IRACON 2025

Thursday, 9th October 2025

Conference Schedule

Suryamukhee (401)	Kaner (403)	Mogra A (404A)	Mogra B (404B)
Workshops and Courses
09:00 – 13:15 IST
Imaging in Rheumatology Course Faculty: Vishad Vishwanath, Gangarathna Krishna, Meghna Gavali, Sreedevi Suresh, Sriram Rajan, Madhvi Chawla, Vidur Mahajan, Pooja Jain Convenors: Arun Kumar Kedia, Anshul Goel Coordinators: Shruti Bajad, Nikhil Gupta, Gaurav Seth, Shubha Bhalla	Osteoporosis and DXA Interpretation Workshop Faculty: Ajit Surin, Avinash Buche, Manoj Chaddha, Kaushik Basu, Mahabaleshwar M Convenors: Parthajit Das, Puneet Mashru Coordinators: Devendra Bairwa, Anisha Kwatra	Autoantibody Interpretation Workshop Faculty: Natasha Jordan, Elizabeth Price, Rohit Aggarwal, Savino Sciascia, Shivraj Padiyar, Saikumar Dunga, Kasturi Hazarika Convenors: Keerthi Talari Bommakanti, Spoorthy Kothapalli Coordinators: Suvrat Arya, Anu Gulati, Neha Agrawal	Advanced Allergy Workshop Faculty: Frank Kette, Chengappa KG, Kunal Chandwar, Aida Ahmadie Convenors: Praveen Hissaria Coordinators: Sameer Gulati, Anju Singh
13:15 – 14:00 \| Lunch
14:00 – 18:15 IST
14:00 – 16:00 IST — Imaging in Rheumatology Course Continued	GRAPPA Workshop Adjacent to IRACON Faculty: Nigil Haroon, Anupam Wakhlu, Sunil Dogra, Vijay KR Rao, Bhowmik Meghnathi Convenors: Ashish Jacob Mathew, Himanshu Pathak Coordinators: Punit Pruthi, Meha Sharma, Sajal Ajmani	CTD-ILD Advanced Workshop Faculty: Pravin Patil, C Saranya, Deepak Talwar, Srinivas Rajagopala, Amit Dhamija, Charul Dabral, Samarjit S Ghuman Convenors: Shanmuganandan K, Sham Santhanam Coordinators: Rupali Malik, Sauvik Dasgupta	Pain Management Workshop Faculty: RN Sarkar, Kishore Babu, Sushant Shinde, Mahindra Singh Baansal, Neha Goyal Convenors: Dharmanand BG, Amit Dua Coordinators: Aarti Sharma, Sankar J, Anish Aggarwal
Max, Saket
09:00 – 18:00 IST
Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Workshops – Basic and Intermediate Convenors: Prasandeep Rath, Ramnath Misra, Ved Chaturvedi Coordinators: Shaloo Bhasin Gagneja, Swetal Pandey Faculty: Girish Gandikota, Yasushi Kondo, John Mathew, Vishal Kaura Aggarwal, Silas Nelson, Vikramraj K Jain, Puja Srivastava, Harish Kumar, Rashmi Rungta, Anna C Das, Raghav Aggarwal, Amit Kumar Sahu, Sonjjoy Pandey		Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Workshop – Paediatric Intermediate Convenors: Sujata Sawhney, Manjari Agarwal Faculty: Johaness Roth
Palash 2 \| 09:00 – 17:20 IST \| IRA Refresher Course
Session Chair: OP Garg Concluding Chair: Arun Gogna Convenors: Pulin Gupta, Piyush Jain, Sujata Mathews, Princi Jain
Time	Topic	Speaker	Chairs
09:00 – 10:00 IST	Integrating Pharmacologic and Non-Pharmacologic Interventions for RA	Gayatri Ekbote	Mohini Ashok Ganu Varghese Koshy Liyakat Ali Gauri
	Choosing between targeted therapies for RA - What we know!	Sirisha Kommireddy
	Therapy escalation and treatment goals in palindromic RA	Sandeep Yadav

10:00 – 11:00 IST	Managing SLE in Diverse Populations: Addressing Disparities in Care	Pratyusha Rajavarapu	Dhrubajyoti Sharma Lubna Khurshid Manesh Manoj
	Induction Therapy in Lupus Nephritis: Double vs Triple - in Indian Context	Ritasman Baisya
	Newer therapies for Lupus: What unmet needs would they address	Rajesh S
11:00 – 11:15 IST \| Mobility Break
11:15 – 12:15 IST	Suspecting and diagnosing enthesitis and tendinopathies early	Saumya Ranjan Tripathy	Rahul Ladda Daisey Doley Harpreet Singh
	Myofascial Pain vs Fibromyalgia: Clinical Differentiation and Management	Aswin Nair
	Injection Therapies (PRP, Prolotherapy, Needling) for Soft Tissue Pain	J. Durga Rao Yadavalli

12:15 – 13:15 IST	Difficult-to-treat, chronic, tophaceous gout - What options we have!	Abraham Mohan	Biswadip Ghosh Sanjana Joseph Apurva Khare
	Sequential Therapy in Osteoporosis - Cracking the code!	Sandeep Kansurkar
	Long-Acting Injectable Therapies for OA - How better are they!	Nilesh Nolkha
13:15 – 14:00 IST \| Lunch
14:00 – 15:00 IST	CRISPR and Gene Editing: Future Applications in Autoimmunity	Mani Madeshwaran	Hardik Rathod Bharat Panigrahy Joydeep Samanta
	Bispecific T-cell Engagers (BiTEs) - New Frontier in Autoimmune Modulation	Satyam Bhatt
	CAR T-cells in AIRDs: Early Experience and Future Directions	Venkatesh Pai

15:00 – 16:00 IST	Avacopan and Complement Inhibitors in ANCA-associated Vasculitis	Raghavendra H	Avinash Buche Mohammed Irfan Arifa Haleema Siddiqui
	JAK Inhibitors: Expanding Indications, Safety Profiles and Concerns	Rasmi Ranjan Sahoo
	Bimekizumab for Axial Spondyloarthritis: Efficacy and Safety	Shashank Akerkar
16:00 – 16:20 IST \| Mobility Break
16:20 – 17:20 IST	AI in diagnosis and management of Rheumatic Diseases - Where are we!	Sabarinath Mahadevan	Rebecca Marak Manoj Kumar
	Machine Learning in Predicting Disease Progression	Sakir Ahmed
	Ethical Challenges in Implementing AI in Clinical Practice	Sanat Phatak

Friday, 10th October 2025

Conference Schedule

Suryamukhee (401)	Kaner (403)	Mogra A (404 A)	Mogra B (404 B)
Special Interest Groups’ Business Meetings
07:45 – 08:45 IST
Rheumatoid Arthritis	Digital Health	Lupus	Chronic Pain and Soft Tissue Rheumatology
14:30 – 15:30 IST
		Sjögren's Disease	Emotional and Mental Health in RDs
17:00 – 18:00 IST
Psoriatic Arthritis (PASIG India)		Osteoarthritis	Vasculitis (IRAVAS)

