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AWIR 2023 Agenda


Dates: August 10 – 13, 2023 (All times EST)
Location: Rosen Shingle Creek @ Orlando, FL (Live & Virtual)

CME Information

 

6:45 - 8:00 Breakfast  
7:00 - 7:15 Presidential Welcome Grace Wright, MD, PhD, FACR
7:15 - 7:45 IL-6 in Health and Disease: Where Rheumatology Meets COVID-19 and Beyond Leonard Calabrese, DO
7:45 - 8:15 BDCA- 2 and FcRN Inhibitors: Emerging PAthways in Management of Immune Mediated Diseases Grace Wright, MD, PhD, FACR
8:15 - 8:45 IL-23 and IL-12 Inhibitors Christopher T. Ritchlin, MD, MPH
8:45 - 9:15 Psychoneuroimmunology: A Bootcamp for the rheumatologist Leonard Calabrese, DO
9:15 - 9:45 Break  
9:45 - 10:15 JAK and TYK2 Iain McInnes PhD, CBE, FRCP, FRSE, FMedSci
10:15 - 10:45 Top Ten List for APS Sheetal Desai, MD, MSEd
10:45 - 11:15 IL-17 Inhibitors Christopher T. Ritchlin, MD, MPH
11:15 - 11:45 BTK Inhibitors Iain McInnes PhD, CBE, FRCP, FRSE, FMedSci
11:45 - 12:15 Break  
12:15 - 13:15 Working Lunch & Panel: Combination Therapy Leonard Calabrese, DO Sheetal Desai, MD, MSEd
Iain McInnes PhD, CBE, FRCP, FRSE, FMedSci
Christopher T. Ritchlin, MD, MPH
Grace Wright MD, PhD, FACR
13:15 - 13:45 T cell based therapy in Rheumatology 2023: The new frontier Leonard Calabrese, DO
13:45 - 14:15 B- and T-Cell Targeting: Emerging Pathways in Management of Immune Mediated Diseases Grace Wright MD, PhD, FACR
14:15 - 15:15 Panel: Implications on Patient Care Leonard Calabrese, DO Sheetal Desai, MD, MSEd
Christopher T. Ritchlin, MD, MPH
Grace Wright MD, PhD, FACR
15:15 - 17:00 Exhibits Open  
17:00 - 18:30 Break  
18:30 - 19:30 The Road to Gender Equity Grace Wright MD, PhD, FACR
Priya Reddy, MD, FACR
Sheetal Desai, MD, MSE
19:30 - 21:30 Dinner  
6:45 - 8:00 Breakfast  
7:00 - 7:45 Product Theater: Sanofi Understanding Polymyalgia Rheumatica: Pathophysiology, Presentation, and Pain Leonard Calabrese, DO
7:45 - 8:30 Use of a Prescription JAK Inhibitor in a Patient Scenario with Active Ankylosing Spondylitis Elaine Lambert, MD
8:30 - 9:00 Exhibits Open  
9:00 - 9:45 Keynote Address: Equity and Diversity in the Rheumatology Workforce and Pipeline Anisha B. Dua, MD, MPH
9:45 - 10:15 Updates in Axial Spondyloarthritis Catherine Bakewell, MD, RhMSUS
10:15 - 10:45 Rheumatoid Arthritis Grace Wright, MD, PhD, FACR
10:45 - 11:15 Be in the Know: Lupus in 2023 Sheetal Desai, MD, MSEd
11:15 - 11:45 Updates in Psoriatic Disease Catherine Bakewell, MD, RhMSUS
11:45 - 12:15 Exhibits Open  
11:45 - 12:15 Lunch  
12:15 - 13:00 Product Theater: Abbvie Medical Grace Wright, MD, PhD, FACR
Soha Dolatabadi, MD Kathryn Dao, MD
13:00 - 13:45 Stop Looking at Your Investments and Do This Instead Howard Hook, CFP, CPA, CAP
13:45 - 14:30 Selling a Practice: Preparing for and Closing the Deal Chris Dwight, Partner, Poyner Spruill
14:30 - 15:00 AWIR: Advocacy in Action Gwenesta Melton, MD, FACR
Stephanie Ott MD
Kevin Daley
Eleni Valanos
15:00 - 15:15 Alliance of Women in Rheumatology: Clinical Research Activities Gail Kerr, MD, FRCP, FACR
15:15 - 17:00 Exhibits Open  
15:30 - 17:00 Sip n Share w/ Poster  
17:00 - 18:30 Break  
18:30 - 19:30 Product Theater: Abbvie Commercial
Defy Expectations: Challenge Treatment Goals in AS and nr-axSpA: An oral therapy that challenges treatment goals for ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (nr-axSpA)
Ara Dikranian, MD
19:30 - 21:30 Dinner  
6:45 - 8:00 Breakfast  
7:00 - 7:45 Product Theater: Novartis Medical
Acute Gouty Arthritis: ​Managing Challenging Subpopulations
Naomi Schlesinger, MD
7:45 - 8:30 Product Theater: GSK Commercial
Benlysta Consider Now For Long-Term Impact
Kristi Mizelle, MD, MPH, FACR
8:30 - 9:00 Exhibits Open  
9:00 - 9:45 Culturally Conscious, Collaborative Leadership: Creating a Culture of Inclusion Sheetal Desai, MD, MSEd
Rebecca B. Peterson, MD, RSc, FACS
Ashley Diaz-Granados
Grace Wright, MD, PhD, FACR
9:45 - 10:15 Sjögren’s Disease Updates: Endotypes Sara McCoy, MD, PhD. RhMSUS
10:15 - 10:45 SjD Imaging: Salivary Gland Ultrasound Sara McCoy, MD, PhD. RhMSUS
10:45 - 11:15 Update in Gout Jeff R. Peterson MD
11:15 - 11:45 Gout in Menopause Jeff R. Peterson MD
11:45 - 12:15 Exhibits Open  
11:45 - 12:15 Lunch  
12:15 - 13:00 Product Theater: Lilly Commercial
A Conversation About PsA, PsO, and axSpA
Catherine Bakewell, MD, RhMSUS
Grace Wright, MD, PhD, FACR
Rachel Tate, BA
Mital Patel-Cohen, MD
13:00 - 13:45 Fellows Poster Presentation Aryan Jalal
Brinda Basida
Catherine Sims
Mary Salim
Eleonora Giacobbe
Kava Rene
Nida Rasheed
13:45 - 14:30 Transitioning the Pediatric Rheumatology Patient Marla Guzman, MD, FAAP
14:30 - 15:15 Breakout 1
Workshops
Fellows Forum: Choosing The Right Path
Taraneh Mehrani,MD, FACR
Diane Petrone, MD, FACR
Sharon Dowell, MD, FACR
Gail Kerr, MD, FACR
14:30 - 15:15 Breakout 2
Negotiations 2.0: Practical Skills for Apps
Chris Dwight, Partner, Poyner Spruill
14:30 - 15:15 Breakout 3
Pediatric Rheumatology Workshop: Healthcare Transition in Practice
Marla Guzman, MD, FAAP
14:30 - 15:15 Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, and You: What Technology Can Bring to Rheumatology Practice and Research Jeffrey Curtis, MD, MS, MPH
15:15 - 17:00 Exhibits Open  
15:45 - 17:15 Sip n Share w/ Poster  
17:15 - 18:30 Break  
18:30 - 19:30 Product Theater: Lilly Medical
The Importance of Early Diagnosis and Management of axSpA and the Implications of a Delayed Diagnosis
Anne Winkler, MD
19:30 - 21:30 Dinner  
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