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  • Wednesday, October 29, 2025
  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Central Time
    Say Cheese: Oral Health in Scleroderma and Sjögren's Disease
    Moderator: Cristina Padilla, MD, MS (she/her/hers) – University of Pittsburgh
    Moderator: DeAnna Baker Frost, MD, PhD – Medical University of South Carolina
    Session Coordinator: DeAnna Baker Frost, MD, PhD – Medical University of South Carolina
    Session Coordinator: Elizabeth Volkmann, MD, MS – University of California, Los Angeles
  • 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM Central Time
    Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Its Role and Impact
    Moderator: Christine Stamatos, DNP, ANP-C – Northwell Health, Division of Rheumatology
    Moderator: Jennifer Trizuto, DPT – Mills Peninsula Medical Center/Sutter
    Session Coordinator: Kimberly Kimpton, PT – Self employed
  • 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM Central Time
    Innovations in Interstitial Lung Disease: Cellular Mechanisms and Translational Applications in Lung Fibrosis
    Moderator: Nunzio Bottini, MD,PhD – Cedars Sinai Medical Center
    Moderator: Monica Yang, MD – UCSF
    Session Coordinator: Monica Yang, MD – UCSF
  • 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM Central Time
    Pediatric Rheumatology FDA Updates
    Moderator: Pui Lee, MD, PhD – Boston Children's Hospital
    Session Coordinator: Jessica Neely, MD – UCSF
    Session Coordinator: Pui Lee, MD, PhD – Boston Children's Hospital
  • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Central Time
    Heat, Ice, or Electrical Device: Do They Have a Role in the Management of Osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis?
    Moderator: Kimberly Kimpton, PT – Self employed
    Moderator: Jennifer Trizuto, DPT – Mills Peninsula Medical Center/Sutter
    Session Coordinator: Jennifer Trizuto, DPT – Mills Peninsula Medical Center/Sutter
  • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Central Time
    Decoding Sjögren's Disease: Adaptive Immunity Driving Pathogenesis
    Moderator: Blake M. Warner, PhD, MPH, DDS – National Institutes of Health
    Moderator: Rachael Gordon, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Pittsburgh
    Session Coordinator: Teresa Tarrant, MD – Duke University
  • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Central Time
    Mechanisms of Brain Fog: Lifting the Veil on Neuroinflammation in Long COVID
    Moderator: Andrea Knight, MD, MSCE – Hospital for Sick Children
    Moderator: Carla Cuda, PhD – Northwestern University
  • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Central Time
    Clinical Year in Preview
    Moderator: Janet Pope, MD, FRCPC, MPH – University of Western Ontario
    Moderator: Mohammed Osman, MD, PhD, BSc – University of Alberta
    Session Coordinator: Janet Pope, MD, FRCPC, MPH – University of Western Ontario
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Central Time
    Ebbs and Flow: Endothelial Alterations in Systemic Sclerosis
    Moderator: Monica Yang, MD – UCSF
    Moderator: Mengqi Huang, PhD – University of Pittsburgh
    Session Coordinator: Monica Yang, MD – UCSF