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Program: Scientific Session
General Topic: Clinical

Oh Baby! Reproductive Health in Antiphospholipid Syndrome, Sjögren's and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Sunday, October 26, 2025
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM Central Time

    Moderator(s)

  • CS

    Caroline Siegel, MD, MS

    Hospital for Special Surgery
    New York, New York, United States

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose

  • MC

    Megan Clowse, MD, MPH

    Duke University
    Chapel Hill, NC, United States

    Disclosure(s): AstraZeneca: Consultant (Ongoing); GlaxoSmithKlein(GSK): Grant/Research Support (Ongoing); UCB: Consultant (Ongoing), Grant/Research Support (Ongoing)

    • Session Coordinator(s)

  • JG

    Jennifer Grossman, MD

    UCLA
    Sherman Oaks, CA, United States

    Disclosure(s): american board of internal medicine: Advisor or Review Panel Member (Ongoing); AstraZeneca: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing); exact sciences: Stock options or bond holdings in a for-profit corporation or self-directed pension plan (Ongoing); GlaxoSmithKlein(GSK): Grant/Research Support (Ongoing); ilumina: Stock options or bond holdings in a for-profit corporation or self-directed pension plan (Ongoing); iqvia: Stock options or bond holdings in a for-profit corporation or self-directed pension plan (Ongoing); Lupus Foundation of America: Officer or Board Member (Ongoing); Merck/MSD: Stock options or bond holdings in a for-profit corporation or self-directed pension plan (Ongoing); rheumatology research foundation: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing)

Patients with antiphospholipid syndrome, Sjogren's and systemic lupus erythematosus are at increased risk for obstetrical complications. This session will update the current state-of-the-art approach for management of these high-risk pregnancies.

Learning Objectives:

  • TBD
  • Assess strategies for the management of patient's with Sjogren's disease
  • Evaluate the evidence for approaches to the management of systemic lupus erythematosus in pregnancy

Presentations:

  • 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM Central Time
    Updates in APS in Pregnancy

    Speaker: D. Ware Branch – University of Utah Health Sciences Center

  • 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM Central Time
    Pregnancy in Sjögren's Disease

    Speaker: Peter Izmirly, MD – New York University Grossman School of Medicine

  • 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM Central Time
    The Complicated Lupus Pregnancy

    Speaker: Evelyne Vinet, MD, PhD, FRCPC – McGill University Health Centre