Education Courses 2012 - The British Society for Rheumatology

Course Programme
Advanced Course
3-4 December 2012
Provisional course programme
Day 1: “Once seen never forgotten”
Session 1: Heritable collagen vascular and bone disorders
08.45 – 09.15 Arrival, registration & coffee
09.15 – 09.30 Introduction and aims of the course Prof R Luqmani and Prof P Wordsworth
09.30 – 10.00 The spectrum of genetic disease in rheumatology Prof P Wordsworth
10.00 – 10.30 Marfan syndrome – differential diagnosis, investigation and management Dr E Blair
10.30 – 10.45 ‘Ehlers Danlos syndrome: when to worry – clinical variants, causes, anagement’ Prof P Wordsworth
10.45 – 11.10 Grey cases in Marfan syndrome and EDS
11.10 – 11.30 Coffee
11.30 – 12.00 Osteogenesis imperfecta – diagnosis and management Prof N Bishop
12.00 – 12.20 The role of the clinical geneticist in heritable disorders of the skeleton Dr D Shears
12.20 – 12.45 Clinical case presentations of illustrative cases
12.45 – 13.00 Rountable Discussion
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch
Session 2: Heritable disorders of the skeleton
14.00 – 14.20 Chondrodysplasias – overview, diagnosis and management Prof P Wordsworth
14.20 – 14.40 Heritable disorders of bone density Dr C Gregson
14.40 – 15.30
Imaging masterclass – rare heritable benign and malignant bone conditions not
to be missed
Dr A Offiah
15.30 – 16.00 Case Presentations
16.00 – 16.15 Tea
Session 3: “Odds and ends”
16.15 – 16.40 Periodic fever syndromes Dr N Wilkinson
16.40 – 17.15 Case presentations of rare diseases
17.15 – 18.00 State of the Art: ‘Genetics of complex Diseases’ Prof Sir J Bell
18.00 Close
Day 2: Systemic vasculitis
Session 1: Update on the pathogenesis and diagnosis of the systemic vasculitides
08.30 – 09.30 Arrival, registration & coffee
09.30 – 10.00 Introduction and overview of the systemic vasculitides Prof R Luqmani
10.00 – 10.30
How do we diagnose systemic vasculitis? (clinical, investigations, imaging and
biopsy)
Prof D GI Scott
10.30 – 11.00 Pathogenesis of Vasculitides Dr M Cid
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee
11.30 – 13.00 Interactive grey cases for discussion Dr O Flossmann & Dr C Mukhtyar
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch
Session 2: Update on the treatment, monitoring and prognosis of the systemic vasculitides
14.00 – 14.30
Update on treatment of the ANCA associated vasculitides (granulomatosis with
olyangiitis, microscopic polyangiitis and Churg Strauss syndrome)
Dr D Jayne
14.30 – 15.00 Update on treatment of the large vessel vasculitides (GCA and Takayasu’s arteritis) Prof R Luqmani
15.00 – 15.30
How can we monitor patients with systemic vasculitis? (including serology,
imaging and clinical measures of disease activity and damage
Dr J Robson
15.30 – 16.00 Tea
16.00 – 16.30 Prognosis in the systemic vasculitides and future challenges Dr R Watts
16.30 – 17.30
Interactive small group practical exercises: Use of BVAS (disease assessment) and use of VDI (disease damage)
Prof R Luqmani, Dr J Robson, Prof D Scott, Dr R Watts, Dr O Flossmann and Dr C Mukhtyar
17.30 Meeting close