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  • Sunday, Nov 8th
    8:00 AM - 9:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Rheumatology for Every Age: Delivering the Care that Matters Most to Our Aging Patients with Rheumatic Diseases
    Moderator: Laura Plantinga, PhD, MSc (she/her/hers) – University of California San Francisco
    Moderator: Janet Bahr, NP – Family Neighborhood Clinic
    Session Coordinator: Janet Bahr, NP – Family Neighborhood Clinic
  • Sunday, Nov 8th
    8:00 AM - 8:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Eliciting What Matters Most in Geriatric Rheumatology Clinical Care
    Speaker: Devyani Misra – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston
  • Sunday, Nov 8th
    8:30 AM - 9:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Enhancing Mobility in Older Adults with Rheumatic Conditions
    Speaker: Katherine Wysham, MD – VA PUGET SOUND/UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
  • Sunday, Nov 8th
    9:00 AM - 9:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Supporting the Mind of Older Adults with Rheumatic Conditions with a Focus on Social Isolation, Sleep and Depression
    Speaker: Una Makris, MD, MSc – UC San Diego and VA San Diego
  • Sunday, Nov 8th
    1:00 PM - 2:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Cellular Immunotherapy: Are We on the Cusp of a Therapeutic Revolution in Rheumatology? Session 1
    Moderator: Donald Thomas, Jr, MD, FACP, FACR – Arthritis and Pain Associates of Prince George's County
    Moderator: William Ambler, MD – NIH/NIAMS
    Session Coordinator: Gregory Gardner, MD – University of Washington
  • Sunday, Nov 8th
    1:00 PM - 1:35 PM East Coast USA Time
    CARs, TCEs, and Newer MAbs: Fundamental Science of Cellular Therapies
    Speaker: Georg Schett, MD – Uniklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
  • Sunday, Nov 8th
    1:35 PM - 1:55 PM East Coast USA Time
    Pearls for Educating Trainees and Patients About the Biology of Cellular Therapies
    Speaker: Grant Hughes, MD – University of Washington
  • Sunday, Nov 8th
    1:55 PM - 2:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    Potential Side Effects of Cellular Therapies: ICAN Be Aware of These Potentially CRiouS Issues
    Speaker: Anca Askanase, MD, MPH – Hospital for Special Surgery
  • Sunday, Nov 8th
    2:15 PM - 2:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Panel Discussion
  • Monday, Nov 9th
    8:00 AM - 9:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Fat, Fate, and Flares: Adipose-Derived Cues in Autoimmunity
    Moderator: April Jorge, MD – Massachusetts General Hospital
    Session Coordinator: Salahuddin Ahmed, PhD, MSc – Washington State University
    Moderator: Hong Shi, MD – The Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University
  • Monday, Nov 9th
    8:00 AM - 9:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Fat, Fate, and Flares: Adipose-Derived Cues in Autoimmunity
    Moderator: April Jorge, MD – Massachusetts General Hospital
    Session Coordinator: Salahuddin Ahmed, PhD, MSc – Washington State University
    Moderator: Hong Shi, MD – The Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University
  • Monday, Nov 9th
    8:00 AM - 8:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Mechanistic Studies and Experimental Models
    Speaker: Kim M. Huffman, MD, PhD – Duke University School of Medicine
  • Monday, Nov 9th
    8:30 AM - 9:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Metabolic and Inflammatory Features of Adipose Tissue
    Speaker: Derin Karacabeyli, MD – The University of British Columbia
  • Monday, Nov 9th
    9:00 AM - 9:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Therapeutic Responses and Clinical Implications
    Speaker: Stephen Messier, PhD – Wake Forest University
  • Monday, Nov 9th
    8:30 AM - 9:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    A Case-Based Palliative Care Primer for Rheumatology Clinicians
    Moderator: Maya Faison, MD (she/her/hers) – Duke University
    Session Coordinator: Charmayne Dunlop-Thomas, MS, MPH – Emory University
  • Monday, Nov 9th
    8:30 AM - 9:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Palliative Care: What Subspecialty Palliative Care Can Offer Scleroderma Patients
    Speaker: Adam Marks, MD, MPH – University of Michigan
  • Monday, Nov 9th
    9:00 AM - 9:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Rheumatology: Scleroderma Primary Palliative Care for the Rheumatologist
    Speaker: Shannon Herndon, MD – UNC Chapel Hill School of Medicine
  • Monday, Nov 9th
    1:00 PM - 2:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Cellular Immunotherapy: Are We on the Cusp of a Therapeutic Revolution in Rheumatology? Session 2
    Moderator: Salahuddin Kazi, MD – UT Southwestern Medical Center
    Moderator: Gina Montealegre Sanchez, MD, MS – NIAID/NIH
    Session Coordinator: Gregory Gardner, MD – University of Washington
  • Monday, Nov 9th
    1:00 PM - 1:20 PM East Coast USA Time
    Which Diseases Are Most Amenable to Cellular Therapies and Why?
