CHANDIGARH, 16.03.25-One day CME on Current perspectives in Rheumatology was held at PGIMER, Chandigarh on March 16th, 2025. The CME was Inaugurated by Prof Vivek Lal, Director PGIMER, Chandigarh. The highlight of the conference was the Prof SD Deodhar memorial lecture delivered by Prof Pradeep Bambery, Consultant Rheumatologist, Bundaberg, Australia. His lecture was a delectable fusion of science, history and poetry.
Ex PGI legends Prof Vinay Sakhuja, Prof Amod Gupta, Prof Kusum Joshi, Prof Subhash Varma, Prof JB Dilawari and Prof Bhushan Kumar were honoured during the conference. The meeting was very well attended with over 250 delegates attending in person and around 150 persons attending online.
The other highlights were debates in various hot topics in Rheumatology like RA, SLE, Systemic sclerosis and Systemic vasculitis. These were accompanied by talks on management of these disorders by experts in 2025. The speakers included Prof Aman Sharma, organizing secretary, Prof Varun Dhir , Prof Shefali Sharma, Dr Ashwani Kumar(Pune), Dr Debashish Mishra(Abu Dabhi), Arghya Chattopadhyay(Kolkata) and Dr Shankar Naidu. The debaters were Dr Benzeeta Pinto(Bengaluru), Dr Adarh MB(Calicut), Dr Joydeep(Raipur), Dr Sakhi Mittal(New Delhi), Dr Chirag(Lucknow), Dr Nupoor(Indore), Dr Niladri(Hyderabad) and Dr Jithin Mathews(Hyderabad).
Prof Vivek Lal talked about the rich legacy and tradition of rheumatology services at PGIMER, Chandigarh.