Palash 1	Palash 2	Palash 3
Meet the Professor
07:45 – 08:45 IST
Nigil Haroon Coordinator: Paras Kathuria Spondyloarthritis	Girish Gandikota Coordinator: Shubha Bhalla DECT in AIRDs	Rohit Aggarwal Coordinator: Shruti Bajad Myositis
Main Conference
Palash 1	Palash 2	Palash 3
Session Chair: Ved Chaturvedi Concluding Chair: Sujata Sawhney	Session Chair: AN Malaviya Concluding Chair: Sundeep Upadhyaya	Session Chair: SJ Gupta Concluding Chair: Sunil Attri
08:55 – 13:00 IST
Convenors: Ranjan Gupta, Paras Kathuria	Convenors: Ghan Shyam Pangtey, Shubha Bhalla	Convenors: Sameer Gulati, Shruti Bajad, Siddharth Jain
09:00 – 09:55 IST Oral Abstracts Judges: Amar Tej Atal, Silas Vinay Vidyadhar Rao, Reena Karkhele	08:55 – 09:00 IST Welcome and Declaration of Hall open for the day by the Session Chair 09:00 – 10:30 IST Reproductive Rheumatology Symposium 09:00 – 10:00 IST Chairs: R. Ravichandran, Remesh Bhasi, Mamatha P. Venkatesh Year in review: 5 most impactful papers – Srujana Arekal Imaging in Pregnancy in Rheumatic Diseases – Khushboo Pilania Teratogenicity of Rheumatology drugs – Vinod Ravindran	09:00 – 09:55 IST Oral Abstracts Judges: Sourav Pradhan, Bhandari Gurbir, Bindhyachal Gupta
09:55 – 10:00 IST Address by the Session Chair		09:55 – 10:00 IST Address by the Session Chair
10:00 – 11:00 IST Rare Rheumatic Diseases Chairs: Sukesh Edavalath, Manohar Joshi, Shailee Chandak Sarcoid arthropathy – Manisha Ashwin Daware IgG4-RD – Sourabh Malviya SAPHO syndrome – Piyush Joshi	10:00 – 10:30 IST Chairs: R Porkodi, Sukumar Mukherjee, Namisha Patel Challenges in Obstetric Antiphospholipid Syndrome – Natasha Jordan 10:30 – 11:00 IST Paul Bacon Lecture Chairs: Mahendranath KM, Pradeep Bambery, Binoy Paul Rheumatoid Vasculitis – Chris Edwards	10:00 – 11:00 IST Rheumatic Diseases & Special Situations Chairs: Satyabrata Ganguly, Aradhana Singh DMARDs in renal/hepatic dysfunction – Nagaraj S Managing Older Patients – Sukhbir Uppal Organ transplant in rheumatic diseases – Samir Rajadhyaksha
11:00 – 11:20 IST \| Mobility Break
11:20 – 12:00 IST My Best Case Chairs: C.A. Abdul Khadir, Satbir Kaur, Anuroopa Vijayan Presenters: Sajjan Shenoy, Aparna Reddy, Padmaja Raghavan	11:20 – 12:00 IST Cutting Edge Updates Chairs: Vishal Marwaha, Varsha P. Bagul, Bhaskar Ghosh Relapsing Polychondritis – Aman Sharma Gut and Rheumatic Diseases – Damodaram P	11:20 – 12:00 IST Panel Discussion: csDMARDs Moderator: Varun Dhir Panelists: Deonis Xess, Reena Sharma, VN Nagaprabhu, Ashish Badika
	12:00 – 12:30 IST Presidential Oration - Chandrashekara S
	12:30 – 13:00 IST IRA Oration
13:00 – 14:00 IST \| Lunch
14:00 – 18:00 IST
Convenors: Sauvik Dasgupta, Rajiv Ranjan Kumar, Manjari Agarwal	Convenors: Naval Mendiratta, Sujata Mathews	Convenors: Alok Kalyani, Vishal Kaura
