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  • Wednesday, November 15, 2023
  • 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM PT
    15W101: Pain Self-Management and Technology: Hybrid Books to Virtual Reality
    Moderator: Janet Poole, PhD, OT, FAOTA – University of New Mexico
    Moderator: Daniel Whibley, PhD – University of Michigan
    Patient engagement/self-management
     CME: 1 hours
  • 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM PT
    15W102: When and How to Gather: Building Social Connections and Intellectual Comradery
    Moderator: Edward Behrens, MD – CHOP
    Professional development and education
     CME: 1 hours
  • 7:30 AM – 9:00 AM PT
    15W103: Late-Breaking Abstracts (L15–L20)
    Abstract Moderator: Betsy Barnes, PhD – Northwell Health
    Abstract Moderator: Janet Pope, MD, FRCPC, MPH – University of Western Ontario
  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM PT
    15W104: Big Questions and Small RNAs: Decoding Non-Coding Variants
    Moderator: Tiphanie Vogel, MD, PhD – Baylor College of Medicine
    Genetics, genomics and proteomics
     CME: 1 hours
  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM PT
    15W105: Building Trust in Teams
    Moderator: Natasha Ruth, MD, MS – Medical University South Carolina
    Professional development and education
     CME: 1 hours
  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM PT
    15W106: From Genotype to Phenotype: Towards Integration of Genetics and Clinical Medicine
    Moderator: Yoshiya Tanaka, MD, PhD – University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan
    Moderator: Kevin Wei, MD, PhD – Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School
    Genetics, genomics and proteomics
     CME: 1 hours
  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM PT
    15W107: Heterogeneity in Lupus: Lessons from the Autoimmunity Centers of Excellence
    Moderator: Anne Davidson, MBBS, FRACP – Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research
    Moderator: Jeffrey Rice, PhD – National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIH/NIAID)
    Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
     CME: 1 hours
  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM PT
    15W108: Providing Meaningful and Equitable Feedback for Rheumatology Fellows in the Clinical Setting
    Moderator: Audra Horomanski, MD, RhMSUS (she/her/hers) – Stanford University
    Professional development and education
     CME: 1 hours
  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM PT
    15W109: RA Treatment: Are We Good Enough?
    Moderator: Elizabeth Park, MD, MSc (she/her/hers) – Columbia University Medical Center
    Moderator: Michael Weinblatt, MD – Harvard Medical School
    Rheumatoid arthritis (RA)
     CME: 1 hours
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM PT
    15W115: The Value of Clinician Educator Tracks and Fellowships During Graduate Medical Training
    Moderator: Jake Murray, DO – The Iowa Clinic
    Professional development and education
     CME: 1 hours
  • 9:15 AM – 10:15 AM PT
    15W110: Comprehensive Care for Systemic Autoinflammatory Diseases
    Moderator: Nadine Saad, MD – University of Michigan
    Moderator: Grant Schulert, MD, PhD – Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
    Periodic fever syndromes, autoinflammatory diseases, Still’s disease and MAS/HLH
     CME: 1 hours
  • 9:15 AM – 10:15 AM PT
    15W112: Getting Skin and Joint in the Game: Key Players in the Psoriatic Arthritis Microenvironment
    Moderator: M. Elaine Husni, MD, MPH – Cleveland Clinic
    Spondyloarthritis (SpA) including psoriatic arthritis (PsA)
     CME: 1 hours
  • 9:15 AM – 10:15 AM PT
    15W113: Humoral Immunity Gone Wrong: Antibody Secreting B Cells
    Moderator: Alessandra Pernis, MD – Hospital for Special Surgery
    Immunobiology
     CME: 1 hours
  • 9:15 AM – 10:15 AM PT
    15W114: Meet the Panel: To Inject or Not to Inject an OA Knee: That Is the Question
    Moderator: David Hunter, PhD, MBBS, FRACP – Sydney Musculoskeletal Health, University of Sydney
    Osteoarthritis (OA) and related disorders
     CME: 1 hours
  • 9:15 AM – 10:15 AM PT
    15W127: Distinguished Investigator: The Evolution of Clinical Research in Vasculitis: Lessons Learned for the Study of Rare Diseases
