Previous Events
| YEAR | DATE | TOPIC | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 05/20/22 | Fellows Forum | 19th Annual Fellows Forum will be held in-person at the Bethesda Pooks Hill Marriott. The program will feature oral presentations from the top 4 selected abstracts and a poster viewing period where members will vote on the best posters. |
| 2022 | 04/20/22 | Update on IgG4-related Disease | Dr. John Stone is Professor of Medicine and Director of Clinical Rheumatology at Massachusetts General Hospital. He is the world leader in the field of IgG4-related disease research. |
| 2022 | 03/09/22 | Update on Scleroderma | Dr. Virginia Steen is Professor of Medicine and Director of Division of Rheumatology at Georgetown University Hospital. She is an internationally renowned expert in Scleroderma. She received many awards, including Lifetime Achievement Award from Scleroderma Foundation for her contribution to the field of Scleroderma. |
| 2022 | 02/09/22 | Update on Lupus | Dr. Michelle Petri is Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Director of Hopkins Lupus Center. Dr. Petri is the Director of the Hopkins Lupus Cohort, a longitudinal study of morbidity and mortality in Lupus and Co-Director of the Hopkins Lupus Pregnancy Center. |
| 2021 | 1/13/2021 | Osteoarthritis-new therapies | Marc C. Hochberg, MD, MPH, received his M.D. and M.P.H. from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine where he also completed his residency and fellowship. He was a member of the faculty of The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine from 1977 to 1991. He now is Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology & Public Health and Division Chief of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Dr. Hochberg’s research focuses on the clinical epidemiology of musculoskeletal disorders, particularly osteoarthritis and osteoporosis. |
| 2020 | 12/9/2020 | Osteoporosis- updates on Management and Treatment | Dr. Harold Rosen is an Endocrinologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Associate Professor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He has over 60 publications related to osteoporosis and is considered one of the national KOLs in this field. He will be presenting on updates and management of this this disease. |
| 2020 | 10/14/2020 | Updates in lupus | Dr. Susan Manzi is Chair of the LFA Board of Directors and also serves as the Foundation’s Acting Medical Director. Dr. Manzi is chair of Allegheny Health Network Medicine Institute and director of its Lupus Center of Excellence. She is a Vice Chair and Professor at Temple University. Dr. Manzi is recognized nationally and internationally as a leader in lupus patient care and research, and a pioneer in scientific investigation of cardiovascular disease in patients with lupus. |
| 2020 | 9/9/2020 | Updates on COVID-19 and Rheumatic diseases | Dr. Philip Robinson is a rheumatologist in Brisbane, Australia. Dr. Robinson heads the COVID-19 registry for the Global Rheumatology Alliance, a group that is tracking COVID-19 cases in rheumatology patients worldwide. The group recently published the first set of data from registry in the journal Lancet Rheumatology. |
| 2020 | 5/20/2020 | 18th Annual Fellows Forum Night - CANCELED | Come out to see all the great research and cases being presented by fellows and other trainees in the DC area. Due to the popularity of last years format, again we will host this event in the evening with dinner and drinks. Awards to the top research and posters will be given along with oral presentations of the most outstanding research. |
| 2020 | 4/8/2020 | Psoriatic Arthritis - CANCELED | Dr. Chris Ritchlin is the Chief of the Division of Allergy/Immunology and Rheumatology at the University of Rochester Medical Center. Dr. Ritchlin is also the Director of the Clinical Immunology Research Unit where he is the principle investigator on several clinical trials testing the efficacy of anti-TNF agents and other biologic molecules in the treatment of psoriatic and rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis. |
| 2020 | 4/4/2020 | 15th Annual Kenneth Austin Rheumatology Symposium - CANCELED | The 15th Annual Kenneth Austin Rheumatology Symposium at Howard University Hospital will be held on April 4, 2020 from 7:00 am to 1:40 pm. This annual activity is made available to regional doctors, nurses, and physician assistants interested in advancing their knowledge of common rheumatic conditions. RSVPs to this event can only be made HERE. |
