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CONGRESS OF CLINICAL RHEUMATOLOGY
| Thursday, April 8th | |
| Time | |
| 6:30 AM | Continental Breakfast, Exhibits Open |
| 7:20 AM | David A. McLain, MD Welcome and Opening Remarks |
| 7:30 AM | William Maixner, DDS, PhD "Unraveling Persistent Pain Conditions, such as TMJ Syndrome and Fibromyalgia, with Network Research" |
| 8:30 AM | Dan Doleys, PhD "Practical Guidelines for Office-based Opioid Therapy for Chronic Pain" |
| 9:30 AM | Coffee Break |
| 9:45 AM | Terry Davies, MB.BS, MD, FRCP, FACE "Risk factors in Autoimmune Thyroid Disease" |
| 10:45 AM | Philip Seo, MD "Advances in the use of biologic agents in the treatment of systemic vasculitis" |
| 11:45 AM | Alan M. Brown, MD, Moderator "CCR Thieves' Market" |
| 12:45 PM | Lunch Exhibits |
| Planning for Quality Healthcare - A CME Symposium presented by VCU and the Miller Professional Group (Separate CME accreditation and certificate) | |
| 1:15 PM | Max Hamburger, MD Business Planning |
| 2:15 PM | Lynette Byrnes Daily Office Operations |
| 3:15 PM | Break |
| 3:30 PM | Max Hamburger, MD Ancillary Services |
| 4:30 PM | Ron Howrigon Managed Care Contracting |
| 5:30 PM | Adjourn. Dinner on your own |
| Friday, April 9th | |
| Time | |
| 6:30 AM | Continental Breakfast, Exhibits Open |
| 7:30 AM | Philip Clements, MD "Interstitial Lung Disease in Systemic Sclerosis: Optimizing Evaluation and Management" |
| 8:30 AM | Iain McInnes, FRCP, PhD "New therapeutic targets in RA Can the promise of immunology deliver more?" |
| 9:30 AM | Coffee Break |
| 9:45 AM | Tim Bongartz, MD, MBS "Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment and Malignancies: How do we deal with the diseases we are causing?" |
| 10:45 AM | Iain McInnes, FRCP, PhD "Vascular co-morbidity in rheumatic diseases Mechanisms and Management Challenges" |
| 11:45 AM | Philip Clements, MD "Treatment of Scleroderma 2010" |
| 12:45 PM | Lunch Exhibits |
| 2:00 PM | Joe 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 PM | Break |
| 3:45 PM | Chuck King,II, MD & Bill McClatchey, MD "EHR use in Rheumatology: What I know now that I wish I knew before." |
| 5:15 PM | Adjourn. Dinner on your own |
| Saturday, April 10th | |
| Time | |
| 6:30 AM | Continental Breakfast, Exhibits Open |
| 7:30 AM | Joan Merrill, MD "Options in management of mild-moderate-severe lupus" |
| 8:30 AM | CHARLES PORTER MEMORIAL LECTURE Graham Hughes, MD, FRCP "Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome" |
| 9:30 AM | Coffee Break |
| 9:45 AM | Joan Merill, MD "Update of treatments in development for lupus" |
| 10:45 AM | Graham Hughes, MD, FRCP "B Cell Depletion in Lupus" |
| 11:45 AM | Ego Seeman, MD, PhD "Osteoporosis Treatment, Advances and Challenges" |
| 12:45 PM | Lunch Exhibits |
| 1:00 PM | Mike 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 PM | Cocktail Reception |
| 7:00 PM | Banquet begins |
| 7:30 PM | Michael Upchurch, J.D. Malpractice in the Electronic Medical Era |
| Sunday, April 11th | |
| Time | |
| 6:15 AM | Continental Breakfast, Exhibits Open |
| 7:15 AM | Osteoporosis Minisymposium Ego Seeman, MD, PhD "Bone quality - the material and structural basis of bone strength and its decay" |
| 8:15 AM | Chad Deal, MD "FRAX - Assessing Fracture Risk Clinical Application of Fracture Risk Assessment Tool" |
| 9:15 AM | Ego Seeman, MD, PhD "Cortical Porosity - Don't Throw the Baby Out" |
| 10:15 AM | CCR Adjourns for 2010 |