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Rebecca Fitzpatrick, MD: Marijuana use by rheumatology patients
Rebecca Fitzpatrick, MD, will present the poster “Marijuana Use Amongst Rheumatology Patients: It’s More Common Than Rheumatologists Believe” during Monday morning’s Poster Session C.
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Global Summit keynote: COVID-19 pandemic is a political crisis more than a health crisis
During her Global Summit keynote presentation on Wednesday, Ayoade Alakija, MD, made an impassioned plea for health equity across global boundaries.
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Early career rheumatologists seek better awareness of the specialty through outreach
Representatives from the ACR, PANLAR, EULAR, APLAR, and AFLAR took part in a panel discussion about the future of rheumatology on Wednesday during the inaugural Global Summit.
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Experts will discuss strategies to improve treatment adherence
“Adherence is one of the things that keeps me up at night,” said Kamala M. Nola, MS, PharmD, who will be joined by Maura Daly Iversen, PT, MPH, DSc, DPT, during a Saturday morning session that will highlight several tools for treatment success and better patient adherence.
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Better understanding of OA fuels hope for new treatment options
The recognition of multiple clinical phenotypes, improved animal models, and deeper insights into its pathogenesis are opening new avenues in osteoarthritis therapy. Tonia Vincent, MD, PhD, FRCP, and Carla Scanzello, MD, PhD, will provide an update Saturday afternoon.
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Racial disparities in rheumatology are about access, not biology
Racial disparities in rheumatology have more to do with access to care than biological differences between patients, according to Ashira Blazer, MD, MSCI. Dr. Blazer and Iris Navarro-Millán, MD, MSPH, will discuss strategies to address racial disparities during a Sunday session.
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Management of Behçet syndrome fraught with controversy
During a Monday session, Yusuf Yazici, MD, Gülen Hatemi, MD, and Haner Direskeneli, MD, will discuss controversies in the management of Behçet syndrome, which is a rare and often difficult diagnosis for rheumatologists who practice outside of areas where the condition is more common.
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Lesley Jackson, MD: Gout flare electronic medical record alert
Lesley Jackson, MD, will present the poster “Development, Refinement, and Validation of an Emergency Department Gout Flare Electronic Medical Record Alert” during Sunday morning’s Poster Session B.
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Patompong Ungprasert, MD, MS: Inpatient epidemiology and resource utilization of AS
Patompong Ungprasert, MD, MS, will present the poster “Inpatient Epidemiology and Resource Utilization of Ankylosing Spondylitis: National Inpatient Sample 2018” during Sunday morning’s Poster Session B.
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Carla M. Cuda, PhD: Neuropsychiatric symptoms of SLE
Carla M. Cuda, PhD, will present the poster “Behavioral Deficits May Precede Influx of Brain-Infiltrating Macrophages in Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus” during Sunday morning’s Poster Session B.