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  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Central Time
    CARE to Test Your Knowledge: Complexities and Complications of Rheumatoid Arthritis
    Moderator: Joshua F. Baker, MD, MS – University of Pennsylvania
    Moderator: Rebecca Blank, MD, PhD – NYU
    Session Coordinator: Michael Toprover, MD – New York University Langone Health
  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Central Time
    Complexities and Complications of Rheumatoid Arthritis
    Speaker: James O'Dell, MD – University of Nebraska Medical Center
  • Monday, Oct 27th
    10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Central Time
    From Omics to Action: Redefining the Immune Landscape in RA Joint
    Moderator: Samuel Dowling, MD, PhD – Lurie Children's Hospital, Northwestern University
    Moderator: Deepak Rao, MD, PhD – Brigham and Women's Hospital
    Session Coordinator: Carla Cuda, PhD – Northwestern University
  • Monday, Oct 27th
    10:00 AM – 10:30 AM Central Time
    Tissue-Resident, Extravascular Ly6c- Monocytes Are Critical for Inflammation in the Synovium
    Speaker: Harris Perlman, PhD – Northwestern University
  • Monday, Oct 27th
    10:30 AM – 11:00 AM Central Time
    Fibroblast Zonation in Rheumatoid Arthritis
    Speaker: Kevin Wei, MD, PhD – Brigham and Women's Hospital at Harvard Medical School
  • Monday, Oct 27th
    11:00 AM – 11:30 AM Central Time
    RA Synovial Cell Types and Spatial Niches Involved in Pannus Formation
    Speaker: Laura Donlin, PhD – Hospital for Special Surgery
  • Monday, Oct 27th
    3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Central Time
    Paul Klemperer Memorial Lecture
    Moderator: Liana Fraenkel, MD,MPH – Berkshire Medical Center
    Session Coordinator: Gregory Gardner, MD – University of Washington
  • Monday, Oct 27th
    3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Central Time
    Rheumatology Research Foundation Memorial Lecture: To Memorialize Dr. Joseph Croft
    Moderator: David Borenstein, MD – Retired
    Session Coordinator: Gregory Gardner, MD – University of Washington
  • Monday, Oct 27th
    3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Central Time
    100 Years of Treating Rheumatoid Arthritis: To Create Our Future We Must Understand Our Past
    Speaker: Michael Weinblatt, MD – Brigham and Women's Hospital/ Harvard Medical School
  • Monday, Oct 27th
    3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Central Time
    New Paradigms in the Immunopathogenesis of Rheumatoid Arthritis and Other Autoimmune Diseases
    Speaker: Michael Brenner, MD – Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
  • Tuesday, Oct 28th
    8:30 AM – 10:00 AM Central Time
    Gastrointestinal Manifestations of Connective Tissue Diseases: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Emerging Research
    Moderator: Chiara Bellocchi, MD, PhD – Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
    Moderator: Silvia Bellando-Randone, MD, PhD – University of Florence
    Session Coordinator: Elizabeth Volkmann, MD, MS – University of California, Los Angeles
    Session Coordinator: DeAnna Baker Frost, MD, PhD – Medical University of South Carolina
  • Tuesday, Oct 28th
    8:30 AM – 9:00 AM Central Time
    The Impact of the Gut Microbiome in Individuals at Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis
    Speaker: Christopher Rooney, MD,PhD,MRCP – University of Leeds, UK
  • Tuesday, Oct 28th
    9:00 AM – 9:30 AM Central Time
    Gastrointestinal Disease in Rheumatoid Arthritis: The Impact of the Gut Microbiome on Treatment
    Speaker: Renuka Nayak, MD, PhD – University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
  • Tuesday, Oct 28th
    9:30 AM – 10:00 AM Central Time
    Nutrition and the Gut Microbiome: Dietary Modifications That May Ameliorate Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases
    Speaker: Elizabeth Volkmann, MD, MS – University of California, Los Angeles