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CONGRESS OF CLINICAL RHEUMATOLOGY



Congress of Clinical Rheumatology, previously Rheumatology on the Beach, originated in 1983 as a Rheumatology Update course in Birmingham, Alabama developed by David McLain, M.D. under the guidance of Charles Porter, M.D, Director of Medical Education and Research at Brookwood. . There were two excellent meetings in Birmingham, however physician interest outside of Alabama was lacking. In 1985, the meeting was moved to Destin, Florida and renamed "Rheumatology on the Beach". The meeting was changed to half day sessions with time to enjoy the beautiful surroundings. A "Gordon conference" type atmosphere was envisioned for Clinical Rheumatology. Since then, the meeting has grown significantly. Many participants consider it to be the best meeting that they attend all year. Physicians from throughout the country and from Canada, the Cariibbean, Europe, and the Pacific have attended. In 2008, 348 physicians (mostly rheumatologists) attended from 36 states and 2 countries. It now appears to be the second largest U.S. rheumatology meeting after ACR.

Previous speakers:
1983
Tom Zizic, M.D., Johns Hopkins
Joe Hardin, M.D., U. of So. Alabama
Mitchell Sams, M.D., UAB
Jack Waxman, M.D., Ochsner Clinic
Richard DeShazo, M.D., Tulane
Barnett Hardy, M.D., Brookwood
David McLain, M.D., Brookwood
Thomas Stillman, M.D., U. of Minnesota
Bill Murphy, M.D., Washington U., St. Louis
Colon Wilson, M.D., Emory
Max Hamburger, M.D., SUNY, Stony Brook

1984
Bill Koopman, M.D., UAB
Jerry Daniels, M.D., Ph.D., U. Texas, Galveston
Hugh Spruell, M.D., Emory
Bernard Germain, M.D., U. So. Fla., Tampa
Barnett Hardy, M.D., Brookwood
Joe Hardin, M.D., U. of So. Ala.
Gordon Kirchberg, M.D., Brookwood
Charles Alling, D.D.S., UAB
John Sergent, M.D., Vanderbilt
Steve Weiner, M.D., UCLA

1985
John Ward, M.D., Utah
Michael Schiff, M.D., U. of Colo.
Richard Panush, M.D., U. of Fla.
Ted Pincus, M.D., Vanderbilt
Harry Bluestein, M.D., U. California, San Diego
Bob Lahita, M.D., Rockefeller
Al Masi, M.D., U. of Ill., Peoria
Conrad Johnston, M.D., Indiana U.
Morris Reichlin, M.D., U. of Oklahoma

1986
John Vaughn, M.D., Scripps
Ted Pincus, M.D., Vanderbilt
Michael Weinblatt, M.D., Harvard
Matt Liang, M.D., Harvard
John Klippel, M.D., NIH
Roy Altman, M.D., U. of Miami
Stephen Hunter, M.D., Houghston Clinic
Nortin Hadler, M.D., UNC, Chapel Hill
Gene Hunder, M.D., Mayo

1987
John P. Atkinson, M.D., Washington U., St. Louis
Kenneth Brandt, M.D., Indiana U.
Charles Chestnut, III, M.D., U. of Washington, Seattle
Leigh Callahan, B.S., Vanderbilt
Daniel E. Furst, M.D., U. of Iowa
Naomi Gerber, M.D., NIH
Edward D. Harris, Jr., M.D., Stanford
David Kaufman, M.D., Einstein, NYC
Thomas Medsger, M.D., U. of Pittsburgh
Ted Pincus, M.D., Vanderbilt
Norman Talal, M.D., U. of Texas, San Antonio
Arthur Weaver, M.D., U. of Nebraska

1988
Kenneth Buckwalter, M.D., U. of Michigan
David Caldwell, M.D., Duke
Richard DeShazo, M.D., Tulane
Evelyn Hess, M.D., U. of Cincinnati
Steve Honig, M.D., St. Vincent's, New York City
Marjorie Jeffcoat, D.M.D., Harvard
Jack Klippel, M.D., NIH
Robert Lahita, M.D., HSS, Cornell
Ted Pincus, M.D., Vanderbilt
Tom Provost, M.D., Johns Hopkins
Richard Silverr, M.D., U. of South Carolina
Norman Talal, M.D., U. of Texas, San Antonio
Michael Weinblatt, M.D., Harvard*

