Program

09:00-09:30 Opening Ceremony

Armine Haroyan, MD, PhD

President of the Armenian Rheumatological Association; Head of the Department of Rheumatology, Erebouni

Medical Center, Yerevan, Armenia.

EULAR ECONS SESSION – Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

1. Novel and Targeted Therapies in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Current Evidence and

Future Perspectives

09:30-10:10

Prof. Laurent Arnaud (France)

Professor of Rheumatology, University of Strasbourg; Rheumatology Department, Hôpitaux Universitaires de

Strasbourg; French National Reference Center for Rare Autoimmune and Systemic Diseases (RESO), Strasbourg,

France.

10:10-10:15 Discussion

2. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Pregnancy: Preconception Counselling, Risk

Stratification and Management

10:15-10:55

Prof. Marta Mosca (Italy, online)

Professor of Rheumatology, University of Pisa; Director, Rheumatology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria

Pisana; Director, School of Specialization in Rheumatology; Coordinator, ERN ReCONNET, Pisa, Italy.

10:55-11:00 Discussion

3. Lupus Nephritis: Current Treatment Strategies and Emerging Therapeutic Approaches

11:00-11:40

Prof. Savino Sciascia (Italy)

Professor, Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Turin; Consultant, Nephrology and Dialysis

Unit and CMID – Multidisciplinary Centre for Immunopathology and Rare Diseases, Turin, Italy.

11:40-11:45 Discussion

11:45-12:15 Coffee Break

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

4. Management of Takayasu Arteritis

12:15-12:55

Prof. Arsène Mekinian

Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Sorbonne University, Paris, France.

12:55-13:00 Discussion

5. Optimizing Rheumatoid Arthritis Outcomes: The Role of Tocilizumab in Modern Clinical

Practice

13:00-13:40

Nino Tsiskarishvili

Head of Rheumatology Center, Caucasus Medical Center, Tbilisi, Georgia.

13:40-13:45 Discussion

6. Benefits and Infectious Complications of Biologic Therapies in Rheumatic Diseases

13:45-14:25

Vahan Mukuchyan

Head of Rheumatology and Immunology, Nairi Medical Center, Yerevan, Armenia.

14:25-14:30 Discussion

14:30-15:45 Lunch Break

7. Behçet’s Disease: From the Ancient Silk Road to Modern Clinical Practice

15:45-16:25

Armine Haroyan, MD, PhD

President of the Armenian Rheumatological Association; Head of the Department of Rheumatology, Erebouni

Medical Center, Yerevan, Armenia.

16:25-16:30 Discussion8. Autoimmune Diseases and the Coagulation System: At the Crossroads of

Immunothrombosis, Inflammation, and Coagulopathy

16:30-17:00

Heghine Khachatryan, PhD

Head of the Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center, Hematology and Oncology Center after Yolyan, Yerevan, Armenia.

17:00-17:05 Discussion

9. The Cost of Anti-inflammatory Therapy: Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis

17:05-17:35

Knarik Ginosyan, PhD

Associate Professor; Head of Rheumatology Service, Yerevan State Medical University after M. Heratsi, Yerevan,

Armenia.

17:35-17:40 Discussion

10. Gout in the History of Humanity

17:40-18:10

Susanna Manukyan

Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Diseases, National Institute of Health after Academician S.

Avdalbekyan; Head of Rheumatology Department, St. Grigor Lusavorich Medical Center, Yerevan, Armenia.

18:10-18:15 Discussion

11. Macrophage Activation Syndrome as a Severe Complication of Systemic Lupus

Erythematosus

18:15-18:45

Edita Israyelyan, MD

Rheumatologist, Erebouni Medical Center, Yerevan, Armenia.

18:45-18:50 Discussion

18:50-19:00 Closing Remarks