First Annual Rheum-Derm Summit – West 2026

First Annual

Rheum/Derm Summit

Where Skin and Joint Science Meet

Huntington Beach, CA September 16th, 2026 ✦ Approx. 6.0 CME Credits
Premier Sponsor
Separate CME Activity · Day prior to CCR East
Rheumatology ✦ Dermatology

Whether you are a dermatologist treating rheumatic symptoms or a rheumatologist managing complex skin findings, patient care often lives in the gray area between specialties. This summit is your opportunity to bridge that gap.

A New Format for Complex Care
Move beyond the silo
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Team Teaching

Rheum and Derm experts on stage together, debating real-world management strategies side by side.

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Gamified Challenges

Test your diagnostic eye in our “Stump the Experts” interactive clinical game.

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Rapid-Fire Panels

High-yield discussions focused on the most critical overlap conditions in clinical practice.

The Curriculum
5 critical overlap disease states · ~6.0 CME hrs
01
Psoriatic Disease
Navigating skin and joint connectivity
Both
02
The Lupus Spectrum
Cutaneous findings to systemic flares
Both
03
Scleroderma
Managing sclerosing disorders
Rheum
04
Vasculitis
Identification and rapid intervention
Rheum
05
Dermatomyositis
Complex case management
Derm
Who Should Attend
Cross-specialty clinical audience
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    Rheumatologists managing patients with complex skin findings or cutaneous overlap.
  • D
    Dermatologists treating patients with joint involvement or systemic autoimmune features.
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    Advanced Practice Providers in either specialty seeking cross-disciplinary depth.
Format Highlights
Active learning · Not passive lectures
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    Earn approx. 5.5 – 6.0 CME credits in a single day.
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    Attend in-person at Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach or join online.
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    Held the day before CCR East 2026 — combine both events for maximum value.
Event Logistics
Date
Wednesday
Sept. 16, 2026
Time
8:00 AM – 4:15 PM
Agenda finalizing soon
Location
Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach
Huntington Beach, CA & Online
CME Credit
5.5 – 6.0 Credits
Approximate hours

* This is a separate CME activity held the day prior to the main CCR East conference.

Our Esteemed Faculty

  • Rochelle L. Castillo, MD, MS

    Rochelle L. Castillo, MD, MS

    Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Assistant Professor of Dermatology
    Harvard Medical School
    Director, Connective Tissue Disease Clinic
    Department of Dermatology Department of Medicine
    Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation and Immunity
    Brigham & Women’s Hospital
    Boston, MA

    Sessions

    • Psoriasis/Psoriatic Arthritis: Plaques, Pearls, and Pretenders: Psoriatic Disease for the Rheumatologist September 16, 2026 · 10:45 am – 11:45 am
    • The “Stumpers” Clinical Game September 16, 2026 · 3:00 pm – 4:45 pm
  • Laura Hummers, M.D., Sc.M.

    Laura Hummers, M.D., Sc.M.

    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

    Associate Professor of Medicine
    Thomas M. Zizic Professor of Rheumatology and Immunology
    Co-Director, Johns Hopkins Scleroderma Center
    Clinical Director, Division of Rheumatology
    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Baltimore, MD

    Sessions

    • Scleroderma & Sclerosing Disorders September 16, 2026 · 2:00 pm – 2:45 pm
    • The “Stumpers” Clinical Game September 16, 2026 · 3:00 pm – 4:45 pm
  • Tanaz A Kermani, M.D., MS

    Tanaz A Kermani, M.D., MS

    Clinical Professor
    UCLA Medical Center

    Clinical Professor of Medicine
    Division of Rheumatology
    Director,Vasculitis Program
    University of California, Los Angeles
    Los Angeles, CA

    Sessions

    • Systemic Vasculitis: Cutaneous Vasculitis & Vasculopathy: Clinical Pearls September 16, 2026 · 8:30 am – 9:30 am
  • Philip J. Mease, M.D., MACR, MRCP

    Philip J. Mease, M.D., MACR, MRCP

    Clinical Professor of Medicine
    University of Washington

    Clinical Professor
    University of Washington School of Medicine
    Director Rheumatology Clinical Research Division
    Swedish Medical Center/Providence St. Joseph Health

