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DRAFT AWIR 2025 Agenda
Dates: July 24 – 26, 2025
Location: Gaylord Palms Resort Convention Center, Orlando, Florida
| Start Time | Agenda Session | Faculty Speakers | |
| EXHIBITS OPEN - 7:30 to 15:45 | |||
| 7:30 | Exhibits and Breakfast | EXHIBITS OPEN | |
| 8:00 | Presidential Welcome | Grace Wright, MD, PhD, FACR | |
| 8:15 | Product Theater: Stronger Together with Tremfya - Bridging Rheum and GI for Integrated Care (Sponsored by Johnson & Johnson) | Kristi Mizelle, MD, MPH, FACR and Jeevan Vinod, MD | |
| 8:45 | Educational Symposium: What Does Zero Disease Activity Mean to You? A Different Way of Evaluating Disease Control (Sponsored by UCB) | Grace Wright, MD, PhD, FACR | |
| 9:15 | AWIR Updates: Research Initiatives | Gail Kerr, MD, FRCP, FACR and Sharon Dowell, MBBS, MSHPEd | |
| 9:45 | Keynote Session: Improving Care and Outcomes Among Individuals with Rheumatic Conditions Accredited Session |
Candace Feldman, MD, MPH, ScD | |
| 10:45 | Spotlight on CAR T-Cell Therapy: Clinical Trials and Real-World Integration in Rheumatology Accredited Session |
Philip Mease, MD | |
| 12:15 | Exhibits & Networking Lunch | ||
| 13:15 | Axial Spondyloarthritis: Pipeline Development and Key Updates Accredited Session |
Chris Ritchlin, MD, MPH | |
| 14:00 | Psoriasis & Psoriatic Arthritis: Sex and Gender Related Issues in Evidence-Based Care Accredited Session |
Lihi Eder, MD | |
| 14:45 | Atopic Dermatitis and Alopecia Areata: Management 101 for Rheumatologists Accredited Session |
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| 15:30 | Exhibits & Break | ||
| 16:00 | Educational Symposium: Clinical Experience - A Review of Real Patient Cases (Sponsored by Pfizer) | Priya Reddy MD, FACR | |
| 16:30 | Raffle & Closing Remarks | ||
| 17:30 | Sip & Share with Poster Tours | ||
| 19:00 | Dinner | ||
| Start Time | Agenda Session | Faculty Speakers | |
| EXHIBITS OPEN - 7:30 to 15:45 | |||
| 7:30 | Exhibits and Breakfast | EXHIBITS OPEN | |
| 8:00 | Opening Remarks | Priya Reddy MD, FACR | |
| 8:15 | Educational Symposium: Is It Time to Change Your Patient's Treatment Approach? (Sponsored by GSK) | Maureen McMahon, MD | |
| 8:45 | Product Theater: A New Path in the Treatment of Giant Cell Arteritis (Sponsored by Abbvie) | Lindsay Lally, MD | |
| 9:15 | Leadership Intro: Crisis Management | Thomas Lanthaler | |
| 9:45 | Leadership Panel: Crisis-Management in Healthcare Accredited Session |
Grace Wright, MD, PhD, FACR, Chris Ritchlin, MD, MPH, Maria Dall'Era, MD, and Thomas Lanthaler | |
| 10:15 | SLE and LN: Treatment, Management, and Healthcare Disparities Accredited Session |
Maria Dall'Era, MD | |
| 11:15 | Vasculitis: Overview of Giant Cell Arteritis and Polymyalgia Rheumatica Accredited Session |
Anisha Dua, MD, MPH | |
| 12:15 | Exhibits & Networking Lunch | ||
| 13:15 | Rheumatic Immune-related Adverse Events: Diagnosis, Assessment, and Management Accredited Session |
Cassie Calabrese, DO | |
| 14:00 | Sjogren’s: Management of Disease and Neurological Manifestations Accredited Session |