14:00 – 15:00 IST Rapid Updates Chairs: Shruti Paramshetti, Muzaffar Bindroo, Prateek Deo Suspecting and diagnosing BCP Arthritis – Akhil Goel Haemochromatosis arthropathy – Nikunj Kumar Ochronosis arthropathy – Anjana G Varier RS3PE – Deepti Sripurna	14:00 – 15:00 IST Psoriatic Arthritis Update Chairs: Venugopal Balakrishnan, Jacob Antony, Madhumita P. Das Year in Review: Psoriatic Arthritis – Kushagra Gupta Axial PsA: update from AXIS study – Pradeep Kumar Personalising therapy for PsA – V Krishnamurthy	14:00 – 15:30 IST Myositis Symposium 14:00 – 15:00 IST Chairs: Rathindranath Haldar, Utkarsha Patil, Hemant Gopal Year in Review: IIM – Amirtha Gopalan Challenges in IIM: Case-based – Harikrishnan G Diagnostic modalities in IIM – Liza Rajasekhar 15:00 – 15:30 IST Chairs: Kartik S, Renu Saigal, Bankim Desai Targeted therapies in Myositis – Rohit Aggarwal
15:00 – 15:30 IST Case Blitz Chairs: Jagannathan Kandasamy, Sameer Sarda, Nayantara Shenoy Presenters: Jeet Patel, Akshat Pandey, Bharatveer Manchanda	15:00 – 15:30 IST Debate Judges: Partha Sarkar, Anjali Rajadhyaksha, Aniruddha Tembe AI will change the face of rheumatology practice For: S Shankar Against: Bidyut Das
15:30 – 15:50 IST \| Mobility Break
15:50 – 16:50 IST Rapid Updates Chairs: Nupoor Acharya, Rachel Oommen, Arvind Jain Scleroderma renal crisis – Sunil Kumar Singh Lupus headache – Mujeeb Rahman Steroid induced psychosis – Anuj Shukla csDMARD refractory AOSD – Kamal Bhatt	15:50 – 17:00 IST Sjögren's Symposium 15:50 – 16:30 IST Chairs: B. Padma Kumar, Shweta Singhai, Natasha Negalur Year in Review: Sjögren's – Shankar Naidu Spectrum of Neuro-Sjögren – Sandhya P 16:30 – 17:00 IST Chairs: G Narsimulu, CP Rajendran, Rohini Samant Tailoring therapy in difficult-to-treat Sjögren’s – Elizabeth Price 17:00 IST Summary & Close by the Concluding Chair	15:50 – 16:30 IST Triangular Debate Judges: T.P. Antony, Ripal Shah, Shruti Sripati JAKi: Vidya S TNFi: Paul Antony Rituximab: Suresh Adimulam 16:30 – 17:30 IST Infections and Rheumatology Chairs: A. Khaliq, Kripasindhu Gantait, Vaijayanti Joshi Infection vs inflammation – Parshant Aggarwal Vaccination checklist – Kavitha MM Emerging infections – Sravan Kumar Appani
16:50 – 17:20 IST Panel Discussion: ILD in Rheumatic Diseases Moderator: Vijaya Prasanna Parimi Panelists: Chellapandian D, Banwari Sharma, AN Roy, Geetabali Sircar
17:20 – 18:30 IST Paediatric Rheumatology Update 17:20 – 17:50 IST Chairs: Sathish Kumar, Aruna Bhat, Suparna Guha Year in Review – AV Ramanan 17:50 – 18:30 IST Panel Discussion: Pediatric Rheumatic presentations Moderator: Suma Balan Panelists: Johaness Roth, Mahesh Janarthanan, Mehul Jariwala, Priyankar Pal, Rakesh Pilania 18:30 IST Summary & Close by the Concluding Chair		17:30 – 18:00 IST Clinicopathological Conference Chairs: Arul Rajamurugan, Shailaja Sabnis, Manish Dugar Clinical Discussant: Vineeta Shobha Pathologist: Anisha Manocha 18:00 IST Summary & Close by the Concluding Chair
18:30 – 20:30 IST Inauguration and Cultural Programme

