Registration Form
Program
Ballroom
Session 1
In memory of Professor D. Danda
Professor, Chief, Dept of Rheumatology and Immunity Director, Institute of Rheumatology and Immunology, Medical School of Peking University, Peking University People’s Beijing (China)
Early diagnosis and deep remission of Rheumatoid arthritis
Professor, Chief, Dept of Rheumatology and Immunity Director, Institute of Rheumatology and Immunology, Medical School of Peking University, Peking University People’s Beijing (China)
APLAR RA Treatment Recommendations Update 2023
M.D., Ph.D., Professor and Chairman, Department of Rheumatology and Infectious Diseases, Kitasato University (Japan)
Management of rheumatoid arthritis with DMARDs according to the current EULAR recommendations
Professor, Senior Consultant and Deputy Head of the Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology at the Charité, University Medicine in Berlin (Germany, Berlin)
Rheumatoid arthritis: challenges and opportunities in Kazakhstan
Professor, Department of Rheumatology, Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University, President of the QCR and LEAR (Kazakhstan, Almaty)
EXPERT DISCUSSION
BREAK
Session 2
Recent progress in axial spondyloarthritis
Professor, currently Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases, Professor of Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Vice Superintendent and Director of Clinical Trial Center of Chung Shan Medical University Hospital (Taiwan, Taichung)
What is new in PsA?
Professor, Center of Excellence Chairman of the Committee, Associate Editor of International Journal of Rheumatic Disease and Arthritis Research and Therapy, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Chinese University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)
Overview of Uveitis in spondyloarthritis
Combined Ophthalmology and Rheumatology Uveitis Clinic Kensington Eye Institute – University of Toronto (Canada)
EXPERT DISCUSSION
LUNCH
Session 3
Approach to vasculitis
M.D., FACR, FACP, Associate Clinical Professor at St. Luke’s International University (Japan, Tokyo)
Cutaneous small vessel vasculitis
Immediate President of APLAR, Chief Consultant, Green Life Center for Rheumatic Care and Research, and former Professor, Department of Rheumatology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (Bangladesh)
EXPERT DISCUSSION
Session 4
Advances in the treatment strategies of systemic lupus erythematosus and lupus nephritis
Chief of the Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Tuen Mun Hospital (Hong Kong)
LLDAS and management of SLE
PhD, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in the Lupus and Arthritis Research Group at the School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University. Currently coordinates the Asia Pacific Lupus Collaboration (APLC).
EXPERT DISCUSSION
BREAK
Session 5
Clinical aspects of gout and its associated co-morbid diseases
ex-President of Indian Rheumatology Association, Sri Deepti Rheumatology Center, Hyderabad (India)
The APLAR 2021 guidelines for the management of gout
President-Elect of APLAR, Makati Medical Center & Philippine General Hospital (Philippines)
EXPERT DISCUSSION
Session 6
Imagine of vasculitis
Professor, Vice President of APLAR, Member of the SpA Special Interest Group (SIG) of APLAR (Bangladesh, Dhaka)
Role of US lacrimal and salivary glands in Sjögren syndrome
Professor, Deputy Secretary General of APLAR, Senior consultant & prof Rheumatology Sir Gangaram Hospital New Delhi (India)
EXPERT DISCUSSION
Ballroom
Session 7
Osteoporosis in SLE
Associate Professor, Phramongkutklao hospital, BKK, Thailand Rheumatology Association (Thailand)
Osteoporosis in adult idiopathic inflammatory myopathy
Secretary General in the APLAR Board, Clinical Services Director of the Integrated Diagnostic and Medical Centre of the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals (Hong Kong)
EXPERT DISCUSSION
Session 8
APLAR review on pharmacogenetics in rheumatic diseases
Consultant Rheumatologist, Countess of Chester Hospital, General Secretary of Pakistan Society for Rheumatology (United Kingdom, Chester)
Geo-ethnic variations in the genetic mechanism of RA
MBBS. FACR. FRCPC. ABIM, Sr. Consultant, Rheumatology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Hamad Medical Corporation (Qatar)
EXPERT DISCUSSION
7TH CONGRESS OF RHEUMATOLOGISTS OF KAZAKHSTAN
Interdisciplinary problems in rheumatology: focus on rheumatoid arthritis
Professor, Chief Rheumatologist of the Russian Federation, Director of the Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution “Research Institute of Rheumatology named after V.A. Nasonov” (Russia, Moscow)
The Japanese experience with biologic therapies for rheumatoid arthritis
President of APLAR, Vice President of Saitama Medical University in Saitama, and Emeritus Professor of Keio University in Tokyo (Japan, Tokyo)
