The Modern Management of Gout: A Fresh Look at an Age-old Disease

Program

6:00 a.m. Breakfast
  
6:30 a.m. Symposium commences  
  Chairman’s introduction and learning objectives David Rubin
  Hot issues in UC management:
Current best practice and unmet needs
  • Review of current best practice
  • Where should we focus on improving clinical care?
 Stephen Hanauer
  Novel formulations of corticosteroids:
What’s over the horizon
  • The mechanisms of systemic vs non-systemic CS
  • What do the novel formulations have to offer in clinical practice?
 William Sandborn
  Forward-thinking strategies in UC: A case-led review
Two quick-fire case scenarios – each highlighting key management challenges. The Faculty will provide their view of current and future best practice, and the supporting data, followed by audience discussion.
Moderated by David Rubin
  Case #1: Patient with progressive, more severe UC Stephen Hanauer
  Case #2: Patient with moderate left-sided UC not
satisfactorily controlled on 5-ASA monotherapy		 William Sandborn
  Take home points for the clinic
Post-symposium questions
  
7:45 am Program close