 10:30

Discussion

10:30 – 10:45

Coffee Break

SESSION III (Musculoskeletal Ultrasonography)
Chairman: Dr. Alaa El Sherif
Co-Chairman: Prof. Ahmed M. Abdel Nasser

10:45 – 11:20

Ultrasonography in Rheumatology “state of the art”
By: Prof. Mohamed Kamel, ( Egypt)

11:20 – 11:30

Ultrasonography of the elbow.
By: Dr. Hazem Hassan Eid Hassan, ( Egypt)

11:30 – 11:40

Ultrasonography of the Shoulder
By: Dr. Tarek El Begarmi, (KSA)

11:40 – 11:50

The role of Ultrasonography in early Rheumatoid Arthritis.
By: Dr. Gamal Mahmoud Attiea (KSA)

11:50 – 12:00

Discussion

12:00 – 13:00

Prayer and Coffee Break

SESSION IV (Osteoporosis)
Chairman: Prof. Mohamed Kamel
Co-Chairman: Prof. Medhat Shalaby

13:00 – 13:20

Why to treat osteoporosis?
By: Prof. Samir Al-Badawy ( Egypt)

13:20 – 13:35

BMD, testosterone plasma levels and lifestyles correlations in argentine men population.
By: Prof. Scali, Juan Jose ( Argentina)

13:35 – 14:45

Bone quality and bone mass as assessed by quantitative ultrasound absorptiometry in women with knee osteoarthritis: relationship with quadriceps strength.
By: Prof. Kolthoum Abdelhamid ( Egypt)

13:45 – 14:05

BMD are we using the proper key?
By: Prof. Ehab Fekhry, ( Egypt)

14:05 – 14:20

Bone Builder’s Club
By: Dr. Mohamed Hanafy Salama, (KSA)

14:20 – 14:30

Discussion

SESSION V (Spondyloarthropathy)
Chairman: Prof. Kolthoum Abdelhamid
Co-Chairman: Dr. Osama Haji Ahmad

14:30 – 15:00

THE AGING SPINE.
By: Prof. Hassan Bassiouni ( Egypt)

15:00 – 15:20

Ankylosing Spondolitis Over-view
By: Dr. Hussain Assiri, (Abha)

15:20 – 15:40

Open label 24 months study evaluating infliximab therapy in pts. With Psoriatic Spondylo-Arthropathy.
By: Prof. Scali, Juan Jose

15:40 – 16:00

Discussion

16:00 – 17:00

Lunch

20:00

Gala Dinner

Session VI (Rheumatoid Arthritis Over View & Diagnosis)
3 rd Day (Thursday, 08/12/05)
Chairman: Prof. Samir El-Badawy
Co-Chairman: Dr. Hussain Halabi

09:00 – 09:30

Early diagnosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis
By: Prof. Ahmed Khalid

09:30 – 09:50

The lab’s role in diagnosing systematic rheumatic disease.
By: Dr. Hesham Shams, MD

09:50 – 10:00

Association of HLA-DRB1 *04 with Rheumatoid Arthritis in Saudis
By: Dr. Hanan Al-Rayes

10:00 – 10:15

Carotid intima-media thickness and echocardiographic assessment in a cohort of Egyptian patients with rheumatoid arthritis in relation to disease activity parameters.
By: Dr. Abdou Ellabban

10:15 – 10:30

Discussion

10:30 – 10:45

Coffee Break

Session VII (Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis)
Chairman: Prof. Hassan Bassiouni
Co-Chairman: Dr. Gamal Mahmoud Attiea

10:45 – 11:00

Shifting Paradigms in early Rheumatoid Arthritis
By: Dr. Osama Haji Ahmad

11:00 – 11:20

RA, TNF antagonist and TB
By: Prof. Medhat Shalaby

11:20 – 11:40

Low dose oral corticosteroid therapy in rheumatoid arthritis:
Angel or Devil
By: Prof. Ahmed Abdelnasser

11:40 – 11:50

Retrospective study of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for electrotherapy and thermotherapy interventions in the management of rheumatoid arthritis in adults.
By: Dr. Magdi Barakt

11:50 – 12:00

Discussion

12:00 – 13:00

Coffee Break

Session VIII (Connective Tissue Disorder Free Paper)
Chairman: Prof. Samir Al-Badawy
Co-Chairman : Prof. Mohamed Zaghloul

13:00 – 13:20

Hereditary Periodic Fevers
By: Prof. Salwa Al Cheikh ( Syria)

13:20 – 13:50

Best evidence for the treatment of polymyositis & dermatomyositis By: Dr. Hussain Halabi

13:50 – 14:05

Takayasu’s arthritis (TA) in Saudi Arabia.
By: Dr. Matoqa Baamer

14:05 – 14:20

Interface between Psychiatry and Immunology
By: Prof. Afaf Hamed Khalil

14:20 – 14:30

Discussion

Session IX (Connective tissue disorder, Free Paper)
Chairman: Prof. Salwa Al-Cheick
Co-Chairman : Dr. Gamal Mahmoud Attiea

14:30 – 14:50

Retrospective study of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for Temporal Arthritis (TA).
By: Prof. Mohamed Zaghloul

14:50 – 15:10

Evidence based approach to lupus nephritis.
By: Dr. Hani Almoallim

15:10 – 15:30

Lupus Monitoring
By: Dr. Izzat Khanjar

15:30 – 15:50

Anti-phospholipids Syndrome
By: Dr. Hanan Al Rayes

15:40 – 16:00

Discussion and Closing Ceremony

16:00 – 17:00

Lunch