    Speaker: Nirali Shah (she/her/hers) – National Institutes of Health
  • Monday, Nov 9th
    1:20 PM - 1:40 PM East Coast USA Time
    Regulatory Issues and Cellular Therapy: FDA Overview
    Speaker: Anam Tariq, DO, MHS – FDA
  • Monday, Nov 9th
    1:40 PM - 2:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    Update in Outcomes of Adult Patients Treated with Cellular Therapies
    Speaker: Anca Askanase, MD, MPH – Hospital for Special Surgery
  • Monday, Nov 9th
    2:15 PM - 2:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Panel Discussion
  • Tuesday, Nov 10th
    8:00 AM - 9:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Moving Towards Competence: Building Flexible Pediatric Rheumatology Training Pathways for Fellows
    Moderator: Kristen Hayward, MD, MS – Seattle Children's Hospital/University of Washington School of Medicine
    Moderator: Heather Walters, MD – Northwell Health
    Session Coordinator: Stacey Tarvin, MD, MS, FACR – Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University
  • Tuesday, Nov 10th
    8:00 AM - 8:20 AM East Coast USA Time
    Flexibility in Pediatric Rheumatology Fellowship Training Length: Results from the ACR Program Director Survey
    Speaker: Melissa Lerman, MD, PhD – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
  • Tuesday, Nov 10th
    8:20 AM - 8:40 AM East Coast USA Time
    Fellowships of the Future: Designing Pediatric Rheumatology Fellowships that Simultaneously Support Fellow Career Goals and Workforce Needs
    Speaker: Jay Mehta, MD – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
  • Tuesday, Nov 10th
    8:40 AM - 9:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    The Trials and Tribulations of Two Training Pathways: Lessons Learned from the Adult Rheumatology Experience
    Speaker: Lianne S. Gensler, MD – University of California San Francisco
  • Tuesday, Nov 10th
    10:00 AM - 11:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Future-Ready Rheumatologists: Reimagining Training for the Era of Genetics, Precision Medicine, and Cellular Therapies
    Interactive Moderator: Philip Seo, MD, MHS – Johns Hopkins University
    Interactive Moderator: Paramarajan Piranavan, MD – University of Kentucky
    Session Coordinator: Rebecca Sadun, MD, PhD – Duke University
  • Tuesday, Nov 10th
    10:00 AM - 10:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Cracking the Code: Genetic Testing as a Diagnostic Tool in Rheumatology
    Speaker: Hanna Faghfoury, MD – The Univeristy of Toronto
  • Tuesday, Nov 10th
    10:00 AM - 10:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Cracking the Code: Genetic Testing as a Diagnostic Tool in Rheumatology
    Speaker: Hanna Faghfoury, MD – The Univeristy of Toronto
  • Tuesday, Nov 10th
    10:30 AM - 11:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    From Rheumatologists to Immune Dysregulationists: The New Tools of the Trade
    Interactive Speaker: Yike Jiang, MD, PhD (No preference) – Duke University
  • Tuesday, Nov 10th
    11:00 AM - 11:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Designing Today's Fellowship for Tomorrow's Rheumatology
    Interactive Speaker: Jay Mehta, MD – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
  • Tuesday, Nov 10th
    1:00 PM - 2:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Cellular Immunotherapy: Are We on the Cusp of a Therapeutic Revolution in Rheumatology? Session 3
    Moderator: Megan Curran, MD – Self-Employed
    Moderator: May Choi, MD, FRCPC, MPH – University of Calgary
    Session Coordinator: Gregory Gardner, MD – University of Washington
    Moderator: Iazsmin Bauer Ventura, MD, MS – University of Chicago
  • Tuesday, Nov 10th
    1:00 PM - 1:20 PM East Coast USA Time
    Patients and Cellular Therapies: Organizing and Running Clinical Trials, and Where to Find them
    Speaker: Leila Khalili, MSN, FNP, APRN – Hospital for Special Surgery
  • Tuesday, Nov 10th
    1:20 PM - 1:40 PM East Coast USA Time
    What's Happening in the Pediatric World of Cellular Therapy?
    Speaker: Hermine Brunner, MD, MSc, MBA – Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
  • Tuesday, Nov 10th
    1:40 PM - 2:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Full Speed Ahead on Cellular Therapy in Rheumatology: Pro
    Speaker: Georg Schett, MD – Uniklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
  • Tuesday, Nov 10th
    2:00 PM - 2:20 PM East Coast USA Time
    Full Speed Ahead on Cellular Therapy in Rheumatology: Con
    Speaker: George Tsokos, MD, MACR – BIDMC
  • Tuesday, Nov 10th
    2:20 PM - 2:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Q&A