Conference Chairs
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
Course Directors
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
Alexa Simon Meara, MD
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology
Wexner Medical Center,
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH
Faculty
Daniel G. Arkfeld, MD
Keck Medicine of USC
Los Angeles, CA
John Botson, MD, RPh, CCD
Orthopedic Physicians Alaska
Anchorage, AK
Willa Hsueh, MD
Wexner Medical Center,
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH
James Louie, MD
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Los Angeles, CA
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Amanda Mixon, PA-C
UCHEALTH - North
Fort Collins, CO
Jeff R. Peterson, MD
Western Washington Medical Group
Everett, WA
Salman Waheeduddin, MD
Aurora Rheumatology
Franklin, WI
Irfan Agha, MD, MRCP (UK)
Dallas Renal Group
Dallas, TX
Anisha B. Dua, MD, MPH
Northwestern Medicine
Chicago, IL
Yael Klionsky, MD
Orthopedic Physicians Alaska
Anchorage, AK
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Arthur M. Mandelin II, MD, PhD, RMSK, RhMSUS
Northwestern Medicine
Chicago, IL
Brittany Panico, DO
Summit Rheumatology
Gilbert, AZ
Pankti Reid, MD, MPH
The University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, IL
Naomi Amudala, MSN, FNP-BC
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Jeannette Stuart Hart, PA-C, MCHS
Kadlec Regional Medical Center and Clinics
Kennewick, Washington
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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David R. Pearson, MD, FAAD
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
Anna Shmagel, MD, MSc
AbbVie
Chicago, IL