1989
Steve Abramson, M.D., NYU
Gordon Bell, M.D., Cleveland Clinic
Nortin Hadler, M.D., UNC, Chapel Hill*
John Hardin, M.D., Yale
Larry Kagen, M.D., HSS, Cornell
Peter Lipsky, M.D., U. of Texas, Southwestern
J. Desmond O'Duffy, M.D., Mayo
Lauren Pachman, M.D., Northwestern
Ted Pincus, M.D., Vanderbilt
Robert Swezey, M.D., UCLA
Fred Wolfe, M.D., U. of Kansas, Witchita

1990
Vincent Falanga, M.D., U. of Miami
Dafna Gladman, M.D., U. of Toronto
T. Kenney Gray, M.D., UNC, Chapel Hill
E. Nigel Harris, U. of Louisville*
Gene Hunder, M.D., Mayo
William Koopman, M.D., UAB
Joel Kremer, M.D., Albany
William O'Brien, M.D., U. of Va.
Ted Pincus, M.D., Vanderbilt
Peter Schur, M.D., Harvard
Steve Weiner, M.D., UCLA
Ken Wilske, M.D., U. of Washington

1991
Bruce Freundlich, M.D., U. of Pa.
Jack Fulmer, M.D., UAB
Don Goldenberg, M.D., Tufts
Muhammad Khan, M.D., Case Western Reserve
Robert Lightfoot, M.D., U. of Kentucky
Allen Mackenzie, M.D., Cleveland Clinic
Jean-Pierre Pelletier, M.D., U. of Montreal
Darwin Prockop, M.D., Thos. Jefferson*
H. Ralph Schumacher, M.D., U. of Pa.
Richard Sontheimer, M.D., U. of Texas, Southwestern
Norman Talal, M.D., U. of Texas, San Antonio
Nelson Watts, M.D., Emory

1992
W. Winn Chatham, M.D., UAB
Bernard F. Germain, M.D., USF, Tampa
Nortin Hadler, M.D., UNC, Chapel Hill
Kenneth Hardy, M.D., Ph.D., UAB
Lawrence Kagen, M.D., Cornell
Peter Milburn, M.D., SUNY, Brooklyn
Daniel Rahn, M.D., Medical College of GA, Augusta*
David Trentham, M.D., Harvard
Paul Tsahakis, M.D., Carolina Medical Center, Charlotte
Arthur Weaver, M.D., U of Nebraska
Fred Wolfe, M.D., U of Kansas

1993
Elaine Alexander, M.D., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins
Frank Arnett, M.D., U of Texas, Houston
Neal S. Birnbaum, M.D., Pacific Rheumatology Associates, SF
David Collier, M.D., U of Colorado
Louis Healey, Jr., U of Washington, Seattle
Richard Herrick, M.D., Auburn U
Jack Klippel, M.D., NIH
Stephen Lindsey, M.D., E. Va. Medical School
Joe Markenseon, M.D., Cornell
Michelle Petri, M.D., M.P.H., Johns Hopkins*
Michael Weisman, M.D., UCSD

1994
Jacques Caldwell, M.D., U of Florida
Jeffrey Callen, M.D., U of Louisville
Robert P. Heaney, M.D., Creighton U.
Gary Hoffman, M.D., Cleveland Clinic
Joel Kremer, M.D., Albany Medical College
Larry Moreland, M.D., UAB
James McGuire, M.D., Stanford*
James Peter, M.D., Ph.D., UCLA
Henry Roenigk, M.D., Northwestern
Lloyd Stoolman, M.D., U. Michigan
Ira Targoff, M.D., U of Oklahoma
Sterling West, M.D., Fitzsimmons Army Medical Center
Ralph C. Williams, Jr., M.D., U. of Florida
Hyman Zimmerman, M.D., GWU, AFIP

