The Virginia Commonwealth University, Medical College of Virginia Campus (VCU) University Health Services Professional Education Programs (UHSPEP) manages programs for physicians and other health care professionals throughout Virginia, the Mid-Atlantic region, and the United States. The programs include annual conferences, regularly scheduled community based presentations, clinically oriented experiences held at VCU Health System's Medical College of Virginia Hospitals, satellite television broadcasts, remote site teleconferences (RSTs), independent learning opportunities, and enduring materials. The OCME is one of the larger university continuing medical education programs in the United States.

Annually, over 17,000 physicians and health care professionals participate in VCU sponsored and jointly sponsored continuing education activities. Each activity is designed to meet identified educational needs in clinical practice and health care delivery, in an era of rapidly expanding knowledge, new technologies, and progressive demands on health care professionals. Attention is also carefully directed to the personal needs and well being of our participants.

Virginia Commonwealth University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action institution. If special accommodations are needed, please contact Dr. David McLain at (205) 877-2555.

Details, details, details. The A & R Educational Group, LLC is the planning and implementation sponsor of the Congress of Clinical Rheumatology.
Our Goal: Excellence in Meetings

The Coalition of State Rheumatology Organizations is a group of state or regional professional rheumatology societies formed in order to advocate for excellence in rheumatologic disease care and to ensure access to the highest quality care for the management of rheumatologic and musculoskeletal diseases.

Committed to Excellence in the Management of Rheumatologic Diseases

We Thank Our Sponsors and Exhibitors
For their commitment to physician and allied health education
and to the improvement in the lives of our patients

Premier Sponsors

Amgen*

Diamond Sponsors

ABBOTT*

BMS* Pfizer

Genentech Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc

Gold Sponsors

M2 Med-Management Questcor Pharmaceuticals

Silver Sponsors

Actelion Crescendo Bioscience Exagen Diagnostics TSI Healthcare Total Life Care Rx Pharmacy

Bronze Sponsors

Academc CME Aeon Clinical Laboratories American Specialty Pharmacy Arthritis Health Monitor Bioventus Context Media Health Coalition of State Rheumatology Organizations Fidia Pharma USA GILEAD GlaxoSmithKline Hattiesburg Clinic Horizon Pharma intraFUSION Inverness Apothecary Iroko The Journal of Rheumatology LabCorp Legacy Rx Lilly McKesson MediStat Rx Metro Medical National Organization of Rheumatology Managers Novartis specialty and primary care Patient Point Physician Rx Source Primus Purdue Pharma RDL Reference Laboratory Rheumatology News Savient Senderra Rx Shionogi, Inc. Takeda Pharmaceutical Theralogix TheraTest Labs UCB* United Therapeutics Warner Chilcott

Non-Profit Exhibitors

Arthritis Foundation, Southeast Region Lupus Foundation of America, Georgia Chapter National Organization of Rheumatology Managers (NORM)

Non-Profit Sponsor

Audio-Digest Foundation The Journal of Rheumatology

We wish to thank our sponsors for, without their support, this program would not have been possible.

*Denotes receipt of an independent educational grant as a portion of the sponsorship.
CCR (VCU CME) initiated these grants to support this program. They were reviewed by independent committees and deemed worthy for funding.