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Ten Topics in Rheumatology

Following the great success and appreciation of the inaugural meeting in Singapore in July 2008,
Ten Topics Rheumatology Asia is delighted to announce its next meeting in Manila, Philippines, on 28-29 November 2009.

The meeting is aimed to enhance the concept of “Rumatologie San Frontieres” or “Rheumatology Without Borders”

Objectives of Ten Topics Rheumatology:

• To bring in the best and most authoritative speakers in the field of rheumatology and related specialties
• To focus on new advances, especially in lupus and the connective tissue diseases
• To create a stimulating mix of clinical and basic topics, and topics of popular interest

Main Faculty:

• Prof. Graham Hughes - Director, St, Thomas Hospital, London, U.K.; Founder and Editor LUPUS
• Prof Chak S Lau – Chair in Rheumatology, University of Dundee, Scotland; Editor-in-chief, International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases
  
• Prof Feng Pao Hsii – Director, National Arthritis Foundation of Singapore; Founder, Department of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore
  
• Prof Tito P. Torralba – Founder, Osteoporosis Society of the Philippines Foundation; Prof. Emeritus, University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines
  
• Dr. Christhoper Edwards – Rheumatologist, Southhampton, U.K.
  
• Dr. Michael Becker – Section of Rheumatology, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, USA
  
• Dr. Temy Mok – Consultant Rheumatologist, Chinsese University of HongKong
  
• Dr. Robert Fox – Allergy and Rheumatology Clinic, La Jolla, California
  
• Dr. Marietta de Guzman – Pediatric Rheumatology, University of Texas Children’s Medical Centre
  
• Dr. Karina Torralba-Padilla – Rheumatologist, University of Southern California
  
• Prof James Louie – Professor of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine, Chief, Division of Rheumatology, Harbor-University of California at Los Angeles Medical Center, Torrance, CA
  
• Dr. Keith Lim – Head of Rheumatology, Western Hospital, Melbourne VIC, Australia
  

It is our privilege to host the Ten Topics
in Rheumatology for Asia in 2009.
Come visit the Philippines!

Organized by:

Rheumatology Educational Trust Foundation, Inc.	Ping Healthcare Pte Ltd (Permanent Secretariat)
Supported by:
Philippine Rheumatology Association	Arthritis Care and Research Foundation of the Philippines

For inquiries please contact
Ping Healthcare Pte Ltd
5 Upper Aljunied Link, #05-05 Quartz Industrial Building,
Singapore 367903
Telephone: +65 6778 5620 Fax: +65 6778 1372
Email: 10TopicsAsia09@retfi.org

For updates, please log on to: www.TenTopicsAsia.com

Lupus Advocacy Week

February 2 to 8, 2008
Presidential Proclamation 1435

The Lupus Community in the Philippines will celebrate the 1^st Lupus Advocacy Week on February 2-8, 2008 as officially proclaimed and signed at the Malacañang by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Proclamation 1435 declares the first week of February every year as “Lupus Advocacy Week”.

On Saturday, 02 February, join hundreds of lupus advocates from across the country who will come together at the SM Mall of Asia for the grand launch of Lupus Advocacy Week, with Hon. Sec. of Health Francisco Duque III, MD as guest of honor. The programme, aptly called “Soaring butterflies by the bay” will feature the Philippine Montessori Center Instrumental Ensemble and various lupus talents.

Activities will be simultaneously held by different institutions all over the Philippines during the week. For more details, Please visit the calendar of events at www.lupus.ph and www.luisaproject.org.

This is a time of great opportunity and great hope for people with lupus. Lupus patients, their friends, families, supporters, health professionals including doctors as well as outstanding lupus researchers join hands to enhance lupus awareness and find more solutions for lupus.