Scientific Program
Friday, 23 October, 2026 |
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| 08:30-08:40 | Opening | Vedat Hamuryudan – Maia Tsutskiridze |
| 08:40-10:00 | Session 1: Rheumatoid Arthritis Chairs: Emel Gönüllü – Mamuka Lortkipanidze |
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| 08:40-09:00 | Immunohistochemical changes in the synovial membrane and osteochondral components of the knee joints across different grades of Rheumatoid Arthritis | Khatuna Germisashvili |
| 09:00-09:20 | The use of USG in diagnosing and treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis | Nevsun İnanç |
| 09:20-09:40 | Pulmonary manifestations of rheumatic disease: Diagnosis and Treatment | Nino Tsiskarishvili |
| 09:40-10:00 | Challenges of Biologic Therapy in Management of patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis | Levan Shalamberidze – Maia Tsutskiridze |
| 10:00-11:00 | Session 2: Spondyloarthritis Chairs: Hasan Fatih Çay – Nana Kurashvili |
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| 10:00-10:20 | Cardivascular morbidity in Psoriatic Arthritis | İsmail Uçar |
| 10:20-10:40 | Is there a difference between HLAB27 positive and negative Axial Spondyloarthritis? | Sibel Bakırcı |
| 10:40-11:00 | Multidisciplinary rehabilitation management of Axial SpA | Tamuna Gorgadze |
| 11:00-11:30 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:30-12:00 | Symposium Chairs: Önay Gerçik – Cemal Bes |
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| 11:30-12:00 | One drug with 2 forms: The story of Infliximab | Nevsun İnanç |
| 12:00-12:40 | Session 3: Gout Chairs: Gözde Yıldırım Çetin – Nanuli Shakulashvili |
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| 12:00-12:20 | Friend or foe: The story of uric acid | İhsan Ertenli |
| 12:20-12:40 | Hyperuricemia and Cardio-vascular Disease-association, risk assessment and interdisciplinary risk approach | Marika Toidze |
| 12:40-13:40 | Lunch | |
| 13:40-15:00 | Oral presentations Chairs: Levent Kılıç – Svetlana Teneshvili – Rıdvan Mercan |
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| 13:40-14:00 | Teriparatide use in pregnancy and lactation associated osteoporosis: A case study | Tamar Zekeridze |
| 14:00-14:20 | Cryoglobulinemic vasculitis diagnosed with renal biopsy | Öznur Çağdaş |
| 14:20-14:40 | Rheumatologists should be aware of residual pain in RA patients receiving Tocilizumab | Erdinç Ünaldı |
| 14:40-15:00 | Coffee break | |
| 15:00-16:40 | Session 4: Therapeutics Chairs: Yavuz Pehlivan – Rima Akhvlediani |
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| 15:00-15:20 | Immune checkpoint inhibitor induced rheumatic syndromes: Recognition, diagnosis and management | Lasha Bokeria |
| 15:20-15:40 | Autoimmune and Rheumatic Manifestations after COVID-19 in children | Tinatin Kutubidze – Eka Nakhutsrishvili |
| 15:40-16:00 | Therapeutic Management of Rheumatic Patients during pregnancy and birth giving: Challenges and Updates | Maka Ioseliani |
| 16:00-16:20 | Predictive biomarkers in the treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis with Methotrexate and Tocilizumab | Nestan Gvetadze |
| 16:20-16:40 | Biologic DMARD’s in the management of Juvenile RA | Maia Lekishvili |
Saturday, 24 October, 2026 |
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| 09:00-10:00 | Session 5: Connective Tissue Diseases (I) Chairs: Bünyamin Kısacık – Irina Gvichia |
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| 09:00-09:20 | Can capillaroscopic abnormalities influence treatment decisions in Systemic Sclerosis patients | Süleyman Serdar Koca |
| 09:20-09:40 | Salivary gland USG in Sjögren’s Disease | Gökhan Sargın |
| 09:40-10:00 | Extraglandular manifestations of Sjögren’s Disease | Atalay Doğru |
| 10:00-11:00 | Session 6: Connective Tissue Disease (II) Chairs: Sedat Kiraz – Irina Gvichia |
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| 10:00-10:20 | Microvascular involvement in antiphospholipid syndrome: The impact of triple positivity | Reyhan Köse Çobanoğlu |
| 10:20-10:40 | Immune mediated myositis: Tips for diagnosis | Mustafa Ekici |
| 10:40-11:00 | Anti DFS70 antibodies: What do they mean? | Pınar Akyüz Dağlı |
| 11:00-11:20 | Coffee break | |
| 11:20-12:40 | Session 7: Osteoarthritis – Osteoporosis Chairs: İlhan Sezer – Svetlana Teneshvili |
