A guest lecture titled, “Treating cardiovascular disease as an inflammatory condition lessons learned from lupus” was organized by Shifa Center of Professional Excellence (SCOPE) on October 19, 2022 in Shifa International Hospitals, Ltd. Islamabad.
This talk was delivered by Guest Speaker Dr. Sarfaraz A. Hansi, M.D. M.Sc Director of Lupus Clinical Research, National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal & Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, and United States (US). More than forty participants from various department including consultants, residents, medical students, and paramedic staff attended the event.
The key objective of this session was to inform attendees the about significance of inflammation in arthrosclerosis and the evidence-based management of cardiovascular illnesses using a Systematic Lupus Erythematosus Model.