International Internal Medicine Training Meetings –
“Updates on Rheumatology, Diabetes and Hypertension”

Intercontinental Hotel, Bucharest
March 16 – 18, 2018

Friday, 16 March 2018

	13:00 – 13:30	Opening Ceremony Serhat Unal ( Turkish Society of Internal Medicine ) Ruxandra Ionescu ( Romanian Society of Rheumatology ) Ioan Bruckner (Romanian Society of Internal Medicine)

	13:30 – 15:00	Plenary Session 1 Chair: Ruxandra Ionescu
	13:30 – 14:15	Management of Hyperlipidemia in Rheumatological diseases	Ioan Bruckner
	14:15 – 15:00	Management of Diabetes in Rheumatological Diseases	Kubilay Ukinc

	15:00 – 18:30	PARALLEL SESSIONS – RHEUMATOLOGY
	15:00 – 16:00	Rheumatology Session – 1
		Panel: New Therapeutic Developments in Rheumatology Chairs: Dana Fodor, Sedat Kiraz
	15:00 – 15:20	Role of ultrasonography in the diagnosis of rheumatic diseases in light of ACR/EULAR guidelines	Omer Karadag
	15:20 – 15:40	Imaging in Ankylosing Spondylitis: Use of magnetic resonance imaging in the detection of early sacroiliitis in spondylarthropathy	Pamir Atagunduz
	15:40 – 16:00	Does immunogenicity really matter?	Daniela Opris-Belinski, Diana Mazilu
	16:00 – 16:30	COFFEE BREAK
	16:30 – 17:30	Rheumatology Session – 2
		Management of Spondyloarthritis with a multidisciplinary approach Chairs: Denisa Predeteanu, Ihsan Ertenli
	16:30 – 16:50	How to manage Extra-articular Manifestations of Spondyloarthritis?	Timur Pirildar
	16:50 – 17:10	Intestinal Findings in Spondyloarthritis: Gastroenterology Approach to Diagnosis and Treatment	Elif Sarıtas Yuksel
	17:10 – 17:30	How to manage comorbidities in SpA?	Ruxandra Ionescu
	17:30- 18:30	Selected 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 – 18:30	PARALLEL SESSIONS – DIABETES & HYPERTENSION
	15:00 – 16:30	Diabetes &Hypertension; Session – 1
		Panel: 3 Faces of treatment of hypertensive diabetic patients Chairs: Maria Dorobantu, Oktay Ergene, Serhat Unal
	15:00 – 15:30	Diabetes and Hypertension	Kubilay Ukinc
	15:30 – 16:00	Kidney and Hypertension	Yunus Erdem
	16:00 – 16:30	Heart and Hypertension	Enver Atalar
	16:30 – 17:00	COFFEE BREAK
	17:00 – 18:30	Diabetes &Hypertension; Session – 2
		Case Discussions: 3 Faces of treatment of hypertensive diabetic patients Chairs: Miara Dorobantu, Oktay Ergene, Serhat Unal
	17:00 – 17:30	Case Discussion: Diabetes and Hypertension	Kubilay Ukinc
	17:30 – 18:00	Case Discussion: Kidney and Hypertension	Yunus Erdem
	18:00 – 18:30	Case Discussion: Heart and Hypertension	Enver Atalar

Saturday, 17 March 2018

	09:00 – 10:30	Plenary Session 2
		Chair: Mircea Manuc
	09:00 – 09:45	Up-to-date in gastroeusaphagual reflu disease	Birol Ozer
	09:45 – 10:30	Microbiata and Probiotics	Violeta Bojinca

	10:30 – 11:00	COFFEE BREAK

	11:00 – 12:40	PARALLEL SESSIONS – RHEUMATOLOGY
	11:00 – 11:40	Rheumatology Session – 3
		Co – management of Rheumatic Diseases: A Best Practise Sharing Chair: Suleyman Serdar Koca
	11:00 – 11:20	Lessons learned from a ternary consultation platform	Ediz Dalkılıc
	11:20 – 11:40	What roles gastroenterology clinic plays in the co-management of IBD associated Spondyloarthritis?	Murat Kıyıcı
	11:40 – 12:40	Rheumatology Session – 4
		Panel: Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis Chairs: Catalin Codreanu, Vedat Hamuryudan
	11:40 – 12:00	Does Delay Matter in Early Arthritis?	Fulya Cosan
	12:00 – 12:20	Is it Possible to Reach a Comprehensive Diseases Control in Rheumatoid Arthritis	Cemal Bes
	12:20 – 12:40	Should rheumatologist be concerned about mortality in RA patients?	Catalin Codreanu

	11:00 – 12:30	PARALLEL SESSIONS – DIABETES & HYPERTENSION
	11:00 – 12:30	Diabetes &Hypertension; Session – 3 Chair: Simona Fica
	11:00 – 11:45	Pregnancy and Hypertension	Selma Karaahmetoglu
	11:45 – 12:30	Pregnancy and Diabetes Mellitus	Aura Reghina

	12:30 – 14:00	Lunch

	14:00 – 17:30	PARALLEL SESSIONS
	14:00 – 14:40	Rheumatology Session – 5
		Recent Developments in Rheumatology Chairs: Magda Parvu, Askin Ates
	14:00 – 14:20	Management of Psoriatic Arthritis: Current Treatments with New Strategies	Umut Kalyoncu
	14:20 – 14:40	Diagnosis and Treatment of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus	Zeynep Ozbalkan Aslar
	14:40 – 14:55	COFFEE BREAK
	14:55 – 15:35	Rheumatology Session – 6
		Recent Developments in Rheumatology Chairs: Magda Parvu, Askin Ates
	14:55 – 15:15	Use of Musculoskeletal Ultrasonography in Rheumatoid Arthritis	Muhammet Çınar
	15:15 – 15:35	Diagnosis and Treatment of ANCA-associated vasculitis?	Selda Çelik
	15:35 – 15:50	COFFEE BREAK
	15:50 – 16:30	Rheumatology Session – 7
		A Deep Dive to Behcet’s Disease Chair: Servet Akar
	15:50 – 16:10	Diagnosis and Treatment of Non-Infectious Posterior Uveitis	Sibel Kadayifcilar
	16:10 – 16:30	Diagnosis and Management of Intestinal Behcet’s Disease	Taylan Kav
	16:30 – 17:30	Selected 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 – 17:30	PARALLEL SESSIONS – DIABETES & HYPERTENSION
	14:00 – 15:30	Diabetes &Hypertension; Session – 4
		Chair: Simona Fica
	14:00 – 14:45	Updates on oral medications for the treatment of diabetes mellitus	Sorin Ioacara
	14:45 – 15:30	Treatment of Hypertension in the light of guidelines	Bulent Ozin
	15:30 – 16:00	COFFEE BREAK
	16:00 – 17:30	Diabetes &Hypertension; Session – 5
	16:00 – 16:45	Vaccination of patients with diabetes mellitus	Lale Ozisik
	16:45 – 17:30	Hypertension and Diabetes: A fatal attraction	Maria Dorobantu

Sunday, 18 March 2018

	09:00 – 10:30	Plenary Session 3 Chair: Akın Erdal
	09:00- 09:45	Future Promising Treatment Modalities in the management of Rheumatic Diseases	Cemal Bes
	09:45 – 10:30	Exercise in Ankylosing Spondylitis	Alev Alp
	10:30 – 11:00	Closing & Discussions