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  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    9:00 AM – 10:00 AM Central Time
    Potential Mechanisms of IgG4-Related Disease: A JCR-ACR Session
    Moderator: John Stone, MD,MPH – Massachusetts General Hospital , Harvard Medical School
    Moderator: Yoshiya Tanaka, MD, PhD – University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan
    Session Coordinator: Theresa Lu, MD, PhD – Hospital for Special Surgery
  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    9:00 AM – 9:30 AM Central Time
    Delineating Heterogeneity of IgG4-Related Disease
    Speaker: Shingo Nakayamada, MD, PhD – University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan
  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    9:30 AM – 10:00 AM Central Time
    Mechanisms of IgG-Related Disease
    Speaker: Shiv Pillai, MD, PhD – Harvard Medical School
  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    10:30 AM – 11:30 AM Central Time
    The Doctor 'Nose' Best: Ear, Nose, and Throat Manifestations in ANCA-Associated Vasculitis
    Moderator: Brendan Denvir, MD – Johns Hopkins
  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    10:30 AM – 11:00 AM Central Time
    The ENT Manifestations of ANCA-Associated Vasculitis
    Speaker: Mark Zacharek, MD – University of Michigan
  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    11:00 AM – 11:30 AM Central Time
    Treatment of Ear, Nose, and Throat Manifestations in ANCA-Associated Vasculitis
    Speaker: Lindsay S. Lally, MD – Hospital for Special Surgery
  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    3:00 PM – 4:30 PM Central Time
    Flying Solo: Recognizing and Treating Single-Organ Vasculitis
    Moderator: Rennie Rhee, MD, MS – University of Pennsylvania
  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    3:00 PM – 3:30 PM Central Time
    Cutaneous Vasculitis
    Speaker: Robert Micheletti, MD – Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    3:30 PM – 4:00 PM Central Time
    CNS Vaculitis
    Speaker: Rula A. Hajj-Ali, MD – Cleveland Clinic
  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    4:00 PM – 4:30 PM Central Time
    Isolated Aortitis
    Speaker: Tanaz Kermani, MD, MS – University of California Los Angeles
  • Monday, Oct 27th
    3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Central Time
    CARE to Test Your Knowledge: Refractory ANCA Vasculitis
    Moderator: Sebastian E. Sattui, MD,MS – University of Pittsburgh
    Moderator: Brendan Antiochos, MD – Johns Hopkins
    Session Coordinator: Michael Toprover, MD – New York University Langone Health
  • Monday, Oct 27th
    3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Central Time
    Refractory ANCA Vasculitis
    Speaker: Anisha Dua, MD, MPH – Northwestern University
  • Tuesday, Oct 28th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Central Time
    Great Debate: Giant Cell Arteritis Ultrasound vs. Vasculitis
    Moderator: Mats Junek, MD, MSc – McMaster University
    Moderator: Brendan Antiochos, MD – Johns Hopkins
    Session Coordinator: Anca Askanase, MD, MPH – Columbia University Medical Center
  • Tuesday, Oct 28th
    10:00 AM – 10:30 AM Central Time
    Ultrasound Should Replace Biopsy for the Diagnosis of Giant Cell Arteritis
    Speaker: Wolfgang Schmidt, MD, MACR – Waldfriede Hospital Berlin, Rheumatology
  • Tuesday, Oct 28th
    10:30 AM – 11:00 AM Central Time
    Ultrasound Should Not Replace Biopsy for the Diagnosis of Giant Cell Arteritis
    Speaker: Peter Grayson, MD, MSc – National Institutes of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  • Tuesday, Oct 28th
    1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Central Time
    Philip Hench Memorial Lecture
    Session Coordinator: Gregory Gardner, MD – University of Washington
  • Tuesday, Oct 28th
    1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Central Time
    Beyond the Silence: Unlocking Quality of Life Issues for Better Health Conversations with Vasculitis Patients
    Moderator: Leila Khalili, MSN, FNP, APRN – Columbia University Medical Center
    Moderator: Donna McArthur, PhD, FNP, APRN – Eosinophilic & Rare Disease Cooperative
    Session Coordinator: Joshua J. Stefanik, PhD, PT – Northeastern University
  • Tuesday, Oct 28th
    1:00 PM – 1:30 PM Central Time
    What Your Patients Aren't Telling You: Patient Perspectives
    Speaker: Sarah Jones, MS, MPA (she/her/hers) – Eosinophilic & Rare Disease Cooperative
  • Tuesday, Oct 28th
    1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Central Time
    IgG4-Related Disease: From Bedside to Bench and Back to Bedside
    Speaker: John Stone, MD,MPH – Massachusetts General Hospital , Harvard Medical School
  • Tuesday, Oct 28th
    1:30 PM – 2:00 PM Central Time
    What Your Patients Aren't Telling You: Rheumatologist Perspectives
    Speaker: Alicia Rodriguez-Pla, MD,PhD,RhMSUS,MPH,FACP – Sierra Pacific Arthritis and Rheumatology Centers