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Program: Scientific Session
General Topic: ARP

Myositis: The Interprofessional Approach

Monday, October 27, 2025
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Central Time
CE: 1.5

    Moderator(s)

  • Annelle Reed, MSN, CPNP

    UAB Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, COA
    Tuscaloosa, AL, United States

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

  • AA

    Astia Allenzara, MD

    UNC
    Chapel Hill, NC, United States

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

    • Session Coordinator(s)

  • JT

    Jennifer Trizuto, DPT

    Mills Peninsula Medical Center/Sutter
    San Mateo, California, United States

    Disclosure information not submitted.

This session will discuss the management of a complex myositis patient case from a multidisciplinary perspective by medical, rehabilitation, and social services personnel.

Learning Objectives:

  • Identify presentations of complex myositis patients and the diagnostic and therapeutic challenges associated with them
  • Summarize impact of diagnosis on one's life including obstacles to accessing interdisciplinary care
  • Describe the most up-to-date rehabilitation treatments for the care of a patient with complex myositis

Presentations:

  • 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Central Time
    Myositis: More than Weakness

    Speaker: Raeann Bowman, MD – University of Alabama Birmingham / UT Southwestern

  • 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Central Time
    Psychosocial Impact of a Myositis Diagnosis

    Speaker: Suzan Fischbein, LCSW – Suzan Fischbein

  • 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Central Time
    Best Practice for Rehabbing the Myositis Patient

    Speaker: Angelo Papachristos, PT – St. Michael's Hospital