2016 Annual Meeting Recap
The 3rd Annual Meeting of the Pennsylvania Rheumatology Society was held September 17 – 18, 2016 at the Sheraton Harrisburg/Hershey. Nearly 90 physicians and non-physician, rheumatic health providers attended the event which spanned two days and featured seven well known speakers, an interactive Thieves’ Market, 18 poster displays, and a legislative update from the ACR.
Thank you to all planners and corporate supporters who made this event successful. We hope you join us again next year.
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2016 Thieves’ Market Presenters
L-R: Erika Joyce, DO, Allegheny General Hospital, Anne Marie Schorpion, MD, University of Pennsylvania, and Alexis Zavitsanos, MD, Temple University Hospital
1st Place – Anne Marie Schorpion, MD “A Pain in the Back”
View Dr. Schorpion's Case (pdf)
Irene Tan, MD (Thieves’ Market Coordinator and Planning Committee member) with Anne Marie Scorpion, MD, 1st place winner in the 2016 Thieves’ Market at the awards reception.
2nd Place – Erika Joyce, DO “Common Rheumatologic Symptoms Mimicking an Uncommon Disease”
View Dr. Joyce's Case (pdf)
Irene Tan, MD (Thieves’ Market Coordinator and Planning Committee member) with Erika Joyce, DO, 2nd place winner in the 2016 Thieves’ Market at the awards reception
3rd Place – Alexis Zavitsanos, MD* “Chronic Abdominal Pain, Weight Loss, and Perivascular Inflammation: Is it Vasculitis?”
*no photo available
​View Dr. Zavitsano's Case (pdf)
2016 Speaker Presentations
Update on Giant Cell Arteritis and Polymyalgia Rheumatica (pdf)
Carol A. Langford, MD, MHS, FACP
Recent Advances in SLE Therapy: Development of Targeted Therapies (pdf)
Richard A. Furie, MD
Amplified Musculoskeletal Pain Syndrome – Evaluation and Treatment (pdf)
David D. Sherry, MD
Your Clinic Patient – A “Walking Culture Dish” with Implications for Autoimmunity (pdf)
Martin A. Kriegel, MD, PhD
Psoriatic Arthritis Update (pdf)
Christopher T. Ritchlin, MD, MPH 1
Management of Raynaud’s Phenomenon and Digital Ischema (pdf)
Laura K. Hummers, MD, ScM
Blindsided by Arthritis (pdf)
Lisa A. Lerman, MD, PhD, MSCE