In a session on a current ACR project on musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSUS), Gurjit Kaeley, MBBS, RhMSUS, MRCP, division chief, professor of medicine, fellowship program director and program director for musculoskeletal ultrasound at the University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville, will present information on proposed guidance related to rheumatoid arthritis. The ACR places a high…
The ACR places a high priority on developing relevant, practical guidance for the rheumatology community. A current ACR project on musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSUS) will be discussed in the ACR Convergence 2024 session, Proposed ACR Guidance for Use of Musculoskeletal Ultrasound in Rheumatoid and Psoriatic Arthritis, on Saturday, Nov. 16. In the session, Veena K. Ranganath,…
In patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA), their sex matters. In the session Sex Differences in Psoriatic Arthritis, Laura Coates, MD, PhD, of the University of Oxford, and Lihi Eder, MD, PhD, of the University of Toronto, will discuss sex-related differences in clinical features, disease course, treatment response and pain perception in patients with PsA. The…
Lisa Stamp, MBChB, PhD, is here to help the busy clinician by curating a collection of the most significant and notable abstracts in gout research to be presented at ACR Convergence 2024.
What research on psoriatic arthritis to be presented at ACR Convergence 2024 has the greatest potential for a positive impact on clinical care, treatment options or serve as the basis for future research? That’s the question The Rheumatologist asked David S. Pisetsky, MD, PhD—our founding editor—to consider. With thousands of research abstracts to be presented…
As part of the Review Course on Friday Nov. 15 at ACR Convergence 2024, Ana-Maria Orbai, MD, MHS, associate professor of medicine and director of the Psoriatic Arthritis Program at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, will present a session reviewing the management of psoriatic arthritis. Dr. Orbai earned her medical degree from the Iuliu…
As you make your plans to attend ACR Convergence 2024, keep in mind that the ACR advocacy team will host several events and programs throughout the week. If you have any questions, get in touch with our team at [email protected]. RheumPAC Lounge & Donor Event Investing in RheumPAC is a great way to support the…
Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA), comprising ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and nonradiographic axial SpA, is the main form of chronic inflammatory arthritis affecting the axial skeleton. What research in axial spondyloarthrits to be presented at ACR Convergence 2024 has the greatest potential for a positive impact on clinical care, treatment options or serve as the basis for future…
With thousands of research abstracts and posters being presented at ACR Convergence 2024, Nov. 14–19, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., figuring out which research is important today, which could prove important in the future, what has the potential to affect clinical care or prove the basis for future research is…
On Sunday, Nov. 17, at ACR Convergence 2024, three speakers will deliver a presentation on Rheumatoid Arthritis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease: Advances in Screening, Diagnosis and Patient Phenotyping. This session will have three 20-minute presentations that cover distinct aspects of RA-associated ILD from early identification of ILD through high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) text mining, to phenotyping…