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  • Friday, Oct 24th
    8:00 AM - 8:05 AM Central Time
    Welcome Address
    Location: Virtual
    Virtual Speaker: Carol Langford, MD;MHS – Cleveland Clinic
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    8:05 AM - 8:45 AM Central Time
    Opening Keynote: Health Technology Assessment in Rheumatology: Why It Matters, How It Works, and Where It’s Going
    Location: Virtual
    Virtual Speaker: Sabine Grimm, PhD, MSc – Maastricht University Medical Centre+
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    8:45 AM - 9:00 AM Central Time
    LIVE Q&A
    Location: Virtual
    Virtual Moderator: Eric Matteson, MD – Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
    Virtual Moderator: Norman Gaylis, MD – Arthritis & Rheumatic Disease Specialties
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    9:00 AM - 9:15 AM Central Time
    Whole Country, Whole Patient: Building Blocks for Equitable Rheumatology Care in Aotearoa New Zealand
    Location: Virtual
    Virtual Speaker: Rebecca Grainger, PhD,FRACP,MBChB – University of Otago
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    9:15 AM - 9:20 AM Central Time
    Q&A
    Location: Virtual
    Virtual Speaker: Rebecca Grainger, PhD,FRACP,MBChB – University of Otago
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    9:20 AM - 9:35 AM Central Time
    Patient Engagement Strategies
    Location: Virtual
    Virtual Speaker: Dieuwke Schiphof, PhD, PT (she/her/hers) – Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    9:35 AM - 9:40 AM Central Time
    Q&A
    Location: Virtual
    Virtual Speaker: Dieuwke Schiphof, PhD, PT (she/her/hers) – Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    9:40 AM - 9:55 AM Central Time
    Advocacy for Public Involvement in Healthcare Policy
    Location: Virtual
    Virtual Speaker: Tanja Stamm – Medical University of Vienna and Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Arthritis and Rehabilitation
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    9:55 AM - 10:00 AM Central Time
    Q&A
    Location: Virtual
    Virtual Speaker: Tanja Stamm – Medical University of Vienna and Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Arthritis and Rehabilitation
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    10:05 AM - 10:10 AM Central Time
    Session Introduction
    Location: Virtual
    Virtual Moderator: Jonathan Krant, MD, MPH, FACP, FACR – Monadnock Health Systems
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    10:10 AM - 10:50 AM Central Time
    Global Researcher Spotlight: Management of Still’s Disease
    Location: Virtual
    Virtual Speaker: Peter Nigrovic, MD – Boston Children's Hospital
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    10:50 AM - 11:00 AM Central Time
    Q&A
    Location: Virtual
    Virtual Speaker: Peter Nigrovic, MD – Boston Children's Hospital
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    11:05 AM - 11:10 AM Central Time
    Case 1: A Cascade of Inflammation: Cardiac, Pulmonary and Rheumatic Manifestations
    Location: Virtual
    Virtual Speaker: Akanksha Kapoor, MD, MBBS (she/her/hers) – Bharati Vidyapeeth Medical College
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    11:10 AM - 11:30 AM Central Time
    Panel Discussion
    Location: Virtual
    Virtual Panelist: Scott Canna, MD – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
    Virtual Panelist: Seza Özen, MD, MSc – Hacettepe University Medical Faculty
    Virtual Panelist: Marco Gattorno, MD – IRCCS G. Gaslini
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    11:30 AM - 11:35 AM Central Time
    Case 2: Overlap of IgG4-related Disease and Multicentric Castleman's Disease in a Patient with Lacrimal Gland Swelling
    Location: Virtual
    Virtual Speaker: Nazlican Civilibal Tang, MD (she/her/hers) – Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    11:35 AM - 11:55 AM Central Time
    Panel Discussion
    Location: Virtual
    Virtual Panelist: Scott Canna, MD – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
    Virtual Panelist: Seza Özen, MD, MSc – Hacettepe University Medical Faculty
