Meetings

CIS School in Systemic Autoimmune Diseases
March 14-18, 2007
Santa Fe, NM, USA

Agenda

Wednesday, March 14, 2007
6:30 - 7:00 pm Registration Kiva C
7:00 - 9:00 pm Welcome to the School and Opening Reception Patio
Thursday, March 15, 2007
7:00 - 8:00 am Breakfast Amaya Restaurant
8:00 - 8:15 am Systemic Diseases: An Overview
George Tsokos, MD
Kiva C
8:15 - 9:15 am Case Presentations & Discussion Kiva C
8:15 - 8:45 am

Jing Li, MD PhD
FcγRIIB and Experimental Autoimmune Myasthenia Gravis

 
8:45 - 915 am

Tamilselvam Tiruchengode, MD
Adult onset Henöch-Schonlein Purpura – A case report

 
9:15 - 10:00 am Didactic Presentation & Discussion
Lisa Rider, MD
Immunogenetic and Environmental Risk Factors for Juvenile Myositis
Kiva C
10:00 - 10:30 am Break Foyer
10:30 - 11:00 am Case Presentations & Discussion Kiva C
10:30 - 11:00 am

Elisaveta Voynova, PhD
Selective Suppression of Murine and Human DNA-Specific B Cells by Chimeric Antibodies     

 
11:00 - 11:45 am Didactic Presentation & Discussion
Steffen Gay, MD
Molecular and Epigenetic Mechanisms Leading to Joint Destruction in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Kiva C
11:45 - 12:45 pm Lunch

Hacienda Lounge

12:45 - 2:15 pm Case Presentations & Discussion Kiva C
12:45 - 1:15 pm

Jennifer Frankovich, MD
17-Year Old Female with Muscle Weakness, Diabetes Insipidus Intermittent Heart Block, and Respiratory Failure

 
1:15 - 1:45 pm

Rozana Almeida
Lupus Profundus After Neonatal Lupus Erythematosus: An Uncommon Association

 
1:45 - 2:15 pm

Bret Haymore, MD MC USA
Chronic Sinusitis and a History of Immune Thrombocytopenia

 
2:15 - 2:45 pm Break Foyer
2:45 -3:15 pm Case Presentations & Discussion Kiva C
2:45 -3:15 pm

Colin Edgerton, MD
CD4+ T-Lymphocytes Mediate Ischemia/Reperfusion-Induced Inflammatory Responses in Autoimmunity Prone Mice

Kiva C
3:15 -4:00 pm Didactic Presentation & Discussion
George Tsokos, MD
The Challenges for Developing New Treatments for SLE
Kiva C
4:00 - 4:30 pm

Open Discussion

 
4:30 - 7:00 pm Free Time  
7:00 - 8:30 pm Group Dinner

Hacienda Lounge

Friday, March 16, 2007
7:00 - 8:00 am Breakfast

Amaya Restaurant

8:00 - 9:00 am Case Presentations & Discussion Kiva C
8:00 - 8:30 am

Noboru Hagino, MD
Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome Complicated by Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis, Necrosis of the Extremities, and Mononeuropathy Multiplex

 
8:30 - 9:00 am

Laura Su, MD PhD
Elucidation of T cell Receptor Repertoire in Rheumatoid Arthritis – Concepts and Experimental Design

 
9:00 - 9:45 am Didactic Presentation & Discussion
Tsutomu Takeuchi, MD PhD
Signaling Defects and the Consequences in Lupus T Cells
Kiva C
9:45 - 10:15 am Break Foyer
10:15 - 11:15 am Case Presentations & Discussion Kiva C
10:15 - 11:15 am

Jan Lin, MD PhD
CAPS or not

 
11:15 -11:45 am

Aviva Katzav, PhD
The Clinical Spectrum of CNS-APS: From Patient to Animal Model

 
11:15 - 12:00 pm Didactic Presentation & Discussion
Yaniv Sherer, MD
Accelerated Atherosclerosis in Autoimmune Diseases
Kiva C
12:00 - 1:00 pm Lunch Patio
1:00 - 1:30 pm Case Presentations & Discussion Kiva C
1:00 - 1:30 pm

Xiangshu Wen, MD PhD
iNKT Cell-Autoreactive B Cell Interactions in Systemic Autoimmunity

 
1:30 - 2:15 pm

Didactic Presentation & Discussion
Michael Brenner, MD
Synovial Biology and Its Role in the Pathology of Rheumatoid Arthritis