| 2020 | 3/11/2020 | Updates in Vasculitis - CANCELED | Dr. Carol Langford joined Cleveland Clinic in 2004 to become Director of the Center for Vasculitis Care and Research within the Department of Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases. She is an Associate Professor of Medicine of the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University and was named Vice-Chair of Rheumatology for Research in 2007. In 2011 she became the Harold C. Schott endowed Chair in Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases. |
| 2020 | 2/12/2020 | Gout in 2020 | Dr. Tuhina Neogi, MD, PhD, is the Section Chief of rheumatology at BU School of Medicine (BUSM) and Boston Medical Center (BMC). Dr. Neogi leads an internationally known research team focused on knee osteoarthritis and gout, pain mechanisms in osteoarthritis and methodologic issues in rheumatic diseases. She has published more than 200 peer-reviewed journal articles.Dr. Neogi is a recipient of the prestigious Henry Kunkel Young Investigator Award from the American College of Rheumatology, the Young Investigator Award from the Osteoarthritis Research Society International and the Robert Dawson Evans Research Mentoring Award from BUSM�s department of medicine. |
| 2019 | 12/11/2019 | Headaches, Demyelination and Neuromyelitis Optica | Dr. Amanda Tinsley is an Assistant Professor and General Neurologist in the Department of Neurology at The George Washington University School of Medicine. Dr. Tinsley received her medical degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia. She completed a neurology residency at Saint Louis University. Dr. Tinsley has a special interest in headache disorders and multiple sclerosis. Her academic interests include multiple sclerosis research, medical student education and resident education. |
| 2019 | 10/9/2019 | JAK: Past, Present, Future | Dr. John O�Shea, is the Chief of the Molecular Immunology and Inflammation Branch and current Scientific Director at NIAMS. Dr. O'Shea has authored more than 225 articles. His area of scientific interest is cytokine signal transduction, dissecting the role of Jaks and Stats family transcription in immunoregulation. |
| 2019 | 10/5/2019 | Ultrasound For Rheumatologists: Wrists, Hands, Ankles and Feet | This years ultrasound course will focus on wrists, ankles, hands and feet. This popular course fills up fast so reserve you spot early. Please note that all RSVPs must be done using THIS form. You can read more about the course and download a flyer HERE |
| 2019 | 9/11/2019 | Cardiac Amyloid | Dr. Joseph Krepp is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology at the GW School of Medicine. He received his medical degree from Stony Brook and completed his internship and residency training at Weill Cornell New York Presbyterian Hospital. He subsequently completed his fellowship training in Cardiovascular Disease at Georgetown University/Washington Hospital Center, where he served as a Chief Cardiology Fellow. Dr. Krepp is particularly interested in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with valvular heart disease and structural heart disease. |
| 2019 | 5/15/2019 | 17th Annual Fellows Forum Night | New format this year! Spend an evening hearing presenations and looking at posters from trainees in the DC region. Vote on the most outstanding posters during the meeting as awards will be given! |
| 2019 | 4/10/2019 | Updates in ANCA Vasculitis | Dr. Eli Miloslavsky, MD: Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Co-Director, Vasculitis and Glomerulonephritis Center |
| 2019 | 3/13/2019 | Giant Cell Arteritis/Large Vessel Vasculitis | Dr. Cornelia Weyand, MD, PhD: Chief, Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University School of Medicine |
| 2019 | 2/13/2019 | MDA-5 Dermatomyositis | Dr. Lisa Christopher-Stine, MD, MPH: Associate Professor of Medicine and Neurology, Director, Johns Hopkins Myositis Center |
| 2019 | 1/9/2019 | Inflammatory Atherogenesis | Dr. Nehal Mehta, MD, M.S.C.E, F.A.H.A: Chief, Section of Inflammation and Cardiometabolic Diseases National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute |
| 2018 | 11/14/2018 | ACR Meeting Review | Dr. John Cush, MD: Director of Clinical Rheumatology for Baylor Scott & White Research Institute and is a Professor of Medicine and Rheumatology at Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas. |
| 2018 | 9/29/2018 | Ultrasound Course | Save the date for this year's ultrasound hosted by Dr. Paul DeMarco and colleagues. Details to follow. |
