Past Conferences

SCRS Conference Meeting & Awards Presentation

Date: September 10, 2022
Guest Speaker:
Tien-I Karleen Su, M.D.
FACR Amicus Arthritis & Osteoporosis Center
Lecture:
Five essentials to taking your Rheumatology Practice to the next level

Mehret Blrru Talabi, MD, PhD
Associate Program Director, UPMC Rheumatology Fellowship Training Program
Lecture:
Reproductive Justice

Joanna Geslani, D.0.
Rheumatology Associates of Dallas/ Fort Worth
Lecture:
Advances in treatment for patients with Lupus Nephritis (LN)

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2023 SCRS Second Quarterly Meeting and Awards Presentation

Date: June 4, 2022
Guest Speaker:
Alan Epstein, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine Chief, Section of Rheumatology University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Lecture:
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Gordon Lam, MD
Medical Director of Clinical Research Arthritis and Osteoporosis Consultants of the Carolinas, Charlotte, NC
Lecture:
Anifrolumab for SLE

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SCRS T-10 Teach the Teacher Series 2nd Half Virtual Conference

Date: January 21, 2022
Guest Speaker:
Atul Deodhar, MD
Division of Rheumatology, Oregon Health Sciences University

Lecture:
Working in Interdisciplinary Teams for Ps/PsA

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SCRS T-10 Teach the Teacher Series 2nd Half Virtual Conference

Date: January 14, 2022
Guest Speaker:
Mehret Birru Talabi, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Associate Program Director, UPMC Rheumatology Fellowship
Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology
Assistant Dean and Co-Director of Pitt/CMU Medical Science Training Program
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Lecture:
Reproductive Autonomy and Patient-Centered Family Planning in Rheumatology

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SCRS T-10 Teach the Teacher Series 2nd Half Virtual Conference

Date: January 7, 2022
Guest Speaker:
Howard Yang, MD
Division of Rheumatology, University of California

Lecture:
Advocacy: If you are not at the table, you’re on the menu

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SCRS T-10 Teach the Teacher Series 2nd Half Virtual Conference

Date: December 17, 2021
Guest Speaker:
Helena Hansen MD, Ph.D.
UCLA Center for Social Medicine and Humanities

Lecture:
Structural Competency in Medical Education

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SCRS T-10 Teach the Teacher Series 2nd Half Virtual Conference

Date: December 10, 2021
Guest Speaker:
Karina Torralba, MD, MACM
Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA

Lecture:
The Professional Workspace—Psychological Safety in Clinical Learning Environments

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SCRS T-10 Teach the Teacher Series 2nd Half Virtual Conference

Date: November 19, 2021
Guest Speaker:
Arundathi Jayatilleke, MD
Division of Rheumatology,
Temple University Hospital System, Philadelphia, PA

Lecture:
Telemedicine in Training and Education – Beyond the pandemic

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SCRS T-10 Teach the Teacher Series 2nd Half Virtual Conference

Date: November 12, 2021
Guest Speaker:
Lisa Zickuhr, MD
Division of Rheumatology,
Washington University,
St Louis, MO

Lecture:
Health equity and justice education: How Rheumatology can do better

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SCRS T-10 Teach the Teacher Series 2nd Half Virtual Conference

Date: October 29, 2021
Guest Speaker:
Christina Downey, MD
Division of Rheumatology,
Loma Linda University Chair,
ACR Insurance Subcommittee

Lecture:
Billing and Documentation in the time of COVID: What’s new for 2021

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SCRS T-10 Teach the Teacher Series 2nd Half Virtual Conference

Date: October 22, 2021
Guest Speaker:
Michal Cidon, MD
Division of Rheumatology, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Kadriye O. Lewis, Ed.D
Director of Evaluation and
Program Development
Professor of Pediatrics, UKMC School of Medicine
Children’s Mercy Kansas City

