Friday, 16 March 2018
    
 13:00 – 13:30Opening Ceremony
Serhat Unal ( Turkish Society of Internal Medicine )

Ruxandra Ionescu ( Romanian Society of Rheumatology )
Ioan Bruckner (Romanian Society of Internal Medicine)
   
13:30 – 15:00Plenary Session 1
Chair:
 Ruxandra Ionescu
13:30 – 14:15Management of Hyperlipidemia in Rheumatological diseasesIoan Bruckner
14:15 – 15:00Management of Diabetes in Rheumatological DiseasesKubilay Ukinc
 
 15:00 – 18:30PARALLEL SESSIONS – RHEUMATOLOGY
 15:00 – 16:00Rheumatology Session – 1
 Panel: New Therapeutic Developments in Rheumatology
Chairs:
 Dana FodorSedat Kiraz
15:00 – 15:20Role of ultrasonography in the diagnosis of rheumatic diseases in light of ACR/EULAR guidelinesOmer Karadag
15:20 – 15:40Imaging in Ankylosing Spondylitis: Use of magnetic resonance imaging in the detection of early sacroiliitis in spondylarthropathyPamir Atagunduz
15:40 – 16:00Does immunogenicity really matter?Daniela Opris-Belinski, Diana Mazilu
16:00 – 16:30COFFEE BREAK
16:30 – 17:30Rheumatology Session – 2
 Management of Spondyloarthritis with a multidisciplinary approach
Chairs:
 Denisa PredeteanuIhsan Ertenli
16:30 – 16:50How to manage Extra-articular Manifestations of Spondyloarthritis?Timur Pirildar
16:50 – 17:10Intestinal Findings in Spondyloarthritis: Gastroenterology Approach to Diagnosis and TreatmentElif Sarıtas Yuksel
17:10 – 17:30How to manage comorbidities in SpA?Ruxandra Ionescu
17:30- 18:30Selected Abstract Presentations
 Chair:Suleyman Serdar Koca
 Dr. Özgül Soysal Gündüz
Dr. Sadettin Uslu
Dr. Özlem Özer
Dr. Hakan Babaoğlu
Dr. Serpil Eşmen Ergülü
 
 15:00 – 18:30PARALLEL SESSIONS – DIABETES & HYPERTENSION
15:00 – 16:30Diabetes &Hypertension; Session – 1
 Panel: 3 Faces of treatment of hypertensive diabetic patients
Chairs:
 Maria Dorobantu, Oktay Ergene, Serhat Unal
15:00 – 15:30Diabetes and HypertensionKubilay Ukinc
15:30 – 16:00Kidney and HypertensionYunus Erdem
16:00 – 16:30Heart and HypertensionEnver Atalar
16:30 – 17:00COFFEE BREAK 
17:00 – 18:30Diabetes &Hypertension; Session – 2
 Case Discussions: 3 Faces of treatment of hypertensive diabetic patients
Chairs:
 Miara DorobantuOktay ErgeneSerhat Unal
17:00 – 17:30Case Discussion: Diabetes and HypertensionKubilay Ukinc
17:30 – 18:00Case Discussion: Kidney and HypertensionYunus Erdem
18:00 – 18:30Case Discussion: Heart and HypertensionEnver Atalar
 
Saturday, 17 March 2018
    
 09:00 – 10:30Plenary Session 2
  Chair: Mircea Manuc
 09:00 – 09:45Up-to-date in gastroeusaphagual reflu diseaseBirol Ozer
 09:45 – 10:30Microbiata and ProbioticsVioleta Bojinca
 
 10:30 – 11:00COFFEE BREAK
 
 11:00 – 12:40PARALLEL SESSIONS – RHEUMATOLOGY
11:00 – 11:40Rheumatology Session – 3
 Co – management of Rheumatic Diseases: A Best Practise Sharing
Chair:
 Suleyman Serdar Koca
11:00 – 11:20Lessons learned from a ternary consultation platformEdiz Dalkılıc
11:20 – 11:40What roles gastroenterology clinic plays in the co-management of IBD associated Spondyloarthritis?Murat Kıyıcı
11:40 – 12:40Rheumatology Session – 4
 Panel: Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Chairs:
 Catalin Codreanu, Vedat Hamuryudan
11:40 – 12:00Does Delay Matter in Early Arthritis?Fulya Cosan
12:00 – 12:20Is it Possible to Reach a Comprehensive Diseases Control in Rheumatoid ArthritisCemal Bes
12:20 – 12:40Should rheumatologist be concerned about mortality in RA patients?Catalin Codreanu
 
 11:00 – 12:30PARALLEL SESSIONS – DIABETES & HYPERTENSION
 11:00 – 12:30Diabetes &Hypertension; Session – 3
Chair:
 Simona Fica
 11:00 – 11:45Pregnancy and HypertensionSelma Karaahmetoglu
 11:45 – 12:30Pregnancy and Diabetes MellitusAura Reghina
 
 12:30 – 14:00Lunch
 
 14:00 – 17:30PARALLEL SESSIONS
 14:00 – 14:40Rheumatology Session – 5
 Recent Developments in Rheumatology
Chairs:
 Magda ParvuAskin Ates
14:00 – 14:20Management of Psoriatic Arthritis: Current Treatments with New StrategiesUmut Kalyoncu
14:20 – 14:40Diagnosis and Treatment of Systemic Lupus ErythematosusZeynep Ozbalkan Aslar
14:40 – 14:55COFFEE BREAK 
14:55 – 15:35Rheumatology Session – 6
 Recent Developments in Rheumatology
Chairs:
 Magda ParvuAskin Ates
14:55 – 15:15Use of Musculoskeletal Ultrasonography in Rheumatoid ArthritisMuhammet Çınar
15:15 – 15:35Diagnosis and Treatment of ANCA-associated vasculitis?Selda Çelik
15:35 – 15:50COFFEE BREAK
15:50 – 16:30Rheumatology Session – 7
 A Deep Dive to Behcet’s Disease
Chair:
 Servet Akar
15:50 – 16:10Diagnosis and Treatment of Non-Infectious Posterior UveitisSibel Kadayifcilar
16:10 – 16:30Diagnosis and Management of Intestinal Behcet’s DiseaseTaylan Kav
16:30 – 17:30Selected Abstract Presentations
 Chair: Suleyman Serdar Koca
 Dr. Senem Tekeoğlu
Dr. Nihan Cüzdan
Dr. Nurdan Oruçoğlu
Dr. Nesrin Şen
Dr. Hakan Alkan
Dr. Önay Gerçik
 
 14:00 – 17:30PARALLEL SESSIONS – DIABETES & HYPERTENSION
 14:00 – 15:30Diabetes &Hypertension; Session – 4
 Chair: Simona Fica
14:00 – 14:45Updates on oral medications for the treatment of diabetes mellitusSorin Ioacara
14:45 – 15:30Treatment of Hypertension in the light of guidelinesBulent Ozin
15:30 – 16:00COFFEE BREAK
16:00 – 17:30Diabetes &Hypertension; Session – 5
16:00 – 16:45Vaccination of patients with diabetes mellitusLale Ozisik
16:45 – 17:30Hypertension and Diabetes: A fatal attractionMaria Dorobantu
 
Sunday, 18 March 2018
 
 09:00 – 10:30Plenary Session 3
Chair:
 Akın Erdal
 09:00- 09:45Future Promising Treatment Modalities in the management of Rheumatic DiseasesCemal Bes
 09:45 – 10:30Exercise in Ankylosing SpondylitisAlev Alp
 10:30 – 11:00Closing & Discussions