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  • Tuesday, October 28, 2025
  • 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM Central Time
    Axial Spondyloarthritis 
  • 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM Central Time
    Inflammatory Brain Disease 
    Seminar Presenter: Eyal Muscal, MD, MS – Baylor College of Medicine
  • 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM Central Time
    Reproductive Health 
    Seminar Presenter: Lisa Sammaritano, MD – Hospital for Special Surgery
  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Central Time
    Closing the Divide: Current Inequalities and Strategies to Achieving Equity
    Moderator: Mileka Gilbert, MD,PhD – Medical University of South Carolina
    Moderator: Jill Blitz, PT – Children's Hospital Los Angeles
    Session Coordinator: Sivia Lapidus, MD – Hackensack University Medical Center
  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM Central Time
    Plenary III
  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM Central Time
    Rheumatology on the Hill: The State of Play in Washington, DC
    Moderator: Lesley Jackson, MD – University of Alabama at Birmingham
    Session Coordinator: Lesley Jackson, MD – University of Alabama at Birmingham
  • 8:30 AM – 9:15 AM Central Time
    Engage and Solve: Pediatric Rheumatology Kahoot Game
  • 8:30 AM – 9:15 AM Central Time
    Engage and Solve: Pediatric Rheumatology Kahoot! Game
    Session Coordinator: Pui Lee, MD, PhD – Boston Children's Hospital
    Session Coordinator: Susan Shenoi, MBBS, MS, RhMSUS – Seattle Children's Hospital and Research Center
  • 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM Central Time
    Patient Perspectives
  • 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM Central Time
    ARP Distinguished Lecture: It Takes a Village: Co-Creating Health Interventions Through Collaborative Research and Community Empowerment
    Moderator: Christine A. Pellegrini, PhD – University of South Carolina
    Session Coordinator: Priscilla Calvache, MSW, LCSW – Hospital for Special Surgery
  • 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM Central Time
    The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Understanding Mechanisms of Adverse Events After Immune Checkpoint Therapy
    Moderator: Sophia C. Weinmann, MD, FACR – Duke University
    Session Coordinator: Teresa Tarrant, MD – Duke University
  • 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM Central Time
    An Emerging Role for Artificial Intelligence in Imaging for Diagnosis and Management of Rheumatic Conditions
    Moderator: Genessis Maldonado, MD – Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Moderator: Bernard Ng, MBBS, MSc, MMed – Veteran Affairs
    Session Coordinator: Lesley Jackson, MD – University of Alabama at Birmingham
    Session Coordinator: Bernard Ng, MBBS, MSc, MMed – Veteran Affairs
    Session Coordinator: Matlock A. Jeffries, MD, FACP, FACR – Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
  • 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM Central Time
    Secrets and Pearls of Rheumatology
    Moderator: Ryan Massay, MBBS – University of Michigan
    Moderator: Angelo Gaffo, MD, FACP – University of Alabama at Birmingham
    Session Coordinator: Angelo Gaffo, MD, FACP – University of Alabama at Birmingham
  • 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM Central Time
    Updates in Osteoporosis: Where They 'Fall Short'
    Moderator: Maria I. ("Maio") Danila, MD, MSc, MPH – University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Birmingham VA Medical Center
    Moderator: Nancy Lane, MD, BA – University of California at Davis, School of Medicine
    Session Coordinator: Lesley Jackson, MD – University of Alabama at Birmingham
    Session Coordinator: Nancy Lane, MD, BA – University of California at Davis, School of Medicine
  • 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM Central Time
    Work Smarter, Not Harder: Hacks for Different Electronic Medical Records to Optimize Your Rheumatology Practice
    Moderator: Haidy Galous, MD – UTSW
    Session Coordinator: Haidy Galous, MD – UTSW
