2008 Annual Scientific Meeting

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Recorded Sessions

The following sessions were recorded at the 2008 Annual Scientific Meeting:

Sunday, October 26, 2008 – Recorded Sessions

Sunday, October 26, 2008
ACR State-of-the-Art	Signal Transduction and Cytokine Balance in Rheumatic Diseases: Implications for Therapy	7:15 AM	8:15 AM
ACR Special Session	Year In Review	7:15 AM	8:30 AM
ACR Medical Aspects of Rheumatic Diseases	Inflammatory Bowel Disease	9:00 AM	10:00 AM
ACR State-of-the-Art	Can Studies of Gene Environmental Interactions Explain Rheumatoid Arthritis Pathogenesis?	9:00 AM	10:00 AM
ACR State-of-the-Art	Treatment of Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis/Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis in the Age of Biologics	9:00 AM	10:00 AM
ARHP General Session I	Keynote Address: The Contemporary Understanding, Evaluation and Management of Pain in Rheumatology Patients	10:00 AM	11:00 AM
ACR Plenary Session I	Plenary Session I: Discovery 2008	11:00 AM	12:30 PM
ARHP Concurrent Session	Beyond Scatter Rugs: Confronting the Complexity of Balance Changes as We Age	11:15 AM	12:15 PM
ARHP Concurrent Session	Rheumatic Disease Update: An Update on the Pathogenesis and Management of Spondylarthritis	11:15 AM	12:15 PM
ARHP Concurrent Session	What's New and Noteworthy in 2008: A Review of Rheumatology Research for Health Professionals	11:15 AM	12:15 PM
ACR Basic Science Symposium	Bench to Bedside: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus	2:30 PM	4:00 PM
ACR Clinical Symposium	The Great Debate: Should Cyclophosphamide be Considered Disease Modifying Therapy for Scleroderma?	2:30 PM	4:00 PM
ACR REF Special Session	REF Marshall J. Schiff, MD, Memorial Lectureship	2:30 PM	4:00 PM
ARHP Concurrent Session	Helping Children Cope with Rheumatic Disease: A Guide for Pediatric Rheumatology Teams	2:30 PM	4:00 PM
ARHP Concurrent Session	What Really Happens to Arthritis Patients after Referral to Work Disability Services and Why You Should Refer More Often	2:30 PM	4:00 PM
ACR Basic Science Symposium	Mechanoreceptors, Biomechanics, and the Joints: From Cell to Patient in Osteoarthritis	4:30 PM	6:00 PM
ACR Clinical Symposium	Treating the Young Athlete	4:30 PM	6:00 PM
ACR Clinical Symposium	Vasculitis: Giant Cell Arteritis	4:30 PM	6:00 PM
ARHP Concurrent Session	Exercise for Fall Prevention	4:30 PM	6:00 PM

Monday, October 27, 2008 – Recorded Sessions

Monday, October 27, 2008
ACR Immunology Updates for Clinicians	Lymphocyte Activation	7:30 AM	8:30 AM
ACR Special Session	Clinicopathologic Conference	7:30 AM	8:30 AM
ACR REF Special Session	REF Oscar S. Gluck, MD, Memorial Lectureship	7:30 AM	8:30 AM
ARHP Concurrent Session	Genetics of Inflammatory Arthritis: A Primer on Genetic Research in Rheumatology	7:45 AM	8:45 AM
ARHP Concurrent Session	Incorporating Quality in Everyday Practice to Prevent Medication Errors	7:45 AM	8:45 AM
ACR Medical Aspects of Rheumatic Diseases	Immunizations in the Immunosuppressed Host	8:45 AM	9:45 AM
ARHP Concurrent Session	Rheumatic Disease Update: What's New in Osteoarthritis?	9:15 AM	10:15 AM
ARHP Concurrent Session	Sex, Rheumatic Disease and Aging: Challenges and Options Across a Lifespan	9:15 AM	10:15 AM
ARHP General Session II	Debate: Providers vs. Pharma: Who is Looking After the Patient?	10:30 AM	12:00 PM
ACR Special Session	Curbside Consults — Ask the Professors	11:00 AM	12:30 PM
ACR Plenary Session II	Plenary Session II: Discovery 2008	11:30 AM	12:30 PM
ACR Practice Issues	Disability 101	12:45 PM	2:15 PM
ACR Special Session	The Future of the Rheumatology Workforce: A Call to Action from the Academic Workforce Study	1:00 PM	2:15 PM
ACR Basic Science Symposium	Matrix Metalloproteinases and ADAMS Proteases: Role in Tissue Remodeling and Cell and Cytokine Activation	2:30 PM	4:00 PM
ACR Clinical Symposium	Challenges in the Management of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus	2:30 PM	4:00 PM
ACR/ARHP Combined Clinical Symposium	Exercise Therapy for Knee Arthritis: Physiologic Rationale, Practical Applications	2:30 PM	4:00 PM
ACR Basic Science Symposium	The Synovium and Synovial Fluid in Osteoarthritis	4:30 PM	6:00 PM
ACR Clinical Symposium	Controversies in Prevention and Management of Hypercoagulable States in Rheumatic Disease Patients	4:30 PM	6:00 PM

