Presentations

Bernard Combe, Professor of Rheumatology, Rheumatology Department, Lapeyronie Hospital, Montpellier 1 University, Montpellier, France
Remission is a realistic goal in RA: YES


Betty Diamond, Investigator/ Head, Center of Autoimmune and Musculoskeletal Disease, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, USA
Systemic autoimmunity


 

Ahmet Gul, Professor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Turkey
Genetics of autoinflammation (including Behcet’s) (18/2


Tore K. Kvien, Professor, University of Oslo & Head of Department, Department of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Norway
Remission is a realistic goal in RA: NO


Robert Lafyatis, Professor of Medicine, Boston University Medical Center, USA
Systemic sclerosis distinguishing what is from, what could be: biomarkers of disease activity


Raashid Luqmani, Consultant Rheumatologist/Senior Lecturer, Rheumatology Department, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre and University of Oxford, UK
Long-term outcomes in small-vessel vasculitis, including malignancy


Theodore Pincus, Clinical Professor of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine and NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases, USA

Validity of patient self-report questionnaires: content validity, prognostic validity, and diagnostic validity


John Scott, Professor, Consultant in Pulmonary Medicine and Medical Director Lung Transplant Program Mayo Clinic, Mayo Clinic School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, USA
Lung transplant in CTD


Dimitrios Vassilopoulos, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine-Rheumatology, Athens University School of Medicine, Greece
Hepatitis and anti-TNFs: do’s and don’t’s



Bruce Volpe, Professor of Neurology & Neuroscience, Weill Medical College, Cornell University, USA
Mechanisms of brain injury
CNS disease in systemic autoimmunity