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The Many Facets of JIA: Insights from Bench to Bedside for the Clinical Care of Patients with JIA

Jason Liebowitz, MD, FACR | July 18, 2021

Experts provide insights into spondyloarthropathy, temporomandibular joint involvement and imaging for pediatric patients with JIA.

Updates in Juvenile Dermatomyositis: Pathogenesis & Patient Care

Jason Liebowitz, MD, FACR | July 17, 2021

Experts provided an update on juvenile dermatomyositis, discussing patient care, treatment options and the pathogenesis of disease.

Manifestations of JIA: JIA-Associated Uveitis, sJIA & Lung Involvement in sJIA

Jason Liebowitz, MD, FACR | July 16, 2021

JIA can manifest in a variety of ways. Experts discuss the implications of uveitis, systemic disease and lung involvement in sJIA.

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RheumMadness: An Educational Tournament

David L. Leverenz, MD, Akrithi Udupa, MD, Guy Katz, MD, Didem Saygin, MD, Christopher Witt, MD, Lisa G. Criscione-Schreiber, MD, MEd, & Matthew A. Sparks, MD | July 15, 2021

RheumMadness is an online collaborative learning experience created to educate trainees, rheumatologists and the wider medical community about recent advances and important concepts in rheumatology. The project is funded by the Rheumatology Research Foundation Clinician Scholar Educator (CSE) Award and modeled after NephMadness, an educational initiative of the American Journal of Kidney Diseases (AJKD) that…

Vaccine Hesitancy: Wariness Is Rare, But There’s a Wider Worry About COVID Vaccines’ Efficacy in Some Populations

Susan Bernstein | July 6, 2021

Hesitancy about COVID-19 vaccination persists nationwide, although it varies among regions and sociodemographic groups.

Case Report: Child Develops Coronary Artery Aneurysms with GPA

Tryphina Adel Mikhail & Mary Bratovich Toth, MD | June 14, 2021

In September 2019, a previously healthy, 9-year-old white girl presented to the emergency department following two months of sinusitis and unexplained fever responsive to ibuprofen. She presented with anorexia; a 9 lb. weight loss; intermittent, nonbilious, nonbloody emesis; and occasional epistaxis with digital manipulation of the nose. Six weeks prior to admission, she had presented to…

ACR Advocacy: 2021 Midyear Update

Elizabeth (Blair) Solow, MD | June 13, 2021

Beginning in the late 1800s, Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore, U.S. diplomat and writer, spent 24 years advocating for sakura, or Japanese cherry trees, to be planted in Washington, D.C. After unsuccessfully petitioning every U.S. Army Superintendent of Public Buildings and Grounds for over two decades, she wrote a letter to First Lady Helen Herron Taft about…

Virtual Hill Day Drives 100+ Congressional Conversations on Step Therapy, Workforce Shortages

From the College | May 25, 2021

On May 20, ACR representatives held more than 100 video meetings with Congressional leaders about the need to reform step therapy and alleviate pediatric workforce shortages. You can still add your voice by asking your members of Congress to support the Safe Step Act and fund the Pediatric Subspecialty Loan Repayment Program.

Persistence Pays Off: 2021 Midyear Advocacy Update

Elizabeth (Blair) Solow, MD | May 21, 2021

Sequestration, workforce issues and step therapy reform are just some of the areas in which the ACR’s activities, via the Government Affairs Committee and member action, have made a positive difference for rheumatology practitioners.

4 ARP Members Talk About Their Roads to Advocacy & Why It Matters

From ARP Representatives to the ACR Government Affairs Committee | May 13, 2021

The Budget Control Act of 2011 cut Medicare physician payments by 2% across the board. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, signed into law in 2020, suspended this sequester (i.e., a cut in government spending) between May 1 and Dec. 31, 2020. In the Consolidated Appropriations Act, signed into law in December…