    Moderator: Christopher Redmond, MD, MSc (he/him/his) – West Virginia University
    Rheumatoid arthritis (RA)
     CME: 1 hours
  • 9:15 AM – 10:45 AM PT
    15W116: Abstracts: Epidemiology & Public Health III (2563–2568)
    Abstract Moderator: Ankoor Shah, MD – Duke University
    Abstract Moderator: Laura Ross, PhD, MBBS, FRACP – St. Vincent's Hospital Melbourne
    Epidemiology, health policy and outcomes
  • 9:15 AM – 10:45 AM PT
    15W117: Abstracts: Miscellaneous Rheumatic & Inflammatory Diseases III (2569–2574)
    Abstract Moderator: Brent Luedders, MD – University of Nebraska Medical Center
    Abstract Moderator: Marcus Snow, MD – University of Nebraska Medical Center
    Periodic fever syndromes, autoinflammatory diseases, Still’s disease and MAS/HLH
  • 9:15 AM – 10:45 AM PT
    15W118: Abstracts: Muscle Biology, Myositis & Myopathies – Basic & Clinical Science II (2575–2580)
    Abstract Moderator: Erin Wilfong, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Abstract Moderator: Lisa Christopher-Stine, MD, MPH – Johns Hopkins University
    Myopathic rheumatic diseases (polymyositis, dermatomyositis, inclusion body myositis)
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM PT
    15W119: Clinical Year in Preview
    Moderator: Janet Pope, MD, FRCPC, MPH – University of Western Ontario
    Professional development and education
     CME: 1 hours
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM PT
    15W120: Innovations in Education:  Expanding Rheumatology's Reach through Telehealth Education
    Moderator: David Leverenz, MD – Duke University
    Professional development and education
     CME: 1 hours
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM PT
    15W121: Pediatric Polyarteritis Nodosa: Cutaneous vs. Systemic
    Moderator: Jessica Bloom, MD, MS – University of Colorado
    Moderator: Robert Sundel, MD – Boston Children's Hospital
    Vasculitis
     CME: 1 hours
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PT
    15W122: Genes, Gender, and Gammaglogulins in Severe COVID: Lessons Learned from the Pandemic
    Moderator: Alfred Kim, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Washington University School of Medicine
    Moderator: Rebecca Sadun, MD, PhD – Duke University
    Immunobiology
     CME: 1 hours
  • 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM PT
    15W123: Abstracts: RA – Diagnosis, Manifestations, and Outcomes IV: Pre-RA & RA Diagnosis (2581–2586)
    Abstract Moderator: Kevin Deane, MD, PhD – University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus
    Abstract Moderator: Vlad Tsaltskan, MD – University of California San Diego
    Rheumatoid arthritis (RA)
  • 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM PT
    15W124: Abstracts: SLE – Diagnosis, Manifestations, & Outcomes IV: Outcomes & Comorbidity (2587–2592)
    Abstract Moderator: Emily Smitherman, MD, MS – University of Alabama at Birmingham
    Abstract Moderator: Sean O'Neill, FRACP – University of Sydney and Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia
    Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
  • 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM PT
    15W125: Abstracts: Systemic Sclerosis & Related Disorders III: Clinical Trials (2593–2598)
    Abstract Moderator: Jessica Gordon, MD, MSc – Hospital for Special Surgery
    Abstract Moderator: Antonia Valenzuela, MD, MS – Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
    Fibrosing rheumatic diseases (scleroderma, MCTD, IgG4-related disease, scleroderma mimics)
  • 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM PT
    15W126: Abstracts: Vasculitis – Non-ANCA-Associated & Related Disorders III: Innovation (2599–2604)
    Abstract Moderator: Kathleen Maksimowicz-McKinnon, DO, MPH – MUSC
    Abstract Moderator: Sebastian Sattui, MD, MS (he/him/his) – University of Pittsburgh
    Vasculitis
  • 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM PT
    239: Coordinating Care for Patients With Progressive Pulmonary Fibrosis: A Multidisciplinary Perspective on Diagnosis, Monitoring, and Treatment
    Industry Presenter: Elizabeth R. Volkmann, MD, MS – University of California, Los Angeles
    Industry Presenter: C. Jamie Rutland, MD – Rutland Medical Group
    Industry Presenter: Lila Pourzand, MD – UCLA Radiological Sciences