| 2018 | 9/12/2018 | Hydroxychloroquine Retinal Screening: Are we being myopic? | Sam Lim, MD, MPH: Professor of Medicine & Clinical Director, Emory University School of Medicine Division of Rheumatology Professor of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University Chief of Rheumatology, Grady Health Systems Director, Grady Lupus Clinic and Emory Lupus Clinical Trials Consortium |
| 2018 | 5/19/2018 | 16th Annual Fellows Forum | Save the Date! Speaker to be determined. |
| 2018 | 4/18/2018 | Advanced Concepts in the Etiology, Detection, and Management of Anti-Phospholipid Syndrome | Dr. Jane Salmon is Professor of Medicine and Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Weill Cornell Medical College and the Collette Kean Research Professor at Hospital for Special Surgery. Dr. Salmon�s research has focused on elucidating mechanisms of tissue injury in lupus and other autoimmune diseases. Her basic and clinical studies have expanded our understanding of pregnancy loss and organ damage in SLE and the determinants of disease outcome in lupus patients with nephritis, pregnancy, and cardiovascular disease. |
| 2018 | 3/14/2018 | PD1 Inhibitor Induced Autoimmune Disease. Implications for the Rheumatologist | *NEW DATE* Dr. Laura Cappelli is an assistant professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine where she also completed her medical school, residency and fellowship. Dr. Cappelli's research focuses on different forms inflammatory arthritis. Specifically, she studies a new type of inflammatory arthritis due to immunotherapy treatments for cancer and rheumatoid arthritis. |
| 2018 | 1/17/2018 | Autoimmune Neurologic Conditions for the Rheumatologist | Dr. Julius Birnbaum received his M.D. from Columbia and completed his Residency in Neurology at Mount Sinai, a Residency in Internal Medicine at Jacobi Medical Center, and a Rheumatology Fellowship at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Birnbaum is the only physician in this country who is board-certified in Neurology, Internal Medicine, and Rheumatology. His clinical and research interests pertain to the neurological complications of rheumatic syndromes, with a focus on Sj�gren�s Syndrome. |
| 2017 | 12/13/2017 | Perioperative Management of Biologic and Non-Biologic DMARDs | Dr. Mike George is from The University of Pennsylvania where he also did his fellowship and residency. Dr. George graduated from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He will speak about perioperative management of biologic and non biologic DMARDs. |
| 2017 | 10/18/2017 | Advances in Surgical and Non-Surgical Spine Disease Management | Dr. Seyed Babak (Bobby) Kalantar, MD, is a member of the MedStar Orthopaedic Institute and performs surgery at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. Dr. Kalantar is the chief of the Division of Spine Surgery in the Department of Orthopaedics and the Co-Director of MedStar Spine Center. |
| 2017 | 9/20/2017 | IgG4 Related Disease | Dr. Zachary Wallace, is a Georgetown Medical School alumni and now a faculty member at Massachusetts General Hospital, who will talk to us about updates on IgG4 related diseases. |
| 2017 | 3/15/2017 | Casing the Joint: How do we manage refractory RA? | Dr. William Rigby is a Professor of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology at the Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth in Hanover, NH. His research examines the changes that accompany clinical responses in patents with rheumatoid arthritis treated with biologics as well as examining the role of the CD40 ligand and cytokine expression in RA as well as the genetic and epigenetic factors regulating its expression. |
| 2017 | 2/15/2017 | Updates in the Diagnosis and Management of Gout | Dr. Allan Gelber is Professor of Medicine and Deputy Director for Education and Faculty Development in the Division of Rheumatology at Johns Hopkins. He holds a joint appointment in the Department of Epidemiology at the Bloomberg School of Public Health and is Associate Faculty at the Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research. Currently, Dr. Gelber serves as Thayer Firm Faculty Leader of the Osler Medical Training Program. |
| 2017 | 1/18/2017 | Metallosis, Hip Replacement Recall and Trunnioniosis | Dr. Raymond Scalettar is one of the longest serving members of the Rheumatism Society of the District of Columbia. Dr. Scalettar and Dr. Robert Bunning of the NRH will give a tag-team approach talk regarding the clinical presentation, diagnosis, and management of cobalt/chromium poisoning related to metal on metal total hip replacement. |
