Beth Jonas, MD, Gail Kerr, MD, FRCP, and Ronald Anderson, MD, shared their personal insights and described essential skills of ‘master clinicians’ during a candid conversation at ACR Convergence 2021.

Gerd Burmester, MD, discussed evolving research into the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis and outlined sequential steps to reduce the risk of developing the disease.

Aimee Hersh, MD, described the need for additional research into childhood lupus and efforts to create a collaborative research blueprint to better define the disease.

Lupus has a simple definition that belies the complexity of the disease and the challenge of finding effective treatments for it, according to Virginia Pascual, MD.