New Committee on Rheumatologic Care (CORC) Chair Chris Phillips, MD, talks about his past work with the ACR, his experience as a private practice rheumatologist and his plans to lead CORC in addressing practitioner pain points and supporting the business side of rheumatology practice.
SAN DIEGO—The inflammatory myopathies are a heterogeneous group of conditions that, although discovered decades ago, continue to challenge rheumatologists in terms of their myriad clinical presentations. In Flexing Strong Science on Weak Muscles: Genetics, Genomics and Autoantibodies in Myositis, two speakers provided exceptionally helpful insights into these conditions, using novel tools for analysis. 6 Types…
SAN DIEGO—At ACR Convergence 2023, panelists presented information concerning several policy issues that affect rheumatologists & their patients, including abortion access & the WHO’s Essential Medicine List.
SAN DIEGO—At ACR Convergence 2023, panelists provided guidance for reducing disparities and improving health equity for patients who are negatively impacted by social determinants of health.
At ACR Convergence 2023, panelists presented information concerning several policy issues that affect rheumatologists & their patients, including abortion access & the WHO’s Essential Medicine List.
SAN DIEGO—At ACR Convergence 2023, Philip Seo, MD, MHS, presented an overview of clinical updates in rheumatology from the past year.
SAN DIEGO—Too many excellent pediatric rheumatology studies to squeeze into one talk? What a good problem to have. Dr. Ardoin first highlighted baricitinib in juvenile idiopathic arthritis.
SAN DIEGO—Viral infections are a common cause of acute arthritis and, in general, tend to be short lived and are not usually associated with significant articular inflammation. Due to the prevalence of various viral infections across the globe, any patient with signs of early inflammatory arthritis (i.e., symptoms that have not yet lasted six weeks) should be evaluated for a possible infectious etiology, said Dr. Leonard Calabrese in the Review Course at ACR Convergence 2023.
SAN DIEGO—In the Review Course at ACR Convergence 2023, Dr. Megan Clowse spoke on the subject of reproductive counseling for patients with rheumatic conditions, a topic that has been the focus of much of her research and scholarship.
Dr. Christopher Ritchlin provided insights into the underlying mechanisms of the immune system that promote disease activity in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA), the latest research on how to optimize therapy for PsA and more.