Lecture:
The Nuts and Bolts of Performance Driven e-Portfolios in Rheumatology Training

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SCRS T-10 Teach the Teacher Series 2nd Half Virtual Conference

Date: October 15, 2021
Guest Speaker:
Rebecca E. Sadun, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor,
Duke University Medical Center, Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics,
Divisions of Rheumatology

Lecture:
Growing Pains: Helping young adult patients with rheumatic diseases succeed in adult care

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Virtual Education Conference

Date: August 5, 2021
Guest Speaker:
Elizabeth R. Volkmann, MD, MS Medicine, Rheumatology, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
TOPIC: SSC-ILD: WHEN SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS AFFECTS THE LUNG

Chase S. Correia, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology) Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
TOPIC: THE CURRENT STATE OF OFEV® (NINTEDANIB) IN SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS-ASSOCIATED INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE


SCRS – T10 2021 Virtual Conference

Date: June 18, 2021
Guest Speaker:
Christina Downey, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Rheumatology
Director of Quality Improvement
Faculty Medical Office Clinic Director
Loma Linda University of Medicine

Lecture:
Capturing Psoriatic Arthritis cases through an Early Inflammatory Arthritis Clinic (SBP2)


SCRS – T10 2021 Virtual Conference

Date: June 4, 2021
Guest Speaker:
Eli M. Miloslavsky, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School

Lecture:
Fellows as Teachers and Consultants: Bridging Professionalism, Communication Skills and Patient Care

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SCRS – T10 2021 Virtual Conference

Date: May 21, 2021
Guest Speaker:
Kaleb Michaud, PhD
Associate Professor
Division of Rheumatology
and Immunology

Lecture:
Making the Leap from Research to Clinical: RA Disease Activity for Practice Improvement (SBP1 & PC3)

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SCRS – T10 2021 Virtual Conference

Date: May 14, 2021
Guest Speaker:
Bharat Kumar, MD, MME, FACP, RhMSUS
Associate Rheumatology Director,
University of Iowa

Lecture:
Shared Decision Making for Rheumatoid Arthritis DMARD Management prior to COVID19 vaccination (ICS, PBLI, PROF)

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SCRS Virtual Conference

Date: May 13, 2021
Guest Speaker:
Alfred H.J. Kim, MD, PhD
Washington University
School of Medicine

Lecture:
A New Add-on Treatment Option for Patients With Lupus Nephritis That Can Help Improve Renal Outcomes


SCRS – T10 2021 Virtual Conference

Date: May 7, 2021
Guest Speaker:
Marcy Bolster, MD
Fellowship Program Director
Division of Rheumatology
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA

Lecture:
Assessing Critical Thinking in Rheumatology Fellows (PC4)

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SCRS – T10 2021 Virtual Conference

Date: April 23, 2021
Guest Speaker:
Irene Blanco, MD, MS
Professor of Medicine
Associate Dean of Diversity Enhancement
Rheumatology Fellowship Director,
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Leature: How to Teach Health Disparities to Rheumatology Fellows (SBP2)

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SCRS – T10 2021 Virtual Conference

Date: April 16, 2021
Guest Speaker:
Jason Kolfenbach, MD
Rheumatology Fellowship Program Director,
University of Colorado, Denver, CO
Leature: Assessing Competency in Physical Examination (PC2)

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SCRS – T10 2021 Virtual Conference

Date: April 9, 2021
Guest Speaker:
Amy Cannella, MD
Rheumatology Fellowship
Program Director, University
of Nebraska, Omaha, NE
Leature: Assessing Fellow Competency in Ultrasound & Arthrocentesis (PC5)

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SCRS – T10 2021 Virtual Conference

Date: April 2, 2021
Guest Speaker:
Anisha B Dua, MD, MPH
Associate Professor
Rheumatology Fellowship Program Director
Director of the Vasculitis Center
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Leature: Milestones version 1 vs. 2: Frameworks

