PHYSICIANS UPDATE 2026 SATURDAY, 28 MARCH 2026 07:30 – 08:30
REGISTRATION
08:30 – 08:40
Welcome & Opening – Prof Ismail Kalla
SESSION 1 – HAEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY 08:40 – 09:00 09:00 – 09:20 09:20 – 09:30
Chair: Thrombocytopenia in Pregnancy – Dr Garrick Laudin Exciting New Cellular Therapies in Haematology – Dr Justin du Toit Q&A
SESSION 2 – ETHICS Chair: 09:30 – 10:15
The Ethics of AI in Healthcare
10:15 – 10:30
Q&A
10:30 – 11:00
REFRESHMENT BREAK
SESSION 3 – RHEUMATOLOGY/IMMUNOLOGY 11:00 – 11:20
Chair: Gout: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly – Dr Preesha Govender
11:20 – 11:40
Sponsored session – Ampath: A Basic Approach to Immunodeficiency for Physicians – Dr Lizelle Nagel
11:40 – 11:50
Q&A
SESSION 4 – GERIATRICS / PALLIATIVE CARE 11:50 – 12:10
Chair: Diagnosis of Dementia in Primary Care – Dr India Butler
12:10 – 12:30
Palliative Approaches in Advanced Dementia – Dr Anu Abraham
12:30 – 12:40
Q&A
12:40 – 13:40
LUNCH
SESSION 5 – PULMONOLOGY / CRITICAL CARE 13:40 – 14:00
Chair: The Management of Intermediate Risk Pulmonary Embolism – Dr Vivendra Naidoo
14:00 – 14:20
An Update on the Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock - Prof Mervyn Mer
14:20 – 14:30
Q&A
SESSION 6 – CARDIOMETABOLIC / GIT 14:30 – 14:50
Chair: Does Heart Failure Management need LVEF cutoffs anymore? – Prof Nqoba Tsabedze
15:40 – 15:50
Combined Endocrine and GIT debate: Endoscopic intervention vs GLP-1s for the management of obesity in 2026 Prof Adam Mahomed and Prof Zaheer Bayat Q&A
15:50 – 16:15
Refreshment Break
15:50 – 15:40