VF New England Health Care Provider Program March 19, 2011

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03/19/2011 - 00:00
03/19/2011 - 11:30
Etc/GMT
What's Happening: 
Conference Location:
Doubletree Guest Suites Hotel
Boston / Waltham
550 Winter Street
Waltham, Massachusetts 02451
781.890.6767  
 
Program:
This half-day program will address diagnosis and management of vasculitis, including recent important changes in the state of the art. Each presentation will provide attendees with a clear understanding of the current standard of care.

Format:  Lectures, panels, question and answer session.

Target Audience:  Rheumatologists, internists, hospitalists, nephrologists, pulmonologists, nurse practitioners, and other health care professionals interested in vasculitis.  

Educational Objectives: 
  • Review diagnosis and management of both large and small-vessel vasculitis.
  • Review new and promising therapies for vasculitis.
Schedule 
 
7:00 am - 7:45 am       Registration and Continental Breakfast
                                               
7:45 am - 8:00 am       Welcome, Overview and Introductions
                                     Gary S. Hoffman, MD, MS
                                     Harold C. Schott Chair Professor of Medicine
                                     Department of Rheumatic and Immunologic
                                     Diseases
                                     Center for Vasculitis Care and Research 
                                     Cleveland Clinic/Lerner College of Medicine
                                               
8:00 am - 8:35 am       Vasculitis Mimics; Opportunities for
                                     Errors
                                     Peter A. Merkel, MD, MPH 
                                     Professor of Medicine, Section of
                                     Rheumatology
                                     Director, Vasculitis Center, Boston University
                                     School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts  
 
8:35 am - 9:10 am        New Directions in Treatment; Now and
                                      for the Future
                                      John H. Stone, MD, MPH
                                      Clinical Director of Rheumatology
                                      Massachusetts General Hospital
                                      Boston, Massachusetts
 
9:10 am - 9:30 am        Morning Break
 
9:30 am - 10:05 am      Avoiding and Treating Kidney Failure
                                      John L. Niles, MD
                                      Nephrology and Internal Medicine
                                      Massachusetts General Hospital
                                      Boston, Massachusetts
 
10:05 am - 10:40 am    Giant Cell Arteritis and Takayasu’s
                                      Arteritis - the same or different?     
                                      Gary S. Hoffman, MD, MS
                                      Harold C. Schott Chair Professor of
                                      Medicine, Department of Rheumatic and
                                      Immunologic Diseases

                                      Center for Vasculitis Care and Research
                                      Cleveland Clinic/Lerner College of Medicine
 

10:40 am - 11:15 am    Question and Answer Panel       

                                      All Faculty

Registration Fees

Registration Deadline: Saturday, March 12, 2011

Physicians:  $100    $125 (Late and onsite)                               
Allied Health Care Professionals:  $75    $85 (Late and onsite)   
*Students/Residents/Fellows:  No Charge       
*Residents/Fellows registration must include written proof of residency (a letter from Program Director) to receive reduced fee. Residents/Fellows please fax letter to the Vasculitis Foundation: 816.436.8211.
 
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