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CONGRESS OF CLINICAL RHEUMATOLOGY


AGENDA Congress of Clinical Rheumatology 2010
Thursday, April 8th
Time 
6:30 AMContinental Breakfast, Exhibits Open
7:20 AMDavid A. McLain, MD
Welcome and Opening Remarks
7:30 AMWilliam Maixner, DDS, PhD
"Unraveling Persistent Pain Conditions, such as
TMJ Syndrome and Fibromyalgia, with Network Research"
8:30 AMDan Doleys, PhD
"Practical Guidelines for Office-based Opioid Therapy for Chronic Pain"
9:30 AMCoffee Break
9:45 AMTerry Davies, MB.BS, MD, FRCP, FACE
"Risk factors in Autoimmune Thyroid Disease"
10:45 AMPhilip Seo, MD
"Advances in the use of biologic agents in the treatment of systemic vasculitis"
11:45 AMAlan M. Brown, MD, Moderator
"CCR Thieves' Market"
12:45 PMLunch Exhibits
Planning for Quality Healthcare - A CME Symposium presented by VCU and the Miller Professional Group (Separate CME accreditation and certificate)
1:15 PMMax Hamburger, MD
Business Planning
2:15 PMLynette Byrnes
Daily Office Operations
3:15 PMBreak
3:30 PMMax Hamburger, MD
Ancillary Services
4:30 PMRon Howrigon
Managed Care Contracting
5:30 PMAdjourn. Dinner on your own
Friday, April 9th
Time 
6:30 AMContinental Breakfast, Exhibits Open
7:30 AMPhilip Clements, MD
"Interstitial Lung Disease in Systemic Sclerosis:
Optimizing Evaluation and Management"
8:30 AMIain McInnes, FRCP, PhD
"New therapeutic targets in RA
Can the promise of immunology deliver more?"
9:30 AMCoffee Break
9:45 AMTim Bongartz, MD, MBS
"Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment and Malignancies:
How do we deal with the diseases we are causing?"
10:45 AMIain McInnes, FRCP, PhD
"Vascular co-morbidity in rheumatic diseases
Mechanisms and Management Challenges"
11:45 AMPhilip Clements, MD
"Treatment of Scleroderma 2010"
12:45 PMLunch Exhibits
2:00 PMJoe Huffstutter, MD
"Disease Activity Measurement in Clinical Practice
A CME Symposium presented by VCU and Miller Professional Group
(Separate CME accreditation and certificate)"
3:30 PMBreak
3:45 PMChuck King,II, MD & Bill McClatchey, MD
"EHR use in Rheumatology: What I know now that I wish I knew before."
5:15 PMAdjourn. Dinner on your own
Saturday, April 10th
Time 
6:30 AMContinental Breakfast, Exhibits Open
7:30 AMJoan Merrill, MD
"Options in management of mild-moderate-severe lupus"
8:30 AMCHARLES PORTER MEMORIAL LECTURE
Graham Hughes, MD, FRCP
"Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome"
9:30 AMCoffee Break
9:45 AMJoan Merill, MD
"Update of treatments in development for lupus"
10:45 AMGraham Hughes, MD, FRCP
"B Cell Depletion in Lupus"
11:45 AMEgo Seeman, MD, PhD
"Osteoporosis Treatment, Advances and Challenges"
12:45 PMLunch Exhibits
1:00 PMMike Schweitz, MD
"RAC (CMS' Recovery audit contractor medical necessity audits)"
2:00 PM Jean Acevedo, LHRM, CPC, CHC
(Almost) Everything You Need to Know About PQRI
6:30 PMCocktail Reception
7:00 PMBanquet begins
7:30 PMMichael Upchurch, J.D.
Malpractice in the Electronic Medical Era
Sunday, April 11th
Time 
6:15 AMContinental Breakfast, Exhibits Open
7:15 AMOsteoporosis Minisymposium
Ego Seeman, MD, PhD
"Bone quality - the material and structural basis of bone strength and its decay"
8:15 AMChad Deal, MD
"FRAX - Assessing Fracture Risk
Clinical Application of Fracture Risk Assessment Tool"
9:15 AMEgo Seeman, MD, PhD
"Cortical Porosity - Don't Throw the Baby Out"
10:15 AMCCR Adjourns for 2010