Course Directors
Orrin M. Troum, MD, MACR
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Keck School of Medicine
University of Southern California
Chief of Rheumatology and Director of Rheumatology Clinical Research
Providence St. John's Health Center
Santa Monica, CA
Alvin F. Wells, MD, PhD, FACR, FACP
Director of Rheumatology
American Medical Group, Destin, FL;
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Rheumatology
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
Co-chairs
Parastoo Fazeli, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director,
Rheumatology Fellowship Program
Director, Lupus Clinic
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
Janet E. Pope, MD, MPH, FRCPC
Professor of Medicine
Division of Rheumatology
University of Western Ontario
London, Ontario, Canada
Michael Putman, MD, MSCI
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Associate Fellowship Program Director
Medical Director of the Vasculitis Program
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI
Amanda Sell, PA-C
Aurora Rheumatology
Franklin, WI
Faculty
Irfan Agha, MD, MRCP (UK)
Dallas Renal Group
Dallas, TX
John Botson, MD, RPh, CCD
Orthopedic Physicians Alaska
Anchorage, AK
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Anisha B. Dua, MD, MPH
Northwestern Medicine
Chicago, IL
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Dinesh Khanna, MD, MSc
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
Brian LaMoreaux, MD, MS
Amgen Inc.
Thousand Oaks, CA
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Philip Mease, MD, MACR
Providence Swedish Medical Center
Seattle, WA
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Jeff R. Peterson, MD
Western Washington Medical Group
Everett, WA
Wendy Simmons, PA-C, DFAAPA
Carolina Arthritis Associates
Wilmington, NC
Daniel G. Arkfeld, MD
Keck Medicine of USC
Los Angeles, CA
Michele Cerra, MSN, FNP-BC
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC
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Jeannette Stuart Hart, PA-C, MCHS
PNW Arthritis & Rheumatology
Richland, WA
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Saakshi Khattri, MD
Mount Sinai
New York, NY
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James Louie, MD
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Los Angeles, CA
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Brittany Panico, DO
Summit Rheumatology
Gilbert, AZ
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Pankti Reid, MD, MPH
The University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, IL
Erin L. Arnold, MD FACR
Arnold Arthritis and Rheumatology
Skokie, IL​​​
Leonard Calabrese, DO
Cleveland Clinic
Lerner College of Medicine of
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH
Willa Hsueh, MD
Wexner Medical Center,
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH
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Yael Klionsky, MD
Orthopedic Physicians Alaska
Anchorage, AK
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Arthur M. Mandelin II, MD, PhD, RMSK, RhMSUS
Northwestern Medicine
Chicago, IL
David R. Pearson, MD, FAAD
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN​
Anna Shmagel, MD, MSc
AbbVie
Chicago, IL
Live Demo Speakers
Aaron Hersh
General Manager, North America
MetaOptima Technology Inc.
Anum Rehman
Senior AI Specialist
Microsoft