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The Westin Hilton Head Island
August 18 – 21, 2022
A one of a kind medical conference for the Clinical Rheumatology
treating Rheumatic disease and its co-morbidities.
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“The difference between this conference and other conferences is that at AWIR, we have topics that we don’t hear elsewhere – for example, we had sessions on diversity, inclusion, and culture”. – Marie Maitre, PA-C
AWIR 2022 AGENDA
THURSDAY, AUG 18
| 7:00-8:00 | Registration & Breakfast | |
| 7:50-8:00 | Welcome & Introduction | Grace C. Wright, AWIR President |
| 8:00 - 9:00 | Pathways in SLE: IFNs, CNIs, BAFF, CD40L, IL-17 | Iain McInnes PhD, CBE, FRCP, FRSE, FMedSci |
| 9:00 - 10:00 | Pathways in Systemic Lupus: Systemic Inflammation | Ashira Blazer MD. MSCI |
| 10:00 - 10:45 | The Role of IL-17/ IL-23 Across Rheumatic Conditions | Grace C. Wright MD, PhD |
| 10:45 - 11:30 | TYK2: Pathological Drivers and Treatment Targets in Skin & Joint Conditions | Grace C. Wright MD, PhD |
| 11:30 - 11:45 | AM Break | |
| 11:45 - 12:30 | JAKi and the Theory of Relativity | Kevin Winthrop MD, MPH |
| 12:30 - 12:45 | Lunch | |
| 12:45 - 13:15 | Working Lunch. Panel Discussion: JAKi and Balancing Risk: VTE, CVD, Infection, COVID | Drs Wright, Calabrese, Winthrop, Blazer, Kim |
| 13:15 - 14:00 | COVID-19: Immune Dysregulation and Long COVID - Where do we stand? | Leonard Calabrese DO |
| 14:00 - 14:45 | Cytokine signatures: Deconstructing immune mediated inflammatory diseases? | Iain McInnes PhD, CBE, FRCP, FRSE, FMedSci |
| 14:45 | Post Test, Q&A. | Grace C. Wright MD, PhD |
| 16:00 - 17:00 | Exhibits & Posters | |
| 18:00 - 19:00 | Latte & Learn. UNMASKING GENDER BIAS in the Healthcare Ecosystem | Grace C. Wright MD, PhD, Sheetal Desai MD, Priya Reddy MD |
| 19:00 | Dinner |
FRIDAY, AUG 19
| 7:00 - 8:00 | Registration & Breakfast | |
| 7:00 - 8:00 | Exhibits & Posters | |
| 8:00 - 8:45 | Educational Symposium – AbbVie Burden of rheumatic diseases and associated gastrointestinal and dermatologic conditions |
Grace Wright MD, PhD (Rheumatologist), Saakshi Khattri MD (Dermatologist), Erin Forster MD (Gastroenterologist) |
| 8:45 - 9:00 | Presidential Welcome | |
| 9:00 - 9:45 | Keynote Address: Bridging the Gap to Equity: Why it should matter to us all. | Alvin Wells MD, PhD |
| 9:45 - 10:30 | Treating the Diverse Patient: A Holistic Approach | Ashira Blazer MD, MSCI |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | AM Break Exhibits & Posters | |
| 11:00 - 11:45 | SpA: Enthesitis and Beyond in Spondylarthritis | Iain McInnes PhD, CBE, FRCP, FRSE, FMedSci |
| 11:45 - 12:00 | Lunch Break | |
| 12:00 - 12:45 | Product Theater – Lilly Explore Taltz: A Review of Real-World Patient Cases in PsA. |
Alvin Wells MD, PhD, Kathleen Thomas DO |
| 12:45 - 13:45 | Understanding What You Sign: Common Contract Issues for Medical Professionals | JM Durnovich Esq. and Andrea Liberatore Esq. |
| 13:45 - 14:15 | Financial Planning for Medical Professionals. | Norman E. Barnum IV |
| 14:15 - 15:00 | AWIR Advocates: 2022 Achievements & Activities. | Gwenesta Melton MD, Stephanie Ott MD and Kevin Daley |
| 15:00 - 16:00 | Product Theater – Pfizer Exploring the Clinical Data for an Oral Prescription Treatment Option for Adults With Active Ankylosing Spondylitis |
