Date and Time

August 11, 2007 (Sat) 16:00~

place

Kitano Hospital, 5th floor, Kitano Hall

theme

Anti-cytokine therapy transforms inflammatory disease treatment

program

Opening remarks
Yoshio Yamaoka, former director of Kitano Hospital

Special Lecture on Cloning
Chair: Dr. Hiroaki Ito, Director of the Digestive System Center, Kitano Hospital
"Remicade brings new developments to Crohn's disease treatment"
Professor Yasuo Suzuki, Department of Internal Medicine, Toho University Sakura Hospital

Special Lecture on Rheumatoid Arthritis
Chair: Dr. Masato Yagita, Director of the Department of Rheumatology and Collagen Diseases, Kitano Hospital
"New Strategies for the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis"
Professor Yoshiya Tanaka, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan