Annual Meeting Planning Committee Chair Sharon L. Kolasinski, MD, FACR, discusses lessons learned from last year’s virtual meeting and what participants can expect from ACR Convergence 2021.

The Clinical Practice program features a robust schedule of sessions covering the latest clinical trial results, newest therapies, and emerging technological advances in rheumatology, said Clinical Abstract Selection Co-chair Tracy Frech, MD, MS.

Basic Science Chair Jennifer H. Anolik, MD, PhD, discusses this year’s Basic Science program, which examines the most important recent developments in basic science that will change clinical practice in the future.

“I’m very proud and excited about the broad range of issues and topics we’ve incorporated into this year’s annual meeting program,” said ARP Co-chair Jill R. Blitz, PT, DPT, ATP.

The pediatric sessions at this year’s meeting will challenge attendees to think like a researcher and consider topics that haven’t been in the program in recent years, according to Eyal Muscal, MD, MS.