Meetings

Jing Li, MD PhD
FcγRIIB and Experimental Autoimmune Myasthenia Gravis

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jan Lin, MD PhD
CAPS or not

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Didactic Presentation & Discussion
Betty Diamond, MD

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Julia Rhiannon, MD
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Presenting as Anorexia Nervosa

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