1995
Elizabeth Adams, M.D., NIH
Graciela Alarcon, M.D., M.P.H., UAB
Alan Bridges, M.D., U. of Wisconsin
Bruce Freundlich, M.D., U of Pennsylvania
Robert Garry, Ph.D., Tulane
Stephen Lindsey, M.D., E. Va. School of Medicine, Norfolk
Cummins Lue, M.D., UAB
Roland Moskowitz, M.D., Case Western Reserve
Emmanuel Ojo-Amaize, Ph.D., Specialty Laboratories
Warren Piette, U of Iowa
Jon Russell, M.D., Ph.D., U of Texas, San Antonio
Virginia Steen, M.D., Georgetown
Nelson Watts, M.D., Emory
Gary Williams, M.D., Ph.D., Scripps*

1996
Robert Bennett, M.D., Oregon
Normal Gitlin, M.D., Emory
E. Nigel Harris, M.D., Morehouse
Michael Kleerekoper, M.D., Wayne State
Larry Moreland, M.D., UAB
James Peter, M.D., UCLA
Stanford Roth, M.D., Arizona State
John Sergent, M.D., Vanderbilt*
William Totty, M.D., Washington U., St. Louis
David Yoccum, M.D., U. of Arizona

1997
J. Michael Condit, M.D., Kelsey Seybold Clinic, Houston; Chairman, CORC, ACR
Robert Fox, M.D., Ph.D., Scripps
Loic Guillevin, M.D., Paris University, France
Bevra Hahn, M.D., UCLA*
Robert Kimberly, M.D., UAB
Matthew Midcap, M.D., Center for Pain Management, Columbia, SC
Larry Moreland, M.D., UAB
James O'Dell, M.D., U. of Nebraska, Omaha
K.Daniel Riew, M.D., Washington U., St. Louis
Michael Schwartz, M.D., Case Western Reserve University
Arthur Weaver, M.D., Arthritis Center of Nebraska, Lincoln
Ron Wilder, M.D., Ph.D., NIH

1998
Edward Covington, M.D., Cleveland Clinic
John Cush, M.D., U. of Texas, Southwestern
Daniel Furst, M.D., Virginia Mason Research Center, Seattle
Stephen Lindsey, M.D., Ochsner Clinic, Baton Rouge
Clement Michet, M.D., Mayo, Rochester
Larry Moreland, M.D., UAB
Audi Toivanen, M.D., Turku University, Finland
Paavo Toivanen, M.D., Turku Univeristy, Finland
Nelson Watts, M.D., Emory*
Fred Wolfe, M.D., U. of Kansas, Witchita

1999
David Borenstein, M.D., George Washington University
Peter Dyck, M.D., Mayo, Rochester
Jonathan Kay, M.D., Harvard
Kelly Krohn, M.D., Oregon Health Sciences University
Peter Lipsky, M.D., U. of Texas, Southwestern / NIH
Alfonse T. Masi, M.D., Dr. P.H., U. of Illionois, Peoria
Marco Poppagallo, M.D., NYU
Michelle Petri, M.D., Johns Hopkins
Kenneth Saag, M.D., UAB
Lee Simon, M.D., Harvard*
Daniel Wallace, M.D., UCLA
Fred Wigley, M.D., Johns Hopkins
Maria-Carmen Wilson, M.D., U. of So. Fla.

2000
Laurence Bradley, Ph.D., UAB
Terri Branning, HealthCare Advisory Services, Alpharetta, GA
Bruce Ettinger, M.D., UCSF
Mark Genovese, M.D., Stanford
William McDonald, M.D., Emory
Westley Reeves, M.D., U of Florida
I Jon Russell, M.D., Ph.D., U of Texas, San Antonio
Thomas Schnitzer, M.D., Ph.D., Northwestern
Michael Schwartz, M.D., Case Western Reserve*
Joan Marie Von Feldt, M.D., U of Pennsylvania
Andrew Welton, M.D., D.Sc.(Hon.), LHD(Hon.), Johns Hopkins