Kirsti Mizelle MD, MPH |
| 16:00 - 17:00 | Exhibits & Posters | |
| 17:00 - 18:30 | Sip ‘n Share | |
| 18:30 - 19:15 | Product Theater – UCB nr-axSpA: Out of the Shadows, Into the Light |
Robin Dore MD |
| 19:15 | Dinner |
SATURDAY, AUG 20
| 7:00 - 8:00 | Registration & Breakfast | |
| 7:00 - 8:00 | Exhibits & Posters | |
| 8:00 - 8:45 | Product Theater – Janssen TREMFYA (guelkumab) A SELECTIVE IL-23i FOR ADULTS WITH ACTIVE PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS (PsA) OR MODERATE TO SEVERE PLAQUE PSORIASIS (PsO) |
Sheetal Desai MD and Rebecca Callis MD |
| 8:45 - 9:45 | LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT: Unmasking Bias in Healthcare | Grace C. Wright MD, PhD, Sheetal Desai MD, Priya Reddy MD |
| 9:45 - 10:30 | Sjogren’s: Then and Now. | Sara McCoy MD |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | AM Break & Exhibits & Posters | |
| 11:00 - 11:45 | What all physicians need to know about irAEs | Alexa Meara MD |
| 11:45 - 12:00 | Lunch Break | |
| 12:00 - 12:45 | Product Theater – AbbVie The Road to Durable Remission: Exploring mono- or dual- therapy for TNFi-iR patients with moderate to severe RA |
Catherine Bakewell MD |
| 12:45 - 13:30 | Fellows Poster Presentations | |
| 13:30 - 14:15 | Scientific Session Pediatric Update. | Nicole Johnson MD |
| 13:30 - 14:15 | Fellows Forum - (Open to Trainees Only) | Drs Dowell, Mehrani, Petrone, Ramanujam and Constantinescu |
| 13:30 - 14:15 | APP Workshop –(Open to only to APPs) Negotiations: Practical Skills for Medical Professionals. | JM Durnovich Esq. and Andrea Liberatore Esq. |
| 14:15 - 15:00 | Big Musculoskeletal Impact (BMI): Assessing Obesity and Its Complications | Jeffrey Curtis MD, MS, MPH |
| 15:00 - 16:00 | Educational Symposium – Lilly Medical How Does the Use of Concomitant Methotrexate Affect the Efficacy and Safety of Biologics for Psoriatic Arthritis? |
Grace C Wright MD, PhD |
| 16:00 - 17:00 | Exhibits & Posters | |
| 17:00 - 18:00 | Sip ‘n Share and Networking | |
| 18:30 - 19:15 | Product Theater BI MDD PERSPECTIVES: An Open Discussion in the Diagnosis and Management of Interstitial Lung Diseases |
DeAnna Baker Frost MD, PhD and Lisa Kopas MD |
| 19:15 - 22:00 | Dinner |
SUNDAY, AUG 21
| 6:00 - 7:00 | Sunrise Walk | |
| 7:00 - 8:00 | Breakfast | |
| 8:00 - 8:45 | Product Theater – GSK Advances in Treatment for Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) or Lupus Nephritis (LN) |
Elaine Lambert MD |
| 8:45 - 9:30 | AWIR Global Partners and Chapter Leaders | |
| 9:30 - 10:00 | Diversity in Clinical Trials: Building Bridges through Community Engagement | Melissa Bishop-Murphy MBA JD |
| 10:00 - 10:45 | Racism and Kidney Health Equity: Turning Equity and Justice into Reality | Dinushika Mohottige MD, MPH |
| 10:45 - 11:00 | AM Break | |
| 11:00 - 11:45 | SLE: Building Bridges from Clinical Trials to Clinics | Saira Sheikh MD |
| 11:45 - 12:30 | Immune responses to SARS - CoV-2 vaccination in the immunosuppressed & how to mitigate its effects. | Alfred Kim MD, PhD |
| 12:30 - 13:15 | What’s Hot and What’s Not: Understanding Immunology 2022 | Leonard Calabrese DO |
| 13:15 - 14:00 | Educational Symposium - GSK A New Understanding of Rheumatoid Arthritis | Grace Wright C. Wright MD, PhD |
| 14:00 - 14:15 | Closing Remarks |
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