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Full Schedule

  • Saturday, April 13, 2024
  • 8:30 AM – 8:40 AM Central Time
    Opening Remarks

    Speaker: Sobia Hassan, MD, RhMSUS, MRCP – RUSH University

  • 8:40 AM – 9:30 AM Central Time
    CAR-T Cell Therapy: What the Rheumatologists Need to Know

    Moderator: Sobia Hassan, MD, RhMSUS, MRCP – RUSH University

    Speaker: Javier Munoz – Mayo Clinic

  • 9:30 AM – 10:00 AM Central Time
    Vaccination Guideline Updates

    Moderator: Aman Kugasia, MD – Arthritis Clinic of Cypress and Katy, PA

    Speaker: Anne Bass, MD – Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine

  • 10:30 AM – 11:10 AM Central Time
    Integrative Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment Guidelines

    Moderator: Narender Annapureddy, MD, MS – Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    Speaker: Benjamin Smith, PA-C, DMSc – Florida State University College of Medicine

  • 11:10 AM – 11:50 AM Central Time
    Challenging Cases in RA: Joints and Beyond

    Moderator: Narender Annapureddy, MD, MS – Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    Speaker: James R. O'Dell, MD – University of Nebraska Medical Center

  • 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM Central Time
    Challenging Cases in Sjogren's Syndrome: Beyond the Dryness

    Moderator: Matthew Bunyard, MD, RhMSUS – Cleveland Clinic

    Speaker: Chadwick Johr, MD – University of Pennsylvania

  • 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM Central Time
    CPPD Update: Let's Be Crystal Clear

    Moderator: Matthew Bunyard, MD, RhMSUS – Cleveland Clinic

    Speaker: Sara Tedeschi, MD, MPH – Brigham and Women's Hospital

  • 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM Central Time
    Challenging Cases in Fibromyalgia and Chronic Pain: An Update for the Rheumatologist

    Moderator: Matthew Bunyard, MD, RhMSUS – Cleveland Clinic

    Speaker: Deeba Minhas, MD – University of Michigan

  • 2:30 PM – 3:00 PM Central Time
    Neurosarcoidosis: The Great Mimicker

    Moderator: Sobia Hassan, MD, RhMSUS, MRCP – RUSH University

    Speaker: Jinny Tavee, MD – National Jewish Health

  • 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM Central Time
    Checkpoint Inhibitor Complications of the Rheumatologists

    Moderator: Kevin Byram, MD – Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    Speaker: Anne Bass, MD – Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine

  • 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM Central Time
    Behçet's Syndrome: An Update

    Moderator: Lisa Korn, MD, PhD – Yale

    Speaker: Yusuf Yazici, MD – NYU Grossman School of Medicine

  • 4:40 PM – 5:40 PM Central Time
    Cocktail and Cases

    Speaker: Sobia Hassan, MD, RhMSUS, MRCP – RUSH University

    Roundtable Participant: Anne Bass, MD – Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine

    Roundtable Participant: Benjamin Smith, PA-C, DMSc – Florida State University College of Medicine

    Roundtable Participant: James R. O'Dell, MD – University of Nebraska Medical Center

    Roundtable Participant: Sara Tedeschi, MD, MPH – Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Roundtable Participant: Deeba Minhas, MD – University of Michigan

    Roundtable Participant: Yusuf Yazici, MD – NYU Grossman School of Medicine

    Roundtable Participant: Tracy Frech, MD, MS – Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    Roundtable Participant: Pedrotty Dawn, MD, PhD – Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    Roundtable Participant: Jinny Tavee, MD – National Jewish Health

    Roundtable Participant: Marcela Ferrada, MD – University of Maryland