Kiva C
2:15 - 3:15 pm Case Presentations & Discussion Kiva C
2:15 - 2:45 pm

Melissa Snyder, PhD
Utility of ANCA Testing to Distinguish between Wegener’s Granulomatosis and Cocaine-Induced Midline Destructive Lesions

 
2:45 - 3:15 pm

Yvonne Rengel, MD
Cryoglobulinemia and Rheumatic Manifestations in a Patient with Hepatitis C Infection

 
3:15 - 3:45 pm Break Foyer
3:45 - 4:30 pm

Didactic Presentation & Discussion 
Renate Gay, MD
How to Network in the Global World of Science

Kiva C
4:30 -5:00 pm

Open Discussion

 
5:00 - 6:00 pm Career Mentoring        Foyer
6:15 pm

Meet in Hotel Santa Fe lobby for transportation to dinner

 
7:00 - 9:00 pm

Off-Site Dinner / Social Event
The Compound Restaurant
653 Canyon Road
Santa Fe, NM 

 
Saturday, March 17, 2007
7:00 - 8:00 am Breakfast Amaya
Restaurant
8:00 - 9:00 am Case Presentations & Discussion Kiva C
8:00 - 8:30 am

Claas Hinze, MD
Childhood Wegener’s Granulomatosis Presenting with Fulminant Pulmonary-Renal Syndrome and its Treatment with B Cell Depletion

 
8:30 - 9:00 am

Simone Appenzeller, MD PhD
Central Nervous System Involvement in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Cerebrospinal Fluid Analysis

 
9:00 - 9:45 am

Didactic Presentation & Discussion
Betty Diamond, MD

Kiva C
9:45 - 10:15 am Break Foyer
10:15 - 11:15 am Case Presentations & Discussion Kiva C
10:15 - 10:45 am

Joost Swart, MD
Fatigue and Pain Complaints in an Adolescent Girl

 
10:45 - 11:15 am

Zoulfia Allakhverdi, PhD
Mast Cells Promote the Development of CD103+ Regulatory T Cells

 
11:15 - 12:00 pm Didactic Presentation & Discussion
Gabriel Panayi, ScD MD FRCP
Chaperones and Innate Immunity in RA
Kiva C
12:00 - 1:00 pm Lunch

Hacienda Lounge

1:00 - 2:00 pm Case Presentations & Discussion Kiva C
1:00 - 1:30 pm

Almut Meyer-Bahlburg, MD
The Role of B cell Intrinsic TLR Signals for Antibody Production and Maintenance

 
1:30 - 2:00 pm

Nigil Haroon, MD
Predicting Clinical Response to Methotrexate Using an in vitro Cytokine Suppression Assay

 
2:00 - 2:45 pm Didactic Presentation & Discussion
Ulf Mueller-Ladner, MD
Adipocytes in Rheumatoid Inflammation
Kiva C
2:45 - 3:00 pm

Group Photos

 
3:00 pm

Free time to enjoy Santa Fe at your own expense!

 
Sunday, March 18, 2007
7:00 - 8:00 am Breakfast Amaya Restaurant
8:00 - 9:00 am Case Presentations & Discussion Kiva C
8:00 - 8:30 am

Nikolay Tzaribachev, MD
Multipotent Mesenchymal Stromal Cells – A Novel Treatment for Steroid Induced Avascular Osteonecrosis in Children with Autoimmune Disease

 
8:30 - 9:00 am

Edward Behrens, MD
Presenting Characteristics of Systemic Onset Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis

 
9:00 - 9:45 am

Didactic Presentation & Discussion
Raphael Hirsch, MD
Novel Inflammatory Proteins in JRA

Kiva C
9:45 - 10:15 am Break Foyer
10:15 - 11:15 am Case Presentations & Discussion Kiva C
10:15 - 10:45 am

Victoria Shanmugam, MBBS MRCP
Clinical and Laboratory Features of Lower Extremity Ulcers in Connective Tissue Diseases

 
10:45 - 11:15 am

Julia Rhiannon, MD
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Presenting as Anorexia Nervosa

 
11:15 - 12:00 pm

Didactic Presentation & Discussion
Nancy Lane, MD
Wnt Signalling Antagonists are Prognostic Markers of Development and Progression of Hip OA

Kiva C
12:00 - 1:00 pm Lunch and Closing Ceremony Foyer