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Karina Torralba, MD, MACM
Chief and Fellowship Program Director
Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Lecture: Dreyfus, Kirkpatrick, Miller and Bloom: Who They are and Why we Educators should know them

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Date: Thursday, February 4, 2021
Guest Speaker:
Daniel J Wallace MD, Clinical Professor of Medicine, Board of Governors
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Associate Director Rheumatology Fellowship Program, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Title: Lupus Nephritis
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Date: Thursday, December 17, 2020
Guest Speaker:
Jemima Albayda, MD, Assistant Professor; Division of Rheumatology – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Director, Musculoskeletal Ultrasound and Injection Clinic
Title: Myositis beyond the basics: navigating challenging cases
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Date: Thursday, November 19, 2020
Guest Speaker:
Minna Kohler, M.D. RhMSUS, Director of the Rheumatology Musculoskeletal Ultrasound (MSKUS), Program at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Harvard Medical School
Title: The Role of Ultrasound in the Diagnosis and Management of Giant Cell Arteritis and Takayasu’s Arteritis


Date: Saturday, March 7, 2020
Guest Speaker:
Sheetal Desai, MD, Chief, Division of Rheumatology, University of California – Irvine
Lecture: Disease State of Systemic Lupus Erythematous (SLE): Pathogenesis to Clinical Impact

Nikita Goswami, MD, Fellow, Division of Rheumatology, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles
Case Presentation: Difficult or Unusual Lupus

Mehrnaz Hojjati, MD, Director, Vasculitis Center, Division of Rheumatology, Loma Linda University
Lecture: Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (EGPA): Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Management

Arlene B. Bravo, MD, PhD, Fellow, Division of Rheumatology, University of California – San Diego
Case Presentation: Difficult or Unusual EGPA – Case Presentation

Distinguished Service Award Presented to: Robin K. Dore, MD


Date: Monday, October 7, 2019
Guest Speaker:
Mary-Ann Fitzcharles MD ChB, Associate Professor of Medicine, McGill University, Division of Rheumatology and Alan and Louise Edwards Pain Management Unit, Montreal General Hospital, Montreal
Title: Medical Cannabis in Rheumatology Care: a Treasure Chest or Pandora’s Box


Date: Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Guest Speaker:
Willa Hsueh, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Director Diabetes and Metabolism Research Center, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Wexner Medical Center, The Ohio State University
Title: Tregs in Human Metabolism: a Translational Investigation


Date: Wednesday, November 14, 2018
Guest Speaker:
Karina Marianne D Torralba, MD, MACM, RhMSUS, CCD, Chief and Fellowship Program Director, Professor of Medicine Division of Rheumatology Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Kristal S. Choi, MD, Fellowship, Rheumatology, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA; Member, American College of Rheumatology
Title: Social Responsibility: Taking Medicine Beyond the Clinic


Date: Wednesday, September 12, 2018
Guest Speaker: David Lazar, MD – Vitreoretinal Surgery, The Retina Partners
Title: Retinal Toxicity Associated with Plaquenil (Hydroxychloroquine) Use


Date: Tuesday, July 10, 2018
Guest Speaker: Michelle Petri, M.D., P.H., Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Title: Update on SLE: New Outcome Measures, New Trials and New Approaches to Nephritis


Date: Tuesday, March 20, 2018
Guest Speaker: Robin K. Dore, MD, Clinical Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at University California Los Angeles
Title: Hypophosphatasia from Infancy to Adulthood


Date: Thursday, December 7, 2017
Guest Speaker: Andreas Reiff, MD, Chief, Division of Rheumatology, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Professor of Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of the, University of Southern California
Title: Biosimilars Science and Economic Impact


Date: Tuesday, October 17, 2017
Guest Speaker: Richard Furie, MD, Chief, Division of Rheumatology, Northwell Health; Professor of Medicine, Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine
Title: Novel Therapies for SLE