| 2022 | 9/14/2022 | Autoinflammatory Disease and the Human Condition | Dr. Daniel Kastner, MD PhD National Institutes of Health Distinguished Investigator specializing in the genetics of autoinflammatory disorders. Scientific Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute. |
| 2022 | 10/12/2022 | Sjogren's disease: lessons learned over the past 15 years | Dr. Alan Baer, MD Professor of Medicine and Director of the Jerome L. Greene Sjogren's Syndrome Center at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. |
| 2023 | 4/12/2023 | Cannabis and the Endocannabinoid System: Considerations in Rheumatology | Dr. Patricia Frye, MD is an Affiliate Associate Professor University of Maryland School of Pharmacy in Cannabis Science and Therapeutics; Diplomate of the American Board of Pediatrics, Board Eligible in Obesity Medicine; Board of Directors – Society of Cannabis Clinicians, Certified in Cannabis Science and Medicine by the University of Vermont, Larner School of Medicine; Co-Chair Maryland Medical Society’s Cannabis Task Force. |
| 2023 | 01/11/2023 | Long COVID | Dr. Cassandra Calabrese, DO is a Rheumatologist in Cleveland, Ohio and is affiliated with Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Calabrese has extensive experience in Osteoporosis & Screening, Rheumatologic Muscular Diseases, and Arthritis & Arthropathy. She received her medical degree from Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine in Athens. |
| 2023 | 2/08/2023 | Immune Checkpoint inhibitors and the Rheumatologist | Dr. Laura Capelli, MD is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, and a faculty member of the Johns Hopkins Arthritis Center. |
| 2023 | 3/08/2023 | Reproductive Health and Rheumatic Diseases: Update | Dr Arundathi Jayatilleke, MD is an Associate Professor of Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University. Director, Rheumatology Fellowship Program, Temple University Hospital. |
| 2023 | 4/12/2023 | Cannabis and the Endocannabinoid System: Considerations in Rheumatology | Dr. Patricia Frye, MD is an Affiliate Associate Professor University of Maryland School of Pharmacy in Cannabis Science and Therapeutics; Diplomate of the American Board of Pediatrics, Board Eligible in Obesity Medicine; Board of Directors – Society of Cannabis Clinicians, Certified in Cannabis Science and Medicine by the University of Vermont, Larner School of Medicine; Co-Chair Maryland Medical Society’s Cannabis Task Force. |
| 2023 | 5/19/2023 | Fellows Forum | We are pleased to announce that the 20th Annual Rheumatism Society of DC Fellows Forum’ will be held in person on Friday, May 19 th , 2023 from 6:30pm to 9:00pm at the Pooks Hill Marriott, Bethesda. The program will feature oral presentations from the top 4 selected abstracts and a poster viewing period where members can vote on the best posters. That plus dinner! |
| 2023 | 09/13/23 | How AI and Machine Learning Will Affect the Care of Rheumatic Disease | Jeffrey Curtis, MD MS MPH Marguerite Jones Harbert – Gene Ball Endowed Professor of Medicine UAB Division of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology |
| 2023 | 10/11/23 | The Increasing Prevalence of Autoimmunity and Autoimmune Diseases: The Roles of Environmental Risk Factors and Climate Change | Frederick W. Miller, M.D., Ph.D. Former Deputy Chief of the Clinical Research Branch and Chief of the Environmental Autoimmunity Group (retired) Current Scientist Emeritus Clinical Research Branch National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences National Institutes of Health |
| 2023 | 12/6/23 | The Use of CAR-T Therapy in Rheumatic Disease | Maximilian Konig, M.D. Assistant Professor of Medicine Division of Rheumatology Johns Hopkins University |
| 2024 | 01/10/24 | The Intersection of Rheumatology and Cardiology | Brittany Weber, M.D, Ph.D Director, Cardio-Rheumatology Clinic, Division of Preventive Cardiology, Division of Cardiovascular Imaging, Brigham and Women's Hospital |
| 2024 | 02/21/24 | Polymyositis Mimics and Masquerades | Prateek Gandiga, MD, FACP Emory Myositis Rheumatology Specialized Clinic Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Emory University (Atlanta, GA) Senior Physician, The Emory Clinic/Emory Healthcare (Atlanta, GA) |
| 2024 | 03/20/24 | Cutaneous Manifestations of Lupus | Freba Z Farhat, MD, FAAD Assistant Professor of Dermatology Medstar Georgetown University Hospital/Washington Hospital Center |
| 2024 | 04/24/24 | Imaging Updates in Polymyalgia Rheumatica | David Liew Consultant Rheumatologist and Clinical Pharmacologist Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics Department of Rheumatology Austin Hospital, Australia |
| 2024 | 05/ /24 | Fellows Forum |