Agenda 

Thursday, June 2, 2011

7:00 - 8:30 pm 

Welcome Reception

8:30 - 9:30 pm 

Executive Committee Meeting

Friday, June 3, 2011

7:00 - 8:00 am

Breakfast and Exhibit Viewing

7:30 am

Registration Desk Opens

8:00 - 9:00 am

Review of Vasculitis including Case Studies, Philip Seo, MD

9:00 - 9:30 am

An Elderly Man With Leg Ecchymosis, Sana Makhdumi, MD

9:30 - 10:00 am

Break and Exhibit Viewing

10:00 - 11:00 am

Scleroderma Management and Treatment, Richard Silver, MD

11:00 - 11:30 am

Case of a Korean Female with Fever and Headaches, Lata Reddy, MD

11:30 am - 12:00 pm

Exhibit Viewing

1:00 - 2:00 pm

Immunology for the Rheumatologist, Alan L. Epstein, MD

2:00 - 3:00 pm

3:30 - 5:30 pm

Georgia Committee on Rheumatologic Care (CORC) Program, John Goldman, MD - moderator

Healthcare in Georgia: Impediments to Care and and Solutions  for Resolution, Camilla Grayson, MAG Director of Health Policy

Maria Myler, Georgia Lupus Foundation

Blair Wooldridge, Arthritis Foundation

6:30 pm

Attendee Dinner (Families and guests welcome)

Saturday, June 4, 2011

7:00 - 8:00 am

Breakfast and Exhibit Viewing

7:30 am

Registration Desk Opens

8:00 - 9:00 am

Immunology of Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome, Roubey, MD

9:00 - 9:30 am

Grave Complications, Schartess Culpepper, MD

9:30 - 10:00 am

Break and Exhibit Viewing

10:00 - 11:00 am

Raynaud’s Phenomenon and Treatment Options, Richard Silver, MD

11:00 - 11:30 am

Fellow Presentation, David Silverman, MD

11:30 am - 12:30 pm

Lunch

12:30 - 1:30 pm

General Business Meeting - Members Only

1:30 - 2:30 pm

Clinical Manifestations, Diagnostic Criteria and Treatment of Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome, Robert Roubey, MD

3:00 - 4:00 pm

Review of the Approach to Navigate the Use of Current Biologics and the Identification of Upcoming Therapies in Rheumatoid Arthritis, Alan L. Epstein, MD

4:00 - 6:00 pm

Short Course Musculoskeletal Ultrasound - Knee & Shoulder