With the collaboration of an educational grant by
PReS endorsed the
1st PReS ACADEMY COURSE on Non-Infectious Childhood Chronic Uveitis
The educational objective of this course is to improve the knowledge regarding Non-infectious Childhood Chronic Uveitis (NCCU) with particularly focus on diagnosis, clinical management and treatment. Additionally, a special focus on sight-threating uveitis will be provided
Hybrid course
Date: 11-12 April 2024
Venue: Firenze
Location: Auditorium Meyer Health Campus, Meyer Children Hospital, viale Pieraccini 29, 50139 Firenze.
Working Party Scientific Committee:
Gabriele Simonini (Italy)
Marco Cattalini (Italy)
Ivan Foeldvari (Germany)
Ilaria Maccora (EMERGE Representative, Italy)
Co-opted members:
A Ramanan (UK)
Carine Wouters (Belgium)
Carlos D Rosè (USA)
Speakers:
- Ivan Foeldvari, Pediatric Rheumatology (Germany)
- Athimalaipet V Ramanan, Pediatric Rheumatology (UK)
- Carine Wouters, Pediatric Rheumatology (Belgium)
- Carlos D Rosè, Pediatric Rheumatology (USA)
- Sheila T Angeles-Han Pediatric Rheumatology, (USA)
- Nisha Acharya, Pediatric Ophthalmologist (USA)
- Gabriele Simonini, Pediatric Rheumatology (Italy)
- Jordi Anton Lopez, Pediatric Rheumatology (Spain)
- Ard Heiligenhaus, Pediatric Ophthalmologist (Germany)
- Catherine Guly, Pediatric Ophthalmologist (UK)
- Roberto Caputo, Pediatric Ophthalmologist (Italy)
- Pier Giorgio NERI, Pediatric Ophthalmologist (Abu-Dabi Cleveland University)
Scientific Program
11 April 2024
Day 1: Non-Infectious Childhood Chronic Uveitis
Talks will be of 20 minutes plus 10 minutes of discussion
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12.00-13.00 |
Registration and Lunch |
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13.00-13.20 |
Course opening |
Angelo Ravelli, Tadej Avcin, patient representative and WP leads |
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13.20-13.50 |
Welcome into the world of the Non-infectious Childhood Chronic Uveitis: the Pediatric Rheumatology point of view |
Ivan Foeldvari |
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13.50-14.20 |
Non-infectious childhood Chronic Uveitis JIA: diagnosis and differential diagnosis |
Pier Giorgio Neri |
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14.20-14.50 |
Non-infectious childhood Chronic Uveitis: Measuring disease activity and complications |
Arnd Heiligenhaus |
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14.50-15.10 |
Coffee break |
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15.10-15.40 |
Predictors and outcomes in Non-infectious Childhood Chronic Uveitis |
Sheila T Angeles-Han |
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15.40-16.40 |
Clinical cases on Non-Infectious Childhood Chronic Uveitis (interactive session with presentation of clinical cases by young investigators from EMERGE and discussion with the Faculty) |
EMERGE |
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16.40-17.00 |
Coffee break |
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17.00-17.30 |
The window of opportunity for treatment in non-infectious childhood chronic uveitis: current recommendations and remaining challenges |
Gabriele Simonini |
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17.30-18.00 |
Refractory cases of Non-infectious Childhood Chronic Uveitis sJIA: definition, approaches, and novel treatments |
Athimalaipet V Ramanan |
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18.00-18.30 |
Clinical cases: management and treatment of Non-Infectious Childhood Chronic Uveitis (interactive session with presentation of clinical cases by young investigators from EMERGE and discussion with the Faculty) |
EMERGE |
12 April
Day 2: First part: Challenging issues and workshop for Non-Infectious Childhood Chronic Uveitis
Talks will be of 20 minutes plus 10 minutes of discussion
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8.45-9.15 |
How to wean treatment in Non-infectious Childhood Chronic Uveitis |
Nisha Acharya |
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9.15-9.45 |
Surgery for Non-infectious childhood Chronic uveitis |
Roberto Caputo |
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9.45-11.00 |
Clinical Workshop: |
Ophthalmologist Faculty |
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11.30-11.30 |
Coffee break |
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Day 2, Second part: Special Uveitis: Auto-inflammatory Diseases and Blau Syndrome
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11.30-12.00 |
Eye involvement in auto-inflammatory diseases |
Jordi A Lopez |
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12.00-12.30 |
Blau Syndrome eye involvement: a clinical perspective |
Carlos D Rosè |
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12.30-13.00 |
Blau Syndrome: insights into pathomechanism and a guide to therapy |
Carine Wouters |
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13.00-13.30 |
Light Lunch |
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13.30-14.30 |
Clinical cases: difficult and sight-threatening cases of Non-infectious childhood chronic uveitis (Interactive session with presentation of clinical cases by young investigators from EMERGE and discussion with the Faculty) |
EMERGE |
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14.30-15.30 |
Non-infectious Childhood Chronic Uveitis from a patient’s perspective |
Representative from Cure Blau Foundation Patient representative from uveitis associations |
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15.30-16.00 |
Closing remarks |
Core team |
Registration Fee
PReS members:
- € 200 seniors
- € 150 fellows and residents
Non-PReS members:
- € 300 seniors
- € 200 fellows and residents
On-line attendees - PReS members:
- € 150
On-line attendees - Non-PReS members:
- € 200
