2025 FSR Annual Meeting Clinical Agenda At-A-Glance

 (Preliminary Agenda. Subject to change)     Download Agenda PDF 

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Wednesday, June 18, 2025

2:00 - 5:00 pm

Registration Desk Open

Grand Harbor Foyer

8:30 am - 2:00 pm

Board of Directors Meeting (by invitation)

Saybrook Room

Thursday, June 19, 2025

7:00 am - 5:00 pm

Registration Desk Open

Grand Harbor Foyer

7:00 - 8:00 am

Breakfast

Grand Harbor Foyer

8:00 - 8:05 am

Welcome Remarks and Pre-Test

Asbury Hall

8:05 - 8:55 am

Dawn of a New Era: The Promise and Challenge of Cellular Therapies (CAR-T and Others) in SLE and other Autoimmune Diseases
Vikas Majithia, MBBS, MPH, Mayo Clinic

Asbury Hall

8:55 - 9:45 am

Fibromyalgia – There is Hope!
Alison Bested, MD, NSU Florida

Asbury Hall

9:45am - 10:15 am

Refreshment Break

Grand Harbor Foyer

10:15 - 11:10 am

New Horizons in Sjogren’s Disease
Grace Wright, MD, PhD, Association of Women in Rheumatology

Asbury Hall

11:10 - 12:00 pm

Myalgic Encephalomyelitis - What are we Missing?
Alison Bested, MD (NSU Florida)

Asbury Hall

12:00 - 1:00 pm

Networking Lunch

TBD

1:00 - 1:50 pm

Radiation Therapy - Novel or Overlooked Treatment for Arthritis?
Jennifer Lee, MD, Texas Oncology

Asbury Hall

1:50 - 2:40 pm

Approach to Scleroderma
Dinesh Khanna, MD, MSc, University of Michigan

Asbury Hall

2:40 - 3:30 pm

Sarcoidosis
Janet Pope, MD, MPH, St. Joseph's Health Centre, London

Asbury Hall

3:30 - 5:30 pm

Welcome Reception in the Exhibit Hall

Grand NS5-8

Friday, June 20, 2025

7:00 am - 4:00 pm

Registration Desk Open

Grand Harbor Foyer

7:00 - 8:00 am

Breakfast in the Exhibit Hall

Grand NS5-8

8:00 - 8:05 am

Opening Remarks

Asbury Hall

8:05- 8:55 am

Scleroderma Molecular Therapies
Dinesh Khanna, MD,MSc, University of Michigan

Asbury Hall

8:55-9:45 am

Myositis: Pearls and Myths
Rohit Aggarwal, MD, MS, UPMC

Asbury Hall

9:45 - 10:15 am

Refreshment Break in the Exhibit Hall

Grand NS5-8

10:15 - 11:10 am

Malignancy and Rheumatologic Conditions
Maria Suarez-Almazor, MD, PhD, MD Anderson

Asbury Hall

11:10-12:00 pm

What is Wrong with Rheumatoid Arthritis?
Janet Pope, MD, MPH, St. Joseph's Health Centre, London

Asbury Hall

12:00 - 12:05 pm

Legislator of the Year Award

Asbury Hall

12:05 - 12:55 pm

Lunch in Exhibit Hall

Grand NS5-8

12:05-12:55 pm

Legislative Fundraiser Lunch: Capitol Club members only

Saybrook

1:00 - 1:50 pm

How do Osteoporosis Medicines Work?
David Dempster, BSc (Hons), PhD, FRMS, Columbia University

Asbury Hall

1:50 - 2:40 pm

Psoriatic Arthritis in 2025 - The Exciting Options
Atul Deodhar, MD, MRCP, Oregon Health & Science University

Asbury Hall

 2:40-3:30 pmControversies in RA
John Cush, MD, RheumNow.com
 

3:30 - 3:40 pm

Closing Remarks

Asbury Hall

4:00 – 6:00 pm

Networking Reception in the Exhibit Hall

Grand NS5-8

6:30 – 9:30 pm

Faculty Dinner (by invitation)

Ariel’s

Saturday, June 21, 2025

7:00 am - 1:00 pm

Registration Desk Open

Grand Harbor Foyer

7:00 - 8:00 am

Breakfast in the Exhibit Hall

Grand NS5-8

7:55 - 8:00 am

Opening Remarks

Asbury Hall

8:00 - 9:00 am

Anca Vasculitis
Philip Seo, MD, MPH, Johns Hopkins Medicine

Asbury Hall

9:00-10:00 am

Asymptomatic Elevation of CK
Rohit Aggarwal, MD, MS, UPMC

Asbury Hall

10:00 - 10:30 am

Final Break in the Exhibit Hall –Raffle Prize Giveaway

Grand NS5-8

10:30 - 11:30 am

Treat to Target in Axial Spondyloarthritis: An Iconoclast's Vie
Atul Deodhar, MD, MRCP, Oregon Health & Science University

Asbury Hall

11:30 - 12:30 pm

Vasculitis - Year in Review
Philip Seo, MD, MPH, Johns Hopkins Medicine

Asbury Hall

12:45 - 2:00 pm

Annual Business Meeting & Lunch

Asbury Hall

12:45 - 2:00 pm

Fellows Luncheon and Poster Walk

Grand Harbor North

Sunday, June 22, 2025

7:30 - 10:00 am

Registration Desk Open

Grand Harbor Foyer

7:30 am

Opening Remarks

Asbury Hall

7:35 - 8:35 am

Coding/Billing Update
Jean Acevedo, LHRM, CPD, CHC, CENTC, Acevedo Consulting

Asbury Hall

8:40-10:00 am

Oral Poster Presentations
Moderated by Vikas Majithia, MBBS MPH, Mayo Clinic Florida

Asbury Hall

10:00 - 11:00 am

Awards / Brunch

Asbury Rotunda

11:00 am

Closing Remarks

Asbury Hall

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Physicians
AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare designates this live activity for a maximum of 18.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 18.25 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

Nurses
Credit being awarded: 18.25 ANCC contact hours

Commercial Support
There is no commercial support for this activity.