Date:Date
Venue
Chairperson
Hospital
Trainee Session
Topic
Date:8 July 2025
Venue:Venue:QEH
Chairperson:So Ho
Hospital:PWH
Trainee Session:Chan Wing Ying Ofelia (PMH)
Topic:IHM: Planning and Performing Clinical Trials in Rheumatic Diseases
Date:12 August 2025
Venue:Venue:ZOOM
Chairperson:Tony Lee
Hospital:YCH
Trainee Session:Yang Xiao Bo Paula (QMH)
Topic:IHM: Evidence Based Management Strategies of CTD-PAH
Date:9 September 2025
Venue:Venue:QEH
Chairperson:MH Leung
Hospital:QEH
Trainee Session:Hooi Kwong Yew James (QMH) I*
Topic:IHM: Managing Multiple Drug Allergies in Rheumatic Patients
Date:14 October 2025
Venue:Venue:ZOOM
Chairperson:Carmen Chan
Hospital:PMH
Trainee Session:Chung Anthea (PMH)
Topic:IHM: Update in Diagnosis and Management of GIOP
Date:18 November 2025
Venue:Venue:QEH
Chairperson:LY Ho
Hospital:AHNH
Trainee Session:Chan Chun Yin Angus (PMH)
Topic:IHM: Imaging in Rheumatic Diseases - what the Rheumatologists need to know
Date:9 December 2025
Venue:Venue:ZOOM
Chairperson:MC Wan
Hospital:RH
Trainee Session:Tsang Yee Wai Rosanna (RH)
Topic:IHM: Biosimilars in Rheumatic Diseases - Evidence and possibility of Multiple Switching
Date:13 Jan 2026
Venue:Venue:QEH
Chairperson:CH To
Hospital:POH
Trainee Session:FOK, Ho Man Elvis (KWH)
Topic:IHM: Unusual Manifestation in Sjogren’s Syndrome
Date:10 Feb 2026
Venue:Venue:ZOOM
Chairperson:Joyce Young
Hospital:CMC
Trainee Session:Or, Chin Yun Yvonne (CMC)
Topic:IHM: Management of multi-organ involvement in Systemic Sclerosis
Date:10 Mar 2026
Venue:Venue:QEH
Chairperson:WN Lao
Hospital:KWH
Trainee Session:FOK, Ka Man Carmen (KWH)
Topic:IHM: Difficult to treat Behcet’s Disease
Date:14 Apr 2026
Venue:Venue:ZOOM
Chairperson:Billy Lai
Hospital:TKOH
Trainee Session:Yeo, Sze Ho Jonathan (TKOH)
Topic:IHM: Decoding difficult to treat Adult Onset Still’s Disease and Macrophage Activation Syndrome
Date:12 May 2026
Venue:Venue:QEH
Chairperson:Issac Yim/MC Leung
Hospital:UCH
Trainee Session:Chay, Tin Wai Timmie (TKOH)
Topic:IHM: Efficacy and Safety of JAK inhibitors in rheumatic diseases other than inflammatory arthropathies
Date:9 June 2026
Venue:Venue:ZOOM
Chairperson:Violet Lee
Hospital:PYNEH
Trainee Session:Lee, Ze Chen (PYNEH)
Topic:IHM: New paradigms in the treatment of Refractory Rheumatoid Arthritis
Date:14 Jul 2026
Venue:Venue:QEH
Chairperson:Carmen Chan
Hospital:PMH
Trainee Session:Cheung, Kim Ho Anthony (PMH)
Topic:IHM: Advances in Management of Large Vessel Vasculitis
Date:11 Aug 2026
Venue:Venue:ZOOM
Chairperson:Ho So
Hospital:PWH
Trainee Session:Choi Man Yui Vivian (PWH)
Topic:IHM: Update in Diagnosis and Management of Anti-synthetase Syndrome
Date:8 Sep 2026
Venue:Venue:QEH
Chairperson:Philip Li
Hospital:QMH
Trainee Session:Chung, Anthea (PMH)
Topic:IHM: Autoinflammatory Diseases – What the Rheumatologists need to know?
Date:13 Oct 2026
Venue:Venue:ZOOM
Chairperson:M C Wan
Hospital:RH
Trainee Session:Cheng, Tak Ho Eric (RH)
Topic:IHM: Atypical Presentations in Anti-phospholipid Syndrome
Date:17 Nov 2026
Venue:Venue:QEH
Chairperson:MH Leung
Hospital:QEH
Trainee Session:Ho, Chup Hei Grace (QEH) I*
Topic:IHM: Use of CAR-T Therapy in various auto-immune diseases
Date:8 Dec 2026
Venue:Venue:ZOOM
Chairperson:Kelly Chan
Hospital:TMH
Trainee Session:Mok, Tsz Ching Celestine (RH)
Topic:IHM: Novel Therapeutics in SLE
There are two sessions in each meeting. 30 minutes per session including Q&A.
- One trainee is assigned to each meeting. Trainee to discuss with chairperson on choosing the main theme of the topic.
Trainee must submit the presentation materials to respective chairperson for comment 2 weeks before the meeting. I*=: Immunology Trainees
- Another fellow session as assigned by respective chairperson. Special Interest Group (SIG) presentations are welcome.
Venue: QEH: Lecture Theatre, G/F, Block M, QEH; Time: 6:00 pm – 7:15 pm
EULAR 2026:3-6 June 2026 London, UK ACR annual congress 2026: 6-11 November 2026 Orlando, Florida APLAR 2026:: 28 Oct to 1 Nov 2026 Seoul, Korea.