Tuesday, October 28, 2008 – Recorded Sessions

Tuesday, October 28, 2008
ACR Medical Aspects of Rheumatic Diseases	Preserving the Beans and Other Points in the Evaluation and Management of Chronic Kidney Disease	7:30 AM	8:30 AM
ACR State-of-the-Art	Targeting of Catabolic and Anabolic Pathways for the Treatment of Osteoporosis in 2008	7:30 AM	8:30 AM
ARHP Concurrent Session	Designing for Translation: Bridging the Gap Between Research and Wide-spread Implementation of Community-based Interventions	7:45 AM	8:45 AM
ARHP Concurrent Session	Rheumatology Nursing: Let's Get Started	7:45 AM	8:45 AM
ACR Immunology Updates for Clinicians	Neutrophils in Rheumatic Diseases	8:45 AM	9:45 AM
ACR State-of-the-Art	Genes and Evolution – Messages for Rheumatologists from the Microbial World	8:45 AM	9:45 AM
ACR REF Special Session	REF Paul Klemperer, MD, Memorial Lectureship	8:45 AM	9:45 AM
ARHP Concurrent Session	Rheumatic Disease Update: Inflammatory Eye Manifestations at Two Extremes of Age	9:15 AM	10:15 AM
ARHP Concurrent Session	Tips and Techniques for the Management of Psychiatric Comorbidities	9:15 AM	10:15 AM
ARHP Concurrent Session	Enhancing Your Practice Through the Use of Health Professionals: Keys to Success	10:45 AM	12:15 PM
ACR Practice Issues	Cost Analysis of Ancillary Services	11:00 AM	12:00 PM
ACR Clinical Symposium	Practical Pharmacotherapy: Special Problems in Special Patient Populations	11:00 AM	12:30 PM
ACR Plenary Session III	Plenary Session III: Discovery 2008	11:00 AM	12:30 PM
ACR Practice Issues	Part-Time Medicine	1:00 PM	2:00 PM
ACR Special Session	Medical Education: Past, Present and Future	1:00 PM	2:00 PM
ACR Concurrent Abstract Session	ACR Business Meeeting and Late Breaking Abstract Presentations	2:00 PM	4:30 PM
ACR Basic Science Symposium	MicroRNA and Immunity	2:30 PM	4:00 PM
ACR Clinical Symposium	Cautionary Tales: Mimics of Arthritis	2:30 PM	4:00 PM
ACR Clinical Symposium	The Big Picture - Balancing Risk and Benefit from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Physician and Patient Perspectives	2:30 PM	4:00 PM
ARHP Concurrent Session	Osteoporosis: 'Fit-to-a-T' and More	2:30 PM	4:00 PM
ARHP Concurrent Session	The A-Z of Rheumatology Infusion Centers	2:30 PM	6:00 PM
ACR Basic Science Symposium	Cell-based Immunotherapy	4:30 PM	6:00 PM
ACR Basic Science Symposium	Epigenetics of Rheumatic Diseases	4:30 PM	6:00 PM
ACR Clinical Symposium	2008 Hench Lecture: Current Therapeutic Concepts in Bone Health	4:30 PM	6:00 PM
ACR Clinical Symposium	When Less is Not More: Immunodeficiency States and the Rheumatologist	4:30 PM	6:00 PM
ACR/ARHP Combined Clinical Symposium	Ethical Aspects of Clinical Care and Research in Children with Pediatric Rheumatic Diseases	4:30 PM	6:00 PM
ARHP Concurrent Session	Body Composition and Disability in Rheumatic Disease	4:30 PM	6:00 PM

Wednesday, October 29, 2008 – Recorded Sessions