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Program: Scientific Session
General Topic: Clinical

Crystal Clear Solutions in CPPD

Sunday, October 26, 2025
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM Central Time

    Moderator(s)

  • AG

    Angelo Gaffo, MD, FACP

    University of Alabama at Birmingham
    Birmingham, AL, United States

    Disclosure(s): AVALO: Consultant (Ongoing)

  • Puja Khanna, MD, MPH (she/her/hers)

    University of Michigan
    Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

    Disclosure(s): Arthrosi: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing); Horizon/Amgen: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing); Olatec: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing); SOBI: Consultant (Ongoing)

    • Session Coordinator(s)

  • AG

    Angelo Gaffo, MD, FACP

    University of Alabama at Birmingham
    Birmingham, AL, United States

    Disclosure(s): AVALO: Consultant (Ongoing)

  • Puja Khanna, MD, MPH (she/her/hers)

    University of Michigan
    Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

    Disclosure(s): Arthrosi: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing); Horizon/Amgen: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing); Olatec: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing); SOBI: Consultant (Ongoing)

The session will highlight updates on clinical presentation, classification, and therapeutics of calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease (CPPD).

Learning Objectives:

  • Evaluate the recent advances in clinical presentation, classification, and diagnosis of CPPD
  • Describe therapeutic advances in CPPD with emphasis on results of clinical trials

Presentations:

  • 9:00 AM – 9:30 AM Central Time
    Shining the Light: Diagnosing and Understanding CPPD with Clarity

    Speaker: Sara Tedeschi, MD, MPH – Brigham and Women's Hospital

  • 9:30 AM – 10:00 AM Central Time
    Cracking the Crystal Code: Therapeutic Advances in CPPD

    Speaker: Tristan Pascart, MD,PhD (he/him/his) – Lille Catholic University