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  • Monday, October 27, 2025
  • 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM Central Time
    Crystalline Arthritis 
    Seminar Presenter: Tuhina Neogi, MD, PhD – Boston University School of Medicine
  • 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM Central Time
    Psoriatic Arthritis 
  • 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM Central Time
    Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
  • 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM Central Time
    Systemic Sclerosis
  • 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM Central Time
    Vasculitis 
  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM Central Time
    Plenary II
  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM Central Time
    Nutrition for Rheumatic Disease: Where Aging Biology, Sarcopenia, and Diet Intersect
    Moderator: Katherine Wysham, MD (she/her/hers) – VA PUGET SOUND/UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
    Moderator: Sarah Lieber, MD, MS (she/her/hers) – Hospital for Special Surgery
    Session Coordinator: David Fernandez, MD, PhD – Hospital for Special Surgery
    Session Coordinator: DeAnna Baker Frost, MD, PhD – Medical University of South Carolina
    Session Coordinator: Brittany Adler, MD – Johns Hopkins University
  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM Central Time
    Gazing into the Crystal Ball: Gout and Cardiometabolic Comorbidity Management
    Moderator: Michael Toprover, MD – New York University Langone Health
    Moderator: Puja Khanna, MD, MPH (she/her/hers) – University of Michigan
    Session Coordinator: Michael Toprover, MD – New York University Langone Health
    Session Coordinator: Puja Khanna, MD, MPH (she/her/hers) – University of Michigan
    Session Coordinator: Naomi Schlesinger, MD – University of Utah
  • 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM Central Time
    Daltroy Memorial Lecture: Breaking the Silence: Empowering Patient/Provider Conversations on Sex and Intimacy in Rheumatic Conditions
    Moderator: Adena Batterman, LCSW,MSW – Hospital for Special Surgery
    Moderator: Priscilla Calvache, MSW, LCSW – Hospital for Special Surgery
    Session Coordinator: Priscilla Calvache, MSW, LCSW – Hospital for Special Surgery
  • 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM Central Time
    Flushing the Joint: Using Lymphatic Drainage to Control Synovial Inflammation
    Moderator: Richard Bell, PhD – Hospital for Special Surgery
    Moderator: Xi Lin – University of Rochester Medical Center
  • 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM Central Time
    Strengthening Our Understanding of Less Common Forms of Inflammatory Myopathies
    Moderator: Julie Paik, MD, MHS – Johns Hopkins University
    Moderator: Nathaniel Harris, MD – Duke University Medical Center
    Session Coordinator: David Fernandez, MD, PhD – Hospital for Special Surgery
    Session Coordinator: Julie Paik, MD, MHS – Johns Hopkins University
  • 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM Central Time
    Reproductive Health Guidelines Turn Five: What's New and What Now?
    Moderator: Eric Dein, MD, RhMSUS – Institute of Rheumatic and Autoimmune Diseases, Overlook Hospital
    Session Coordinator: Eric Dein, MD, RhMSUS – Institute of Rheumatic and Autoimmune Diseases, Overlook Hospital
  • 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM Central Time
    BiTE The Dust: T Cell-Engaging Antibody Therapies to Eliminate Autoreactive Immune Compartments in Rheumatic Diseases
    Moderator: Roberto Caricchio, MD – University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
    Session Coordinator: Anca Askanase, MD, MPH – Columbia University Medical Center
  • 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM Central Time
    Updates in Pulmonary Hypertension in Connective Tissue Diseases
    Moderator: Alana Haussmann, MD – University of California Los Angeles
    Moderator: Lorinda Chung, MD, MS – Stanford University
    Session Coordinator: Elizabeth Volkmann, MD, MS – University of California, Los Angeles
  • 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM Central Time
    Adult Thieves Market
    Session Coordinator: Naomi Schlesinger, MD – University of Utah
    Session Coordinator: Curry Koening, MD, MS – University of Texas Dell Medical School
    Session Coordinator: Angelo Gaffo, MD, FACP – University of Alabama at Birmingham
  • 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM Central Time
    Beneath the Surface: Expert Medical and Surgical Approaches to Difficult Cases in Juvenile Localized Scleroderma
    Moderator: Ivan Foeldvari, MD – Hamburger Zentrum für Kinder- und Jugendrheumatologie
    Moderator: Natalia Vasquez Canizares, MD, MS – Children's Hospital at Montefiore
    Session Coordinator: Jaime Guzman, MD, MSc – University of British Columbia and BC Children's Hospital
  • 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM Central Time
    FIRED UP: Immune Dysregulation in the Central Nervous System
    Moderator: Joseph McDonald, MD, RhMSUS – University of Chicago
    Session Coordinator: Ekemini Ogbu, MD,MSc – Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
    moderator: Stephen Wong, MD – University of Washington/Seattle Children's Hospital
  • 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM Central Time
    The Great AI Debate: Unlocking Potential or Unleashing Chaos
