12TH MEDINTERNA
INTERNATIONAL MEETING
Centro Hospitalar S. João
Cutting Edge Autoimmunity
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27th-28th February and 01st March 2014
Fundação Dr. António Cupertino de Miranda
Porto, Portugal
27TH FEBRUARY THURSDAY
VASCULITIS MORNING
08H15 – SECRETARIAT DESK OPENING
09H00 – LECTURE
Chair – Isabel Abreu| Lisbon, Portugal
Conflicting laboratory results in Autoimmunity, why?
João Faro Viana| Lisbon, Portugal
09H30 – LECTURE
Chairman – António Morais| Porto, Portugal
Pulmonary involvement in Sarcoidosis
Athol Wells| London, Uk
10H00 – OPENING CEREMONY
Chairman – António Lobo Ferreira| Porto, Portugal
10H45 – LECTURE
Chairman – Paulo Bettencourt| Porto, Portugal
Vitamin D – The new antibiotic and immunomodulator agent in autoimmune diseases
Yehuda Shoenfeld| Tel Aviv, Israel
11H15 – COFFEE-BREAK
11H45 – FACE-TO-FACE
Chairs – Maria José Sousa| Lisbon, Portugal and Teresa Faria| Funchal, Portugal
A Salsa of Sjogren’s Syndrome
Jan Damoiseaux| Maastricht, The Netherlands
Jan Willem Cohen Tervaert| Maastricht, The Netherlands
12H30 – LECTURE
Chairman – Jorge Martins| Funchal, Portugal
Biologics in Sjogren’s Syndrome
Cees Kallenberg| Groningen, The Netherlands
13H00 – LUNCH
ARTHRITIS AFTERNOON
14H30 – ROUND TABLE
Chairman – João Eurico Fonseca| Lisbon, Portugal
Nanoinflammation: bridges between Bone and Vessel
Bruno Vidal| Lisbon, Portugal
Diana Fernandes| Lisbon, Portugal
15H30 – LECTURE
Chair – Mariana Guimarães| Porto, Portugal
Management of Pregnancy in patients with Rheumatic diseases
Monika Ostensen| Kristiansand, Norway
16H00 – LECTURE SPONSORED BY GLAXOSMITHKLINE
Chairman – Joaquim Andrade| Porto, Portugal
Thrombocitopenic Idiopathic Purpura
José Luís Ducla-Soares| Lisbon, Portugal
16H30 – COFFEE BREAK
17H00 – LECTURE
Chair – Francisca Fontes| Lisbon, Portugal
ASIA syndrome – 2014
Carlo Perricone| Rome, Italy
17H30 – LECTURE SPONSORED BY ROCHE
Chairman – Jorge Fortuna| Coimbra, Portugal
Each patient is one patient: a renewed look on RoACTEMRA
Pedro Vita| Porto, Portugal
18H00 – CASE REPORT 1
Chair – Mónica Bogas| Ponte de Lima, Portugal
Dorsalgy in a diabetic patient
Case Report – Ana Eduarda Raposo| Ponte de Lima, Portugal
Discussion – Miguel Bernardes| Porto, Portugal, Maria José Serra | Lisbon, Portugal and
Borges Alexandrino| Coimbra, Portugal
18H45 – CLOSURE
28TH FEBRUARY FRIDAY
SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS MORNING
08H30 – SECRETARIAT DESK OPENING
08H45 – WHAT DID WE LEARN YESTERDAY ?
