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SASUF Satellite Events 13-14 May 2024

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Monday, May 13 • 09:00 - 16:30
HYBRID: Understanding the Burden of Rheumatic Diseases in Sweden and South Africa

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Embark on a transformative journey with us on Monday, May 13, 2024!
9:00-16h30 - On-site
9:00-15:30 - Hybrid attendance
Please sign-up on https://sasufevents2024.sched.com/login and then register on the link down below:

Join Karolinska Institutet's Rheumatology division in collaboration with partner universities in Cape Town, and potential Rheumatology organisations in South Africa. Together, we pioneer precision medical care, with a special nod to our invaluable patient community.
Aligned with the South Africa-Swedish University Forum (SASUF) and the United Nations sustainable development goals (SDGs), our focus is crystal clear: Understanding the burden of Rheumatic diseases in Sweden and South Africa. This event promises dynamic exchanges of knowledge, engaging students, teachers, researchers, patients, and stakeholders.

For our international guests, gain firsthand experience of our university campus and explore our world-renowned Karolinska University Hospital and its rheumatology clinic. With a hybrid webinar format, we're bridging borders, inviting global stakeholders, healthcare professionals, and passionate individuals for a day of connection, insight exchange, and innovation. This is more than an event; it's a catalyst for impactful change. Strengthening partnerships in health, especially in rheumatic illnesses, propels us toward a sustainable, equitable future.

Save the date: May 13, 2024, 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM at Center for Molecular Medicine (CMM) Lecture Hall, Visionsgatan 18. L8:00 "Seminar room Germinal Center", Karolinska Institutet located opposite the Old Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, Stockholm, Sweden.

All are welcome! Seating limited so please register here: : SASUF Rheumatology Event Registration. 

Together, let's shape the future of healthcare using cutting edge rheumatology practices.

PROVISIONAL PROGRAM ‘Subject to change’

Session One:
8:30: Registration/Set-up/Posters
9:00: Opening Remarks (Yogan Kisten)
9:10: Welcome (Prof Per-Johan Jakobsson: Head of Rheumatology Division, Karolinska Institutet (KI)
9:25: Burden of Rheumatic Diseases: “A Swedish Perspective” (Prof Lars Klareskog)
9:45: Rheumatic Diseases and Care “A South African Perspective” (Prof Bridget Hodkinson)

10:15: Break (Refreshments): Poster-Viewing/ Pharmaceutical Company Expo.

Session Two:
10:40: Impact of Genes in Rheumatic Diseases (Leonid Padyukov)
10:55: Enviromental Impact on Rheumatic Diseases: an International Perspective (Prof Lars Alfredsson)
11:10: Reumatology in Africa: Research Challenges and Opportunities (Riëtte du Toit)
11:40: Importance of Networking and Collaboration (Prof Ingrid Lundberg)

12:00: Lunch: Poster Viewing/ Pharmaceutical Company Expo.

Session Three
13:00: Living with a Rheumatic disease: The Role of Patient Partners in Sweden (Yvonne Enman)
13:15: Special Insights into Patient's struggles in South Africa (Maranda van Dam)
13:30: Precision Medicine and Care: A Rheumatologist’s Perspective (Aikaterini Chatzidionysiou)
13:45: Raising Awareness of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases in Africa (Farzana Moosajee)
14:00: Sustainable Solutions in Medical Education (Ioannis Parodis)
14:15: Selected Abstract: A Descriptive Study of Patients with Interstitial Pneumonia with Autoimmune Features Compared to Connective Tissue Disease Associated Interstitial Lung Disease at Tygerberg Hospital, a Tertiary Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa (Gurveen Soin)
14:30: Selected Abstract: Systemic Sclerosis: Clinical features and Health Related Quality of Life at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town (Rahul Daimari)
14:45: Selected Abstract: Understanding Fatigue in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients in South Africa: Prevalence, Impact, and Contributing Factors (Sariu Ali didi)
15:00: Intercontinental Rheumatology Research: A Collaborative Study Proposal (Yogan Kisten)

15h15: Coffee/Tea break (Poster Viewing/ Pharmaceutical company expo.)