Date: Thursday, June 29, 2017
Guest Speaker: Daniel Furst, MD, MACR, Professor of Medicine at the University of California(emeritus), Los Angeles (UCLA), Medical Center, David Geffen School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology
Title: Scleroderma- a Treatable Disease


Date: Tuesday, November 1st, 2016

Guest Speaker: Daniel Arkfeld, MD, Professor of Clinical Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
Title: Myofascial Pain and Fibromyalgia – Update


Date: Thursday, July 14th, 2016
Guest Speaker: Julius Birnbaum, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Rheumatology, John Hopkins Medicine
Title: The Neurological Complications of Sjogren’s Syndrome


Date: Wednesday, February 24th, 2016
Guest Speaker: Cornelia M. Weyand, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Medicine Chief, Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine
Title: Large Vessel Vasculitis


Date: Thursday, October 22nd, 2015
Guest Speaker: Jonathan Kay, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Director of Clinical Research, Division of Rheumatology, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Title: Biosimilars for Inflammatory Diseases: “O Brave New World”


Date: Tuesday, July 28th, 2015
Guest Speaker: Rajan Saggar, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA
Title: Interstitial Lung Disease and Pulmonary Vascular Disease Complicating Connective Tissue Disease: An Overview and Update


Date: Thursday, April 9th, 2015
Guest Speaker: Leonard Calabrese, DO, Vice Chair of Rheumatology and Immunologic Diseases at the Cleveland Clinic
Title: Dysregulation of Immune Responses in RA: Focus on IL-6 and B Cells


Date: Thursday, January 29th, 2015
Guest Speaker: Atul Deodhar, MD, Professor of Medicine, Medical Director, Rheumatology Clinics, Oregon Health & Science University
Title: Controversies in the field of Spondyloarthritis


Date: Thursday, December 11, 2014
Guest Speaker: George A. Karpouzas, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine-UCLA Chief, Division of Rheumatology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Title: Cardiovascular risk stratification in Rheumatoid Arthritis


Date: Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Guest Speaker: Ralf G. Thiele, M.D., RhMSUS, Associate Professor of Medicine / University of Rochester, Department of Medicine, Allergy/Immunology and Rheumatology Division
Title: Ultrasound in Diagnosis and Management of Gout


Date: Tuesday, June 24, 2014
Guest Speaker: Arthur Kavanaugh, MD, Professor of Medicine / University of California, San Diego
Title: Treatment update in Psoriatic Arthritis


Date: March 19, 2014
Guest Speaker: Vibeke Strand, MD, FACP, Adjunct Clinical Professor in the Division of Immunology/Rheumatology at Stanford University School of Medicine
Title: Lessons Learned from Biologics in Rheumatology: Immunogenicity


Date: December 4, 2013
Guest Speaker: Andreas Reiff, MD, Head, Division of Pediatrics Rheumatology at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Professor of Pediatrics Department of Pediatrics Keck School of Medicine University of Southern California
Title: Autoinflammatory Disorders


Date: October 14, 2013
Guest Speaker: Kevin Deane, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine
Title: Can (and should) we Try to Prevent Rheumatoid Arthritis?


Date: June 26, 2013
Guest Speaker: Michelle Petri MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Title: Update on Lupus Nephritis and Guidelines


Date: March 28, 2013
Guest Speaker: Dilrukshie Cooray, MD, Assistant Professor, UCLA School of Medicine, Associate Chief, Division of Rheumatology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Title: TITLE: Tuberculosis and the Dilemma with the TNF-inhibitors


Date: December 11, 2012
Guest Speaker: Marc Riedl, MD, MS, Assistant Professor and Section Head UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Clinical Immunology and Allergy, Department of Medicine
Title: Prophylactic Management of Hereditary Angioedema


Date: August 30, 2012
Guest Speaker: Yusuf Yazici, M.D.
Title: Behcet’s Syndrome: A 2012 Update

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