Congress of Clinical Rheumatology Annual Meeting

DESTIN, Fla. — At the Congress of Clinical Rheumatology Annual Meeting, Kevin D. Lyons, RNS, spoke about his organization that shares stories about rheumatology nursing.

DESTIN, Fla. — At the Congress of Clinical Rheumatology Annual Meeting, Iris Zink, MSN, RN, president of the Rheumatology Nurses Society, spoke about how the incidence of interstitial lung disease is on the rise, especially in men with aggressive rheumatoid arthritis, even though rheumatoid arthritis has become more well-controlled.

DESTIN, Fla. — At the Congress of Clinical Rheumatology Annual Meeting, Robert F. Spiera, MD, from Hospital for Special Surgery, spoke about the need to find a steroid-sparing agent for patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA) and how biologics have shown efficacy and safety in some small studies for these patients.

DESTIN, Fla. — At the Congress of Clinical Rheumatology Annual Meeting, Carol A. Langford, MD, MHS, spoke about how to optimize outcomes for patients with anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis.

DESTIN, Fla. — At the Congress of Clinical Rheumatology Annual Meeting, Svetlana Krasnokutsky, MD, MS, from NYU Langone Medical Center, spoke about an association between osteoarthritis and gout.

DESTIN, Fla. — At the Congress of Clinical Rheumatology Annual Meeting, Lisa R. Sammaritano, MD, from Weil Cornell Medical College and Hospital for Special Surgery, reviewed the risks for women with rheumatic disease and who are pregnant or who are planning to become pregnant and made recommendations based on recently published literature.

DESTIN, Fla. — At the Congress of Clinical Rheumatology Annual Meeting, William F. Harvey, MD, MSc, FACR, from Tufts Medical Center, discussed what rheumatologists should know about the 2015 Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act.

DESTIN, Fla. — At the Congress of Clinical Rheumatology Annual Meeting, Daniel M. Doleys, PhD, from the Pain & Clinic Institute in Alabama, spoke about chronic pain and how treatment should not be focused on getting rid of the pain, but adapting to it.

DESTIN, Fla. — At the Congress of Clinical Rheumatology Annual Meeting, Susan Goodman, MD, from Cornell Medical School, spoke about perioperative management for patients with rheumatic disease who undergo arthroplasty and how there is an increased risk for certain complications in these patients.

DESTIN, Fla. — At the Congress of Clinical Rheumatology Annual Meeting, John J. Cush, MD, from the Baylor Institute, spoke about how to treat difficult patients with rheumatoid arthritis.