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Saturday, April 25, 2026
8:30 AM - 8:40 AM CT
9 - Welcome and Opening Remarks
Speaker: David Giangreco, MD – Northwestern Medicine

8:40 AM - 9:00 AM CT
Under Pressure: Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment of PH for the Rheumatologist
Moderator: David Giangreco, MD – Northwestern Medicine
Speaker: Stephen Mathai, MD, MHS – Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

9:00 AM - 9:20 AM CT
Interstitial Insights
Moderator: David Giangreco, MD – Northwestern Medicine
Speaker: Bradford Bemiss, MD – Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

9:20 AM - 9:30 AM CT
Combined Q&A
Speaker: Stephen Mathai, MD, MHS – Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

9:30 AM - 10:00 AM CT
Stuck in Transit: GI Manifestations in Scleroderma
Speaker: Zsuzsanna McMahan, MD, MHS – UT Health Houston

10:30 AM - 11:10 AM CT
Vessels in Distress: Recommendations on If and How to Taper Treatment
Speaker: Alexandra Villa-Forte, MD, MPH, FACP – Cleveland Clinic
Moderator: Izabela Antic, DO – University of Kentucky

11:10 AM - 11:50 AM CT
Vectors on the Move
Moderator: Samuel Good, MD – University of California, Los Angeles
Speaker: Cassandra Calabrese, DO – Cleveland Clinic Foundation

1:00 PM - 1:40 PM CT
Little Joints, Big Clues: A Look into Pediatric Rheumatology
Moderator: Sobia Hassan, MD, RhMSUS, MRCP – RUSH University
Speaker: Sangeeta Sule, MD, PhD – Children's National Hospital

1:40 PM - 2:20 PM CT
Precision in PsA: Updates on Diagnosis and Treatment
Moderator: Sobia Hassan, MD, RhMSUS, MRCP – RUSH University
Speaker: Ana-Maria Orbai, MD, MHS – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology

2:20 PM - 3:00 PM CT
Axial SpA
Speaker: Liron Caplan, MD;PhD – Rocky Mountain Regional VAMC
Moderator: Sobia Hassan, MD, RhMSUS, MRCP – RUSH University

3:30 PM - 3:50 PM CT
SLE in the Real World: Complexities and Challenges
Moderator: Izabela Antic, DO – University of Kentucky
Speaker: Saira Sheik, MD – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

3:50 PM - 4:10 PM CT
Lupus Nephritis Reloaded: New Drugs, New Tools, New Hope
Moderator: Izabela Antic, DO – University of Kentucky
Speaker: Ali Duarte-Garcia – Mayo Clinic

4:10 PM - 4:30 PM CT
Combined Q&A
Speaker: Saira Sheik, MD – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Speaker: Ali Duarte-Garcia – Mayo Clinic

4:40 PM - 5:40 PM CT
Cases & Cocktails
Roundtable Participant: Zsuzsanna McMahan, MD, MHS – UT Health Houston
Roundtable Participant: Jason Knight, MD, PhD – University of Michigan
Roundtable Participant: Didem Saygin, MD – Rush University Medical Center
Roundtable Participant: Ali Duarte-Garcia – Mayo Clinic
Roundtable Participant: Arthur Yee, MD,PhD – Hospital for Special Surgery
Roundtable Participant: Saira Sheik, MD – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Roundtable Participant: Liron Caplan, MD;PhD – Rocky Mountain Regional VAMC
Roundtable Participant: Alexandra Villa-Forte, MD, MPH, FACP – Cleveland Clinic
Roundtable Participant: Ana-Maria Orbai, MD, MHS – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology
Roundtable Participant: Stephen Mathai, MD, MHS – Johns Hopkins School of Medicine