    Moderator: Alvin Wells, MD, PhD, FACR – American Medical Group
    Session Coordinator: Priya Reddy, MD – AARA - Southwest Florida Rheumatology
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM Central Time
    Education and Wellness Inspirations: Teaching Pearls
    Moderator: Ibtissam Gad, MD – University of Michigan
    Session Coordinator: Lisa Zickuhr, MD, MHPE – Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium
  • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Central Time
    Editor's Choice
    Moderator: Josef Smolen, MD – Medical University of Vienna
    Moderator: S. Louis Bridges, Jr, MD, PhD – Hospital for Special Surgery
    Session Coordinator: Gregory Gardner, MD – University of Washington
  • 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Central Time
    Mental Health: Innovative and Scalable Treatment Approaches
    Moderator: Erika Mosor, PhD, MSc – Medical University of Vienna, Center for Medical Data Science, Institute of Outcomes Research
    Moderator: Aileen Ledingham, PT, MS, PhD – Mount Auburn Hospital
    Session Coordinator: Louise Thoma, PhD, DPT – University of North Carolina
  • 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Central Time
    Advancing Musculoskeletal Health: Building a Holistic Educational Ecosystem Through Evidence-Based Interventions and Community Engagement
    Moderator: Sandra Goldsmith, MS,MA,RD – HS
    Moderator: Melissa Flores, MPH,MSW – Hospital for Special Surgery
  • 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Central Time
    Myositis, a Case Study: The Interprofessional Approach
    Moderator: Astia Allenzara, MD – University of North Carolina
    Session Coordinator: Jennifer Trizuto, DPT – Mills Peninsula Medical Center/Sutter
  • 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
  • 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Central Time
    GLP1 Agonists in Rheumatic Disease and Osteoarthritis: Should We Give Them to Everyone?
    Moderator: Matlock A. Jeffries, MD, FACP, FACR – Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
    Moderator: Nancy Lane, MD, BA – University of California at Davis, School of Medicine
    Session Coordinator: Matlock A. Jeffries, MD, FACP, FACR – Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
    Session Coordinator: Nancy Lane, MD, BA – University of California at Davis, School of Medicine
  • 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Central Time
    Toward a Cure for Childhood Arthritis
    Moderator: Marinka Twilt, MD, PhD, MSc – Alberta Children's Hospital
    Session Coordinator: Jaime Guzman, MD, MSc – University of British Columbia and BC Children's Hospital
  • 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Central Time
    Rx for Better Outcomes: In-Office Infusions and Dispensing Using an Integrated Clinical Team
    Moderator: Priya Reddy, MD – AARA - Southwest Florida Rheumatology
    Session Coordinator: Priya Reddy, MD – AARA - Southwest Florida Rheumatology
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM Central Time
    Rheumatology Research Foundation Memorial Lecture: To Memoralize Dr. Eng Tan
    Session Coordinator: Gregory Gardner, MD – University of Washington
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM Central Time
    Through the Looking Glass: Insights into the Pathogenesis of Autoimmune Uveitis
    Moderator: Margaret Chang, MD, PhD – Boston Children's Hospital
    Moderator: Michael Paley, MD, PhD – Washington University in St. Louis
    Session Coordinator: Carla Cuda, PhD – Northwestern University
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM Central Time
    Medical Education Year in Review
    Moderator: Bharat Kumar, MD, RhMSUS, MMed – University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
    Session Coordinator: Lisa Zickuhr, MD, MHPE – Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Central Time
    Osteoarthritis Challenges
    Seminar Presenter: Sharon Kolasinski, MD, FACR – University of Pennsylvania
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Central Time
    Pulmonary Hypertention
    Seminar Presenter: Benjamin Freed, MD – Northwestern
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Central Time
    Reproductive Health 
    Seminar Presenter: Lisa Sammaritano, MD – Hospital for Special Surgery
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Central Time
    Rheumatoid Arthritis
    Seminar Presenter: Jon Giles, MD, MPH – Cedars Sinai Medical Center
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Central Time
    Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Central Time
    Vasculitis
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Central Time
    Sarcodoisis: Secrets and Pearls for Non-Pulmonary Manifestations
    Moderator: Morgan Merchand, NP – University of Vermont Medical Center
    Moderator: Matthew Bunyard, MD, RhMSUS – Cleveland Clinic
    Session Coordinator: Morgan Merchand, NP – University of Vermont Medical Center
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Central Time
    Improving Diversity and Representation in Clinical Trials Among Underrepresented Populations
    Moderator: Joy Buie, RN, PhD, MSc – Lupus Foundation of America
    Session Coordinator: Neil Moody, Jr, BS, PA-C – Multicare Tacoma General Rheumatology Associates
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Central Time
    POTS: Postural Tachycardia Syndrome or Is It?
