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
RheumatologyDermatology

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
🎤
Team Teaching

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

🎯
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
  • R
    Rheumatologists managing patients with complex skin findings or cutaneous overlap.
  • D
    Dermatologists treating patients with joint involvement or systemic autoimmune features.
  • Advanced Practice Providers in either specialty seeking cross-disciplinary depth.
Format Highlights
Active learning · Not passive lectures
  • Earn approx. 5.5 – 6.0 CME credits in a single day.
  • Attend in-person at Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach or join online.
  • 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, Harvard Medical School
Department of Dermatology
Department of Medicine - Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation and Immunity
Brigham and Women's Hospital

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)
Alisa N. Femia, M.D.

Alisa N. Femia, M.D.

New York University Grossman School of Medicine

Associate Professor of Dermatology
Ronald O. Perelman Dept. of Dermatology
Director of Faculty Development
Director of Inpatient Dermatology
New York University Grossman School of Medicine
NYU Langone Medical Center

Sessions:

  • Systemic Vasculitis: Cutaneous Vasculitis & Vasculopathy: Clinical Pearls (September 16, 2026 8:30 am - 9:30 am)
  • The “Stumpers” Clinical Game (September 16, 2026 3:00 pm - 4:45 pm)
KH

Kimberly V. Hashemi, M.D., FAAD

Assistant Professor

Medical Universty of South Carolina

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

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

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Associate Professor of Medicine
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)
Philip J. Mease, M.D.

Philip J. Mease, M.D.

Providence-Swedish Medical Center

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)
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 Myositis Center
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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 A Petri, M.D., MPH

Michelle A Petri, M.D., MPH

Professor

Johns Hopkins University School of Medinei

Sessions:

  • Lupus Spectrum: What’s New and Hot in Cutaneous Lupus: Shifting Paradigms in the Management of Autoimmune Connective Tissue Diseases (September 16, 2026 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm)
Ruth Ann Vleugels, M.D., MPH, MBA

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

Professor

Harvard Medical School

Heidi and Scott C. Schuster Distinguished Chair in Dermatology
Founding Director, Autoimmune Skin Disease Program
Director, Connective Tissue Disease Clinics
Program Director, Dermatology-Rheumatology Fellowship
Associate COO, Mass General Brigham
Mass General Brigham Department of Dermatology
Professor, Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA

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 (September 16, 2026 1:00 pm - 2:00 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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