  • 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
    Session Coordinator: Elizabeth Volkmann, MD, MS – University of California, Los Angeles
    Session Coordinator: DeAnna Baker Frost, MD, PhD – Medical University of South Carolina
    Moderator: Silvia Bellando-Randone, MD, PhD – University of Florence
  • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Central Time
    Differential Diagnosis of the Shoulder, Including Inflammatory and Musculoskeletal Diagnoses
    Moderator: Kimberly Kimpton, PT – Self employed
    Moderator: Joshua J. Stefanik, PhD, PT – Northeastern University
    Session Coordinator: Kimberly Kimpton, PT – Self employed
  • 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
  • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Central Time
    Enhancing Pediatric Training: Innovative Approaches to Early Exposure in Pediatric Rheumatology
    Moderator: Ekemini Ogbu, MD,MSc – Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
    Moderator: Tracey Wright, MD – UT Southwestern
    Session Coordinator: Tracey Wright, MD – UT Southwestern
  • 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Central Time
    Cutting Through the Fog: Understanding Cognitive Dysfunction in Rheumatic Diseases
    Moderator: Louise Thoma, PhD, DPT – University of North Carolina
    Session Coordinator: Matthew Bunyard, MD, RhMSUS – Cleveland Clinic
  • 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Central Time
    Enhancing Shared Decision Making in Rheumatic Disease Management
    Moderator: Eileen Davidson, -None- – Arthritis Research Canada
    Session Coordinator: Matthew Bunyard, MD, RhMSUS – Cleveland Clinic
  • 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Central Time
    Onboarding and Integrating Advanced Practice Providers into Rheumatology Practices in Private, Hospital, and Academic Environments
    Session Coordinator: Morgan Merchand, NP – University of Vermont Medical Center
    Moderator: Neil Moody, Jr, BS, PA-C – Multicare Tacoma General Rheumatology Associates
  • 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Central Time
    Bypassing the 'Toll' Booth: NIAID-Supported Insights into Alternative Nucleic Acid Sensing in Autoimmunity
    Moderator: Jeffrey Rice, PhD – National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIH/NIAID)
    Moderator: Christian Lood, PhD – University of Washington
    Session Coordinator: Carla Cuda, PhD – Northwestern University
  • 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Central Time
    Women Have a Bone to Pick: Hormonal Regulation of Osteoporosis
    Moderator: Julia Charles, MD, PhD – Brigham and Women's Hospital
    Moderator: Baohong Zhao, MD, PhD – Hospital for Special Surgery
    Session Coordinator: Baohong Zhao, MD, PhD – Hospital for Special Surgery
  • 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Central Time
    Promoting Comparative Effectiveness Research in Pediatric Rheumatology: The Challenges of Making Consensus Treatment Plans Work
    Moderator: Emily von Scheven, MD – University of California, San Francisco
    Moderator: Emily Smitherman, MD, MS – University of Alabama at Birmingham
    Session Coordinator: Jessica Neely, MD – UCSF
  • 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Central Time
    Rheumatology Workforce Solutions: Primary Care Resources, Referral Triage Tactics, and Smarter Screening Strategies
    Moderator: Beth Jonas, MD – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Moderator: Steven Taylor, MD, RhMSUS – University of Colorado
    Session Coordinator: Rebecca Sadun, MD, PhD – Duke University
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM Central Time
    Challenges and Solutions for Management of Raynaud's Phenomenon
    Session Coordinator: DeAnna Baker Frost, MD, PhD – Medical University of South Carolina
    Session Coordinator: Elizabeth Volkmann, MD, MS – University of California, Los Angeles
    Moderator: DeAnna Baker Frost, MD, PhD – Medical University of South Carolina
    Moderator: Arissa Young, MD – UCLA
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM Central Time
    Ouch! What's New in Pain?