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| 11:20-11:40 | Inflammatory and proliferative phenotypes of the osteochondral unit and synovium in advanced osteoarthritis | Nino Qavtaradze |
| 11:40-12:00 | New trends in osteoarthritis treatment | Nilay Şahin |
| 12:00-12:20 | Statistical analysis of osteoporosis prevalence in patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis | Nino Tskhadadze |
| 12:20-12:40 | Management of osteoporosis in rehabilitation: Restoration of stability, balance and movement | Ketevan Kontselidze |
| 12:40-14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00-15:00 | Session 8: Vasculitis Chairs: Haner Direskeneli – Nana Kalandadze |
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| 14:00-14:15 | Current management of ANCA Associated Vasculitis | Emine Sarıyıldız |
| 14:15-14:30 | Shared and distinct approaches in Takayasu and Giant Cell Arteritis | Haner Direskeneli |
| 14:30-14:45 | Assessment of sarcopenia in Takayasu arteritis | Zeynep Dilara Selçuk |
| 14:45-15:00 | Treatment of vascular involvement of Behçet’s Syndrome | Gül Sandal Uzun |
| 15:00-15:30 | Coffee break | |
| 15:30-16:15 | Session 9: FMF Chairs: Serdal Uğurlu – Karaman Pagava |
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| 15:30-15:45 | MEFV-associated palindromic-like arthritis: a pyrin-related autoinflammatory phenotype or a subtype of palindromic rheumatism? | Ayşe Elif Boncukcuoğlu |
| 15:45-16:15 | Clinical, Genetic and Epidemiological correlations of Familial Mediterranean Fever in a Georgian Cohort | Karaman Pagava |
Sunday, 25 October, 2026 |
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| 09:00-11:00 | Session 10: Poster Tours Chairs: Sedat Kiraz – İhsan Ertenli |
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| Male Takayasu Arteritis Presenting with Aortic Dissection: A Rare Case Report | Özlem Şen | |
| Recurrent Myalgia and Erysipelas-like Erythema as the Initial Manifestations of Familial Mediterranean Fever: A Case Report | Özlem Şen | |
| Cryoglobulinemic Vasculitis Presenting with Purpura and Proteinuria: The Complementary Role of Skin and Kidney Biopsies |
Öznur Sadioğlu Çağdaş | |
| Computed Tomography–Derived Esophageal Area Is Associated With Advanced Microvascular Damage and Interstitial Lung Disease in Systemic Sclerosis | Burak Okyar | |
| Nailfold Capillaroscopic Features in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Exploratory Associations With Serositis and Serological Phenotypes | Burak Okyar | |
| Recurrent Pancreatitis and Peripheral Arthritis in a Young Woman: Brucellosis as the Unifying Diagnosis |
Senar Şan | |
| HIV-Positive Case Mimicking Behçet Disease | Senar Şan | |
| İdiopathic Orbital İnflammation with Sjögren syndrome | Ahmet Murat Gencer | |
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Persistent inflammation and lumbar syndesmophytes in biologic-treated axial spondyloarthritis |
Ebru Atalar |
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Delayed diagnosis of lipoma arborescens in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis: a case report |
Ebru Atalar |
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Extranodal NK/T-Cell Lymphoma Presenting as Necrotizing Granulomatous Inflammation: A Case Report |
Seyyid Bilal Açıkgöz | |
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Anti-PL-7 Positive Antisynthetase Syndrome Presenting with Organizing Pneumonia |
Seyyid Bilal Açıkgöz | |
| 11:00-11:30 | Coffee break | |
| 11:30-12:30 | Session 11: Final Session Chairs: Vedat Hamuryudan – Maia Tsutskiridze |
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| 11:30-12:00 | Rheumatology in Türkiye and Georgia | Vedat Hamuryudan – Maia Tsutskiridze |
| 12:00-12:30 | Discussion for the next Black Sea Meeting | All Attendees |
| 12:30-13:00 | Closing Speeches | Vedat Hamuryudan – Maia Tsutskiridze |
About Blacksea Rheumatology
Black Sea Rheumatology is an international meeting series launched in 2022 to strengthen collaboration among rheumatology experts across the Black Sea region. Following successful meetings in Batumi and Cluj, the 2026 meeting in Tbilisi will focus on the latest advances in rheumatic diseases while fostering scientific exchange and supporting young researchers.
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