2^nd NATIONAL CONGRESS ON OSTEOARTHRITIS : UPDATE & RESEARCH Society for Osteoarthritis Research

Friday 31 August 2018

TIME

TOPIC

SPEAKER

CHAIR

Co-CHAIR

0800 - 0830

REGISTRATION

0830 - 0840

Welcome

A Chopra

0840 - 0925

SESSION I - EPIDEMIOLOGY : Measure and Reduce

(Lessons from WHO COPCORD)

0840 - 0900

WHO COPCORD Asia : MSK pains & OA

V Lagu-Joshi

Vinita Das

Nazrul Islam

0900 – 0910

Burden of OA Knees in India

Pooja Dhaon

0910 - 0920

The Unholy Triad of Osteoarthritis, Diabetes & Heart Diseases

Urmila Dhakad

0920 – 0925

Discussion

0925 - 1005

SESSION II - RISK

Ashok Desai

Rahul Damle

0925 - 0945

Modifiable Risk Factors in OA Knee

URK Rao

0945 – 1005

Genetic basis of knee osteoarthritis

RN Srivastava

1005 -1055

SESSION III - CLINICAL PERSPECTIVES

George Nuki

Ajit Damle

1005 – 1025

Animal Models in OA & RA – Clinical Implications

Mohan Wani

1025 – 1040

OA-Hands : A Clinical Confounder

Tapas Kumar

1040 – 1055

Osteoarthritis - Osteoporosis Dilemma

Nachiket Kulkarni

1055 – 1115

Tea/Coffee Break & Poster Viewing

1115 – 1305

SESSION IV - Spine & Cartilage

1115 – 1135

Axial Pains - A degenerative Perspective

V Rajamani

1135 – 1155

Clinical-Radiological Correlations in Lumbar Degenerative Disorders

Ashish Diwan (Australia)

Martin Underwood

Vineet Sharma

1155 – 1220

Cartilage & Biomechanics

Ali Mobasheri (UK)

1220 – 1240

Correcting Biomechanical Deficits in OA Knee

Sharmilee Rao

1240 – 1305

Disc Jockey - Change the Music

Ashish Diwan (Australia)

1305 – 1400

LUNCH & POSTER VIEWING

1400 – 1505

SESSION V - Managing OA Knee- Some Controversies

1400- 1415

Intra-articular Steroids

Abraham Mohan

1415 - 1430

Viscosupplementation

Ved Chaturvedi

Lata Bichile

Parag Sancheti

1430 - 1445

Disease Modifying Osteoarthritis Drugs

Ashish Mathews

1445 – 1505

Das – Rheumatology Foundation Oration

K Mahendranath

Issues with OA Knees : Patient Physician Perspective

1505 – 1640

SESSION VI - Managing OA Knee - Mixed Solutions

1505 – 1530

Ayurvedic Approach to OA Knee

Ashwinikumar Raut

Rajendra Sharma

Baldev Dudani

1530 – 1550

Physical Therapy Perspective

Ratin Haldar

1550 – 1610

OA Knee :To Scope

Sunny Gugale

1610 – 1640

When Advanced - Repair, Salvage, Replace

Parag Sancheti

1640 – 1655

Tea/Coffee Break & Poster Viewing

1655 - 1720

SESSION VII - Trials & Tribulations

K Mahendranath

AK Saksena

1655 - 1720

OA Drug Trials - Nitty Gritty

Martin Underwood (UK)

Friday 31 August 2018

TIME

TOPIC

SPEAKER

CHAIR

CO-CHAIR

1720 - 1815

SESSION VIII - ANCIENT WISDOM

Managing Knee OA - THE NMITLI EXPERIMENT

1720 - 1730

Introduction & Protocol

Bhushan Patwardhan

Ayurveda - Modern Medicine Synergy

Bhushan Patwardhan

Ali Mobasheri

1730 - 1740

Formulation

Girish Tillu

1740 - 1750

Clinical Exploration

Manjit Saluja

1750 - 1805

Validation and Endproduct

Arvind Chopra

1805 - 1815

Discussion & Conclusion

Bhushan Patwardhan

1830 – 2030

INAUGURAL SESSION

1830 – 1840

Welcome Address by Chairman, OACON

Arvind Chopra

1840 – 1850

Address by President, SOAR

Siddharth Kumar Das

1850 – 1905

Lamp Lighting & Dhanvantari Prayer

1905 – 1920

Oration by President, SOAR:

Siddharth Kumar Das

From Sclerostin to Colchicine in Osteoarthritis

1920 - 1935

Address by President-Elect, OARSI : Mission, Objectives & Accomplishments

Ali Mobasheri (UK)

1935 - 1955

Lecture by Chief Guest:OA Knee in Clinical Practice - Current Scenario

Padmavibhushan Dr KH Sancheti

1955 – 2000

Vote of Thanks by Secretary

Anuradha V

2000 ONWARDS

Cultural Program & Banquet Dinner

Saturday 01 September 2018

TIME

TOPIC

SPEAKER

CHAIR

CO-CHAIR

0800 - 0845

Annual General Body Meeting

0845 – 1005

SESSION IX - Hard Core Science

0845 – 0905

Animal Models in OA Knee

Poulet Blandine (UK)

0905 – 0925

Reversing Cartilage Matrix Degradation

Rachel Oldershaw (UK)

Ajay Deep Sud

Kalapana Joshi

0925 – 0945

Matrix Metalloproteinases as Therapeutic Targets

Poulet Blandine (UK)

0945 – 1005

OARSI Guidelines on Management of OA Knees

Martin Underwood (UK)

1005 – 1030

SESSION X- Managing Knee OA - Quickfix Solution

Nandakumar S

Jagdish Panse

AK Mishra

Adjuvant Therapy

1030 – 1050

Tea/Coffee Break & Poster Viewing

1050 – 1135

SESSION XI-The Great Debate

For : Sirinder Gupta

Moderator- Rohini Handa

Does Glucosamine + Chondroitin do any good?

Against : Nazrul Islam (Bangladesh)

1135 – 1255

SESSION XII - TAIL END

1135 – 1150

Pain Relief in OA Knee : How Good? How Bad?

Ramesh Jois

1150 – 1210

Stem Cell Therapy in Osteoarthritis : Current Status

Rachel Oldershaw (UK)

Ali Mobasheri

SS Shintre

1210 - 1235

The Rathi Indelible Mark Oration

George Nuki (UK)

What is early OA

1235 - 1300

Valedictory Funtion

1300

Lunch & Farewell