AWIR 2021 AGENDA
THURSDAY, AUG 12
8:00 EDT - 8:15 EDT | INTRODUCTION AND PRETEST Faculty: Grace C. Wright, MD, PhD, FACR |
8:15 EDT - 9:00 EDT | SECTION 1: AXSPA AND PSA Faculty: Christopher Ritchlin MD, MPH |
9:00 EDT - 9:45 EDT | SECTION 2: UPDATES IN PsO. ACROSS THE COLOR SPECTRUM OF PSORIATIC DISEASE Faculty: Junko Takeshita, MD, PhD, MSCE |
9:45 EDT - 10:05 EDT | SECTION 3A: PSORIATIC DISEASE: Focus on IL17 and IL23 Inhibition Faculty: Grace C. Wright, MD, PhD, FACR (in person) |
10:05 EDT - 10:25 EDT | SECTION 3B: PSORIATIC DISEASE: Focus on Tyrosine Kinase 2 (TyK2) Inhibition Faculty: Grace C. Wright, MD, PhD, FACR |
10:25 EDT - 10:40 EDT | POSTTEST AND Q&A Moderator: Grace C. Wright, MD, PhD, FACR |
10:40 EDT - 10:55 EDT | BREAK |
10:55 EDT - 11:40 EDT | SECTION 4: CURRENT CONCEPTS OF IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS AND EMERGING THERAPIES IN SLE Faculty: Leonard H. Calabrese, DO |
11:40 EDT - 12:15 EDT | SECTION 5: JAK INHIBITORS: UPDATE ON EFFICACY AND SAFETY IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS Moderator: Grace C. Wright, MD, PhD, FACR |
12:15 EDT - 12:40 EDT | SECTION 6: LIFESTYLE APPROACH AND WELLNESS IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATIC DISEASE: CLINICIAN AND PATIENT PERSPECTIVES Faculty: Leonard H. Calabrese, DO |
12:40 EDT - 12:55 EDT | POSTTEST AND Q&A Moderator: Grace C. Wright, MD, PhD, FACR |
12:55 EDT - 13:10 EDT | BREAK |
13:10 EDT - 13:40 EDT | WORKING LUNCH: PANEL DISCUSSION AND Q & A WITH FACULTY Moderator: Grace C. Wright, MD, PhD, FACR |
13:40 EDT - 14:15 EDT | SECTION 7: 2021 GUIDELINES AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATIC DISEASES. A Panel Discussion Moderator: Grace C. Wright, MD, PhD, FACR |
14:15 EDT - 14:30 EDT | POSTTEST AND Q&A Moderator: Grace C. Wright, MD, PhD, FACR |
14:30 EDT - 16:00 EDT | BREAK |
16:00 EDT - 18:00 EDT | EXHIBITS & POSTERS AWIR Local Chapter Leadership Meeting (AWIR Leadership only) |
18:00 EDT - 19:00 EDT | LATTE N' LEARN Sponsored by Janssen |
19:00 EDT - 21:00 EDT | PRESIDENTIAL RECEPTION & DINNER |
FRIDAY, AUG 13
7:00 EDT - 8:00 EDT | EXHIBITS AND POSTERS |
7:45 EDT - 8:00 EDT | GENERAL BREAKFAST |
8:05 EDT - 8:45 EDT | THE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES OF IL-6 AND JAKS IN RA. AN OVERVIEW Faculty: Alvin Wells, MD Sponsored by Sanofi |
8:45 EDT - 9:00 EDT | PRESIDENT’S WELCOME & OPENING REMARKS Grace C. Wright, MD, PhD, FACR |
9:00 EDT - 10:00 EDT | LEGAL AND RISK MANAGEMENT ISSUES FROM FALSE CLAIMS TO COVID-19: What Every Physician Needs to Know John Durnovich, Esq and Tara Bright, Esq |
10:00 EDT - 10:30 EDT | FINANCIAL PLANNING FOR MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS Norman Barnum, MBA |
10:30 EDT - 11:00 EDT | EXHIBITS AND POSTERS |
11:00 EDT - 11:15 EDT | BREAK |
11:15 EDT - 12:00 EDT | COVID-19: AUTOIMMUNE LONG COVID: What do we know? Leonard Calabrese, DO |
12:00 EDT - 12:45 EDT | LUNCH EDUCATIONAL SYMPOSIUM THE BENEFIT-RISK BALANCE. A DEEP DIVE INTO EFFICACY AND SAFETY DATA OF A JAK INHIBITOR Faculty: Kristi Mizelle MD, MPH, FACR Sponsored by Abbvie |
12:50 EDT - 13:30 EDT | COMORBIDITIES AND PATIENT OUTCOMES IN RHEUMATIC DISEASES Faculty: Jeffrey Curtis, MD |
13:30 EDT - 14:00 EDT | HIDRADENITIS SUPPURATIVA: DIAGNOSIS, MANAGEMENT & COMORBIDITIES Faculty: Ginette Okoye, MD |
14:00 EDT - 14:30 EDT | AWIR ADVOCACY UPDATE Faculty: Gwenesta B. Melton, MD, FACR, Stephanie Ott, MD, FACR, Kevin Daley |
14:30 EDT - 15:15 EDT | A TREATMENT CONSIDERATION FOR ADULTS WITH ACTIVE PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS OR MODERATE TO SEVERE PLAQUE PSORIASIS Faculty: Dr. Sheetal Desai Sponsored by Janssen |
