2018 Annual Meeting Recap

The 5th Annual Meeting of the Pennsylvania Rheumatology Society was held September 22-23, 2018, at the Sheraton Harrisburg/Hershey. Over 110 physician and non-physician, rheumatic health providers attended the event which spanned two days and featured nine well known speakers, an interactive Thieves’ Market, 24 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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2018 Thieves’ Market Presenters

L-R: Daniel Tseytlin, DO; Cathy Lee Ching, MD; Jevon Fragoso, BS

1st Place (Ralph Schumacher, Jr., MD, Fellows' Research Award)- The Man with the Nodular Hand - Jevon Fragoso, BS
2nd Place- A Unicorn in a World of Horses. A Rare Presentation of a Common Disease - Cathy Lee Ching, MD
3rd Place- Kidney Conundrum - Daniel Tseytlin, DO

Ralph Schumacher, Jr., MD, Fellows' Research Award winner, Jevon Fragoso, is congratulated by Dr. Irene Tan during the 2018 meeting.

2018 Speaker Presentations

Saturday's Presentations

Heritable Diseases of Connective Tissue (pdf)
Staci Kallish, DO

Neurological Complications of Rheumatic Disorders: Updates and Future Directions
Julius Birnbaum, MD, MHS

Addressing Physician Burnout and Stress
Jon Shapiro, MD, DABAM

ACR Update
Mark Andrejeski, Executive Vice President

Sunday's Presentations

Connective Tissue Disorder-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease (CTD-ILD) and Updates
Maria Elena Vega-Sanchez, MD

Update on the Radiology of Spondyloarthropathies
Donald Flemming, MD

Update on Kawasaki Disease
Mary Beth Son, MD

Autoantibodies in Inflammatory Muscle Disease
Chester Oddis, MD