Program Book - Confex

5:45 pm
860. Causes and Prognostic Factors of Mortality in Patients
with Non-Infectious Mixed Cryoglobulinemia Vasculitis: Results
From the French Nationwide CryoVas Survey
Benjamin Terrier 1 , Evguenia Krastinova 2 , Isabelle Marie 3 , Adeline
Lacraz 4 , David Launay 5 , Emmanuelle Plaisier 6 , Luc de Saint-
Martin 7 , Fabrice Bonnet 8 , Pauline Belenotti 9 , Jean-Emmanuel
Kahn 10 , Olivier Hinschberger 11 , Patricia Rullier 12 and Patrice
Cacoub 13 , 1 Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France, 2 INSERM
U707, Paris, France, 3 Service de médecine interne, CHU de
Rouen, Rouen, France., Rouen, France, 4 Nephrology, CHU
Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France, 5 Internal Medicine, CHRU Claude
Huriez, Lille, France, 6 Nephrology, Tenon Hospital, Paris, France,
7
Internal Medicine, CHU Brest, Brest, France, 8 Internal Medicine,
CHU Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France, 9 Internal Medicine, CHU
Marseille, Marseille, France, 10 Internal Medicine, Foch Hospital,
Suresnes, France, 11 Internal Medicine, CH Mulhouse, Mulhouse,
France, 12 Internal Medicine, CHU Montpellier, Montpellier,
France, 13 CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
ACR MEET THE PROFESSOR SESSIONS
4:30 - 6:00 pm
Admission to the Meet the Professor sessions requires a separate
registration and ticket. To verify which session you registered
for – check the registration code on your ticket matches the code
listed below in parentheses. If you are interested in participating
in one of these sessions or exchanging your ticket, visit the
ACR registration desk to check space availability. View the
session overview and learning objectives on MY ACR at www.
rheumatology.org/annual.
*Sessions denoted with an asterisk were sold out as of
September 12.
W187a
Crystal: Diagnosis and Management of Gout (021)
Speaker: Naomi Schlesinger, MD; University of Medicine and
Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School;
New Brunswick, NJ
W185a
*Dermatological Manifestations of Rheumatic Diseases
(022)
Speaker: Nicole Fett, MD; University of Pennsylvania;
Philadelphia, PA
W186b
Immunodeficiency Syndromes (023)
Speaker: Alton Melton, MD; Cleveland Clinic; Cleveland, OH
W187c
Pediatrics: Dermatomyositis (024) P
Speaker: Adam Huber, MD; IWK Health Centre; Halifax, NS,
Canada
W186a
Psoriatic Arthritis (025)
Speaker: Arthur Kavanaugh, MD; University of California San
Diego; San Diego, CA
W184d
*Rheumatoid Arthritis: Outcome Measures in Clinical
Practice PS (026)
Speaker: Martin J. Bergman, MD; Taylor Hospital; Ridley Park, PA
W185d
Systemic Arthritis and Still’s Disease (027)
Speaker: Rayfel Schneider, MBBCh, MD; Hospital for Sick
Children, University of Toronto; Toronto, ON, Canada
W186c
*Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Central Nervous
System (028)
Speaker: Jorge Sanchez-Guerrero, MD, MS; University Health
Network/Mount Sinai Hospital; Toronto, ON, Canada
W185bc
Temporal Arteritis (029)
Speaker: Gene G. Hunder, MD; Mayo Clinic; Rochester, MN
W187b
*Vasculitis Mimics (030)
Speaker: John H. Stone, MD, MPH; Massachusetts General
Hospital; Boston, MA
ACR SPECIAL SESSION
4:30 - 6:00 pm
W474b
Legislative Update from Capitol Hill cP
Moderator: Timothy Laing, MD; University of Michigan Medical
Center; Ann Arbor, MI
Upon completion of this session, participants should be able to:
• discuss current legislative initiatives in Congress affecting
rheumatology
• outline the Administration’s role in developing health policy
• recognize the value of grassroots advocacy in communicating
with Congress
ACR REF SPECIAL SESSION
4:30 - 6:00 pm
W183c
ACR REF Special Session: Clinician Scholar Educator
Presentations Ed.
Moderators: Abby Goulder Abelson, MD; Cleveland Clinic
Foundation; Cleveland, OH
Michael J. Battistone, MD; University of Utah Medical Center;
Salt Lake City, UT
4:30 pm
Introducing the Testimonial-Commentator Format to the
Musculoskeletal Curriculum of Medical Students
James D. Katz, MD; George Washington Medical Center;
Washington, DC
SUNDAY
November 6, 2011
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