2001
Cancelled due to 9/11 terrorist attack

2002
Joan Bathon, M.D., Johns Hopkins
James Barton, M.D., UAB, Brookwood
Michael Clark, M.D., MPH, MBA, Johns Hopkins
Charles Chestnut, III, M.D., U. of Washington
John Cush, M.D., U. of Texas, Southwestern
Oscar Gluck, M.D., U. of Arizona
Warren Katz, M.D., U. of Pa.
Robert Kimberly, M.D., UAB*
Joseph Korn, M.D., Boston U.
Joel Kremer, M.D., Albany
Robert Lahita, M.D., NY Medical School
Roberto Pacifici, M.D., Washington U., St. Louis
Michelle Petri, M.D., Johns Hopkins
E. William St. Clair, M.D., Duke
Alan Spanos, M.D., UNC, Chapel Hill
Fred Vivino, M.D., Thos. Jefferson

2003
J. Claude Bennett, M.D., UAB
Ernest Brahn, M.D., UCLA
S. Louis Bridges, Jr. M.D., Ph.D., UAB
Daniel Brookoff, M.D., Ph.D., U. of Tennessee, Memphis*
Gwen Claussen, M.D., UAB
Bruce N. Cronstein, M.D., NYU
Charles Dinarello, M.D., U. of Colorado
L. Jean Dunegan, M.D., J.D., Ann Arbor
Mark Robert Foster, Ph.D., M.D., U. of Pittsburgh
Edward Keystone, M.D., U. of Toronto
Sharon Kolasinski, M.D., U. of Pennsylvania
Nancy Lane, M.D., UCSF
Edward Leib, M.D., U. of Vermont
Maureen Mays, M.D., U of Texas, Houston
Athena Papas, D.M.D., Ph.D., Tufts
Leonard Stein, M.D., UNC, Chapel Hill

2004
Cancelled due to Hurricane Ivan

2005
Jennifer Anolik, MD, PhD, University of Rochester School of Medicine
Daniel Clauw, MD, University of Michigan School of Medicine
David W. Dempster, PhD, Columbia University, New York
Robert W. Downs, Jr., M.D., Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond
Adel G Fam, MD, FRCP(C), FACP, MRCP(UK), University of Toronto
Philip C Fox, DDS, President, Sjogren's Syndrome Foundation
Dr Alan J Hakim MA MRCP, University College London Hospitals, London, UK
Max Hamburger, MD, SUNY Stony Brook
Robert P. Heaney, M.D., Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha
Muhammad Asim Khan, MD, MACP, FRCP, Case Western Reserve University*
Philip J. Mease, MD, University of Washington, Seattle
Steven Petak, MD, JD, FACE, President, International Society for Clinical Densitometry
Vice President, American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, Houston, Texas
Charles G. Peterfy, MD, PhD, Synarc, San Francisco, CA
Alvin F. Wells, MD, PhD, FACP, Chicago Medical School/Finch University of Health Sciences
Fredrick M. Wigley MD, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Robert L. Wortmann, M.D., The University of Oklahoma College of Medicine,Tulsa, OK

2006
Daniel Brookoff, MD, PhD, Integrative Treatment Centers, Westminster, CO
Daniel J. Clauw, MD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
John J. Cush, MD, University of Texas, Southwestern, Dallas, TX
Anne Davidson, MBBS, FRACP, Columbia University, New York, NY
Kelly Krohn, MD, Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Nancy E. Lane, MD, University of California at Davis, Sacramento, CA
David Lewallen, MD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Susan Manzi, MD, MPH, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Michael McClung, MD, Oregon Health Sciences Center, Portland, OR
Clement J. Michet, MD, MPH, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Larry Moreland, MD,UAB, Birmingham, AL
Allan Morton, DO, Warren, MI
George Nichopoulos, MD, Memphis, TN
Yehuda Shoenfeld, MD, Tel Aviv University, Israel*
Keith Sullivan, MD, Duke University, Durham, NC
Anthony Turkiewicz, MD, UAB, Birmingham, AL
Alvin F. Wells, MD, PhD, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Sciences
Chicago, IL
Cornelia Weyand, MD, PhD, Emory U. School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA

