2025 SCRS Agenda

FRIDAY, MARCH 21

12:15 Registration & Sign-In

12:45 Introduction and Overview,
Gregory Neimer, M.D., Program Chair

 1:00 The IL18 -IFN-gamma axis as a therapeutic target inmacrophage
activation syndrome in Still’s Disease
Alexei Grom, M.D.

 2:00 Vaccinations in Rheumatology- Time for Prevention
John E McKinnon, M.D.

 3:00 Break with Exhibitors

 3:30 SERM-ulating Solutions for Lupus
Rachael J. Werner, MD/PhD

 3:45 Scleroderma Copycats: Scratching the Surface,
More than Skin Deep, Brandon Lew, MD 

 4:00 Lyme Disease – Still Tricky after all these Years
Robert Kalish, M.D.

 5:00 MOC Assessment

 5:10 Meeting adjourns for the day

SATURDAY, March 22

 7:00 Sign-In & Continental Breakfast for Participants

7:45 Introduction and Overview,
Gregory Neimer, M.D., Program Chair

 8:00 Clinical patterns of refractory Still’s Disease in the era of biologic
therapies, Alexei Grom, M.D.

 9:00 Still VEXed: A Tale of Myelodysplastic Syndrome and VEXAS
After Still's Disease, Gretchen Santana Cepero, MD

 9:15 Roll Up Your Sleeves: A Mini-workshop on Upper Extremity
Anatomy, Robert Kalish, M.D.

10:15 Break with Exhibitors

10:35 Artificial vs. Augmented Intelligence for Rheumatology,
Jeffrey Curtis, M.D.

11:35 ANA-nother One Bites the Dust: Tackling ANA Testing Overutilization
Paul Shiu, DO

11:50 Tapering and Withdrawal of RA Treatments: Implications for
Value Based Care, Jeffrey Curtis, M.D.

12:50 No Pain, No Gain? Medication Barriers and Treatment
Adherence in JIA, Aditi Shaily, MD

 1:05 MOC Assessment

 1:10 Meeting Adjourns for the day

1:15 SCRS Business Meeting* – Open to all Society Members
*Non-CME

 1:45 SCRS Business Meeting Adjourn

SUNDAY, MARCH 23

 7:00 Sign-In & Continental Breakfast for Participants

 7:30 Introduction and Overview,
Gregory Neimer, M.D,, Program Chair

 7:45 Eye Melt With You
 Rashi Vora, MD

 8:00  Enzyme Alert! Spotting Myositis Before it Strikes
Anjali Nidhaan, MD

 8:15  Turning up the Heat: A Review of Viral Triggers in Macrophage
Activation Syndrome, Sonal Patel, DO 

 8:30 Organ-ized Chaos: Solving a Multisystem Mimic
Megan Donaldson, DO

 8:45 Lupus Nephritis Management Guidelines
Diane Kamen, M.D., MSCR

 9:45 Break with Exhibitors

10:00 Scratching Below the Surface: a Case of Bascule Syndrome
Chelsea Reynolds, DO

10:15 Stiff and Winded: When a Chronic Cough Tries to Bust a Rheum
Maggie Smythe, MD

10:30 Update on Systemic Lupus Screening and Treatment
Diane Kamen, M.D., MSCR

11:30 MOC Assessment

11:40 Meeting Adjourns until 2026