The Burns Festival of Bone and Joint Disease will be held on Friday 5 March at the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh (Paderewski Lecture Theatre).
Registration is free and delegates can join remotely.
For more information contact Rosa-lee.Schafer@IGMM.ed.ac.uk
Programme
Draft Programme
09.25 Opening remarks Prof Stuart Ralston, Edinburgh
Session 1
Chair
09.30 New developments in the treatment of gout Dr. Philip Riches, Edinburgh
10.10 Commercial exhibit / slides
10.15 Intervals for Blood Monitoring during DMARD initiation Ms. Genevieve Zabate, Edinburgh
10.55 Refreshment Break / Commercial exhibit / slides
11.10 Methotrexate osteopathy Dr Barbara Hauser, Edinburgh
11.50 Commercial exhibit / slides
Session 2
Chair - Dr. Barbara Hauser, Edinburgh
11.55 Commercial exhibit / slides
12.00 Update on SIGN 142 guideline for osteoporosis Prof Stuart H Ralston, Edinburgh
12.40 Commercial exhibit / slides
12.45 New developments in paediatric rheumatology Dr Mary Brennan, Edinburgh
13.25 Commercial exhibit / slides
13.30 Lunch
Afternoon Session
Session 3
Chair - Dr Stephen Boyle, Edinburgh
13.55 Commercial exhibit / slides
14.00 Update on vasculitis Dr. Bean Dhuan, Edinburgh
14.40 Commercial exhibit / slides
14.45 Pathogenesis and management of fatigue in inflammatory arthritis Dr. Neil Basu, University of Glasgow
14.25 Refreshment break / Commercial exhibit / slides
Session 4
Chair - Prof Stuart Ralston
15.40 Controlling and mitigating the COVID-19 epidemic - insights from record linkage studies in Scotland Prof Paul McKeigue, University of Edinburgh
16.20 Commercial exhibit / slides
16.25 Improving outcomes with robotic knee surgery Mr. Nick Clement, Edinburgh
17.05 Closing remarks Prof Stuart Ralston, Edinburgh