Saturday, 11th October 2025

Conference Schedule

Suryamukhee (401)	Kaner (403)	Mogra A (404 A)	Mogra B (404 B)
Special Interest Groups’ Business Meetings
07:45 – 08:45 IST
Spondyloarthritis	Systemic Sclerosis	Reproductive Rheumatology	Osteoporosis
14:30 – 15:30 IST
		IgG4-related disease	Women Health Issues in RDs
17:00 – 18:00 IST
		Myositis	Crystal Arthropathies

Palash 1	Palash 2	Palash 3
Meet the Professor
07:45 – 08:45 IST
Chris Edwards Coordinator: Sajal Ajmani Targeted Therapies	Elizabeth Price Coordinator: Priyanka Kharbanda Sjögren's Disease	Paulo Lorenzo Coordinator: Gaurav Seth Gout
Main Conference
Palash 1	Palash 2	Palash 3
Session Chair: Rajiva Gupta Concluding Chair: Atul Kakkar	Session Chair: Lalit Duggal Concluding Chair: Sumeet Agrawal	Session Chair: Sanjiv Kapoor Concluding Chair: Sriram Garg
08:55 – 13:15 IST
Convenors: Aarti Sharma, Sajal Ajmani	Convenors: Pulin Gupta, Priyanka Kharbanda	Convenors: Meha Sharma, Gaurav Seth
09:00 – 09:55 Oral Abstracts Judges: Sreejitha K.S., Salil Ganu, Chirag Raj Kumar Kopp	08:55 – 09:00 Welcome and Declaration of Hall open for the day by the Session Chair 09:00 – 11:00 Rheumatoid Arthritis Symposium 09:00 – 09:30 Chairs: Abhrajit Ray, Varsha Bhatt, V.P. Pandey Milestones in RA – Emil Thachil Year in review – Subramanian R 09:30 – 10:30 Chairs: Sanjeeb Kakati, Samikrishnan Perumal, Fayaz Ahmad Sofi Seronegative RA – Ajit Nalawade csDMARD combos – Rajkiran Dudam JAKi in RA – Sundeep Grover	09:00 – 09:55 Oral Abstracts Judges: Vidya K Bangar, Deepak Malgutte, Aruna Sree Malipeddi
09:55 – 10:00 Address by the Session Chair		09:55 – 10:00 Address by the Session Chair
10:00 – 11:00 Women’s Health Chairs: Ramya Puligari, Neha Arora, Shiv Kumar Suman Recurrent pregnancy loss – Hema Murugesan Anti-Ro/La pregnancy – Shefali Sharma X-biased autoimmunity – Kavita Krishna	10:30 – 11:00 Chairs: Arvind Chopra, Nimish Nanavati, Molly M Thabah On drug and drug-free remission – Chris Edwards	10:00 – 11:00 Systemic Sclerosis Update Chairs: V.S.V. Prasad, Roopa Tekkatte, Archana Sonawale Year in review – Pooja Belani ILD & PAH – Padmanabha Shenoy D2T Skin fibrosis – Vikas Agarwal
11:00 – 11:20 \| Mobility Break
11:20 – 12:00 Panel Discussion: Burning Topics in Women's Health in AIRDs Moderator: Madhuri HR Panelists: Jyotsna Oak, Prasanta Pradhan, Paramjeet Singh, Sunitha Kayidhi	11:20 – 12:15 Through My Eyes Chairs: Ashit Syngle, V.V. Kaushik, P. Soundara Rajan Evolution of Gout Guidelines – George Nuki Rheumatology Practice India vs UK vs USA – Ashok Kumar	11:20 – 12:00 Panel Discussion: Choosing targeted therapies in RA Moderator: Shiva Prasad BN Panelists: URK Rao, Syamasis Bandyopadhyay, Mithun CB, AK Khan
	12:15 – 12:45 Kolkon Oration
	12:45 – 13:15 IRA Young Rheumatologist Oration