Maria João Oliveira| Lisbon, Portugal
09H00 – LECTURE
Chair – Lèlita Santos| Coimbra, Portugal
Muscle involvement in Systemic Sclerosis
Luc Mouthon| Paris, France
09H30 – LECTURE SPONSORED BY OCTAPHARMA
Chair – Edite Pereira| Porto, Portugal
Primary Immunodeficiencies
Bodo Grimbacher| London, UK
10H00 – ROUND TABLE SPONSORED BY ACTELION
Activity markers in Systemic Sclerosis
Chairman – Julio Sánchez-Román| Sevilla, Spain
General evaluation of the activity markers
Ignacio Martin Suárez| Huelva, Spain
Specific evaluation of activity in Cutaneous and Articular involvement
Isabel Almeida| Porto, Portugal
Specific evaluation of activity in Cardio-pulmonary involvement
Maria Jesús Castillo Palma| Sevilla, Spain
11H15 – COFFEE-BREAK
11H45 – LECTURE SPONSORED BY ASTRAZENECA
Chairman – José Júlio Alves Moura| Coimbra, Portugal
Cardiovascular Risk in Autoimmune Diseases
Carlos Aguiar| Lisbon, Portugal
12H15 – LECTURE SPONSORED BY SANOFI-PASTEUR-MSD
Chairman – António Sarmento| Porto, Portugal
Infection and Vaccination by Zoster Virus in Elderly and Autoimmune Diseases
Cândida Abreu| Porto,Portugal
12H45 – CASE REPORT 2
Chairman – Bernardo Sopeña| Vigo, Spain
40-years-old patient with Raynaud and tachycardia
Case Report – Mayka Freire| Vigo, Spain
Discussion – Cláudia Martins| Viseu, Portugal, Fernando Salvador| Vila Real, Portugal and
Anabela Morais| Vila Real, Portugal
13H30 – LUNCH
APS AND SLE AFTERNOON
14H30 – LECTURE SPONSORED BY BAYER
Chair – Isabel Almeida| Porto, Portugal
Digital ulcers: prediction, prevention and treatment in Systemic Sclerosis
Ivone Silva| Porto, Portugal
15H00 – LECTURE SPONSORED BY BAYER
Chair – Lúcia Costa| Porto, Portugal
Pulmonary Hypertension in Systemic Sclerosis: is it possible to DETECT patients in
NYHA class I or II?
Rui Baptista| Coimbra, Portugal
15H30 – LECTURE
Chairman – João Frazão| Porto, Portugal
The role of nucleosomes in initiating glomerular lesions in SLE
Jo Berden| Nijmegen, The Netherlands
16H00 – LECTURE
Chairman – Nuno Riso| Lisbon, Portugal
Mechanisms of Thrombosis in APS. What news?
Anisur Rahman| London, Uk
16H30 – COFFEE-BREAK
17H00 – LECTURE SPONSORED BY GLAXOSMITHKLINE
Chairman – Carlos Vasconcelos| Porto, Portugal
Therapeutic targets in SLE: where do we stand?
George Bertsias| Crete, Greece
17H30 – LECTURE
Chairman – Guilherme Macedo| Porto, Portugal
Genetics in Primary Biliary Cirrhosis in the GWAS era
Pietro Invernizzi| Milan, Italy
18H00 – CASE REPORT 3
Chair – Gabriela Sousa Vinhas| Lisbon, Portugal
Severe and Refractory Thrombocytopenia in a patient with SLE
Case report – Lígia Peixoto and João Espírito Santo| Lisbon, Portugal
Discussion – Joana Vedes| Guarda, Portugal, Deolinda Portelinha| Coimbra, Portugal and
Ana Carolina Araújo| Lisbon, Portugal
18H45 – CLOSURE
01ST MARCH SATURDAY
SYSTEMIC AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES MORNING
08H15 – SECRETARIAT DESK OPENING
08H45 – WHAT DID WE LEARN YESTERDAY?
