Symposium Faculty

Mahmoud Abu-Shakra, MD

Professor of Medicine

Head, Rheumatic Diseases Unit

Soroka Medical Center and Ben-Gurion University

Beer-Sheva, Israel

Ian N. Bruce, MD, FRCP

Professor of Rheumatology

Arthritis Research UK Epidemiology Unit

The University of Manchester, United Kingdom

John M. Esdaile MD, MPH, FRCPC, FCAHS

Professor of Medicine, University of British Columbia

Arthur JE Child Chair in Rheumatology Research, University of Calgary

Scientific Director, Arthritis Research Centre of Canada

Bevra H. Hahn, MD, MACR

Professor of Medicine

Chief, Division of Rheumatology

UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine

Los Angeles, USA

John G. Hanly, MD

Professor of Medicine and Pathology

Director, Dalhousie Lupus Clinic

Division of Rheumatology,

Department of Medicine and Department of Pathology

Capital Health and Dalhousie University

Halifax, Canada

Mandana Nikpour, MBBS, FRACP, FRCPA

Senior Lecturer, The University of Melbourne Department of Medicine

Rheumatologist, St. Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne

Victoria, Australia

Christian A. Pineau, MD, FRCPC

Co-Director and Consultant, Division of Rheumatology

McGill University Health Centre Lupus Clinic

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, McGill University

Montreal, Canada

Proton Rahman, MD, FRCPC

Professor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology

Memorial University

St. Johns, Canada

Lai-Shan Tam, MD

Professor

Department of Medicine & Therapeutics

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Zahi Touma, MD, PhD Candidate

Clinical Research Fellow of Rheumatology (Lupus and Psoriatic Arthritis Program)

Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto

Toronto Western Hospital, Centre for Prognosis Studies in the Rheumatic Diseases

Disclosure

Speakers will be requested to disclose to the audience any real or apparent conflict(s) of interest that may have a direct bearing on the subject matter of this program.