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  • Day 1
    October 21, 2023
  • Day 2
    October 22, 2023
  • 07:30

    PHYSICIANS’ UPDATE 2023 - SATURDAY, 21 OCTOBER

    07:30 – 08:30
    Registration & Arrival Tea

    08:30 – 08:40
    Opening & Welcome
    Dr Chandni Dayal

    08:40

    SESSION 1: HAEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY

    Chair: Prof Moosa Patel

    08:40 – 09:00
    An Update on Lung Cancer
    Prof Georgia Demetriou

    09:00 – 09:20
    An Approach to Immune Thrombocytopenia Purpura
    Dr Vinitha Phillip

    09:20 – 09:30 Q&A

    09:30

    SESSION 2: ETHICS

    Chair: Prof Ismail Kalla

    09:30 - 10:15
    Social Media in Medicine: The Legal, Disciplinary & Reputational Risks
    Mrs Emma Sadleir-Berkowitz

    10:15 - 10:30 Q&A

    10:30

    Refreshment Break

    11:00

    SESSION 3: RHEUMATOLOGY/IMMUNOLOGY

    Chair: Dr Nimmisha Govind

    10:50 – 11:10
    Update on COVID-19 Vaccines
    Prof Shabir Madhi

    11:10 – 11:30
    Systemic Sclerosis: A Vascular Snapshot
    Dr Claudia Ickinger

    11:30 – 11:40 Q&A

    11:20

    SESSION 4: GERIATRICS/PALLIATIVE CARE

    Chair: Dr Lara Greenstein

    11:40 – 12:00
    Clinical Tips to Improve Your Assessment & Care of Complex Older Persons
    Prof Brent Tipping

    12:00 – 12:20
    Palliative Care: Needs & Impact on Quality of Life of Cancer Patients
    Dr Mpho Ratshikana-Moloko

    12:20 – 12:30 Q&A

    12:10

    LUNCH

    13:10

    SESSION 5: PULMONOLOGY/INFECTIOUS DISEASES

    Chair: Dr Alan Peter

    13:40 - 14:00
    Pleural Infections – An Update
    Dr Anita Graham

    14:00 - 14:20
    How to Screen & Treat Cryptococcal Meningitis in 2023
    Dr Jeremy Nel

    14:20 - 14:30 Q&A

    14:00

    SESSION 6: CARDIOMETABOLIC

    Chair: Prof Jeffrey Wing

    14:30 – 14:40
    Introduction to Cardiometabolic Medicine
    Prof Jeffrey Wing

    14:40 - 15:00
    Use of Cardiac MRI
    Prof Mashudu Nethononda

    15:00 – 15:20
    My Sweet Heart
    Dr Zaheer Bayat

    15:10 – 15:30
    Management of NASH: Current & Future Options
    Dr Bilal Bobat

    15:20 – 15:50 Q&A

    15:20

    Refreshment Break

    15:45

    PLENARY SESSION

    Chairman: Dr Jarrod Zamparini

    16:15 - 16:50
    Pharmacogenomics in Personalised Medicine - from Research Bench to Patient Bedside in Africa
    Prof Collen Masimirembwa
    16:50 - 17:00 Q&A

    17:00 - 17:10
    Internal Medicine’s Translational Research: Embracing the Era of Precision Medicine
    Prof Raquel Duarte

    17:10 - 17:15 Closing by Prof Ismail Kalla

    16:45

    18:00

    COCKTAIL EVENT & POSTER EXHIBITION

  • 08:00

    PHYSICIANS’ UPDATE 2023 - SUNDAY, 22 OCTOBER

    08:00 - 08:30
    Registration & Arrival Tea

    08:30

    SESSION 1: NEPHROLOGY vs CRITICAL CARE DEBATE

    Chair: Dr Sarah Stacey

    08:30 – 09:15
    High Dose vs Recommended Dose Antibiotics in the UCU - Evidence from a Nephrology vs Critical Care Perspective
    Prof Graham Paget vs Prof Guy Richards

    09:15 – 09:30 Q&A

    09:30

    SESSION 2: PERIOPERATIVE MEDICINE

    Chair: Dr Lliam Brannigan

    09:30 - 09:50
    How to Perform Perioperative Evaluations
    Dr John Tilley

    09:50 - 10:10
    Perioperative Cardiac Evaluation & Tools
    Prof Pravin Manga

    10:10 - 10:50 Q&A

    10:20

    Refreshment Break

    10:50

    SESSION 3: RESEARCH / NEUROLOGY

    Chair: Dr June Fabian

    10:50 - 11:20
    Pathways for Clinician Researchers
    Prof Ziyaad Dangor

    11:20 - 11:50
    CNS Autoimmune Disorders
    Prof André Mochan

    11:50 - 12:00 Q&A

    12:00

    13:10

    SESSION 4: ETHICS

    Chair: Prof Ismail Kalla

    12:00 - 12:45
    Title to be confirmed
    UP/Medunsa Speaker

    12:45 - 13:00 Q&A

    13:00 - 13:10 Vote of Thanks & Close
    by Dr Malcolm Davies
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