    Virtual Panelist: Marco Gattorno, MD – IRCCS G. Gaslini
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    11:55 AM - 12:00 PM Central Time
    Case 3: Rash, Fever, and a Diagnostic Puzzle
    Location: Virtual
    Virtual Speaker: Daniyal Nadeem, MD – Louisiana state university health shreveport
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    12:00 PM - 12:20 PM Central Time
    Panel Discussion
    Location: Virtual
    Virtual Panelist: Scott Canna, MD – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
    Virtual Panelist: Seza Özen, MD, MSc – Hacettepe University Medical Faculty
    Virtual Panelist: Marco Gattorno, MD – IRCCS G. Gaslini
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    1:00 PM - 1:05 PM Central Time
    Introduction to Session and Speakers
    Location: Virtual
    Virtual Moderator: Ozlem Pala, MD,MPH – University of Miami
    Virtual Moderator: Ziga Vodusek, MD – Johns Hopkins
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    1:05 PM - 1:15 PM Central Time
    Triptergium wilfordii Hook F (TwHF) and RA
    Location: Virtual
    Virtual Speaker: Xuan Zhang, PhD – Beijing Hospital
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    1:15 PM - 1:20 PM Central Time
    LIVE Q&A
    Location: Virtual
    Virtual Speaker: Xuan Zhang, PhD – Beijing Hospital
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    1:20 PM - 1:35 PM Central Time
    Ayurvedic Drugs in Rheumatology- A Research Perspective
    Location: Virtual
    Virtual Speaker: Arvind Chopra, MD,MBBS,FRCP – Center for Rheumatic Diseases
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    1:35 PM - 1:40 PM Central Time
    LIVE Q&A
    Location: Virtual
    Virtual Speaker: Arvind Chopra, MD,MBBS,FRCP – Center for Rheumatic Diseases
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    1:40 PM - 1:55 PM Central Time
    Traditional medicine in Rheumatic Diseases in Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations in Latin American countries
    Location: Virtual
    Virtual Speaker: Ingris del Pilar Pelaez Ballestas, MD,PhD – Hospital General de Mexico "Dr. Eduardo Liceaga"
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    1:55 PM - 2:00 PM Central Time
    LIVE Q&A
    Location: Virtual
    Virtual Speaker: Ingris del Pilar Pelaez Ballestas, MD,PhD – Hospital General de Mexico "Dr. Eduardo Liceaga"
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    2:05 PM - 2:10 PM Central Time
    Introduction to Session and Speakers
    Location: Virtual
    Virtual Moderator: Evelyn Hsieh, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – Yale School of Medicine/VA Connecticut Healthcare Center
    Virtual Moderator: Eric Matteson, MD – Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    2:10 PM - 2:30 PM Central Time
    A Critical Approach to Management Guidelines in Takayasu Arteritis
    Location: Virtual
    Virtual Speaker: Haner Direskeneli, MD – Marmara University
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    2:30 PM - 2:50 PM Central Time
    ACR Guideline Development and Geographic Adaptation
    Location: Virtual
    Virtual Speaker: Liana Fraenkel, MD, MPH – Berkshire Medical Center
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    2:50 PM - 3:00 PM Central Time
    Introduction to Panelists
    Location: Virtual
    Virtual Moderator: Evelyn Hsieh, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – Yale School of Medicine/VA Connecticut Healthcare Center
    Virtual Moderator: Eric Matteson, MD – Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    3:00 PM - 3:50 PM Central Time
    PANEL Discussion
    Location: Virtual
    Virtual Panelist: Bernhard Hellmich, MD – Medius Kliniken
    Virtual Panelist: Gilda Ferreira, PhD – Federal University of Minas Gerais
    Virtual Panelist: Bridget Hodkinson – University of Cape Town
    Virtual Panelist: Chi Chiu Mok, MD,FRCP – Tuen Mun Hospital
    Virtual Panelist: Tuhina Neogi, MD, PhD – Boston University School of Medicine
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    3:50 PM - 4:00 PM Central Time
    Closing Remarks
    Location: Virtual
    Virtual Moderator: Eric Matteson, MD – Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science