13:15 – 14:00 \| Lunch
14:00 – 18:00 IST
Convenors: Piyush Jain, Kiran Seth	Convenors: Shaloo Bhasin Gagneja, Nikhil Gupta	Convenors: Divya Agarwal, Suvrat Arya
14:00 – 15:00 IST How I Treat Chairs: Santosh Kumar Mandal, Ranjeet Kaur Dactylitis and Enthesitis – Kunal Kishore Calcinosis cutis – Raheesh Raveendran Digital ulcers in SSc – Amit Kansal Reflex sympathetic dystrophy – Pramod Chebbi	14:00 – 15:30 IST Spondyloarthritis Symposium 14:00 – 15:00 IST Chairs: S. Rukmangatharajan, Swetha J., Sobhan Biswas Year in review: Spondyloarthritis – Arun Hegde Spondyloarthritis in India versus the West – Rajendra Varaprasad Non-pharmacological measures in SpA – Vivek Vasdev 15:00 – 15:30 IST Chairs: V Rajamani, Yojana Gokhale, Rahul Jain Personalizing targeted therapies – Nigil Haroon	14:00 – 15:30 IST SLE Symposium 14:00 – 15:00 IST Chairs: T.N. Tamilselvam, Nachiket Kulkarni, Chethana Dharmapalaiah Year in review: SLE – Gaurav Dembla Understanding pathogenesis of SLE – Amita Aggarwal Tips for managing Lupus Nephritis – Manish Rathi 15:00 – 15:30 IST Chairs: S Ramesh, Niharika Gill, Sarvajeet Pal Newer therapies in SLE – Natasha Jordan
15:00 – 15:30 IST Case Blitz Chairs: Bhupen Barman, Chanchal Gera, Rahul Sahu Presenters: Debashis Maikap, Koshy Nithin Thomas, Rishabh Nanavati
15:30 – 15:50 IST \| Mobility Break
15:50 – 16:50 IST Drug Updates Chairs: K. Krishnan Kutty, Santa Naorem, Shivaputrappa Ghanti Topiroxostat – Vignesh M Polmacoxib – Yathish GC Iguratimod – Vishnu Chandran Upadacitinib – RK Naidu	15:50 – 16:50 IST Vasculitis Update Chairs: Ramesh Ramamoorthy, Archana Khanagavi Uppin, Rajeshwar Reddy Guda Practice changing papers – Durga Prasanna Misra Imaging in large vessel vasculitis – Ruchika Goel Targeted DMARDs – Ramesh Jois	15:50 – 16:50 IST Treating Better Chairs: Pooja Dhaon, Chanaveerappa Bammigatti, Partha Ghorai Intra-articular injections – Sami Salman Non-pharmacological treatment of Osteoarthritis – Arghya Chattopadhyay Drug sequencing in Osteoporosis – Pradip Sarma
16:50 – 17:30 IST My Best Case Chairs: Bibhuti Nath Jha, Niranjan Padhy, Asmita More Presenters: Somya Jain, Narendra Vadlamudi, Jagbir Singh	16:50 – 17:20 IST Panel Discussion Ordering and Interpreting MRI in Axial SpA Moderator: Abhishek Patil Panelists: Vishnu Sharma, Atul Gattani, Bonnie Abujam, Bharat Singh	16:50 – 17:20 IST Panel Discussion Treatment options for Osteoarthritis Moderator: Shabbir Chikani Panelists: Urmila Dhakad, Kaushik Bhojani, Shweta Agarwal, Durgesh Srivastava
17:30 IST Summary & Close by Concluding Chair	17:20 IST Summary & Close by Concluding Chair	17:20 – 18:00 IST Keynote Lecture Artificial Intelligence in Rheumatology – Suchitra Kataria 18:00 IST – Summary & Close by Concluding Chair

