Date and Time

November 8, 2008 (Sat) 16:00~

place

Kitano Hospital, 5th floor, Kitano Hall

theme

Anti-cytokine therapy transforms inflammatory disease treatment

program

Opening remarks
Dr. Masato Yagita, Director of the Department of Rheumatology and Collagen Diseases, Kitano Hospital

Dermatology Special Lecture
Chair: Dr. Kenichi Toda, Director of Dermatology, Kitano Hospital
"Refractory Inflammatory Skin Diseases: Remicade and Biologics as Treatments for Psoriasis Vulgaris"
Kenzo Takahashi, Lecturer, Department of Dermatology and Life Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University

Lecture
"Remicade Administration to Crohn's Disease Patients"
Kitano Hospital Outpatient Block A, Nurse Yoshiko Sakagami

Special Lecture in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Area
Chair: Dr. Hiroaki Ito, Director of the Digestive System Center, Kitano Hospital
"New developments in infliximab treatment for IBD - suppressing relapses and improving quality of life"
Dr. Satoshi Motoya, Chief of the First Gastroenterology Department at Sapporo Kosei Hospital and Clinical Associate Professor of the First Department of Internal Medicine at Sapporo Medical University