Agenda

Friday, April 17

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

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

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

8:30 a.m.
Pathogenesis RA
Gary S. Firestein, MD
Senior Associate Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences; Director, Altman Clinical & Translational Research Institute, 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