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August 22 - 24, 2024
Mission Bay Conference Center • San Francisco, CA
Course# MDM25F01 - Department: Medicine
Registration Fees
$985 Physicians
$875 Advanced Practice Professionals/Nurses
$600 Residents/Fellows
$1,200 Industry Representatives
Cancellation Policy
Cancellations received in writing before August 1, 2024 will be refunded, less an administrative fee of $100. No refunds will be made on cancellations received after that date.
Please submit your cancellation request at https://tiny.ucsf.edu/cmehelp
Overview
This three-day course presents major clinical topics in the field of Rheumatology to assist physicians preparing for the American Board of Internal Medicine(ABIM) Subspecialty Examination in Rheumatology, and the practicing clinician seeking to update their knowledge and care for rheumatology patients. The course overall focuses on diagnosis and treatment of rheumatic disease, disease-management problems and key advances in practice over the past 10 years.
Onsite and Remote Learning Options:
The course sessions will take place at the Mission Bay Conference Center. Live Stream and Onsite registrants will receive instructions along with the digital syllabus a week before the conference. Included in your registration fee is access to the course recordings on demand after the conference for a limited time period. You must tune in to live conference (in person or remotely) to claim CME. All course times listed are Pacific Standard Time.
*** All course materials will be available online to registered attendees through the board exam on November 21, 2024. ***
Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
- Apply current, evidence-based, standards of care to rheumatic diseases (including rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, other systemic, autoimmune diseases, autoinflammatory diseases, seronegative arthritis, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, crystalline arthritis, and soft tissue pain syndromes);
- Improve diagnostic accuracy by application of best available recent data and expert guidance;
- Refine, optimize and monitor rheumatic disease treatments based on new knowledge of efficacy and safety;
- Adopt newly approved treatments appropriately based on the latest medical evidence;
- Refine approach to pain control based on the latest evidence;
- Increase utilization of self-assessment.
Accreditation
In support of improving patient care, the University of California, San Francisco is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Physicians
UCSF designates this live activity for a maximum of 26 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
This CME activity meets the requirements under California Assembly Bill 1195, Continuing Education and Cultural and Linguistic Competency.
Geriatric
The approved credits shown above include 2.75 credits toward meeting the requirement under California Assembly Bill 1820, Geriatric Medicine.
Pain Management
The approved credits shown above include 8.25 credits toward meeting the requirement under California assembly Bill 487, Pain Management and end-of-Life Care.
American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) MOC
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 26.00 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC points. Attendees must complete the course evaluation within 30 days of the activity completion in order to receive MOC credit.
Nurses
For the purpose of recertification, the American Nurses Credentialing Center accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ issued by organizations accredited by the ACCME.
Physician Assistants
AAPA accepts category 1 credit from AOACCME, Prescribed credit from AAFP, and AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME.
Pharmacists
The California Board of Pharmacy accepts as continuing professional education those courses that meet the standard of relevance to pharmacy practice and have been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.
Course Outline
(subject to change) | All times Pacific (PDT)
| THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 2024 | |||
| Time | P/G | Subject | Speaker |
| 7:00am | Registration and Continental Breakfast | Exhibits Open | ||
| 8:00am | Welcome and Overview | Drs. Mary Nakamura, Lianne Gensler & Brett Dietz | |
| 8:05am | Systemic Lupus Erythematosus | Dr. Maria Dall’Era | |
| 9:25am | Q&A | ||
| 9:30am | Myositis and Myositis Mimics | Dr. Andrew Mammen | |
| 10:40am | Q&A | ||
| 10:45am | Break & Exhibits | ||
| 11:00am | P | Prevention and Treatment of Osteoporosis | Dr. Mary Beth Humphrey |
| 12:00pm | Q&A | ||
| 12:05pm | Lunch (on your own) | ||
| 1:10pm | PG | RA Epidemiology, EAMs & Complications | Dr. Ted Mikuls |
| 2:10pm | Q&A | ||
| 2:15pm | Autoinflammatory Disease | Dr. Dan Kastner | |
| 3:15pm | Q&A | ||
| 3:20pm | Break & Exhibits | ||
| 3:35pm | Interpretation of Imaging Studies | Dr. Thomas Link | |
| 4:35pm | G | Quick Clinical Cases: A Photographic Review | Dr. Lester Miller |
| 5:35pm | Adjourn | ||
| FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 2024 | |||
| 7:30am | Continental Breakfast & Exhibits | ||
