Agenda

Friday, April 17

7:45 a.m. 
Registration / Continental Breakfast / Exhibits

8:15 a.m. 
Welcome
Bryant R. England, MD, PhD
Associate Professor and Interim Chief, Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, UNMC

James R. O'Dell, MD
Robert L. Grissom Professor of Internal Medicine; Professor, Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, UNMC

8:30 a.m.
All That Glitters Is Not Gold: How We Got To Effect Therapies for Rheumatoid Arthritis and Beyond
Gary S. Firestein, MD
Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Senior Associate Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences; UC San Diego Health, San Diego, CA

9:45 a.m.
Break / Exhibits

10:00 a.m.
Closing the Aspiration to Evidence Gap in Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Diseases (IMIDs)
Iain B. McInnes, PhD, FRCP, FRSE
Director of the Institute of Infection, Immunity, and Inflammation, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK

11:15 a.m.
Box Lunch / Exhibits

12:15 p.m.
Notes on the History of Rheumatology in Answers and Questions
Eric L. Matteson, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine; Chair Emeritus, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

1:30 p.m.
Break / Exhibits

1:40 p.m.
New Lessons on Targeted and Emerging Therapies in RA
Stanley B. Cohen, MD
Clinical Professor, Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; Co-Director, Division of Rheumatology, Presbyterian Hospital, Dallas, TX

2:55 p.m.
Closing Comments

3:00 p.m.
Adjourn