Rheum/Derm Summit
Where Skin and Joint Science Meet
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.
Rheum and Derm experts on stage together, debating real-world management strategies side by side.
Test your diagnostic eye in our “Stump the Experts” interactive clinical game.
High-yield discussions focused on the most critical overlap conditions in clinical practice.
- RRheumatologists managing patients with complex skin findings or cutaneous overlap.
- DDermatologists treating patients with joint involvement or systemic autoimmune features.
- ↑Advanced Practice Providers in either specialty seeking cross-disciplinary depth.
- ✓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.
Sept. 16, 2026
* This is a separate CME activity held the day prior to the main CCR East conference.
Our Esteemed Faculty
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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, MASessions
- 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
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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, MDSessions
- 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
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Tanaz A Kermani, M.D., MS
Clinical Professor
UCLA Medical CenterClinical Professor of Medicine
Division of Rheumatology
Director,Vasculitis Program
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CASessions
- Systemic Vasculitis: Cutaneous Vasculitis & Vasculopathy: Clinical Pearls September 16, 2026 · 8:30 am – 9:30 am
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Philip J. Mease, M.D., MACR, MRCP
Clinical Professor of Medicine
University of WashingtonClinical Professor
University of Washington School of Medicine
Director Rheumatology Clinical Research Division
Swedish Medical Center/Providence St. Joseph HealthSessions
- 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
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Michelle Se Won Min, M.D., MS, FAAD
Associate Professor
University of California IrvineDirector of Rheumatologic Dermatology
Director of Medical Dermatology Associate Professor Department of Dermatology
University of California Irvine
Irvine, CASessions
- Systemic Vasculitis: Cutaneous Vasculitis & Vasculopathy: Clinical Pearls September 16, 2026 · 8:30 am – 9:30 am
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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, MDSessions
- 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
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Michelle Petri, M.D., MPH
Professor
Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineProfessor of Medicine
Division of Rheumatology
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Director Hopkins Lupus CenterSessions
- 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
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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, PASessions
- Scleroderma & Sclerosing Disorders September 16, 2026 · 2:00 pm – 2:45 pm
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Ruth Ann Vleugels, M.D., MPH, MBA
Milton B. Hartzell Professor and Chair
Penn MedicineMilton B. Hartzell Professor and Chair
Director, Autoimmune Skin Disease Program
Program Director, Dermatology-Rheumatology Fellowship
Department of Dermatology, Penn Medicine
Philadelphia, PASessions
- 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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Event Agenda
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.