Evidence-Based Care in IgG4-Related Disease: From Evolving Mechanisms to Multi-Specialty Management
Summit Information
Details:
This is a live stream
Date:
March 7th 2026
Location:
Virtual with Community Watch Parties
Time:
12:00-15:45 EST
CME Information
AGENDA
- Understanding IgG4-RD: Clinical Manifestations, Organ Involvement, and Patient Burden
- Exploring IgG4-RD Immunology: Pathways and Therapeutic Targets
- Evolving Treatment Landscape: Efficacy and Safety of Therapies in IgG4-RD
- Implementing Multispecialty Care Models: Collaborative, Coordinated Management for Optimal Outcomes
Learning Objectives
- Recognize the diverse clinical manifestations, organ involvement patterns, and patient burden of IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD).
- Describe the immune pathways and mechanisms driving IgG4-RD pathogenesis and progression.
- Evaluate the targets, efficacy, safety, and patient suitability of conventional and new treatments for IgG4-RD.
- Apply multidisciplinary strategies to streamline collaborative diagnosis, treatment, and management of IgG4-RD.
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:
There is no commercial support for this accredited activity.
Summit Agenda
12:00 – 12:30
Product Theater
Assessing Fracture Risk to Individualize Treatment for Your Patients With Postmenopausal Osteoporosis (Sponsored by Amgen)
Presented by:
Julia Buchfuhrer, DO
12:30 – 13:00
Opening Remarks & AWIR Updates
Chairs:
Grace Wright, MD, PhD, FACR
AWIR President and Founder
Priya Reddy, MD, FACR
AWIR Secretary and Treasurer
13:00 – 14:30
Accredited Session
Evidence-Based Care in IgG4-Related Disease: From Evolving Mechanisms to Multi-Specialty Management
Speakers:
John Stone, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine Harvard Medical School
The Edward A. Fox Chair in Medicine Massachusetts General Hospital
14:30 – 14:45
Break
14:45 – 15:30
Product Theater
Changing course: clinical evidence from the first head-to-head trial powered to evaluate the superiority Switching to a Jaki versus another TNFi after a single TNFi failure (Sponsored by Abbvie)
Presented by:
Manish Jain, MD
15:30 – 15:40
Closing Marks
Chairs:
Grace Wright, MD, PhD, FACR
AWIR President and Founder
Priya Reddy, MD, FACR
AWIR Secretary and Treasurer
Registration Details
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