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SPARTAN Annual Meeting

SPARTAN 2021 Annual Meeting

Announcing the SPARTAN Annual Meeting and Trainee Symposium…

Trainee Symposium: May 19
Scientific Sessions, Abstract Posters, Research Presentations: May 20-21

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Thursday, May 20

(Eastern Daylight Time)

11:00-11:15 AM Welcome Judith Smith, MD, PhD
SPARTAN Chair, University of Wisconsin
11:15-11:20 AM Research Career Achievement Award
11:20-12:00 PM Keynote Address: Does HLA-B27 Affect Bone Formation and Mineralization?
Robert Colbert, MD, PhD
NIH / NIAMS
Scientific Session: Greater Spectrum of Spondyloarthritis
12:00-12:30 PM Clinical/Pathogenetic Attributes of SpA Children Matthew Stoll, MD, PhD, MSCS
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Hema Srinivasalu, MD
Children’s National Hospital
12:30-1:00 PM SpA Imaging Considerations in Children: Advantages and Disadvantages of Different Modalities Nele Herregods, MD, PhD
Ghent University Hospital, Belgium
1:00-1:15 PM Physical Therapy for AS Angelo Papachristos
St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto
1:15-1:45 PM Break and Networking
1:45-2:15 PM Sex Matters: Spondylarthritis in Women Lihi Eder, MD, PhD
Women’s College Research Institute, University of Toronto
2:15-2:45 PM Clinical Differences Around the Globe Muhammad Asim Khan, MD, FRCP, MACP, MACR
Case Western Reserve University
2:45-3:15 PM Genetics Around the Globe John Reveille, MD
The University of Texas McGovern Medical School
3:15-4:00 PM Breakout Sessions

Friday, May 21, 2021

(Eastern Daylight Time)

11:00-11:45 AM Oral Abstracts
11:45-1:00 PM SPARTAN Grant Award presentations
Seed Grants for Junior Faculty
The Interplay Between Gender and Sex in Understanding Health Quality of Life among Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis: an Exploratory Sequential Mixed Method Study Shao-Hsien Liu, PhD, MPH
University of Massachusetts Medical School
The Impact of Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitor Use On Cardiovascular Events In Ankylosing Spondylitis Jean Liew, MD
Boston University
Fellowship Grants for Pilot Projects
Awareness and Attitudes Regarding Axial Spondyloarthritis among Non-Rheumatology Providers Yuliya Afinogenova, MD
Yale University
Axial Psoriatic Arthritis Correlation between Clinical, Genetic and Axial MRI Findings Pamela Diaz, MD
University of Toronto
Neutrophil/Lymphocyte Ratio and Platelet/Lymphocyte Ratio as a Biomarker in Axial Spondyloarthritis Rouhin Sen, MD
University of Colorado
1:00-1:15 PM Break
Scientific Session: Imaging Updates
1:15-1:45 PM CLASSIC Instructive Cases Walter Maksymowych, MD
University of Alberta
Philip Mease, MD

Medical Center/Providence St. Joseph Health and University of Washington, Seattle
1:45-2:15 PM Anatomic Variation of the Sacroiliac Joints— Clinical Significance in the Context of Sacroiliitis Imaging Katharina Ziegeler, MD
Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
2:15-3:15 PM Poster Hall
3:15-4:15 PM Year in Review Runsheng Wang, MD
Columbia University
Lianne Gensler, MD
University of California, San Francisco
Nigil Haroon, MD, PhD, DM, FRCPC
University of Toronto
Chris Ritchlin, MD, MPH
University of Rochester

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