Tiago Borges| Porto, Portugal
09H00 – LECTURE SPONSORED BY OCTAPHARMA
Chair – Paula Marques| Porto, Portugal
A review on IVIG in Autoimmune Diseases
Srini Kaveri| Paris, France
09H30 – LECTURE
Chairman – Luís Campos| Lisbon, Portugal
Sex and Autoimmune Diseases
Carlo Selmi| Milan, Italy
10H00 – CASE REPORT 4
Chairman – Jorge Fortuna| Coimbra, Portugal
Weight loss in a patient with BOOP and erythematous nodules
Case report – Ricardo José da Cunha Marques| Coimbra, Portugal
Discussion – Marina Bastos| Viseu, Portugal, Bruno Grima| Amadora, Portugal and Carla
Noronha| Lisbon, Portugal
10H45 – COFFEE-BREAK
11H15 – LECTURE
Chairman – Ricard Cervera| Barcelona, Spain
APS and Pregnancy
Jaume Alijotas Reig| Barcelona, Spain
11H45 – ROUND TABLE
Uveitis – state of art
President – Jorge Crespo| Coimbra, Portugal
Chairs – Rui Proença| Coimbra, Portugal and Jorge Palmares| Porto, Portugal
Uveitis management: what to Search Behind?
Gerard Espinosa| Barcelona, Spain
Refractory Uveitis: the role of Biological treatments
Rui Proença| Coimbra, Portugal
Posterior Uveitis
Luís Torrão and Luís Figueira| Porto, Portugal
13H00 – CLOSURE LECTURE
Chairman – Manuel Pizarro| Porto, Portugal
Update in the treatment of ANCA-associated vasculitis
Loic Guillevin| Paris, France
2nd Vasco da Gama Award For Explorations in Autoimmunity to Loic Guillevin
13H30 – FINAL LUNCH
President
Carlos Dias
Honorary President
Paulo Bettencourt
Vice President
Fátima Coelho
General Secretary
Cláudia Costa
Scientific Coordinator
Paula Vaz Marques
Portuguese Scientific Committee
Carlos Ferreira| Lisbon, Portugal
Carlos Vasconcelos| Porto, Portugal
João Pedro Ramos| Porto, Portugal
Jorge Crespo| Coimbra, Portugal
José Delgado Alves| Lisbon, Portugal
Lèlita Santos| Coimbra, Portugal
Luís Campos| Lisbon, Portugal
Institutional Sponsor
Scientific Sponsor
Partners
Platinum Sponsors
Silver Sponsors
Bronze Sponsors
Design Eva Mendes and Joana de Rosa
Gold Sponsors
International Scientific Committee
David D’Cruz| London, Portugal
Munther Khamashta| London, England
Yehuda Shoenfeld| Tel Aviv, Israel
Ricard Cervera| Barcelona, Spain
Dear Colleague,
Medinterna Association, from Internal Medicine Service of Centro Hospitalar
São João, is organizing the 12th International Meeting on Autoimmune
Diseases, from 27th February to 1st March 2014, at Fundação Dr. António
Cupertino de Miranda, Porto.
The main goal of these meetings is to update the knowledge in the autoimmune
diseases field and to create funds to promote and support post-graduate
studies in Internal Medicine, mainly for residents.
Autoimmune diseases are a challenge to physicians diagnosis skills and
therapeutic strategies. Internal Medicine is recognized as one of the most
vocated speciality for the approach of the multisystemic and multidisciplinary
involvement of these diseases, which many times force to immediate and
difficult decisions. It’s an area which development is in continuous progress,
with new results and multiple clinical assays, originating therapeutical
advances and controversial positions mainly on the diagnostic and therapeutic
approach of SLE, APS, Behçet disease, ANCA-associated vasculitis, systemic
sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, juvenile arthritis and other rheumatic diseasec
and in the ever controversial use of the biological therapeutics.
Scientific program counts on the participation of experts from France, Greece,
Israel, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Spain, The Netherlands and United Kingdom.
It will count on several clinical cases discussed by the audience and invited
experts and also a summary of the most relevant facts of the previous day
presented by an expert at the begining of each day.
We hope that the chosen subjects may interest to everyone and that they
bring something useful and new for the clinical practice. All the internists,
rheumatologists, clinical pathologists and immunologists, specially residents,
are welcome to participate in all the sessions.
We thank the pharmaceutical industry that, with her support, helps and
contributes to the success of these scientific events.
We count on everyone’s presence. See you soon.
Carlos Dias