32nd AnnualMeeting

The Royal College ofPhysicians of Thailand

07.30-08.30 Meet the experts• Clinical pearls in multiple myeloma• Practical issues in atrial fibrillation• Cost effectiveness of screening for health problems in the elderly• Diabetes and osteoporosis • Strategies to counteract with difficult hypertension, Value-based practice in glomerular disease• Current management of UGIB• Use of expensive immunomodulators (biologic) in developing countries.• Liver nodules - What should I do in an asymptomatic annual check-up patient and in a cirrhotic patient. • Common pitfalls of gout for general practitioners• Respiratory therapy secrets08.30-09.30 Symposium• Erythrocytosis: What Internists need to know?• Atrial fibrillation in 2016• Hepatocellular carcinoma: state of the art and value- based management• Oral nutrition supplement vs dietary supplement: How to recommend?• Physical activity and cardiometabolic risk reduction.• Medical genetics in the era of precision medicine.• Pulmonary vascular diseases: From newest guidelines to real practice09.30-10.00 Break / Poster visit10.00-10.15 Opening ceremony 10.15-10.45 Vikit Viranuvatti Plenary Lecture 10.45-11.30 Presidential lecture11.30-12.00 Annual general business meeting12.00-13.30 Luncheon symposium • Symposium by Sanofi Pasteur Ltd. • Symposium by MSD (Thailand) Ltd.• Symposium by Novartis (Thailand) Ltd. • Symposium by Roche Diagnostics (Thailand) Ltd.13.30-15.00 Best abstract for Resident13.30-15.00 Best Abstract of the Year Award (member)14.00-15.00 Guidelines• Infective endocarditis, Pericarditis, Sudden cardiac death• New guidelines of hyponatremia15.00-15.30 Break15.30-16.30 Guidelines• Update role of nutrition management in cancer cachexia• Stroke and epilepsy• Thai COPD guideline: Newest version, The core of cough guideline.• Chronic hepatitis C – New drugs, new guidelines16.30-18.00 Medicine tournament18.30-22.00 Gala dinner

07.30-08.30 Meet the experts • Management of thyrotoxicosis• Management of cholangiocarcinoma• Practical solutions to infection preventions• Key-value use of DMARDs for internists• Skin signs in systemic diseases• Feeding the critically ill patients• How to maximize benefits from consulting poison centers• Nutrition and longevity• Sleep disorders in neurology08.30-10.00 Symposium• Challenges in stable coronary artery disease• Cost effectiveness in screening for cognitive impairment and dementia care• Value-based of CEA or fecal occult blood test or CT colonography vs colonoscopy for routine annual check up• Rheumatic features of systemic disease.• Immune-mediated neurological disorders• Adaptation of treatment from asthma guideline to fit your local practice and patient population.• Ectopic and visceral fat in obesity and human health 08.30-10.00 Landmark clinical study08.30-09.15 • GI and Liver09.15-10.00 • Landmark clinical study in infectious diseases 08.30-09.15 • Recent studies on sepsis resuscitation and the new surviving sepsis campaign guidelines09.15-10.00 • Personal genomics for healthy aging society08.30-09.15 • Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: Seeing light at the end of the tunnel09.15-10.00 • Androgen replacement therapy 10.00-10.30 Break / Poster visit10.30-12.00 Clinical case seminar case10.30-11.15 • Challenging cases in thrombocytopenia11.15-12.00 • Statins for the very old: is it really worth?10.30-11.15 • Syncope11.15-12.00 • Difficult to manage heart failure10.30-11.15 • Case approach in chronic kidney disease for internists11.15-12.00 • How to manage difficult patients with nutritional problem?10.30-11.15 • Postoperatively profound shock: A critical approach11.15-12.00 • Dealing with thoracic malignancy: Pulmonologists view10.30-11.15 • Use-value in SLE diagnosis and management: case demonstration11.15-12.00 • Headache10.30-11.15 • Clinical case seminar case infectious disease 11.15-12.00 • Drug allergy: when to test, avoid, challenge or desensitize?10.30-12.00 Guidelines• Uses of muscle paralysis in the ICU, Mechanical ventilation in ARDS• Thai anaphylaxis guideline.10.30-12.00 Research highlights: From research to clinical impact12.00-13.30 Luncheon symposium • Symposium by Sanofi- Aventis (Thailand) Ltd. • Symposium by Takeda (Thailand) Ltd.• Symposium by AstraZeneca (Thailand) Ltd. • Symposium by Biopharm Chemicals Co..Ltd.13.30-15.00 Breakthroughs in internal medicine 201515.00-15.30 Break / Mini oral poster15.30-17.00 Medicine tournament (Final round)

08.30-10.00 Symposium • What the internist needs to know about heart failure• Achievement on the best outcomes of special AKI• Appropriate selection of antibiotic• Value-based ICU (Intensive care unit): save more lives and solve high costs• Accessibility and practical use of antidote program in Thailand08.30-10.00 Guidelines• Guidelines for the management of hemophilia• The ASEAN consensus on H.pylori management in the limited resource setting10.00-10.30 Break / Poster visit10.30-12.00 Spot diagnosis / Interactive• Hematomorphology• EKG • Electrolyte interpretation and spot diagnosis in nephrology• Infectious disease • All about mechanical ventilation• Diagnosis at a glance in rheumatic diseases• Practical points in nutrition prescription• How to spot diagnosis neurological case in 1 minute• Tips and tricks of chest imaging interpretation• Essential skin signs for Internists12.00-13.30 Luncheon symposium• Symposium by MSD (Thailand) Ltd. • Symposium by Rottapharm (Thailand) Ltd.• Symposium by Siam Pharmaceutical Co.,Ltd. • Symposium by Omron Healthcare (Thailand) Co.,Ltd.13.30-15.00 Guidelines• Treatment of Malaria• New Thai rheumatism association guideline for biologic treatment in rheumatoid arthritis13.30-15.00 Landmark clinical study13.30-14.15 • Thalassemia: From the evidence to clinical practice14.15-15.00 • Best evidence in venous thromboembolism management: What we should or should not do? 13.30-14.15 • PCSK 9-inhibition: the treatment evolution for dyslipidemia in high-risk patients14.15-15.00 • Duration of DAPT following drug-eluting stent placement and acute coronary syndrome13.30-14.15 • Blood pressure in early autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. 14.15-15.00 • Landmark clinical study in neurology 13.30-15.00 Free papers15.00-15.30 Break / Mini oral poster15.30-18.00 Convocation ceremony and honorific 18.30-20.00 Dinner symposium• Symposium by Rottapharm (Thailand) Ltd. • Symposium by Berlin Pharmaceutical Co.,Ltd.• Symposium by Abbott Laboratories Ltd.

27th- 29th April 2016 Peach, Royal Cliff PattayaFor more information, please contact:7th Floor, The Royal Golden Jubilee Building, 2 Soi Soonvijai, New Petchburi Road, Huay-Kwang, Bangkok 10310, ThailandTel: +668 2716 6744 Ext 12 I +668 1450 4719 I +668 9139 4555Fax: +668 2718 1652 E-mail address: rcpt.annual@rcpt.org

Wednesday 27th April 2016 Thursday 28th April 2016 Friday 29th April 2016

CME

18.5Credits