Multidisciplinary Care for Lupus and Lupus Nephritis (2023)

October 23, 2023

Virtual-Zoom

Please note the new date for this meeting Monday, October 23rd.  It is an all virtual meeting and will be hosted on Zoom.

 

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 and Boston Children’s Hospital
  • 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 both adult and pediatric clinicians, fellowship trainees and residents specializing in rheumatology, nephrology & dermatology and other health care professionals caring for patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and lupus nephritis.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this program, participants 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: 
  • 3.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

    Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine designates this Live activity for a maximum of 3.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 3.50 Participation
Course opens: 
05/19/2023
Course expires: 
12/22/2023
Event starts: 
10/23/2023 - 3:30pm EDT
Event ends: 
10/23/2023 - 7:10pm EDT
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3:30-3:35pm

Opening remarks

3:35-4:00pm

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

4:00-4:25pm

Multidisciplinary management of pediatric patients with lupus and lupus nephritis
Hanni Menn-Josephy, MD

4:25-4:50pm

Approach to the management of cutaneous lupus
Christina Lam, MD

4:50-5:05pm

Break

5:05-5:30pm

Multidisciplinary management of pediatric patients with lupus and lupus nephritis
Ankana Daga, MD

5:30-6:05pm

Keynote: New therapeutic agents in the management of lupus nephritis
Speaker: Samir Parikh, MD

6:05-6:10pm

Breakout instructions and move into breakout rooms

6:10-6:50pm

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

6:50-7:05pm

Session conclusions and remarks from small group discussions

7:05-7:10pm

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 3.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Available Credit

  • 3.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

    Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine designates this Live activity for a maximum of 3.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 3.50 Participation
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