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WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 2026
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| 8:30 am – 2:00 pm |
Board of Directors Meeting (by invitation) |
| 2:00 – 5:00 pm |
Registration Desk Open |
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THURSDAY, JULY 16, 2026
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| 7:00 am – 5:00 pm | Registration Desk Open |
| 7:00 – 8:00 am | Breakfast |
| 8:00 – 8:05 am | Welcome Remarks |
| 8:05 – 9:00 am | Cellular Therapy (CAR-T and Beyond): Current Results and Future Potential - Vikas Majithia, MBBS, MPH (Mayo Clinic Florida) |
| 9:00 – 9:30 am | CAR-NK & ALLO-NK and the Management of Autoimmune Disorders - Guillermo Valenzuela, MD (Integral Rheumatology and Immunology Specialists) |
| 9:30 – 10:00 am | Panel: Future of CAR-T Therapy - Vikas Majithia, MBBS, PhD (Mayo Clinic Florida) and Guillermo Valenzuela, MD
(Integral Rheumatology and Immunology Specialists) |
| 10:00 – 10:45 am | Refreshment Break |
| 10:45 – 11:15 am | A Historical Perspective on Rheumatology - Adam Brown, MD (Cleveland
Clinic) |
| 11:15 am – 12:00 pm | Advances in Neuroimmunology and the Placebo Effect: A Primer for Rheumatologists - Leonard Calabrese, DO (Cleveland Clinic) |
| 12:00 – 1:00 pm | Lunch in Exhibit Hall |
| 1:00 – 1:45 pm | Vagus Nerve Stimulation for RA - Jeff Curtis, MD, MS,
MPH (UAB) |
| 1:45 – 2:15 pm | Seronegative vs. Seropositive Rheumatoid Arthritis - Jack Cush, MD (RheumNow) |
| 2:15 – 2:45 pm | ILD in RA - Jeff Sparks, MD, MMSc (Brigham &
Women’s) |
| 2:45 – 3:30 pm | Vasculitis Mimics - Adam Brown, MD (Cleveland Clinic) |
| 3:45 pm | Closing Remarks |
| 4:00 – 5:30 pm | Welcome Reception in the Exhibit Hall |
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FRIDAY, JULY 17, 2026
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| 7:00 am – 4:00 pm | Registration Desk Open |
| 7:00 – 8:00 am | Breakfast in the Exhibit Hall |
| 8:00 – 8:05 am | Opening Remarks |
| 8:00 – 8:30 am | Preventing Severe Infections in Patients with Immune Mediated Inflammatory Diseases (IMIDS) - Leonard Calabrese, DO
(Cleveland Clinic) |
| 8:30 – 9:30 am | SLE Update - Michelle Petri, MD, MPH (Johns
Hopkins) |
| 9:30 – 10:00 am | Moneyball Rheumatology - Jack Cush, MD
(RheumNow) |
| 10:00 – 10:30 am | Refreshment Break in the Exhibit Hall |
| 10:30 – 11:15 am | Itching in Rheumatology Patients - Gil Yosipovitch, MD
(University of Miami/Miami Itch Center) |
| 11:15 – 11:45 am | Sarcoidosis - Jeff Sparks, MD, MMSc (Brigham &
Women’s) |
| 11:45 am – 12:15 pm | Using AI in Rheumatology Practice - Jeff Curtis, MD,
MS, MPH (UAB) |
| 12:15 – 1:15 pm | Lunch in the Exhibit Hall |
| 1:15 – 2:15 pm | GLP-1 and Inflammation - Grace Wright, MD (AWIR) |
| 2:15 – 2:45 pm | Why the ACR is Wrong - Michelle Petri, MD, MPH
(Johns Hopkins) |
| 2:45 – 3:45 pm | Bone as an Endocrine Organ - David Dempster, BSc,
PhD, FRMS (Columbia University) |
| 3:45 pm | Closing Remarks |
| 4:00 – 6:00 pm | Networking Reception in the Exhibit Hall |
| 6:30 – 9:30 pm | Faculty Dinner (by invitation) |
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SATURDAY, JULY 18, 2026
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| 7:00 am – 1:00 pm | Registration Desk Open |
| 7:00 – 8:00 am | Breakfast in the Exhibit Hall |
| 7:55 – 8:00 am | Opening Remarks |
| 8:00 – 8:30 am | Autoimmune Dermatologic Jeopardy! - Gil Yosipovitch, MD (University of Miami/Miami Itch Center) |
| 8:30 – 9:30 am | IgG4 Guy Katz, MD (Mass General) |
| 9:30 – 10:00 am | Myositis Update - Guillermo Valenzuela, MD (Integral Rheumatology and Immunology Specialists) |
| 10:00 – 10:30 am | Final Refreshment Break in the Exhibit Hall |
| 10:30 – 11:30am | Sjogren’s as the Primary Disease -Nancy Carteron, MD (University of California, Berkeley) |
| 11:30 am – 12:30 pm | Coding/Billing Updates for 2026 - Jean Acevedo,
LHRM, CPD, CHC, CENTC (Acevedo Consulting) |
| 12:30 – 2:00 pm | FSR in Action: Member Lunch Program |
| 12:30 – 2:00 pm | Fellows Luncheon and Poster Walk |
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SUNDAY, JULY 19, 2026
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| 7:30 – 10:00 am | Registration Desk Open |
| 8:00 am | Opening Remarks |
| 8:00 – 8:30 am | Advocacy Basics for Young Physicians - Chuck Melendi (Disruptive Dialogue) |
| 8:30 – 9:00 am | The Leader in the White Coat: Physician Leadership - Priya Reddy, MD (Southwest Florida
Rheumatology) |
| 9:05 – 10:15 am | Oral Poster Presentations, moderated by Vikas
Majithia, MBBS MPH (Mayo Clinic Florida) |
| 10:15 – 11:00 am | Awards / Brunch |
| 11:00 am | Closing Remarks |