Problems of autoimmunity in rheumatology
Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Honorary President of the League of Eurasian Rheumatologists (LEAR) (Russia, Moscow)
Direct inhibition of interleukin6: new opportunities of treatment of rheumatoid arthritis
Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Honorary President of the League of Eurasian Rheumatologists (LEAR) (Russia, Moscow)
Methotrexate in the treatment of RA: clinical application, safety aspects and therapy adherence
Professor, Senior Consultant and Deputy Head of the Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology at the Charité, University Medicine in Berlin (Germany, Berlin)
Management of ILD in autoimmune diseases
Professor, Department of Rheumatology, Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University, President of the QCR and LEAR (Kazakhstan, Almaty)
Axial spondyloarthritis
Doctor of Medical Sciences, Tashkent Medical Academy, Chief Rheumatologist of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Uzbekistan (Uzbekistan, Tashkent)
Role of IL-23 inhibitors in PsA treatment
Professor, Center of Excellence Chairman of the Committee, Associate Editor of International Journal of Rheumatic Disease and Arthritis Research and Therapy, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Chinese University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)
LUNCH
Difficult-to-treat RA – status of the problem
Professor, Chief Rheumatologist of the Russian Federation, Director of the Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution “Research Institute of Rheumatology named after V.A. Nasonov” (Russia, Moscow)
Jak inhibitors for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis
MD, MSc, PhD (c) President Elect of PANLAR 2024-2026 Former President, Colombian Rheumatology Association Internal Medicine and Rheumatology Master in Autoimmune Diseases Director, Reference Center in Osteoporosis & Rheumatology Professor, Pontificia Javeriana University Cali, (Colombia, Cali)
Incidence rates of osteoarthritis in Kazakhstan and basic principles of treatment
Professor, Department of Rheumatology, Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University, Chairman of the Independent Society of Rheumatologists of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Kazakhstan, Almaty)
Spondylarthritis: long term treatment perspectives of iIL17
MD, Dr.Sci. (Medicine), Professor, Head, Department of Rheumatology, A.S. Loginov Moscow Clinical Research Center (Russia, Moscow)
Updated clinical guidelines for the treatment of RA: the place of Janus kinase inhibitors in therapy
Vice President of the Qazaq College of Rheumatology (Kazakhstan, Uralsk)
Patient with SLE in rheumatologist practice
Candidate of Medical Sciences, Rheumatologist (Kazakhstan, Almaty)
Multi-vector indications for the use of anti-B cell therapy in rheumatology
Professor, Department of Internal Diseases, Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University, Leading Consultant of RICID of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Kazakhstan, Almaty)
IL-6 inhibitor olokizumab use in real clinical practice
MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Moscow Chief Rheumatologist, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University of the Moscow Healthcare Department (Russia, Moscow)
Progressive pulmonary fibrosis in systemic connective tissue diseases: can we improve the prognosis?
Doctor of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor, Chief Therapist, Head of the Clinical Research Department at the Medical Center Hospital of the President’s Affairs Administration of the RK (Kazakhstan, Astana)
Drug-related hepatitis in systemic lupus erythematosus: diagnosis and treatment
Professor, President of the Association of Rheumatologists of Kyrgyzstan Head of the Department of Internal Medicine No. 1 of Osh State University (Kyrgyzstan)
The place of IL-17 inhibitors in the treatment of psoriatic arthritis
Member of the expert council of rheumatologists of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Kazakhstan, Almaty)
Progressive pulmonary fibrosis in systemic sclerosis
Professor of the South Kazakhstan medical Academy, vice-president of «Qazaq College of Rheumatology (QCR)», director of "Shymkent Medical Centre of Joint Diseases» (Kazakhstan, Shymkent)
Prospects for the use of Upadacitinib in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis
Ph.D. of medicine, rheumatologist, MC “VIA Medical” (Kazakhstan, Almaty)
CLOSING CEREMONY
Closing ceremony
Abay Hall
APLAR young rheumatologist (AYR) oral abstract session
Ablaykhan Hall
PRE-CONGRESS PROGRAM
Basic Rheumatology Ultrasound workshop /Musculoskeletal & lung pathology related to rheumatic diseases
Board Member of APLAR and is the founding chair of the APLAR Young Rheumatologist network, Allergist & Rheumatologist at Farrer Park Medical Centre (Singapore)