    Moderator: Eric Dein, MD, RhMSUS – Institute of Rheumatic and Autoimmune Diseases, Overlook Hospital
    Moderator: Jason Liebowitz, MD – Columbia University Medical Center
    Session Coordinator: Eric Dein, MD, RhMSUS – Institute of Rheumatic and Autoimmune Diseases, Overlook Hospital
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Central Time
    Axial Spondyloarthritis 
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Central Time
    Fibromyalgia 
    Seminar Presenter: Brian Walitt, MD,MPH – NIH
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Central Time
    Inflammatory Brain Disease 
    Seminar Presenter: Eyal Muscal, MD, MS – Baylor College of Medicine
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Central Time
    Osteoporosis 
    Seminar Presenter: Mary Beth Humphrey, MD,PhD – University of Oklahoma College of Medicine
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Central Time
    Rheumatoid Arthritis-Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD)/Connective Tissue Disease/ILD
    Seminar Presenter: Jeffrey Sparks, MD, MSc – Brigham and Women's Hospital
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Central Time
    Philip Hench Memorial Lecture
    Session Coordinator: Gregory Gardner, MD – University of Washington
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Central Time
    Pharmacology Update: What's New for 2025
    Moderator: Jennifer Trizuto, DPT – Mills Peninsula Medical Center/Sutter
    Session Coordinator: Jennifer Trizuto, DPT – Mills Peninsula Medical Center/Sutter
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Central Time
    Making Sense of Machine Learning: How to Read, Interpret, and Apply New Research
    Moderator: Cynthia Crowson, PhD – Mayo Clinic
    Moderator: Joshua J. Stefanik, PhD, PT – Northeastern University
    Session Coordinator: Louise Thoma, PhD, DPT – University of North Carolina
  • 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
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Central Time
    Beyond NETs: Alternative Roles of Neutrophils in Spondyloarthritis
    Moderator: Iannis Adamopoulos, PhD – Harvard Medical School, BIDMC, Division of Rheumatology
    Session Coordinator: Tejpal Gill, PhD – OHSU
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Central Time
    Tissue Is the Issue: How Kidney Physiology Impacts Immunity
    Moderator: Jeremy Tilstra, MD, PhD – University of Pittsburgh
    Session Coordinator: Jeremy Tilstra, MD, PhD – University of Pittsburgh
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Central Time
    Getting to the Heart of the Issue: Perimyocarditis in Autoimmune Diseases
    Moderator: Eugene Krustev, MD – Johns Hopkins University
    Moderator: Didem Saygin, MD – Rush University Medical Center
    Session Coordinator: Julie Paik, MD, MHS – Johns Hopkins University
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Central Time
    Distinguished Lecture: Pediatric Rheumatology
    Moderator: Lisa G. Rider, MD – NIEHS, NIH
    Moderator: Jessica Neely, MD – UCSF
    Session Coordinator: Jessica Neely, MD – UCSF
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Central Time
    Teaching Evidence-Based Medicine to Rheumatology Learners in Busy Clinical Settings
    Moderator: Sarah Donohue, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Wisconsin
    Session Coordinator: Miriah Gillispie-Taylor, MD – Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's Hospital
    Moderator: Julianna Desmarais, MD – Oregon Health and Sciences University
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM Central Time
    FDA Update
    Moderator: Michael Weisman, MD – Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Stanford University; Distinguished Professor of Medicine Emeritus, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
    Session Coordinator: Gregory Gardner, MD – University of Washington
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM Central Time
    Curbside Consults
    Moderator: Bernard Ng, MBBS, MSc, MMed – Veteran Affairs
    Moderator: Brittany Adler, MD – Johns Hopkins University
    Session Coordinator: Bernard Ng, MBBS, MSc, MMed – Veteran Affairs
    Session Coordinator: Brittany Adler, MD – Johns Hopkins University
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM Central Time
    RISE Rollout: New Features, What to Expect, and Future Directions with the New Platform
    Moderator: Deanna Jannat-Khah, MPH, DrPH – Hospital For Special Surgery
    Session Coordinator: Deanna Jannat-Khah, MPH, DrPH – Hospital For Special Surgery
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM Central Time
    From Nice to Necessary: Involving Patients as Essential Members of Your Research Team
    Moderator: Marian Hannan, DSc – Marcus Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife
    Moderator: Joel Thompson, MA, DPT – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Session Coordinator: Matthew Bunyard, MD, RhMSUS – Cleveland Clinic
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM Central Time
    Cultivating Magnetic Digital Presence: Engaging, Leading, and Inspiring in Virtual Communication
    Moderator: Kimberly Kimpton, PT – Self employed
    Session Coordinator: Kimberly Kimpton, PT – Self employed
    Moderator: Linda Ehrlich-Jones, RN, PhD – Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM Central Time
    Immunology Boot Camp 2: Applying Principles to Practice
    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
    A New Framework for Personalized Medicine: Human Organoids