Suryamukhee (401) \| 14:00 – 18:00 IST
Time	Topic	Faculty
Convenors: Shallu Verma, Neha Agrawal
14:00 – 16:20 IST	Rheuma Sansad
14:00 – 15:40 IST	Reaching the Underserved: Lessons in Delivering Rheumatology Care and Education	Prashant Kaushik
	Bridging the Gap: UK Rheumatology Training - Insights for India	S Venkatachalam
	The Unseen Epidemic: Why Rheumatic Disease Burden Demands Policy Action	Ram Raj Singh
	Tech-Enhanced Training: Weaving ICT into Rheumatology Education	Gillian Ruth Kette
	EHRs in Rheumatology: Navigating the Digital Shift – The Pros and The Cons	Ira Pande

15:40 – 16:20 IST	Panel Discussion - Rheumatology Forward: Shaping the Future of Care, Education, and Policy Moderator: Uma Kumar	Panelists: Prashant Kaushik, S Venkatachalam, Ram Raj Singh, Gillian Ruth Kette, Ira Pande

17:00 – 18:00 IST	Oral Abstracts	Judges: Arjun M.N., Mayank Gupta, Shubhada Kalke

Sunday, 12th October 2025

Conference Schedule

Palash 1	Palash 2	Palash 3
Meet the Professor
07:45 – 08:45 IST
Suchitra Kataria Coordinator: Arjun MN Leveraging technology for productivity in Rheumatology practice	Yoshiya Tanaka Coordinator: Swetal Pandey SLE	Pravin Hissaria Coordinator: Anisha Kwatra Allergy
Main Conference
Suryamukhee (401)	Palash 2	Palash 3
Session Chair: Hemant Sharma Concluding Chair: BK Kundu	Session Chair: Indrajit Agarwal	Session Chair: Prasandeep Rath Concluding Chair: Vinay Singhal
08:55 – 13:00 IST
Convenors: Princi Jain, Anu Daber	Convenors: Swetal Pandey, Himanshu Aggarwal, Sankar J	Convenors: Danveer Bhadu, Anisha Kwatra
09:00 – 10:00 IST Rheumatology Masterminds 2025 – Quiz for Rheumatology Trainees - Prelims Referees: Rahul Vasantrao Patil, Parul Baldi, Joseph Antony Quiz Masters: Bhuvanesh M, Nagma Bansal, Sri Anusha Matam, Nikhila GS	08:55 – 09:00 IST Welcome and Declaration of Hall open for the day by the Session Chair 09:00 – 09:40 IST Beyond Prescription Chairs: DS Mathur, Parasar Ghosh, Rajesh Kumar Counselling a patient with chronic disease: what to say and what not to say? – Alakendu Ghosh Patients who ask about alternative medicine: what to say and what not to say? – B Radhakrishna	09:00 – 10:00 IST Uncommon entities Chairs: Abhishek Kumar, Amruta Digole Sanap, Madan Mohan VEXAS syndrome: When to suspect? What next? – Rahul Bisaralli DADA2: Our understanding in 2025 – Yogesh Preet Singh MAS in adult rheumatology: When to suspect – N Raja
10:00 – 11:00 IST IRA SD Deodhar Quiz Finals Referees: Chandra Bhushan Prasad, Juhi Dixit, Vikas Gupta Quiz Masters: Sanket Shah, Siddharth Jain, Sundaram TG, Shounak Ghosh, Sumanth Madan, Niladri Bhowmick	09:40 – 10:30 IST Updates Session Chairs: PSR Gupta, Puneet Kumar, Smruti Ramteke Updates from the COVAD study: Take home points – Binit Vaidya Update on ANCA Associated Vasculitis – Carol A Langford	10:00 – 11:00 IST Clinical Approach Chairs: Paresh Jena, Uma Buggi, Glaxon Alex Antibody negative Inflammatory Myositis: How to proceed? – Phanikumar D APS Nephropathy: Recognition and Management – Atanu Pal Autoinflammatory diseases in adults: When to suspect? – Kaveri K Nalianda
11:00 – 12:00 IST Rheumatology Masterminds 2025 – Quiz for Rheumatology Trainees - Finals Referees: Naman Jain, Shyamashis Das, Prakash Paymode Quiz Masters: Balaji C, Kavya Devi, Upendra Rathore, Deepika Ponnuru	10:30 – 11:30 IST Latest in Rheumatology Chairs: S Rajeshwari, Sarath Chandra Mouli V, Anoof PP Molecular targeting therapy for SLE based on disease mechanisms – Yoshiya Tanaka CAR T-Cell therapy in Rheumatic Diseases – Where can I start recommending? – Pravin Hissaria	11:00 – 12:00 IST Beyond Drugs Chairs: Nallasivan Subramanian, Sarbani Rudra Sengupta, Mushtaq Dangroo Role of strength and resistance exercises in Rheumatic Diseases – Abhra Chowdhury Diet in rheumatic diseases: Dos and Don'ts – Ankit Jain Management of Fibromyalgia beyond pharmacotherapy – Able Lawrence
12:00 IST Summary and Close by the Concluding Chair	11:30 – 12:30 IST Tricks and Traps in RA Chairs: Udas Chandra Ghosh, Anupama Swamy, Pranav Raman Chickermane Cytopenias in RA: Evaluation and Management – Gurmeet Singh Peripheral neuropathy in RA: Drugs or Disease? – Praveen Jadhav Secondary Sicca in RA versus Primary Sjogren's – Sapan Pandya	12:00 – 12:30 IST Debate Judges: Pradyot Sinhamahapatra, Bhupendra Kumar, Tanmay Gandhi Benefits of long-term low dose glucocorticoids for RA outweigh the risks For: Jijith Krishnan Against: Uma Karijigi
12:00 IST Summary and Close by the Concluding Chair	12:30 – 13:00 IST Scientific Chair’s report and Valedictory Function	12:30 IST Summary and Close by the Concluding Chair
13:00 – 14:00 IST \| Lunch