Julius Birnbaum, MD | |
| 14:45 | Expert Panel: Transitions of Care for Pediatric Rheumatologists Accredited Session |
Anita Dhanrajani, MD, Marla Guzman, MD, Rebecca Sadun, MD, PhD, and Joyce Chang, MD, MSCE | |
| 15:30 | Exhibits & Break | ||
| 16:00 | Product Theater: From Inflammation to Innovation: Tackling IgG4-Related Disease With UPLIZNA: the First and Only FDA-Approved Therapy (Sponsored by Amgen) | Lindsay Lally, MD | |
| 16:30 | Raffle & Closing Remarks | ||
| 17:30 | Sip & Share with Poster Tours | ||
| 18:00 | Lead Hership In, Through, and Beyond Crisis: Empowering the Leadership Journey for Women in Rheumatology (Sponsored by Johnson & Johnson) | Grace Wright, MD, PhD, FACR, Prida Reddy MD, FACR, and Sheetal Desai, MD, MSEd | |
| 19:00 | Dinner & Dance Party | ||
| Start Time | Agenda Session | Faculty Speakers | |
| EXHIBITS OPEN - 7:30 to 12:30 | |||
| 7:30 | Exhibits and Breakfast | EXHIBITS OPEN | |
| 8:00 | Opening Remarks | Dr. Diane Petrone, MD, FACR | |
| 8:15 | Product Theater: Reframing Sjögren’s Disease: A systemic disease that can be serious and progressive (Sponsored by Novartis) | Antton Egana, MD | |
| 8:45 | Educational Symposium: Shifting Scales: The Dual Challenge of Obesity and Psoriatic Arthritis (Sponsored by Lilly) | Catherine Bakewell, MD, PhMSUS | |
| 9:15 | AWIR Updates: Advocacy | Gwenesta Melton, MD, Stephanie Ott, MD, and Kevin Daley | |
| 9:45 | The Intersection of Obesity and Cardiac Comorbidities in Rheumatology Care Accredited Session |
Joshua Baker, MD, MSCE, and Amin Sabet, MD | |
| 11:15 | AWIR Fellows Podium Poster Presentations Accredited Session |
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| 12:15 | Raffle & Closing Remarks | AWIR Board of Directors | |
| 12:30 | Exhibits & Networking Lunch | ||
| 13:45 | Ultrasound Imaging Techniques Accredited Hands-On Workshop Catherine Bakewell, MD, PhMSUS Minna Kohler, M.D., PhMSUS Janeth Yinh, MD |
OR | Clinical Trials in Private Practice Accredited Workshop Hilary Norton, MD Kathy Perez, MD, MBA, LSCGB |
OR | Burnout Management Accredited Workshop Ali Hajireza |
OR | PACT AWIR Committee Meeting |
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| 15:00 | Ultrasound Imaging Techniques Accredited Hands-On Workshop Catherine Bakewell, MD, PhMSUS Minna Kohler, M.D., PhMSUS Janeth Yinh, MD |
OR | Legal Contracts for Rheumatologists Accredited Workshop Theresa DiGuglielmo, Esq |
OR | Transitions of Care: Patient Cases Accredited Workshop Anita Dhanrajani, MD Rebecca Sadun, MD, PhD Jessica Fennell, MD |
OR | Independent Practice AWIR Committee Meeting |
| 16:15 | Ultrasound Imaging Techniques Accredited Hands-On Workshop Catherine Bakewell, MD, PhMSUS Minna Kohler, M.D., PhMSUS Janeth Yinh, MD |
OR | Fellow’s Forum Workshop: Accredited Workshop Sheetal Desai, MD, MSEd Taraneh Mehrani, MD Cindy Johnston, MD |
OR | Burnout Management Accredited Workshop Ali Hajireza |
OR | APP Workforce Issues and Opportunities Accredited Workshop Aubrey Wilson, PA-C Katherine Cole, MMS, PA-C Michele Cerra, MSN, FNP-C |