| 8:00am | Vasculitis | Dr. Peter Merkel | |
| 9:20am | Q&A | ||
| 9:25am | Systemic Sclerosis | Dr. Francesco Boin | |
| 10:40am | Q&A | ||
| 10:45am | Break & Exhibits | ||
| 11:00am | PG | Rheumatoid Arthritis Therapy: 202 | Dr. Jonathan Graf |
| 12:20pm | Q&A | ||
| 12:25pm | Lunch | ||
| 1:35pm | P | Antiphospholipid Syndrome | Dr. Sarah Goglin |
| 2:35pm | Q&A | ||
| 2:40pm | Sports Medicine for the Rheumatology Boards: Ankle, Elbow, Wrist, Nerves | Dr. Carlin Senter | |
| 3:40pm | Q&A | ||
| 3:45pm | Break & Exhibits | ||
| 4:00pm | Sports Medicine for the Rheumatologist: Soft Tissue Injuries and Nerve Entrapments | Dr. Carlin Senter | |
| 5:00pm | Adjourn | ||
| SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 2024 | |||
| 7:30am | Continental Breakfast & Exhibits | ||
| 8:00am | Spondylarthritis I (Axial SpA, IBD Arthritis & Reactive Arthritis) | Dr. Lianne Gensler | |
| 9:15am | Q&A | ||
| 9:20am | Systemic Diseases with Rheumatic Manifestations | Dr. Jonathan Graf | |
| 10:35am | Q&A | ||
| 10:40am | Break & Exhibits | ||
| 10:50am | Autoimmune Disease and the Lung | Dr. Erin Wilfong | |
| 12:00pm | Q&A | ||
| 12:05pm | G | Infectious Disease and Rheumatology | Dr. Brett Dietz |
| 12:55pm | Adjourn | ||
| Prerecorded: | |||
| Medication Safety and Prevention | Dr. Gabby Schmajuk | ||
| P | Crystal Disease | Dr. Ken Scalapino (60) | |
| P | Spondyloarthritis II: Psoriatic Arthritis | Dr. Lianne Gensler (60) | |
| Mechanisms of Biologic Medication | Dr. Judith Ashouri-Sinha (60) | ||
| P | Pediatric Rheumatology | Dr. Erica Lawson (60) | |
| P | Osteoarthritis | Dr. R. Krishna Chaganti (65) | |
P = Pain Credit | G = Geriatric Credit
Course Chairs
Mary C. Nakamura, MD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Rheumatology
University of California, San Francisco
Lianne Gensler, MD
Professor of Clinical Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
Brett Dietz, MD, MS
Assistant Clinical Professor
University of California, San Francisco
Faculty
UCSF Faculty
(Department of Medicine unless otherwise indicated)
Judy Ashouri, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
R. Krishna Chaganti, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Medicine
Maria Dall'Era, MD
Professor of Medicine
UCSF Rheumatology Division Chief
Brett Dietz, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Lianne Gensler, MD
Professor of Medicine
Director, UCSF Rheumatology Fellowship program
Sarah Goglin, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Associate Chief, Rheumatology Education
Jonathan Graf, MD
Professor of Medicine
Erica Lawson, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Pediatric Rheumatology Fellowship program
Thomas Link, MD, PhD
Professor of Radiology
Division Chief, Musculoskeletal Radiology
Lester Miller, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Gabriela Schmajuk, MD, MAS
Professor of Medicine
Section Chief, San Francisco VA Medical Center
Carlin Senter, MD
Professor
Director of Primary Care Sports Medicine
Department of Orthopedic Surgery
Guest Faculty
Francesco Boin, MD Professor of Medicine
Director, Division of Rheumatology
Director, Kao Multispecialty Scleroderma Program
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Mary Beth Humphrey, MD, PhD
Associate Dean for Research, College of Medicine
Professor of Medicine
Section Chief of Rheumatology
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Daniel Kastner, MD, PhD
NIH Distinguished InvestigatorMedical Genetics Branch
NHGRI, NIH
Andrew Mamman, MD, PhD
Senior InvestigatorMuscle Disease Section
NIAMS, NIH
Peter Merkel, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Chief, Division of Rheumatology,
University of Pennsylvania
Ted R. Mikuls, MD, MSPH
Stokes-Shackleford Professor of Rheumatology
University of Nebraska Medical Center and
Omaha VA Medical Center
Kenneth Scalapino, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Arthritis and Rheumatic Diseases
Oregon Health Sciences University
Erin Wilfong, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Rheumatology and Immunology
Division of Pulmonary Critical Care
Vanderbilt University
Travel & Lodging
Mission Bay Conference Center
1675 Owens Street, San Francisco, CA 94143-3008
MBCC Phone: 415-476-2019
Area Hotels
Hotel Luma - https://www.lumahotels.com/san-francisco
Hotel Via - https://www.hotelviasf.com/
Hyatt Place - https://www.hyatt.com/en-US/hotel/california/hyatt-place-san-francisco-downtown/sfozs
UNITED AIRLINES
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Exhibitors
Exhibit Fee: $4,000 - Email Contact for Exhibits [email protected]
Exhibit Description
Exhibit Hours
(subject to updating)
| Thursday 8/22/24 | |
| 7:00 - 8:00AM | Exhibit Area open during Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 10:45 -11:00AM | Coffee Break in Exhibit Area |
| 3:25 - 3:40PM | Coffee Break in Exhibit Area |
| Friday 8/23/24 | |
| 7:30 - 8:00AM | Exhibit Area & Continental Breakfast |
| 10:45 - 11:00AM | Coffee Break in Exhibit Area |
| 3:35 - 3:50PM | Coffee Break in Exhibit Area |
| Saturday 8/24/24 | |
| 7:30 - 8:00AM | Exhibit Area & Continental Breakfast |
| 10:35 - 10:50AM | Coffee Break in Exhibit Area |
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