Palash 1 \| 08:55 – 16:00 IST \| Rheumatology CME for Physicians
Session Chair: DS Bhakuni Concluding Chair: Rohini Handa Convenors: Arjun MN, Rupali Malik, Saumya Rawat, Dharmendra Kumar
Time	Topic	Speaker	Chairs
08:55 – 09:00 IST	Welcome and Declaration of Hall open for the day by the Session Chair
09:00 – 09:45 IST Rheumatoid Arthritis	A typical case (presentation + diagnosis)	Rashi Maheshwari	Shrikant Wagh Vitull K Gupta Anjana Pandey
	Clinical Features, Complications and Work Up	Ashwini Kamath
	Treatment Options, Comorbidities and Prognosis	Manish Bavaliya
	Q&A	All Speakers

09:45 – 10:30 IST Axial SpA (AS)	A typical case (presentation + diagnosis)	Swapan Deep Singh	Prakash Joshi Vijay Kumar Puneet Saxena
	Clinical Features, Complications and Work Up	Sachin RJ
	Treatment Options, Comorbidities and Prognosis	Dantis Emmanuel
	Q&A	All Speakers

10:30 – 11:00 IST Psoriatic Arthritis	Presentation, Clinical Features and Diagnosis	Prashant Bafna	Alpana Parmar Jhasaketan Meher Raviraj Acharya
	Treatment Options, Comorbidities and Prognosis	Anil Abrol
	Q&A	All Speakers
11:00 – 11:15 IST \| Mobility Break
11:15 – 12:00 IST Systemic Lupus Erythematosus	A typical case (presentation + diagnosis)	Dhaiwat Shukla	Sanjay Dube Sree Hari Reddy Gadekallu Akshay Parikh
	Clinical Features, Complications and Work Up	Karthikeyan Subbian
	Treatment Options, Comorbidities and Prognosis	Isha Sood
	Q&A	All Speakers

12:00 – 12:45 IST Systemic Sclerosis	A typical case (presentation + diagnosis)	Dheeraj Mittal	George Kallarackal Rutuja Puraswani Mukhyaprana Prabhu
	Clinical Features, Complications and Work Up	Dhaval Tanna
	Treatment Options, Comorbidities and Prognosis	Avinash Jain
	Q&A	All Speakers

12:45 – 13:15 IST	The Romance of Clinical Medicine: a Pictorial Journey	Arup Kumar Kundu	Rajendra Kumar Jha, Mukund Ray, Rajpreet Singh
13:15 – 14:00 \| Lunch
14:00 – 14:30 IST Sjogren's Syndrome	Presentation, Clinical Features and Diagnosis	Ramakant Singh	Avinash Agarwal Prashant Chotalia Madhukar Rai
	Treatment Options, Comorbidities and Prognosis	Pradeepta Sekhar Patro
	Q&A	All Speakers

14:30 – 15:00 IST Gout	Presentation, Clinical Features and Diagnosis	Jasneet Singh	PD Meena Mohit Saran Divya Kunal Lala
	Treatment Options, Comorbidities and Prognosis	Gautam Dhar Choudhury
	Q&A	All Speakers

15:00 – 15:25 IST Vasculitis	Large vessel vasculitis in an internist's clinic (2 cases - GCA, Tak)	Harshini AS	Vaibhav Ingle Arun M.S Naisar Nahar
	Small and Medium vessel vasculitis in an internist's clinic (1 case each)	Adarsh MB
	Q&A	All Speakers

15:25 – 15:50 IST Mixed Bag	Inflammatory Polymyositis and Dermatomyositis (2 cases)	Nilesh Patil	Ashish Jindal Sukdev Manna Deepak Gautam
	Post viral arthritis and viral myositis (2 cases)	Arun Tiwari
	Q&A	All Speakers

15:50 – 16:00 IST	Concluding Remarks by the Concluding Chair and the Organising Secretary
16:10 – 16:30 IST	High Tea

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