ACR/ARHP - Preview 2008 - (Page 2) 2 ACR/ARHP Annual Scientific Meeting | October 24 – 29, 2008 daily News Preview Once again this year, Daily News asked several past and current leaders of the ACR and ARHP for a sneak peek at their annual meeting itineraries. While everyone’s annual meeting experience is unique, our hope is that these schedules will help you prioritize your time in San Francisco. Look for additional itineraries in the on-site issues of Daily News distributed at the annual meeting. the annual meeting, my way rheumatic manifestations and we’re often using biologic agents to treat both the bowel and musculoskeletal complaints. I’ll spend the next hour taking in some of the abstracts and visiting the exhibit hall. New ACCME guidelines require that these two activities take place in separate rooms so I’m not quite sure how it will work out. I try to look through the abstract book ahead of time and head for the ones that interest me the most. My next stop will be the first plenary session. It’s always interesting to see what papers are chosen by the abstract selection committee for a plenary presentation. After a very quick lunch, I think I’ll spend some time at the demonstration of different electronic health records (“ACR Special Session: EMR Usability Challenge”). Even though I’m mandated to soon start using a particular system chosen by our IPA, I want to look at the various rheumatology templates that might be applicable to a variety of different platforms. Changing over to an EHR will be difficult after 30 years of practicing with pen and paper. Hopefully our office won’t have to completely reinvent the wheel , MD NeAl S. BiRNBAuM ceremony Saturday evening. Having Director, Division of Rheumatology California Pacific Medical Center San Francisco, CA Served as ACR President in 2006-2007 ACR member since 1975 been privileged to chair this year’s hard-working nominating committee, I can’t wait to see all the award winners up on stage. I used to think of the ACR Masters as the “grand old men of rheumatology” — now many of them are my friends and contemporaries. How did that happen? I look forward to David Fox’s presidential address. I’m sure it will be as insightful and thought provoking as his monthly columns in The Rheumatologist. I’ve heard Jim Louie speak on several occasions and never fail to enjoy his erudite, entertaining presentations about the relationship of art and arthritis. ACR corticosteroids, there have been no clear alternatives for the occasional treatment failures. This is just a snapshot of two days at the annual meeting. I’ll be reviewing the online program planner to consider my schedule for the rest of the meeting, and I feel sure it will be packed with as many outstanding sessions as my weekend schedule includes. Attending an ACR Annual Scientific Meeting is often described as an endurance contest. However, I always feel rejuvenated by the sessions I attend. While the basic science is often beyond me, I try to grasp the latest in clinical and translational research. It’s amazing to see the growth in our field over the past decade, both in the scientific advances and the size of our annual meeting. While some have predicted that online learning would supplant live meetings, for me nothing can replace the opportunity to interact in person with friends and colleagues from around the world. For many of us, the annual meeting is the highlight, both educationally and socially, of our professional year. I’m looking forward to this year’s ACR annual meeting with particular anticipation. Having completed by term as ACR President last fall in Boston, I’ll be able to enjoy more of the educational activities rather than running back and forth between myriad meetings and other administrative responsibilities. In addition, the meeting will be held in San Francisco, my home for the past 31 years. Being in my usual time zone, I’ll hopefully have a better chance of staying awake when the PowerPoint slide decks are projected in those dark, cavernous lecture halls. Sunday, October 26 Saturday, October 25 Because I’ll be at my last ACR Board of Directors meeting on Saturday, I won’t be able to attend the Review Course. Having spent 12 of the last 16 years on the board, it will be a bittersweet event for me. I’ll definitely be at the opening My educational opportunities will begin early Sunday morning with the highly popular Year in Review session. I anticipate outstanding presentations from Sherine Gabriel on the best clinical papers and Iain McInnes covering the highlights in basic science. At 9:00 am I’ll probably head for the talk on inflammatory bowel disease. That seems like a good area for some additional knowledge, as many of these patients have when it comes to typical rheumatology encounter forms. I absolutely won’t miss the Great Debate at 2:30 pm on the use of cyclophosphamide in scleroderma. I’ve had a special interest in this frustrating disease since my days as a rheumatology fellow with Gerry Rodnan and Tom Medsger at the University of Pittsburgh. Unfortunately, treatment advances have been very limited for this often devastating illness. With Tom Medsger as moderator, I’m sure that Dan Furst and Jim Siebold will engage in a lively debate. Both are experts in the field with strong convictions and good debating skills. I expect this session to be both entertaining and enlightening. Among the various late afternoon concurrent programs, I will probably choose the clinical symposium on giant cell arteritis. I’ve always been intrigued by the spectrum of vasculitis and certainly won’t miss the chance to hear Gene Hunder give his personal reflections on the disease that he has studied with such distinction for so many years. The other talks scheduled for this session look interesting as well. While most patients with temporal arteritis do well on http://www.regonline.com/634164 http://www.regonline.com/634164
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