Professor, Deputy Secretary General of APLAR, Senior consultant & prof Rheumatology Sir Gangaram Hospital New Delhi (India)
Adj. Assoc. Prof., co-convenor of the APLAR Imaging Special Interest Group (Singapore)
Clinical Skills workshop – Labial salivary gland biopsy
co-convenor of APLAR SlG on Sjogren’s Syndrome and the Indian Rheumatology Association (IRA) Special Interest Group on Sjogren’s syndrome, Narayana Health City (India)
Course on Capillaroscopy
Professor, Deputy Secretary General of APLAR, Senior consultant & prof Rheumatology Sir Gangaram Hospital New Delhi (India)
OFFICIAL OPENING
Greetings:
Akim of Almaty
Minister of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan
President-Elect of APLAR, Makati Medical Center & Philippine General Hospital (Philippines)
Deputy Akim of Almaty
Professor, Department of Rheumatology, Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University, President of the QCR and LEAR (Kazakhstan, Almaty)
Speakers
Tsutomu Takeuchi
President of APLAR, Vice President of Saitama Medical University in Saitama, and Emeritus Professor of Keio University in Tokyo (Japan, Tokyo)
Ved Chaturvedi
Professor, Deputy Secretary General of APLAR, Senior consultant & prof Rheumatology Sir Gangaram Hospital New Delhi (India)
Debashish Danda
MD, DM, FRCP, FACR, FAMS, Professor & Founder of the Department, Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, Immediate past President of APLAR (India, Vellore)
Zhanguo Li
Professor, Chief, Dept of Rheumatology and Immunity Director, Institute of Rheumatology and Immunology, Medical School of Peking University, Peking University People’s Beijing (China)
Syed Atiqul Haq
Immediate President of APLAR, Chief Consultant, Green Life Center for Rheumatic Care and Research, and former Professor, Department of Rheumatology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (Bangladesh)
Yew-Kuang Cheng
Board Member of APLAR and is the founding chair of the APLAR Young Rheumatologist network, Allergist & Rheumatologist at Farrer Park Medical Centre (Singapore)
Jose Paulo Lorenzo
President-Elect of APLAR, Makati Medical Center & Philippine General Hospital (Philippines)
Lai-Shan Tam
Professor, Center of Excellence Chairman of the Committee, Associate Editor of International Journal of Rheumatic Disease and Arthritis Research and Therapy, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Chinese University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)
Nazrul Islam
Professor, Vice President of APLAR, Member of the SpA Special Interest Group (SIG) of APLAR (Bangladesh, Dhaka)
James Wei
Professor, currently Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases, Professor of Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Vice Superintendent and Director of Clinical Trial Center of Chung Shan Medical University Hospital (Taiwan, Taichung)
Ronald ML Yip
Secretary General in the APLAR Board, Clinical Services Director of the Integrated Diagnostic and Medical Centre of the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals (Hong Kong)
Kunihiro Yamaoka
M.D., Ph.D., Professor and Chairman, Department of Rheumatology and Infectious Diseases, Kitasato University (Japan)
Hiromichi Tamaki
M.D., FACR, FACP, Associate Clinical Professor at St. Luke’s International University (Japan, Tokyo)
Samar Al Emadi
MBBS. FACR. FRCPC. ABIM, Sr. Consultant, Rheumatology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Hamad Medical Corporation (Qatar)
Chi-Chiu Mok
Chief of the Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Tuen Mun Hospital (Hong Kong)
Ivanova Raifa
Professor, Semey Medical University, APLAR Master Award 2023 (Kazakhstan, Semey)
Sumapa Chaiamnuay
Associate Professor, Phramongkutklao hospital, BKK, Thailand Rheumatology Association (Thailand)
Togizbayev Galymzhan
Professor, Department of Rheumatology, Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University, President of the QCR and LEAR (Kazakhstan, Almaty)
U.R.K. Rao
ex-President of Indian Rheumatology Association, Sri Deepti Rheumatology Center, Hyderabad (India)
Nasonov Evgeniy
Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Honorary President of the League of Eurasian Rheumatologists (LEAR) (Russia, Moscow)
Kong Kok Ooi
Adj. Assoc. Prof., co-convenor of the APLAR Imaging Special Interest Group (Singapore)
Lila Alexandr
Professor, Chief Rheumatologist of the Russian Federation, Director of the Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution “Research Institute of Rheumatology named after V.A. Nasonov” (Russia, Moscow)
Rangi Kandane-Rathnayake
PhD, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in the Lupus and Arthritis Research Group at the School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University. Currently coordinates the Asia Pacific Lupus Collaboration (APLC).
