Dr. Christopher Ritchlin provided insights into the underlying mechanisms of the immune system that promote disease activity in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA), the latest research on how to optimize therapy for PsA and more.
SAN DIEGO—Alexis Ogdie-Beatty, MD, MSCE, associate professor of medicine, associate professor of epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, gave a presentation on non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (nr-axSpA) in the Review Course prior to ACR Convergence 2023.
SAN DIEGO—Thomas Ortel, MD, PhD, chief, Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, N.C., discussed thrombotic microangiopathies at ACR Convergence 2023. With a variety of causes, including autoimmune diseases, the connection with rheumatology is evident.
SAN DIEGO—Marcela Ferrada, MD, who most recently was on faculty with the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Md., discussed relapsing polychondritis (RP), a condition that she herself has.
SAN DIEGO—In the pre-ACR Convergence 2023 Review Course, Rebecca Sadun, MD, PhD, assistant professor in medicine and pediatrics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, N.C., focused on transitions from pediatric to adult rheumatology care for patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA).
SAN DIEGO—Many rheumatologists see patients referred for uveitis, and Laura Kopplin, MD, PhD, assistant professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, discussed inflammatory disease of the eye at ACR Convergence 2023.
SAN DIEGO—If patients with gout keep their serum urate (SU) levels very low with urate-lowering therapy (ULT), they have fewer flares, according to a research abstract presented at ACR Convergence 2023.
BALTIMORE—2022 was an exciting year in the field of vasculitis, not least of all because the ACR and EULAR released classification criteria for several forms. This development came just one year after the release of ACR/Vasculitis Foundation (VF) guidelines on the management of a number of vasculitides. With so much new information to be absorbed,…
Since the New England Journal of Medicine publication on intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) for dermatomyositis late last year, the data have proved a major lift for patient care, offering crucial new insights into how best to manage patients and clues about how to minimize risks.1 The ProDERM trial results also seem to have opened up…