    Moderator: Jennifer Trizuto, DPT – Mills Peninsula Medical Center/Sutter
    Moderator: Kimberly Kimpton, PT – Self employed
    Session Coordinator: Jennifer Trizuto, DPT – Mills Peninsula Medical Center/Sutter
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Central Time
    Old Dog, New Tricks: Regulation of Transciption Informed by Inborn Errors of Immunity
    Moderator: Polly Ferguson, MD – University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
    Moderator: Tiphanie P. Vogel, MD, PhD – Baylor College of Medicine
    Session Coordinator: Polly Ferguson, MD – University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Central Time
    Skeletal Stem Cells as Therapeutic Targets in Osteoarthritis
    Moderator: Richard F. Loeser, Jr, MD, MACR – University of North Carolina
    Moderator: Baohong Zhao, MD, PhD – Hospital for Special Surgery
    Session Coordinator: Baohong Zhao, MD, PhD – Hospital for Special Surgery
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Central Time
    The Many Faces of ILD in Rheumatic Diseases
    Moderator: Elizabeth Volkmann, MD, MS – University of California, Los Angeles
    Moderator: Iazsmin Bauer Ventura, MD, MS – University of Chicago
    Session Coordinator: Elizabeth Volkmann, MD, MS – University of California, Los Angeles
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Central Time
    Great Debate: Corticosteroids in Pediatric SLE: Slay or Stay
    Moderator: Joyce Hui-Yuen, MD, MS – North Shore LIJ Health System
    Moderator: Ekemini Ogbu, MD,MSc – Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
    Session Coordinator: Ekemini Ogbu, MD,MSc – Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
    Session Coordinator: Joyce Hui-Yuen, MD, MS – North Shore LIJ Health System
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Central Time
    A Diagnostic Approach to Remediating the Struggling Rheumatology Learner
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Central Time
    Pharmaceutical Industry: Friend or Foe?
    Moderator: Achini Dingman, MD – Treasure Valley Rheumatology; Self Employed
    Session Coordinator: Achini Dingman, MD – Treasure Valley Rheumatology; Self Employed
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM Central Time
    Bench to Bedside in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Lupus Nephritis
    Moderator: Lisa Sammaritano, MD – Hospital for Special Surgery
    Session Coordinator: Anca Askanase, MD, MPH – Columbia University Medical Center
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM Central Time
    Axial Spondyloarthritis and Its Mimics Across the Age Spectrum: Emerging Concepts
    Moderator: Rouhin Sen, MD, MS – University of Alabama Birmingham
    Session Coordinator: Grant Louie, MD, MHS – Arthritis and Rheumatism Associates, PC
    Session Coordinator: Lesley Jackson, MD – University of Alabama at Birmingham
  • 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM Central Time
    Knowledge Bowl Final Round
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM Central Time
    Breaking Barriers: Advancing LGBTQIA+ Inclusion in Rheumatology Practice and Research
    Moderator: Irene Blanco, MD, MS – Northwestern University
    Session Coordinator: Neil Moody, Jr, BS, PA-C – Multicare Tacoma General Rheumatology Associates
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM Central Time
    Making It Work: Helping Patients with Rheumatic Conditions Stay Employed
    Moderator: Louise Thoma, PhD, DPT – University of North Carolina
    Moderator: Janet Poole, PhD, OT, FAOTA – University of New Mexico
    Session Coordinator: Louise Thoma, PhD, DPT – University of North Carolina
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM Central Time
    Immunology Boot Camp 1: Basic Principles
    Moderator: Janet Bahr, NP – Family Neighborhood Clinic
    Moderator: Neil Moody, Jr, BS, PA-C – Multicare Tacoma General Rheumatology Associates
    Session Coordinator: Janet Bahr, NP – Family Neighborhood Clinic
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM Central Time
    Untangling the Granulomatous Web of Sarcoidosis
    Moderator: Teresa Tarrant, MD – Duke University
    Moderator: Matthew Baker, MD,MS – Stanford University
    Session Coordinator: Teresa Tarrant, MD – Duke University
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM Central Time
    From Biology to Community: Insights into Inflammatory Arthritis and the Complexities of Care in Indigenous Populations
    Moderator: Christopher Palma, MD – University of Rochester