2007
Joan Bathon, MD, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Sydney Bonnick, MD, U. of North Texas, Denton, TX
N. Lawrence Edwards, MD, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
Brian Feldman, MD, MSc, University of Toronto, Canada*
Robert I Fox, MD, PhD, Scripps Memorial Hospital, La Jolla, California
HS Eugene Fung, MD, U of Texas, Southwestern Medical School, Waco, TX
Steffen Gay, MD, University Hospital Zürich, Switzerland
M.Eric Gershwin, MD, University of California, Davis, CA
John Harley, MD, PhD, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK
Marc Judson, MD, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Ann Parke, MD, University of Connecticut Health Ctr, Farmington, CT
John Stone, MD, MPH, UpToDate, Boston, MA
David G Warnock, MD, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL

CSRO Faculty:
Reuben Allen, CMC, CHCC, Allen Consulting, Wilmington, NC
Joseph Bailes, MD, Co-Chair, Government Relations Council,
    American Society of Clinical Oncologists, The Woodlands, TX
Anthony d’Eredita, MBA, JD, Director of Compliance,
    Southwind Health Partners, LLC, Nashville, TN
Steven McCoy, JD, Partner, Health Care Section, Williams Mullen, Richmond, VA
Michael Schweitz, MD, Arthritis & Rheumatology Associates, West Palm Beach, FL

2008
Clifton O. Bingham, III , M.D., Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Robin L. Brey, M.D., University of Texas HSCSA School of Medicine, San Antonio, Texas
John J. Cush, M.D., Baylor University Medical Center – Dallas, Dallas, Texas
Michael Holick, Ph.D., M.D., Boston University Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts*
Richard F. Loeser, Jr., M.D., Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Stavros C. Manolagas, M.D., Ph.D., University of Arkansas School of Medicine, Little Rock, Arkansas
Jianren Mao, M.D., Ph.D., Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Paul D. Miller, M.D., University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado
Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman, M.D., Dr.P.H., Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
James R. Seibold, M.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Earl Silverman, M.D., FRCP(C), University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Allen C. Steere, M.D., Harvard Medical School , Boston, MA
C. Michael Stein M.D., Vanderbilt Medical School, Nashville, TN
Ralf Thiele, M.D., FACR, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY

Associated Symposia Faculty
Herbert. Baraf, M.D., Clinical Professor of Medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine,
    Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Wheaton, Maryland
Max Hamburger, M.D., President, New York State Rheumatology Society, President, American Society of Clinical Rheumatologists,
    President, New York Rheumatology Network,     Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at SUNY Stony Brook, Mellville, New York
Ron Howrigon, B.B.A., M.E., President, Fulcrum Strategies, Inc., Raliegh, NC
Michael Schweitz, M.D. Vice President, Coalition of State Rheumatology Organizations, West Palm Beach, Florida
Martin Jan Bergman, MD, FACR, FACP Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine, Ridley Park, PA
John Cush, M.D., Baylor University Medical Center – Dallas, Dallas, Texas
Kathryn H. Dao, M.D., Presbyterian Hospital, Dallas, Texas
Jerrold J. Ellner M.D., UMDNJ - New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey
Jeffrey Curtis, M.D., M.P.H., University of Alabama, Birmingham School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama

2009
Kenneth Brandt, M.D., Kansas University
M. Catherine Bushnell, Ph.D., McGill University
Leonard H. Calabrese, D.O., Cleveland Clinic
Steven R. Cummings, M.D., UCSF
Steven A. Greenberg, M.D., Harvard
Richard Haddad, M.D., UMDNJ
David Isenberg, M.D., University College London
Arthur Kavanaugh, M.D. , UCSD
David A. McLain, M.D., Brookwood, Birmingham
George N. Papaliodis, M.D., Harvard
Theodore Pincus, M.D., NYU-Hospital for Joint Diseases
Prakash Pispati, M.D., Jaslok, Mumbai, Indiav
Christopher Ritchlin, M.D., M.P.H, University of Rochester
Kenneth Saag, M.D., M.Sc., UAB
Greg Schimizzi, M.D., CSRO
Yehuda Shoenfeld, M.D. , Tel Aviv U., Israel*
John Varga, M.D., Northwestern
Lynn R. Webster, M.D., Lifetree, Salt Lake City

Associated Symposium Faculty
Evan Siegel, M.D., Arthritis & Rheumatism Associates, D.C.
Nora Singer, M.D., Case Western Reserve









*Arthritis Foundation (Alabama Chapter) Outstanding Speaker Award winner