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Earn CME Credits

An application has been made to the Lebanese Order of Physicians to grant CME credits. 

Free Registration


Friday, December 5, 2025 
Location: LAU Medical Center-Rizk Hospital, Auditorium 

Time

Details
12:30 - 13:00 Onsite Registration
13:00 - 13:15 Welcome and Opening Remarks:
Laure Irani, MD - Activity Director, Head of the Rheumatology Division at the LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine

Session 1
Moderators: 

Introduction

  • Abed El Fattah El Masri, MD - American University of Beirut 
  • Christelle Ephrem, MD - LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine
13:15 - 13:45

Lecture 1: Autoinflammation vs. Autoimmunity 

(25 min + 5 min Q&A)

Presented by
Youssef El Fakhry, PhD - Lebanese University

Session 2
Moderators: 

FMF - Road to the Heart

  • Rajaa Chatila, MD - LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine 
  • Christelle Ephrem, MD - LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine
13:45 - 14:15

Lecture 2: FMF Clinical and Genetic Perspectives
(25 min + 5 min Q&A)

Presented by
Andre Megarbane, MD, PhD - LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine
14:15 - 14:45 Coffee Break & Meeting the Experts 

Session 3
Moderators: 

Gout and Cardiovascular Risk

  • Georges Ghanem, MD - LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine
  • Jamil Missaykeh, MD - Monla Hospital
  • Jad Okais, MD - Hôtel-Dieu de France University Medical Center 
14:45 - 15:15

Lecture 3: Hyperuricemia and Cardiovascular Disease: A Causal Link?

(25 min + 5 min Q&A)

Presented by
Samer Mansour, MD - University of Montreal
15:15 - 15:45

Lecture 4: What’s New in Gout: A Rheumatologic Perspective
(25 min + 5 min Q&A)

Presented by
Pascal Richette, MD - Hôpitaux de Paris

Session 4
Moderators: 

Satellite session

  • Fady Haddad, MD - Lebanese Hospital Geitaoui-University Medical Center
  • Annoir Shayya, MD - LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine
15:45 - 16:15

Lecture 5: When to Resume Biologics and Targeted Therapies After Malignancy

(25 min + 5 min Q&A)

Presented by
Jacques Eric Gottenberg, MD - Hautepierre Hospital Strasbourg
16:15 - 16:45 Coffee Break & Meeting the Experts 

Session 5
Moderators: 

ATTR Amyloidosis

  • Lama Azar, MD - Saint George Hospital University Medical Center
  • Hala Kilany, MD - LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine
  • Yehya Saleh, MD - Tripoli Governmental Hospital
16:45 - 17:15

Lecture 6: From Misfolded Protein to Multi-System Disease
(25 min + 5 min Q&A)

Presented by
Thomas Bardin, MD - Paris Lariboisiere Hospital
17:15 - 17:45 

Lecture 7: Cardiac ATTR: When to Suspect and When to Diagnose
(25 min + 5 min Q&A)

Presented by
Righab Hamdan, MD - LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine
17:45 - 18:15

Lecture 8: Emerging Therapies for ATTR Amyloidosis
(25 min + 5 min Q&A)

Presented by
Thomas Bardin, MD - Paris Lariboisiere Hospital
18:15 - 18:30 Closing Remarks:
Laure Irani, MD - Activity Director, Head of the Rheumatology Division at the LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine

For more inquiries, please contact:

Office of Faculty Affairs & Development
LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine
Email: cmeoffice@lau.edu.lb
Phone: + 961 1 200800, Extensions: 5830 or 1831