Sandhya Pulukool
co-convenor of APLAR SlG on Sjogren’s Syndrome and the Indian Rheumatology Association (IRA) Special Interest Group on Sjogren’s syndrome, Narayana Health City (India)
Mashkunova Olga
Professor, Department of Internal Diseases, Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University, Leading Consultant of RICID of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Kazakhstan, Almaty)
Nurgalieva Samal
Vice President of the Qazaq College of Rheumatology (Kazakhstan, Uralsk)
Issayeva Bakytsholpan
Professor, Department of Rheumatology, Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University, Chairman of the Independent Society of Rheumatologists of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Kazakhstan, Almaty)
Khabizhanova Venera
Professor, Department of General Medical Practice, Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University (Kazakhstan, Almaty)
Gabdulina Gulzhan
Professor, Department of General Medicine of Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University, President of the Association of Osteoporosis Physicians, Member of the Scientific Committee of the International Osteoporosis Foundation (Kazakhstan, Almaty)
Goremykina Maya
Acting Professor of the Department of Internal Diseases and Rheumatology of Semey Medical University (Kazakhstan, Semey)
Dilmanova Dina
Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Rheumatology, Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University (Kazakhstan, Almaty)
Abisheva Saule
Professor, Head of the Department of Family Medicine, Astana Medical University (Kazakhstan, Astana)
Baimukhamedov Chokan
Professor of the South Kazakhstan medical Academy, vice-president of «Qazaq College of Rheumatology (QCR)», director of "Shymkent Medical Centre of Joint Diseases» (Kazakhstan, Shymkent)
Bakenova Roza
Doctor of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor, Chief Therapist, Head of the Clinical Research Department at the Medical Center Hospital of the President’s Affairs Administration of the RK (Kazakhstan, Astana)
Dyomin Eugene
Ph.D. of medicine, rheumatologist, MC “VIA Medical” (Kazakhstan, Almaty)
Omarbekova Zhazira
Candidate of Medical Sciences, Rheumatologist (Kazakhstan, Almaty)
Omarova Kamka
Member of the expert council of rheumatologists of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Kazakhstan, Almaty)
Mirakhmedova Khilola
Doctor of Medical Sciences, Tashkent Medical Academy, Chief Rheumatologist of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Uzbekistan (Uzbekistan, Tashkent)
Zagrebneva Alyona
MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Moscow Chief Rheumatologist, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University of the Moscow Healthcare Department (Russia, Moscow)
Nabiyeva Dildora
Professor, Head of the Department of Faculty and Hospital Therapy No. 1 of the Tashkent Medical Academy (Uzbekistan, Tashkent)
Vanessa Ocampo
Combined Ophthalmology and Rheumatology Uveitis Clinic Kensington Eye Institute – University of Toronto (Canada)
Shukurova Surayyo
Professor, Chief Rheumatologist of the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Population of Tajikistan, Chairman of the Society of Rheumatologists of the Republic of Tajikistan (Tajikistan, Dushanbe)
Mamasaidov Abdimutalib
Professor, President of the Association of Rheumatologists of Kyrgyzstan Head of the Department of Internal Medicine No. 1 of Osh State University (Kyrgyzstan)
Suleman Khan
Consultant Rheumatologist, Countess of Chester Hospital, General Secretary of Pakistan Society for Rheumatology (United Kingdom, Chester)
Lobanchenko Olga
Candidate of Medical Sciences, Assistant Professor, Department of Hospital Therapy of KSMA, Director of the Center for Osteoarticular Pathology (Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek)
Frank Buttgereit
Professor, Senior Consultant and Deputy Head of the Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology at the Charité, University Medicine in Berlin (Germany, Berlin)
Lukina Galina
MD, Dr.Sci. (Medicine), Professor, Head, Department of Rheumatology, A.S. Loginov Moscow Clinical Research Center (Russia, Moscow)
Carlos Enrique Toro Gutiérrez
MD, MSc, PhD (c) President Elect of PANLAR 2024-2026 Former President, Colombian Rheumatology Association Internal Medicine and Rheumatology Master in Autoimmune Diseases Director, Reference Center in Osteoporosis & Rheumatology Professor, Pontificia Javeriana University Cali, (Colombia, Cali)
Venue
InterContinental Almaty Hotel,
Zheltoksan St., 181, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Partners