    Sessions

    • Opening Remarks September 16, 2026 · 8:15 am – 10:00 am
    • Psoriasis/Psoriatic Arthritis: Plaques, Pearls, and Pretenders: Psoriatic Disease for the Rheumatologist September 16, 2026 · 10:45 am – 11:45 am
    • The “Stumpers” Clinical Game September 16, 2026 · 3:00 pm – 4:45 pm
  • Michelle Se Won Min, M.D., MS, FAAD

    Michelle Se Won Min, M.D., MS, FAAD

    Associate Professor
    University of California Irvine

    Director of Rheumatologic Dermatology
    Director of Medical Dermatology Associate Professor Department of Dermatology
    University of California Irvine
    Irvine, CA

    Sessions

    • Systemic Vasculitis: Cutaneous Vasculitis & Vasculopathy: Clinical Pearls September 16, 2026 · 8:30 am – 9:30 am
  • Julie J. Paik, M.D., MHS

    Julie J. Paik, M.D., MHS

    Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

    Associate Professor of Medicine
    Division of Rheumatology
    Co-Director, Johns Hopkins Myositis Center
    Johns Hopkins Division of Rheumatology
    Baltimore, MD

    Sessions

    • Dermatomyositis: What’s New and Hot in Dermatomyositis? September 16, 2026 · 9:30 am – 10:30 am
    • The “Stumpers” Clinical Game September 16, 2026 · 3:00 pm – 4:45 pm
  • Michelle Petri, M.D., MPH

    Michelle Petri, M.D., MPH

    Professor
    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

    Professor of Medicine
    Division of Rheumatology
    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Director Hopkins Lupus Center

    Sessions

    • Lupus Spectrum: What’s New and Hot in Cutaneous Lupus: Shifting Paradigms in the Management of Autoimmune Connective Tissue Diseases - The Journey of IFNs in Cutaneous Lupus September 16, 2026 · 12:50 pm – 1:55 pm
  • Joshua Prenner, M.D., FAAD

    Brigham Women's Hospital

    Assistant Professor of Clinical Dermatology
    Medical Director, Dermatology Infusion Center Associate
    Program Director, Dermatology-Rheumatology Fellowship
    University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
    Philadelphia, PA

    Sessions

    • Scleroderma & Sclerosing Disorders September 16, 2026 · 2:00 pm – 2:45 pm
  • Ruth Ann Vleugels, M.D., MPH, MBA

    Ruth Ann Vleugels, M.D., MPH, MBA

    Milton B. Hartzell Professor and Chair
    Penn Medicine

    Milton B. Hartzell Professor and Chair
    Director, Autoimmune Skin Disease Program
    Program Director, Dermatology-Rheumatology Fellowship
    Department of Dermatology, Penn Medicine
    Philadelphia, PA

    Sessions

    • Opening Remarks September 16, 2026 · 8:15 am – 10:00 am
    • Dermatomyositis: What’s New and Hot in Dermatomyositis? September 16, 2026 · 9:30 am – 10:30 am
    • Lupus Spectrum: What’s New and Hot in Cutaneous Lupus: Shifting Paradigms in the Management of Autoimmune Connective Tissue Diseases - The Journey of IFNs in Cutaneous Lupus September 16, 2026 · 12:50 pm – 1:55 pm
    • The “Stumpers” Clinical Game September 16, 2026 · 3:00 pm – 4:45 pm
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This Summit is more than an add-on. It is a strategic, clinic-ready learning experience for anyone treating inflammatory disease where skin and joints intersect. Join us Wednesday to start CCR East 2026 with focused expertise, meaningful collaboration, and actionable takeaways.

Of all of the rheumatology meetings I‘ve attended over 41 years in practice, and 2 years in fellowship, including 40 ACR annual meetings, I enjoyed and learned more at CCR” – Allen Morton, M.D.

First Annual Rheum-Derm Summit – West 2026

$275.00

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Additional information

Location

Online, Onsite

Date

April 29th, 2026

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