2008 Rheumatology Conference Schedule
Friday, June 6, 2008
7:55 AM to 8:00 AM
Introduction and Conference Goals
Bathon, Joan
8:00 AM to 8:30 AM
Raynaud’s Phenomenon: Update
Wigley, Fredrick
8:30 AM to 9:00 AM
Rheumatoid Arthritis: Update on New Treatments
Bingham, Clifton
9:00 AM to 9:40 AM
Rheumatoid Arthritis: Genetics for the Clinician
Plenge, Robert
10:00 AM to 10:40 AM
Advances in Understanding and Treatment of Psoriatic Arthritis
Mease, Phillip
10:40 AM to 11:20 AM
Osteoarthritis: Update 2008
Hochberg, Marc
11:20 AM to 11:50 AM
Vitamin D Deficiency and the Rheumatologists: What Should We Know?
Haque, Uzma
1:00 PM to 1:05 PM
Overview
Bathon, Joan
1:05 PM to 1:45 PM
Treating JIA for Remission
Wallace, Carol
1:45 PM to 2:25 PM
Aging: An Inflammatory disease
Fried, Linda
2:25 PM to 2:55 PM
Sjogren's Syndrome
Baer, Alan
3:15 PM to 3:55 PM
Inflammatory Bowel Disease for the Rheumatologist
Dassopoulos, Themistocles
3:55 PM to 4:55 PM
Fibromyalgia: Applying New Insights in Pathophysiology to New Treatment Approaches
Crofford, Leslie
4:55 PM to 5:00 PM
Review
Bathon, Joan
Saturday, June 7, 2008
7:55 AM to 8:00 AM
Introduction and Conference Overview
Levine, Stuart
8:00 AM to 8:40 AM
The Lyme Disease Controversy
Steere, Allen
8:40 AM to 9:10 AM
SLE Update
Petri, Michelle
9:10 AM to 9:50 AM
Health Disparities in Rheumatic Disease
Suarez-Almazor, Maria
10:10 AM to 10:40 AM
Rheumatoid Arthritis: Treatment Approaches
Bathon, Joan
10:40 AM to 11:10 AM
Interstitial Lung Disease 2008: The Lung as an End Organ in Rheumatic Disease
Danoff, Sonye
11:10 AM to 11:50 AM
Myositis
Oddis, Chet
1:00 PM to 1:05 PM
Overview
Levine, Stuart
1:05 PM to 1:35 PM
Neurology for the Rheumatologist
Birnbaum, Julius
1:35 PM to 2:05 PM
The Academy Awards in Vasculitis
Hellmann, David
2:05 PM to 2:45 PM
Amlyoidosis: Advances in Diagnosis and Prognosis
Skinner, Martha
3:05 PM to 3:35 PM
Immunoablative Strategies in the Rheumatic Diseases
Brodsky, Robert
3:35 PM to 4:05 PM
Dermatology for the Rheumatologist
Anhalt, Grant
4:05 PM to 4:15 PM
Review
Levine, Stuart
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It is the policy of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine that the speaker and provider disclose real or apparent conflicts of interest relating to the topics of this educational activity, and also disclose discussions of unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or devices during their presentation(s). Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine OCME has established policies in place that will identify and resolve all conflicts of interest prior to this educational activity. Detailed disclosure will be made in the activity handout materials.