Last month’s 32nd Annual Rheumatology Symposium covered the topic of bone health for the rheumatologist. Directed by Bharat Kumar, MD, MME, and Petar Lenert, MD, PhD, both faculty in the Division of Immunology, this year’s focus was intended to provide clinicians fresh knowledge in how best to maintain the bone health of their rheumtaology patients with other rhuematologic conditions. Ermei Yao, PA-C, and Benjamin Davis, MD, PhD, were also on this year’s planning committee.

Presentations 

Bone Preserving Therapy Beyond Bisphosphonates
Christina Downey, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Rheumatology, Loma Linda University Health

Osteomyelitis Mimics
Katie Schultz, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Secondary Causes of Osteoporosis
Christina Downey, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Rheumatology, Loma Linda University Health

Glucocorticoid-induced Osteoporosis
Elizabeth Bowen, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine-Endocrinology and Metabolism

Thieves Market
Jennifer Strouse, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Lemon Ni, MD, Fellow, Department of Internal Medicine-Immunology
Ayesha Iftekhar, MBBS, Fellow, Department of Internal Medicine-Immunology
Erin Sternhagen, MD, Resident, Department of Internal Medicine

Sterile Osteomyelitis
Aleks Lenert, MD, MS, Clinical Associate Professor of Internal Medicine-Immunology
Polly Ferguson, MD, Professor of Pediatrics-Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology
Shima Yasin, MD, MSc, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics-Rheumatology

Rural Health Disparities
Bharat Kumar, MD, MME, FACP, RhMSUS, Clinical Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine-Immunology

Opioids in Rheumatology
Gerard Clancy, MD, Professor of Psychiatry and Emergency Medicine

Immunomodulators and Cancer Risk
Namrata Singh, MD, MSCI, FACP, Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, University of Washington