2017 Annual Meeting Recap

The 4th Annual Meeting of the Pennsylvania Rheumatology Society was held September 16-17, 2017 at the Sheraton Harrisburg/Hershey. Over 100 physician and non-physician, rheumatic health providers attended the event which spanned two days and featured seven well known speakers, an interactive Thieves’ Market, 23 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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2017 Thieves’ Market Presenters

L-R: Philip Dunn, DO; Mohit Shukla, MD; Samer Bolis, DO

1st Place (Ralph Schumacher, Jr., MD, Fellows' Research Award)- Wow! That's a Big Finger- Philip Dunn, DO
2nd Place- A Rare Cutaneous Vasculitis Manifesting as Pulmonary Cavitations- Samer Bolis, DO
3rd Place- I Can't Play the Piano Anymore- Mohit Shukla, MD

Ralph Schumacher, Jr., MD, Fellows' Research Award winner, Dr. Philip Dunn, thanks Dr. Schumacher's family during the 2017 meeting.

2017 Speaker Presentations

Saturday's Presentations

Improving Rheumatoid Arthritis Care: Moving from Measurement to Management (pdf)
Eric Newman, MD, FACP

Diagnosis and treatment of sarcoidosis (pdf)
Robert Baughman, MD, PhD

THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG (pdf)
Samer Bolis, DO

Wow! That’s a Big Finger! (pdf)
Philip Dunn, DO

I CAN’T PLAY THE PIANO ANYMORE (pdf)
Mohit Shukla, MD

American College of Rheumatology Advocacy Update (pdf)
Agnus Worthing, MD

Sunday's Presentations

The Antiphospholipid Syndrome: Cases and Conundrums (pdf)
Robert Roubey, MD

Cutaneous SLICC Classification Criteria for SLE and How to Treat Them (pdf)
Galen Foulke, MD

Is synovial analysis useful in diagnosing arthritis? (pdf)
Lan Chen, MD, PhD

Cryoglobulinemia – a Cool Disease Mechanism (pdf)
Philip L. Cohen, MD