15:15 EDT - 16:00 EDT | EXHIBITS AND POSTERS |
16:00 EDT - 17:00 EDT | SIP N’ SHARE: Networking Hour - Savannah Ballroom |
17:00 EDT - 18:00 EDT | BREAK |
18:00 EDT - 19:00 EDT VIRTUAL ONLY | THE ROLE OF IMAGING IN THE IDENTIFICATION OF AXIAL MANIFESTATIONS OF SPA (VIRTUAL ONLY) Faculty: Catherine Bakewell, MD and Grace Wright, MD, FACR Sponsored by Novartis Medical |
19:00 EDT - 20:00 EDT | AWIR DINNER |
SATURDAY, AUG 14
6:00 EDT - 8:00 EDT | EXHIBITS AND POSTERS |
8:00 EDT - 8:45 EDT | NR-AXSPA: UNDERRECOGNIZED, UNDERDIAGNOSED, AND UNDERTREATED Faculty: Priya Reddy, MD, FACR Sponsored by UCB |
8:45 EDT - 9:45 EDT | LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT – FIRESIDE CHAT Faculty: Grace C. Wright, MD, PhD, FACR, Andrea Reid MD, Beatriz Faro, PharmD |
9:45 EDT - 10:30 EDT | SPONDYLOARTHRITIS AND SEX Faculty: Laura Coates, MBChB, MRCP, PhD |
10:30 EDT - 11:00 EDT | EXHIBITS AND POSTERS |
11:00 EDT - 11:15 EDT | BREAK |
11:15 EDT - 12:00 EDT | BURDEN OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AND THE VALUE OF ACHIEVING REMISSION Faculty: Dr. Alvin Wells , Dr. Grace Wright Sponsored by AbbVie Medical |
12:00 EDT - 12:45 EDT | UNDERSTANDING AXIAL SPONDYLOARTHRITIS: A practice approach to understanding the disease Faculty: Dr. Smitha Reddy Sponsored by Lilly |
12:45 EDT - 13:30 EDT | AWIR FELLOWS POSTER PRESENTATION |
13:35 EDT - 14:15 EDT | AWIR FELLOWS WORKSHOP Faculty: Dianne Petrone MD, Thaila Ramanujam MD, Florine Constantinescu MD |
13:35 EDT - 14:15 EDT | PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION AND INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASES Faculty: Janet Pope, MD, MPH, FRCPC |
14:15 EDT - 14:30 EDT | BREAK |
14:30 EDT - 15:15 EDT | RARE IMPERSONATORS: FGF23-MEDIATED DISEASES, XLH AND TIO, PRESENTING IN A RHEUMATOLOGY CLINIC Faculty: Julia Charles, MD, PhD Sponsored by Ultragenyx |
15:15 EDT - 16:00 EDT | VIRTUAL EXHIBITS AND POSTERS |
16:00 EDT - 17:00 EDT | SIP AND SHARE: NETWORKING - Savannah Ballroom |
19:00 EDT - 22:00 EDT | DINNER |
SUNDAY, AUG 15
6:00 EDT - 7:00 EDT | SUNRISE BEACH WALK |
7:00 EDT - 8:00 EDT | GENERAL BREAKFAST |
8:00 EDT - 8:45 EDT | ADVANCES IN TREATMENT FOR PATIENTS WITH SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS (SLE) OR LUPUS NEPHRITIS (LN) Faculty: Sheetal Desai, MD Sponsored by GSK |
8:45 EDT - 9:45 EDT | COVID-19 PANEL: ADVANCEMENTS AND NOVEL THERAPEUTICS |
10:00 EDT - 10:45 EDT | AWIR GLOBAL: PERSPECTIVES ON THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC (Australia, Brazil, India, Canada, Carribean, Puerto Rico) |
10:45 EDT - 11:30 EDT | COVID-19: DEVELOPING A VACCINE DURING A PANDEMIC Faculty: Dan Barouch, MD |
11:30 EDT - 12:15 EDT | PERSPECTIVES ON COVID-19 AND HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES Faculty: Janine Clayton, MD, FARVO |
12:15 EDT - 13:00 EDT | COVID-19: AN IMMUNOLOGY BOOT CAMP Faculty: Leonard H. Calabrese, DO |
13:00 EDT - 13:15 EDT | Q&A SESSION |
13:15 EDT | THANK YOU AND CLOSING REMARKS |
2021 AWIR Annual Conference
Date August 12 - 15, 2021 |
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Location Virtual and Live at - Sonesta Hilton Head Hotel, 130 Shipyard Dr, Hilton Head Island, SC 29928 |
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All AWIR 2021 session videos are now available for viewing. Effective August 22, conference registration fees are:
$49 (non-members) $39 (members) The Bootcamp registration closes August 22. Session videos can still be viewed, but the current 6 CE credits will close on August 22. The General Session up to 20 CE credits will be available for 3 months as before. |
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