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Crystal Clear Gout Care: Dual Perspectives and Precision Strategies for Today’s Patients

Summit Information

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Details:

This is a live stream

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Date:

April 11th 2026

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Location:

Virtual with Community Watch Parties

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Time:

12:00-15:45 EST

CME Information

AGENDA

  • The Modern Approach to Gout: From Diagnosis to Next-Generation Therapies (45min)
    Recognizing Gout: Clinical Presentation, Diagnostic Strategies, and Disease Burden
    Evidence-Based Management: Treat-To-Target Urate Lowering and Flare Prevention
    What's Next: Emerging Mechanisms and Novel Therapeutic Targets
  • Gout and the Cardiorenal Axis: Navigating Care in Patients with CKD (45min)
    The Bidirectional Relationship Between Hyperuricemia, Gout, and Kidney Disease;
    Diagnostic Considerations and Treatment Selection in Patients With CKD;
    Managing Gout Safely in the Context of Comorbidities and Polypharmacy;

 

Learning Objectives

  • Describe the variable onset, progression, and presentation of gout across patient populations, including individuals with chronic kidney disease (CKD).
  • Apply evidence-based guidance for the assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and management of gout, with consideration of renal impairment and other comorbidities.
  • Differentiate existing and emerging treatment options for gout based on mechanisms of action, efficacy and safety data, patient factors, and therapeutic goals
  • Integrate current evidence, guideline recommendations, and patient-specific factors to individualize care plans for patients with gout.

 

CME Information

This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ and MOC Credit. See the final CE activity announcement for specific details.

Commercial Support:
This activity is supported from an independent medical education grant from Bristol Myers Squibb.

Summit Agenda

 

12:00-12:30 EST

Product Theater/Educational Symposium

12:30-13:00 EST

Opening Remarks & AWIR Updates

Chairs:

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Grace Wright, MD, PhD, FACR

AWIR President and Founder

reddy

Priya Reddy, MD, FACR

AWIR Secretary and Treasurer

13:00-14:30 EST

Accredited Session (1.5CME/MOC)

Crystal Clear Gout Care: Dual Perspectives and Precision Strategies for Today’s Patients

Speakers:

Puja P. Khanna, MD, MPH

Puja P Khanna, MD – Rheumatologist

Associate Professor of Medicine

Michigan Medicine

University of Michigan

Richard Johnson, MD

Richard J Johnson MD – Nephrologist

Professor Emeritus, Medicine

University of Colorado

14:30-14:45 EST

Break

14:45-15:00 EST

Roundtable

15:00-15:30 EST

Product Theater/Educational Symposium

15:30-15:45 EST

Closing Remarks

Chairs:

wright

Grace Wright, MD, PhD, FACR

AWIR President and Founder

reddy

Priya Reddy, MD, FACR

AWIR Secretary and Treasurer

Registration Details

This is FREE virtual event hosted on AWIR’s virtual event web app.
Registration is required to access web app.

Register following these 4 easy steps:

  • Click the link below to access the Summit registration page.
  • Complete your registration using an email you have access to.
    Your email will be your username for the web app.
  • Save your registration email to update your attendance type.
    You can register as virtual attendee and add a watch party later.
  • Log in to the virtual web app during the Summit to participate
    You will be sent a one-time password to login.

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The companion virtual meeting app allows you to watch the Summit livestream, review the program agenda and faculty, send questions to the faculty, participate in polling questions, complete pre- and post-activity surveys, and find information to claim CME/MOC credits!

Watch Parties

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Select AWIR Local Chapters are hosting exclusive Watch Parties, bringing the virtual summit to life with live networking and learning!

Connect with local colleagues and expand your professional circle while enjoying great food, discussing key takeaways, and sharing clinical perspectives in real time – for FREE!

Watch Parties are open only to clinicians.

 

Watch Parties Available


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Wisconsin - Milwaukee
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