2015

2015

Learning Objectives

• Advance learners’ knowledge of new diagnostic and therapeutic methods, including joint replacement surgery, and translate current evidence concerning new techniques into clinical application and implementation.

• Evaluate gout patients, distinguish those patients that require urate lowering therapy, and recognize the importance of monitoring serum uric acid levels and the availability and use of the therapeutic agent.

• Distinguish patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) from other connective tissue diseases as well as categorize their illness in order to optimize their therapy.

• Identify newly approved and “pipeline” therapeutic options currently in development and in clinical trials for the treatment of SLE.

• Demonstrate the techniques to obtain optimal joint and tendon images and learn the appropriate interpretation of those images.

• Identify the natural history of chronic back pain and apply evidence based approach to therapeutic modalities.

Target Audience

This course is intended for rheumatologists, internists, primary care physicians, nurses, physician assistants, physical therapists, nurse practitioners and allied health professionals.

CME Accreditation

MedStar Washington Hospital Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation

MedStar Washington Hospital Center designates this live activity for a maximum of 7 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Course Information

Update in RheumatologyNew Diagnostic Tests & Treatments for Clinical Practice

October 23, 2015Omni Shoreham HotelWashington, DC

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Course DirectorArthur Weinstein, MDMedStar Washington Hospital CenterWashington, DC

Course Description

Osteoarthritis and back pain are the most common causes of musculoskeletal disability in society and have greatly increased in frequency with our aging and overweight population. Over 30 million Americans over the age of 60 years have osteoarthritis and the point prevalence of back pain is over 10%. Therefore knowledge of evidence-based approaches to treatment is important for internists and rheumatologists. Similarly, hip and knee surgeries are being performed at much higher rates than in the past for osteoarthritis and it is estimated that surgery rates will increase two to fourfold within 2 decades. Therefore, it is important to identify the appropriate patients for joint replacement surgery, the expected long-term outcomes and the early and late complications. Gout has dramatically increased in incidence and is the most common inflammatory joint disease, with less than optimal management. New therapies for acute gouty arthritis and for chronic hyperuricemic gout make an evidence-based approach ideal.

Major advances have occurred in our knowledge of the pathophysiology of rheumatic diseases and these have resulted in newer diagnostic techniques, including musculoskeletal ultrasound, and exciting new treatments, including biologic therapies for systemic autoimmune and inflammatory disorders, such as rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus and psoriatic arthritis.

This timely one-day conference is intended to provide new evidence-based strategies for the diagnosis, monitoring and treatment, including many newly approved biologic therapies and surgery of common arthritic, rheumatic and autoimmune diseases. Local experts and renowned invited speakers, nationally known for their clinical and clinical research achievements, will provide state of the art summaries. In addition to lectures with questions and discussion, there will be case presentations with an audience response system to enhance the learning experience.

Registration Fees

Online Registration Preferred

Please visit our secure website at http://CME.MedStarWashington.org/RheumatologyUpdate for updated program and registration information. We are unable to accept registrations or cancellations by telephone. If you wish to pay your registration fee by check, please download and print a registration form and mail it to the address on the registration form with your check.

All registrations will be confirmed by email only. Please use an email address that you check regularly. If you have questions regarding registration or do not receive an email confirmation of your registration within 1-2 business days, please contact us at whccme@gmail.com or 202-877-8220.

Cancellation Policy

Cancellations made in writing by Wednesday, September 9, 2015 will be subject to a 50% penalty. No refunds will be given after Wednesday, September 9, 2015. Cancellations will not be accepted by telephone. In the unlikely event that the course is canceled, MedStar Washington Hospital Center will refund the registration fee, but is not responsible for any travel costs.

Please call 202-877-8220 or email WHCCME@gmail.com if you any questions or need any additional information.

Venue Information

Omni Shoreham Hotel | 2500 Calvert Street, NW, Washington, DC 20008 | 202-234-0700

Special AssistanceMedStar Washington Hospital Center wishes to ensure that no individual with a disability is excluded, denied services, segregated or otherwise treated differently from other individuals because of the absence of auxiliary aids or services identified in the Americans with Disabilities Act. Please contact 202-877-8220 to notify us of your needs.

Registration Type Physician Resident/Fellow Nurse Advanced Practice Clinician Allied Health

Registration Fee $195 $125 $125 $125 $125

Faculty Agenda Registration & VenueCourse Director

Arthur Weinstein, MDAssociate Chairman, Department of Medicine MedStar Washington Hospital Center Professor of Medicine Georgetown University Medical Center Washington, DC

Each talk will be followed by 5 minutes of question & discussion.

7:15 AM Registration and Breakfast

7:50 AM Welcome and Introduction Arthur Weinstein, MD

8:00 AM Back Pain Update David G. Borenstein, MD

8:45 AM Update on Pain and Its Treatment in Osteoarthritis David Felson, MD, MPH

9:30 AM Outcomes and Complications of Hip and Knee Joint Replacement Michael A. Mont, MD

10:15 AM Break

10:45 AM Gout: Rational Approach to Diagnosis and Treatment Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD

11:30 AM Clinical Cases with Audience Response System Florina Constantinescu, MD, PhD; Arthur Weinstein, MD

12:30 PM Lunch

1:30 PM Musculoskeletal Ultrasound in Diagnostic Rheumatology Paul J. DeMarco, MD

2:15 PM Rheumatoid Arthritis in the Biologic Era Eric M. Ruderman, MD

3:00 PM Psoriatic Arthritis and the New Therapies Laura Coates, PhD

3:45 PM New Diagnostics and Approaches to Therapy for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) Christopher E. Collins, MD

4:30 PM Closing Remarks Arthur Weinstein, MD

4:35 PM Adjourn

Guest Faculty

David G. Borenstein, MDClinical Professor of Medicine Division of Rheumatology The George Washington University School of Medicine Washington, DC

Laura Coates, PhDClinical Lecturer in Rheumatology National Institute for Health Research Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine University of Leeds and the Leeds Musculoskeletal Biological Research Unit Leeds, UNITED KINGDOM Visiting Assistant Professor, Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology Division Rochester Medical Center Rochester, NY

Christopher E. Collins, MDProgram Director, Division of Rheumatology MedStar Washington Hospital Center Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine Georgetown University Medical Center Washington, DC

Florina Constantinescu, MD, PhDInterim Director, Division of Rheumatology MedStar Washington Hospital Center Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine Georgetown University Medical Center Washington, DC

Paul J. DeMarco, MDPartner, Arthritis & Rheumatism Associates PC Medical Director, The Center for Rheumatology and Bone Research Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine Georgetown University School of Medicine Washington, DC

David Felson, MD, MPHChief, Clinical Epidemiology Unit Associate Director, Boston University Clinical Translational Science Institute Professor of Medicine & Epidemiology Boston University School of Medicine Boston, MA

Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhDChairman of Academic Medicine Department of Rheumatic and Immunologic Disease Center for Vasculitis Care and ResearchCleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH

Michael A. Mont, MDDirector, Center for Joint Preservation and Replacement Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopedics Sinai Hospital of Baltimore Baltimore, MD

Eric M. Ruderman, MDProfessor of Medicine, Rheumatology Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Chicago, IL