    Session Coordinator: Christopher Palma, MD – University of Rochester
    Moderator: Judith James, MD,PhD – Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM Central Time
    The Cytokine Language of Still's Disease and MAS
    Moderator: Lauren Henderson, MD, MSc – Boston Children's Hospital
    Moderator: Susan Canny, MD, PhD – Seattle Children's Hospital/University of Washington
    Session Coordinator: Pui Lee, MD, PhD – Boston Children's Hospital
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM Central Time
    Masterclass in Medicine: Help Your Learners Develop the Early Career Habits of Master Clinicians
    Moderator: Jason Liebowitz, MD – Columbia University Medical Center
    Session Coordinator: Tracey Wright, MD – UT Southwestern
    Moderator: Tracey Wright, MD – UT Southwestern
  • 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM Central Time
    Prevention Is the Best Medicine: Updates for Rheumatoid Arthritis and Lupus
    Moderator: Liam O'Neil, MD, MHS – University of Manitoba
    Moderator: Yevgeniya Gartshteyn, MD, MS – Columbia University Medical Center
  • 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
  • 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
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Central Time
    CARE to Test Your Knowledge: Refractory ANCA Vasculitis
    Moderator: Brendan Antiochos, MD – Johns Hopkins
    Session Coordinator: Michael Toprover, MD – New York University Langone Health
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Central Time
    Crystalline Arthritis 
    Seminar Presenter: Tuhina Neogi, MD, PhD – Boston University School of Medicine
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Central Time
    Osteoarthritis Challenges
    Seminar Presenter: Sharon Kolasinski, MD, FACR – University of Pennsylvania
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Central Time
    Psoriatic Arthritis 
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Central Time
    Pulmonary Hypertention
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Central Time
    Improving Health Literacy and Communication in Rheumatic Disease Patients
    Moderator: Kristen Young, DO – Mayo Clinic
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Central Time
    Stats Bootcamp 2: Methods for Analyzing Groupings that Cannot be Directly Observed and Measured: An Introduction to Latent Structures and Latent Variable Models
    Moderator: Elena Losina, PhD – BWH
    Session Coordinator: Joshua J. Stefanik, PhD, PT – Northeastern University
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Central Time
    Fake Rheum: Case-Based Approach to Rheumatology Mimics
    Moderator: Eric Dein, MD, RhMSUS – Institute of Rheumatic and Autoimmune Diseases, Overlook Hospital
    Session Coordinator: Eric Dein, MD, RhMSUS – Institute of Rheumatic and Autoimmune Diseases, Overlook Hospital
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Central Time
    Cancer Immunotherapy and Its Toxicities, Today and Tomorrow
    Moderator: Jeffrey Sparks, MD, MSc – Brigham and Women's Hospital
    Moderator: Sophia C. Weinmann, MD, FACR – Duke University
    Session Coordinator: Brittany Adler, MD – Johns Hopkins University
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Central Time
    Charting the Course for Next Generation Pediatric Lupus Therapies
    Moderator: Ekemini Ogbu, MD,MSc – Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
    Moderator: Joyce Hui-Yuen, MD, MS – North Shore LIJ Health System
    Session Coordinator: Joyce Hui-Yuen, MD, MS – North Shore LIJ Health System
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Central Time
    Survey Says!: Annual Rheumatology Education Survey Results
    Moderator: Lisa Zickuhr, MD, MHPE – Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium
    Session Coordinator: Rebecca Sadun, MD, PhD – Duke University
  • 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM Central Time
    Tiny Tenants, Big Influence: Microbial Regulation of Host Immunity
    Moderator: Tejpal Gill, PhD – OHSU
    Moderator: Kelly Hudspeth, PhD – N/A
    Session Coordinator: Tejpal Gill, PhD – OHSU
  • 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM Central Time
    Sticks and Stones: Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Inflammatory Bone Loss
    Moderator: Mary Beth Humphrey, MD,PhD – University of Oklahoma College of Medicine
    Moderator: Baohong Zhao, MD, PhD – Hospital for Special Surgery
    Session Coordinator: Baohong Zhao, MD, PhD – Hospital for Special Surgery