Multidisciplinary Care for Lupus and Lupus Nephritis (2023)

This meeting has been postponed.  It will be a virtual meeting in Fall 2023.  If you already registered, we will reach out with the new date and time when confirmed.  If you are interested in learning more, please email cgrimble@bu.edu to be added to the mailing list.

 

This symposium will focus on the multidisciplinary care of patients with lupus and lupus nephritis. The program will cover disease pathogenesis, as well as newly available immunosuppressive therapies, and how to best implement these therapies in a multidisciplinary setting. In addittion, small group discussions with clinical scenarios based on real, deidentified patient experiences, with an emphasis on multidisciplinary management for this complex patient population will be included.

  • Presented by the Multidisciplinary Lupus Program at Boston Medical Center
  • This program is supported by an educational grant from Aurinia Pharma U.S.


Keynote Speaker


Samir Parikh, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Nephrology
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

Target Audience

This program is designed for practicing adult and pediatric rheumatologists, nephrologists, dermatologists; fellowship trainees from rheumatology and nephrology departments; dermatology residents; and other healthcare professionals caring for patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and lupus nephritis.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this program, attendees will be able to:

  1. Differentiate the benefits and risks of biologic treatments in patients with lupus and lupus nephritis.
  2. Discuss newly approved therapies for patients with lupus and lupus nephritis in terms of therapeutic target, safety and efficacy data, and place in therapy.
  3. Successfully build a multidisciplinary care plan for patients with lupus and lupus nephritis.
  4. Measure patient related health outcomes in a multidisciplinary care model.
  5. Reduce health care disparities and health inequity in lupus and lupus nephritis patients using a multidisciplinary care approach.
     
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 4.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

    Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

    Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine designates this Enduring activity for a maximum of 4.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 4.00 Participation
    Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Course opens: 
05/19/2023
Course expires: 
10/09/2023

8:30-9:00am

Registration and breakfast

9:00-9:15am

Opening remarks

9:15-9:45am

Reducing healthcare disparities in patients with lupus and lupus nephritis
Speaker: Monica Crespo-Bosque, MD, Boston Medical Center

9:45-10:15am

Multidisciplinary management of patients with lupus nephritis
Speaker: Hanni Menn-Josephy, MD, Boston Medical Center

10:15-10:45am

Approach to the management of cutaneous lupus
Speaker: Christina Lam, MD, Boston Medical Center

10:45-11:00am

Coffee break

11:00-11:30am

Multidisciplinary management of pediatric patients with lupus and lupus nephritis
Speaker: Ankana Daga, MD, Boston Children’s Hospital

11:30am-12:15pm

Keynote: New therapeutic agents in the management of lupus nephritis
Speaker: Samir Parikh, MD, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

12:15-1:15pm

Small group discussions with moderators: patient case scenarios and multidisciplinary management

1:15-1:30pm

Session conclusions and remarks from small group discussions

1:30-2:00pm

Lunch and closing remarks

Zoom
Boston, MA 02118
United States
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Monica Crespo-Bosque, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Section
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Ankana Daga, MD
Instructor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Attending, Division of Nephrology
Boston Children’s Hospital

Christina Lam, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Department of Dermatology
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine 

Hanni Menn-Josephy, MD
Course Director
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine, Renal Section
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Samir Parikh, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Nephrology
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

Michael York, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Section,
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
 

CCE Program Manager: Claire P. Grimble, CMP

In support of improving patient care, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 4.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Available Credit

  • 4.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

    Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

    Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine designates this Enduring activity for a maximum of 4.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 4.00 Participation
    Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
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