Association of Women in Rheumatology

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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

Date

August 12 - 15, 2021

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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