The James R. Klinenberg, MD Symposium on Rheumatic Diseases : Hot Topics in Rheumatology

A partnership between primary care physicians and rheumatologists is critical to identify situations that require immediate as well as long term management. This one-day symposium is designed to provide primary care physicians or those that provide primary care to their patients with up-to-date information on how to recognize, diagnose, treat, and follow common rheumatologic conditions. This CME certified activity will emphasize early diagnosis, identification of risk factors for prognosis, intervention early rather than later, and side effects or toxicities to treatment strategies. Morning lecture topics will focus on the management and treatment of certain conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, treatment of fibromyalgia, advances in treatments for lupus and ankylosing spondylitis, and the use of imaging techniques in the diagnosis and treatment of rheumatic conditions. In the afternoon, our popular hands-on sessions with the experts will emphasize office-based practices suchas joint examinations and injections, how to monitor and assess the safety of biologic agents, what to do with a positive ANA and anti-CCP antibody test result and what you need to know about the latest management of osteoarthritis and osteoporosis.