Meetings
2004 Spring School in Systemic Autoimmune Diseases
| Thursday, March 18, 2004 | |
| 8:00pm-10:00pm | Reception/Introduction |
| 9:15pm-9:30pm | Introductory presentation George Tsokos, MD |
| Friday, March 19, 2004 | |
| 7:30am-8:00am | Breakfast |
| 8:00am-10:00am | Case presentations by students (20 min + 10 discussion) SLE Basic |
| 8:00am-8:30am | Case 1 Phenotypic and Functional Analysis of EBV-specific Memory CD8 Cells in SLE Beate Berner, MD, PhD |
| 8:30am-9:00am | Case 2 CREM suppresses the expression of c-fos and the activity of AP-1 in SLE T cells Vasileios Kyttaris, MD |
| 9:00am-9:30am | Case 3 Regulatory T Cells in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus José C. Crispin, MD |
| 9:30am-10:00am | Case 4 Study Of Cell Death By Human Monoclonal Autoantibody Probes Roopali Gandhi, MD |
| 10:00am-10:30am | Break |
| 10:30am-12:00pm | Faculty Presentations (35 presentation + 10 discussion) SLE Basic |
| 10:30am-11:15am | Faculty 1 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: From Pathogenesis to Rational Treatment George Tsokos, MD |
| 11:15am-12:00pm | Faculty 2 Genetic Basics of Kidney Disease Robert Kimberly, MD |
| 12:00pm-1:30pm | Group Lunch/Informal Discussions |
| 1:30pm-3:30pm | Case presentations by students (20 min + 10 discussion) SLE Clinical |
| 1:30pm-2:00pm | Case 1 Antiphospholipid Antibodies as a Cause of Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage Kevin Deane, MD |
| 2:00pm-2:30pm | Case 2 Lymphedema in JRA Beata A. Puri, MD |
| 2:30pm-3:00pm | Case 3 A Case of Psychosis in a 9 Year Old Girl With SLE Abigail Smukler, MD |
| 3:00pm-3:30pm | Case 4 Microchimerism in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Christine B. Bernal, MD |
| 3:30pm-4:00pm | Break |
| 4:00pm-5:30pm | Faculty Presentations (35 presentation + 10 discussion) SLE Clinical |
| 4:00pm-4:45pm | Faculty 1 Promising Therapies for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Vibeke Strand, MD |
| 4:45pm-5:30pm | Faculty 2 Tissue Damage in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus & Sjorgen's Syndrome-A Role of Adhesion Modules Tsutomu Takeuchi, MD |
| 8:00pm | Group Dinner/Social |
| Saturday, March 20, 2004 | |
| 8:00am-10:00am | Case presentations by students (20 min + 10 discussion) Inflammation |
| 8:00am-8:30am | Case 1 Ajulemic Acid, A Nonpsychoactive Cannabinoid, Modulates Activation of Fibroblast-like Synovial Cells Judith Stebulis, MD |
| 8:30am-9:00am | Case 2 Pediatric Uveitis Stacy Ardoin, MD |
| 9:00am-9:30am | Case 3 Treatment of Seronegative Spondyloarthropathy with Anti-TNF Biologic Response Modifiers: A VA Collaborative Cohort Anthony Turkiewicz, MD |
| 9:30am-10:00am | Case 4 Some Thoughts on Psoriatic Arthritis Dimitris Daoussis, MD |
| 10:00am-10:30am | Break |
| 10:30am-12:00pm | Faculty Presentations (35 presentation + 10 discussion) Inflammation |
| 10:30am-11:15am | Faculty 1 Stress Proteins and the Immune Response: Not a One Way Street Gabriel Panayi, ScD, MD |
| 11:15am-12:00pm | Faculty 2 Molecular and Cellular Basis of Rheumatoid Joint Destruction and Gene Transfer to Detect Novel Targets for the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis Steffen Gay, MD |
| 12:00pm-1:30pm | Group Lunch/Informal Discussions |
| 1:30pm-3:30pm | Case presentations by students (20 min + 10 discussion) Inflammation 2 |
| 1:30pm-2:00pm | Case 1 Platelet TGF-B1 Compartmentalization and Activation Nathalie Burg, MD |
| 2:00pm-2:30pm | Case 2 Corticotropin Releasing Hormone as a Candidate Gene in Rheumatoid Arthritis Sophia Steer, MD |
| 2:30pm-3:00pm | Case 3 Disturbed Peripheral B cell Homeostasis in Human Immunodeficiency and Autoimmunity Klaus Warnatz, MD |
| 3:00pm-3:30pm | Case 4 B cell Activating Factor Belonging to the Tumor Necrosis Factor Family (BAFF) Synthesis Regulation in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells: Search for a New Therapeutic Target for BAFF Related Autoimmune Diseases Katsuya Suzuki, MD |
| 3:30pm-4:00pm | Break |
| 4:00pm-5:30pm | Faculty Presentations (35 presentation + 10 discussion) Inflammation 2 |
| 4:00pm-4:45pm | Faculty 1 Rheumatologic Complications of Chronic Renal Failure Jonathan Kay, MD |
| 4:45pm-5:30pm | Faculty 2 What Have We Learned From Randomized Controlled Trials in RA? Vibeke Strand, MD |
| Free Evening | No organized social event |
| Sunday, March 21, 2004 | |
| 8:00am-10:00am | Case presentations by students (20 min + 10 discussion) Inflammation/Autoimmunity |
| 8:00am-8:30am | Case 1 A Case of Recurrent Fever, Sinus Tachycardia Hypotension Richard Chou, MD, PhD |
| 8:30am-9:00am | Case 2 A 56 Year Old Man with Polyglandular Autoimmune Disease and Chronic Urticaria Mary Klote, MD |
| 9:00am-9:30am | Case 3 Predictors of Carotid Athersclerosis in SLE: One Step Toward CVD Prevention Kathleen Maksimowicz-McKinnon, MD |