15:30: Closing remarks (Lars Klareskog)

Session Four: (will alternate among groups to departmental and site visit)
15:35-16:30: Guided tour/ Karolinska Institutet Campus and Center for Molecular Medicine
15:35-16:30: Karolinska University Hospital and Rheumatology Department visit

Seating limited. Please register (hybrid or in-person) on this link : SASUF Rheumatology Event Registration. 
Contact yogan.kisten@ki.se if you may require further assistance
Speakers
avatar for Lars Klareskog

Lars Klareskog

Senior Professor of Rheumatology, Sweden, Karolinska Institutet
Professor Lars Klareskog is one of the world’s-leading researcher in Rheumatology, and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in particular. Among other things, he is the founder of Elsa Science https://www.elsa.science/en/ and together with Prof Lars Alfredsson from Karolinska Institute, Environmental... Read More →
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Bridget Hodkinson

Professor and Head of Rheumatology Division, South Africa, University of Cape Town
With over 20 years of experience in musculoskeletal diseases, focusing on rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, and osteoarthritis, among other rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases, I am deeply committed to improving healthcare for all South Africans. While working... Read More →
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Lars Alfredsson

Karolinska Institutet Professor, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet
Short summary of works of Professor Lars Alfredsson on Rheumatoid Arthritis and Sustainable Health through the EIRA studyLars Alfredsson, a renowned professor of epidemiology at the Institute of Environmental Medicine at Karolinska Institutet, and alongside Prof. Lars Klareskog, they... Read More →
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Riette du Toit

Associate Professor and Head of Rheumatology Division, South Africa, Stellenbosch University
I am a rheumatologist and head of the Division of Rheumatology at Tygerberg Hospital and Stellenbosch University in South Africa. My research interests include systemic aspects of rheumatological disease as well as serological and immune pathways involved in these disease processes... Read More →
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Leonid Padyukov

Associate Professor, Rheumatology Division, Sweden, Karolinska Institutet
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Yogan Kisten

Postdoctoral Researcher, Karolinska Institutet
Dr. Yogan Kisten is a lifelong learner, eager to collaborate in finding innovative solutions to complex challenges, with a keen interest in primary care, international health, and environmental wellness...With imaging expertise across South Africa, the UK, and Sweden, he focuses on... Read More →
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Per-Johan Jakobsson

Professor and Head of Rheumatology Division, Department of Medicine, Solna, Sweden, Karolinska Instititet and Karolinska University Hospital
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Ingrid Lundberg

Professor of Rheumatology, Sweden, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital
avatar for Yvonne Enman

Yvonne Enman

Med.Dr.h.c. of Karolinska Institutet and Rheumatology Association Patient Partner, Reumatikerförbundet
I am a Med.Dr.h.c. at Karolinska Institutet, member of the steering group of the Swedish SLE network, and medical journalist.Since 2017 I have been a patient advocate in Ioannis Parodis’s research team. Having been living with SLE for more than 40 years, my involvement in research... Read More →
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Maranda van Dam

Chairperson and Patient Partner, Axial Spondyloarthritis Association of South Africa
Maranda is the current chairperson and has overall responsibility for the management of Axial Spondyloarthritis (AxSpa) Association of South Africa.She was diagnosed with AxSpa in 2016, after walking the frustrating path of a delay in her diagnosis of almost 6 years. At the time of... Read More →
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Aikaterini Chatzidionysiou

Associate Professor, Rheumatology Division, Sweden, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital
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Farzana Moosajee

Rheumatology Consultant & Specialist Physician, Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Academic Hospital
Specialist physician and clinical rheumatologist from Cape Town, South Africa.  I have a passion for teaching musculoskeletal clinical skills and improving rheumatology patient care by improving clinical skills and knowledge around autoimmune systemic rheumatic diseases.  I am currently... Read More →
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Ioannis Parodis

Associate Professor, Rheumatology Division, Sweden, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hopsital
I’m a senior consultant rheumatologist at the Karolinska University Hospital and Associate Professor of Rheumatology at Karolinska Institutet. I serve as a Director of studies for the elective courses of the medical program at Karolinska Institutet and examiner for internal medicine... Read More →
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Gurveen Soin

Specialist Physician, Rheumatology Fellow, South Africa, Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Academic Hospital
As a rheumatology fellow currently based in Cape Town, my primary focus lies in the intricate realm of interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) complicating our CTD'S. I have recently completed an MMed, where my research delved into the distinctive characteristics of ILD patients at a tertiary... Read More →
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Rahul Daimari

Rheumatology Fellow, Department of Medicine, South Africa, University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital
I am a Rheumatology Fellow at the University of Capetown and Groote Schurr Hospital, Cape Town. I am passionate about Rheumatological disease care and understanding about Rheumatological disease. I am particularly interested in Systemic Sclerosis and its manifestation and outcome... Read More →
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Sariu Ali didi

Specialist Physician, Rheumatology Fellow, Department of Medicine, South Africa, University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital
As a rheumatology fellow in the Department of Medicine at the University of Cape Town, my primary focus lies on exploring the burden of rheumatic diseases in the indigenous communities of South Africa. The current project is based on the impact of fatigue on Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA... Read More →

Monday May 13, 2024 09:00 - 16:30 CEST
L8:00 "Seminar room Germinal Center", Center for Molecular Medicine (CMM), Karolinska Institutet
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