Penn Rheumatology

Our next #methodology journal club is Wednesday, December 4th at 12:15pm ET! Please note the series has been moved to the 1st Wednesday of each month. To register for all sessions for the remainder of the academic year, register here: bostonu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Can we have some chips?

A very large screen with Alexis Ogdie on it

Spotted in the exhibit hall

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At 2:15 in 143ABC, Nikhil Jiwrajka presenting on Xist deletion in B-cells leading to SLE phenotypes. Again – come for the science, stay for the sure-to-be-killer slides.

Hey, we know this person on TV! Sadly, Rennie Rhee - not in BlueSky.

3:00 - RA is associated with elevated cardiac risk, but we’re still not great at predicting it. Josh Baker with abstract 1724 on a novel cardiovascular risk calculator in RA.

3:00 - How do you manage JAKI’s/IL17i’s for patients getting COVID19 boosters? Hold? Continue? Maybe get some clarity on this from COVER study of holding vs continuing JAKI/IL17i in pts getting COVID19 booster. @Mike George

3:00 - Adding to our information RE: treatment of RA-ILD – Josh Baker and Mike George on abstract 1713, comparing non-TNFI biologic and tsDMARDs in RA-ILD using VA data.

Penn's Sunday 1PM - another busy one:
1:00 slot - Penn author Peter Merkel abstract 1696, comparison of MMF + MTX vs CYC with sequential AZA for Takayasu’s

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Is there an #ACR24 award for best presentation name? My nominee: “Z’s and knees”: association of PRO’s and sleep measures with pain among US veterans with knee OA. Alexis Ogdie, Josh Baker, and Carla Scanzello authors.

Tom Riley, Mike George, Josh Baker on relationship of weight loss, disease activity, and PRO’s in patients with MSK/autoimmune diseases on weight loss tx.

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More Penn Rheum presentations in 3PM slots!
Vaccines in AIRDs time - Alexis Ogdie and Michael George presenting abstract 0844 on efficacy and safety of Shingrix in patients with SLE or MS

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1:00 today is busy for Penn vasculitis!
- Rennie Rhee and Peter Merkel with abstract 0823: RCT of abatacept for treatment of relapsing non-severe GCA
- Peter Merkel on MANDARA trial of efficacy of eo-targeted tx on specific eGPA manifestations

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Josh Baker presenting abstract 0803, looking at serum adipokines and ILD in prospective RA cohort. Metabolomics in RA

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Penn Rheum fellow, Dr. Thomas Riley, presenting his work with Dr. Joshua Baker looking at genetic variation in CRP and its impact on disease activity assessment in VARA. Implications for how we monitor disease!

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Penn's Sat abstracts at 1PM at #ACR24:
Presenting at 1PM: Dr. Nikhil Jiwrajka presenting abstract 0782 identifying sex differences in circulating immune landscape in scleroderma. Come for the science, stay for Dr. Jiwrajka’s masterful powerpoint skills!

Upa with 26 week GC taper superior to placebo with 52 week GC taper in patients with new onset or relapsing GCA. Similar AE profile to placebo.

Penn's chief Peter Merkel presenting not one but 2 plenaries today!
- Efficacy and safety of Upadacitinib in GCA
- With Penn's own Shubhasree Banerjee and Rennie Rhee - TAPIR trial of continuing vs stopping low dose steroids in GPA. #ACR24 @pennmedcso.bsky.social

Anyone interested in hanging out with the inimitable Peter Merkel – catch his Meet The Professor sessions SATURDAY at 7:30 and 11:30!

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Happy #ACR24 to all! Look forward to seeing you all there, and stay tuned for info on Penn Rheum’s presence here!

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Hello BlueSky! This is the official BlueSky account for the Penn Division of Rheumatology. Look forward to sharing pubs, cases, and hopefully Skeetorials (is this what we call them?) down the line!