    Moderator: Tejpal Gill, PhD – OHSU
    Session Coordinator: Tejpal Gill, PhD – OHSU
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM Central Time
    Bringing Sexy Back: Sex Hormone Modulation of Immune Responses in Autoimmunity
    Moderator: Melissa Cunningham, MD, PhD – Medical University of SC
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM Central Time
    From Frustration to Confidence: Tackling Medication Adherence in Rheumatology
    Moderator: Rachel Randell, MD,MS – Duke University
    Session Coordinator: Kai Sun, MD,MS,RhMSUS – Duke University
    Session Coordinator: Puja Khanna, MD, MPH (she/her/hers) – University of Michigan
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM Central Time
    Pediatric Thieves Market
    Moderator: Sivia Lapidus, MD – Hackensack University Medical Center
    Moderator: Joyce Hui-Yuen, MD, MS – North Shore LIJ Health System
    Session Coordinator: Sivia Lapidus, MD – Hackensack University Medical Center
    Session Coordinator: Joyce Hui-Yuen, MD, MS – North Shore LIJ Health System
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM Central Time
    Swipe Right on Rheumatology: Engaging Learners and Creating Community in the Digital Age
    Moderator: Laura Arneson, MD – Northwestern University
    Session Coordinator: Miriah Gillispie-Taylor, MD – Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's Hospital
    Moderator: Mithu Maheswaranathan, MD – Duke University School of Medicine
  • 2:45 PM – 3:45 PM Central Time
    Innovative Support Group Models: Leveraging Technology to Enhance Patient Engagement and Quality of Life
    Moderator: Cheryl Crow, OT – Arthritis Life
    Moderator: Melissa Flores, MPH,MSW – Hospital for Special Surgery
    Session Coordinator: Priscilla Calvache, MSW, LCSW – Hospital for Special Surgery
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Central Time
    CARE to Test Your Knowledge: Challenges in Osteoporosis Management
    Moderator: Katherine Wysham, MD (she/her/hers) – VA PUGET SOUND/UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
    Session Coordinator: Michael Toprover, MD – New York University Langone Health
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Central Time
    Autoinflammatory Disease 
    Seminar Presenter: Troy Torgerson, MD, PhD – Allen Institute for Immunology
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Central Time
    Fibromyalgia 
    Seminar Presenter: Brian Walitt, MD,MPH – NIH
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Central Time
    Osteoporosis 
    Seminar Presenter: Mary Beth Humphrey, MD,PhD – University of Oklahoma College of Medicine
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Central Time
    Rheumatoid Arthritis-Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD)/Connective Tissue Disease/ILD
    Seminar Presenter: Jeffrey Sparks, MD,MSc – Brigham and Women's Hospital
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Central Time
    Sjögren's Disease
    Seminar Presenter: Alan Baer, MD, FACP, MACR – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Central Time
    Translating Research into Care: Effectively Disseminating Research Findings to Patients
    Moderator: Cheryl Crow, OT – Arthritis Life
    Moderator: Priscilla Calvache, MSW, LCSW – Hospital for Special Surgery
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Central Time
    Boosting Impact in Rheumatology: Emerging Trends and Future Directions in Implementation Science
    Moderator: Charmayne Dunlop-Thomas, MS, MPH – Emory University
    Moderator: Janet Bahr, NP – Family Neighborhood Clinic
    Session Coordinator: Janet Bahr, NP – Family Neighborhood Clinic
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Central Time
    Stressed Out!: The Role of Cellular Stress in Autoimmune Disease
    Moderator: William Ambler, MD – NIH/NIAMS
    Moderator: Andras Perl, MD, PhD – SUNY
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Central Time
    From HLA-B27 to Spondyloarthritis: Bridging the Gap with Biochemical, Microbial, and Immunological Evidence
    Moderator: Robert Colbert, MD, PhD – NIH/NIAMS
    Moderator: Tejpal Gill, PhD – OHSU
    Session Coordinator: Tejpal Gill, PhD – OHSU
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Central Time
    More Than the Sum of Parts: A Roadmap to Target Social Risk Factors in Rheumatology
    Moderator: Shivani Garg, MD, MS – University of Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health
    Session Coordinator: Reema Syed, MD, MBBS – Washington University School of Medicine in Saint Louis
    Session Coordinator: Anca Askanase, MD, MPH – Columbia University Medical Center
    Session Coordinator: Kai Sun, MD,MS,RhMSUS – Duke University
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Central Time
    Eyes on the Spine: Theraputic Decisions for Pediatric Sacroiliitis Through the Life Span
    Moderator: Jaime Guzman, MD, MSc – University of British Columbia and BC Children's Hospital
    Moderator: Hemalatha Srinivasalu, MD, MBBS – Children's National Hospital
    Session Coordinator: Jaime Guzman, MD, MSc – University of British Columbia and BC Children's Hospital
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Central Time
    Cracking the Code: Overcoming the Challenges in Kawasaki Disease Treatment
    Moderator: Olha Halyabar, MD – Children's Hospital/Boston Medical Center
    Session Coordinator: Pui Lee, MD, PhD – Boston Children's Hospital
    Moderator: Anita Dhanrajani, MBBS, MSc – Children's Hospital of New Orleans