| 9:30am-10:00am | Case 4 Autoimmune Mechanisms in Atherosclerosis: The Role of Heat-shock Protein 60 Michael Hans Knoflach, MD |
| 10:00am-10:30am | Break |
| 10:30am-12:00pm | Faculty Presentations (35 presentation + 10 discussion) Inflamation/Autoimmunity |
| 10:30am-11:15am | Faculty 1 Clinical Target Setting in the Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis: The Time is Now Gabriel Panayi, ScD, MD |
| 11:15am-12:00pm | Faculty 2 Diversity in Host Defence: Functional Genomics of Fc Receptors Robert Kimberly, MD |
| 12:00pm-1:30pm | Group Lunch/Informal Discussions |
| 1:30pm-3:30pm | Case presentations by students (20 min + 10 discussion) Inflamamation/Autoimmunity 2 |
| 1:30pm-2:00pm | Case 1 Autologous Joint Tissue for Suppression of Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Novel Approach to Oral Tolerance Todd Funkhouser, MD, PhD |
| 2:00pm-2:30pm | Case 2 "Increased FcgRI Expression in IFN-g Primed Human Macrophages Enhances TNF-a Production after Fcg Receptor (FcgR) Crosslinking" Petros Efthimiou, MD |
| 2:30pm-3:00pm | Case 3 Macrophages Enhances TNF-a Production after Fcg Receptor (FcgR) Andrew Zeft, MD |
| 3:00pm-3:30pm | Case 4 Sjorgren's Syndrome, MALT Lymphoma and Cryoglobulinemeia Iulia Grillo, MD |
| 3:30pm-4:00pm | Case 5 IVIG and Thromboembolic Events Associated with Therapy Bonnie Bidinger, MD |
| 4:00pm-4:30pm | Break |
| 4:30pm-6:00pm | Faculty Presentations (35 presentation + 10 discussion) Inflammation/Autoimmnity 2 |
| 4:30pm-5:15pm | Faculty 1 Targeted Therapy for Scleroderma Virginia Steen, MD |
| 5:15pm-6:00pm | Faculty 2 Environmental and Genetic Aspects of Autoimmune Diseases: The Case for Elemental Disorders Frederick Miller MD, PhD |
| 7:00pm-9:00pm | Social Event-Dinner/Adjourn |
Key Participants
Invited Faculty:
Chairman:
George C. Tsokos, MD
Vice Chair of Research Programs
Uniformed Services University
Bethesda, MD
Steffen Gay, MD
Director
WHO Collaborating Center for Molecular Biology &
Novel Therapeutic Strategies for Rheumatic Diseases
University Hospital Zurich
Zurich, Switzerland
Jonathan Kay, MD
Clinical Director
Rheumatology Unit
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Robert P. Kimberly, MD
Professor of Medicine
University Alabama-Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
Frederick Miller, MD PhD
Chief, Environmental Autoimmunity Grp
NIH, National Inst. Of Environmental Health Sci.
Bethesda, MD
Gabriel S Panayi, ScD, MD, FRCP
Arthritis Research Campaign Professor of Rheumatology
Guy's, King's and St Thomas' School of Medicine
King's College London, Guy's Hospital
London, United Kingdom
Vibeke Strand, MD
Clinical Professor, Division of Immunology
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
Applicants:
Dr. Stacy Ardoin, MD
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC
Dr. Chistine Bernal, MD
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
Dr. Beate Berner, MD, PhD
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH
Dr. Bonnie Bidinger, MD
University of Massachusettes Medical School
Worcester, MA
Dr. Nathalie Burg, MD
The Rockefeller University
New York, NY
Dr. Richard Chou MD, PhD
Harvard University School of Medicine
Boston, MA
Dr. Iulia Circiumaru Grillo, MD
Roger Williams Medical Center
Providence, RI
Dr. Jose Carlos Crispin Acuna, MD
Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran
Mexico City, Mexico
Dr. Dimitrios Daoussis, MD
University of Patras School of Medicine
Patras, Greece
Dr. Kevin Deane, MD
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Denver, CO
Dr. Petros Efthimiou, MD
Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Medical College Cornell University
New York, NY
Dr. Todd Funkhouser MD, PhD
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Silver Spring, MD
Dr. Roopali Gandhi, MD
National Institute of Immunology Varinder Nagar
New Delhi, India
Dr. Mary Klote, MD
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
McLean, VA
Dr. Michael Hans Knoflach, MD
University of Innsbruck, Medical School
Innsbruck, Austria
Dr. Vasileios Kyttaris, MD
Washinton Hospital Center
Washington, DC
Dr. Kathleen Maksimowicz-McKinnon, MD
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, OH
Dr. Abigail Smukler, MD
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
Dr. Judith Stebulis, MD
University of Massachusettes Medical School
Worcester, MA
Dr. Sophia Steer, MD
Guy's, King's and St. Thomas' School of Medicine
London, UK
Dr. Katsuya Suzuki, MD
Saitama Medical Center/Saitama Medical School Chuo-ku
Tokyo, Japan
Dr. Anothony Michael Turkiewicz, MD
Georgetown University Medical School
Arlington, VA
Dr. Nancy Walker, MD
University of Massachusettes Medical School
Worcester, MA
Dr. Klaus Warnatz, MD
University Clinic, Albert-Ludwigs University of Freiburg
Freiburg, Germany
Dr. Andrew Zeft, MD
University of Washington
Seattle, WA