Lupus

In this guest episode, Leonard Calabrese, DO, provides the history of systemic lupus erythematosus, with special emphasis on the discovery of the LE cell and the two clinics involved in its detection.

Richard Furie, MD, is chief, division of rheumatology, at Northwell Health, and professor of medicine at Hofstra/Northwell School of Medicine. Join us in this ACR interview, as we discuss the story of interferon, lupus therapeutics — including B cell depletion — and the future of lupus research and treatments.

This episode covers a rare but life-threatening complication of lupus nephritis called complement-mediated thrombotic microangiopathy. Rheumatologist Lisa Zickuhr, MD, helps us better understand this often-overwhelming topic with a clinical case example, treatment options and practice pearls.