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Abstract Number: 0474 • ACR Convergence 2020
Assessment of Teaching Behavior and Knowledge Among Faculty to Inform an Active Teaching Intervention Within a Rheumatology Fellowship Curriculum
Stefanie Wade¹, Vasileios Kyttaris¹, Jason Freed² and Jonathan Hausmann³, ¹Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center / Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³Boston Children's Hospital / Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Cambridge, MA
Background/Purpose: The science of learning has provided us with evidence-based tools to enhance learning. Studies show that greater learning occurs in interactive workshops that tackle…
Abstract Number: 0475 • ACR Convergence 2020
To Attend or Note to Attend; The Medical Student’s Dilemma
Benjamin Widener¹, Amy Cannella¹ and Sarah McBrien¹, ¹University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: We present a comparison of student’s outcomes with remote video-based learning versus lecture attendance in pre-clinical medical students during a musculoskeletal curriculum, thus allowing…
Abstract Number: 0476 • ACR Convergence 2020
Using Consensus Building to Guide Rheumatology Curriculum Development for Internal Medicine Residents
Sarah Goglin¹ and Jennifer Babik², ¹University of California San Francisco, Burlingame, CA, ²University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: In spite of the increasing burden of rheumatic diseases in the United States, many patients have limited access to rheumatologists. As a result, internists…
Abstract Number: 0477 • ACR Convergence 2020
Rheumatology Fellowship Program Directors in the United States: Analysis of Demographics, Educational and Scholarly Achievements
Aakanksha Khanna¹, Dawid Czarny², Vibhor Wadhwa³ and Alysia Kwiatkowski⁴, ¹Department of Medicine, University at Buffalo, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY, ²University at Buffalo, Amherst, NY, ³Department of Radiology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, ⁴State University of New York at Buffalo, Clarence, NY
Background/Purpose: Rheumatology program directors (PDs) play a vital role in developing, improving and overseeing the fellowship programs. Although PDs have an important role to play…
Abstract Number: 0478 • ACR Convergence 2020
Increasing Awareness of Advocacy During Early Career – a Web-Based Educational Program
Sirisha Gokaraju¹, Angus Worthing², Katherine Maher³, Grace Wright⁴ and Gail Kerr⁵, ¹Georgetown University hospital, Bethesda, MD, ²Arthritis & Rheumatism Associates, PC, Washington, DC, ³Arthritis & Rheumatism Associates, PC, Alexandria, VA, ⁴Association of Women in Rheumatology, New York, NY, ⁵Washington DC VA Medical Center, Washington, DC
Background/Purpose: In 2015, the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) began Advocacy 101 in person-education for Fellows in Training (FIT) and physicians to encourage participation in…
Abstract Number: 0479 • ACR Convergence 2020
Early DAS Response After DMARD-start Increases Probability of Achieving Sustained DMARD-free Remission in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Marloes Verstappen¹, Ellis Niemantsverdriet², Xanthe Matthijssen², Saskia le Cessie² and Annette van der Helm - van Mil³, ¹Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands, ²Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Leiden University Medical Center, Erasmus Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Sustained DMARD-free remission (SDFR) is increasingly achievable. The pathogenesis underlying SDFR-development is unknown and patient-characteristics at diagnosis poorly explain whether SDFR will be achieved.…
Abstract Number: 0480 • ACR Convergence 2020
Impact of Targeting Remission or Low Disease Activity on 10-year Severity in Rheumatoid Arthritis : Data from ESPOIR Cohort
Julia Dupont¹, Gregory Guernec², Yannick Degboé³, Frédéric Lioté⁴, Olivier Vittecoq⁵, Arnaud Constantin⁶ and Adeline Ruyssen Witrand⁷, ¹University Hospital of Thoulouse, Toulouse, ²Inserm UMR 1027, TOULOUSE CEDEX 9, France, ³University Hospital of Toulouse, Toulouse, ⁴AP-HP, Paris, France, ⁵University Hospital of Rouen, Rouen, France, ⁶Rheumatology Department, Toulouse University Hospital, Toulouse, France, ⁷Rheumatology center, University Hospital of Toulouse, Inserm 1027, University Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France, Toulouse, France
Background/Purpose: The aim of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treatment is to target remission or at least low disease activity (LDA). We previously showed that SDAI remission…
Abstract Number: 0481 • ACR Convergence 2020
Subclinical Synovitis in Arthralgia: How Often Does It Result in Clinical Arthritis? A Longitudinal Study to Reflect on Starting Points for DMARD Treatment
Cleo Rogier¹, Fenne Wouters², Laurette van Boheemen³, Dirkjan van Schaardenburg⁴, Pascal de Jong¹ and Annette van der Helm - van Mil⁵, ¹Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ²Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center | Reade, Amste, Netherlands, ⁴Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center | Reade and Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁵Leiden University Medical Center, Erasmus Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: According to guidelines, clinical arthritis is mandatory for diagnosing rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, in the absence of clinical synovitis, imaging-detected subclinical synovitis is increasingly…
Abstract Number: 0482 • ACR Convergence 2020
Differential Influence of CDAI Components Based on Disease State in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: Real World Results from a Rheumatoid Arthritis Cohort
Edward C Keystone¹, Mohammad Movahedi², Angela Cesta³, Claire Bombardier⁴, John Sampalis⁵ and Emmanouil Rampakakis⁵, ¹Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Institute for Work and Health, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵JSS Medical Research, St-Laurent, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Treat-to-target recommendations for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) dictate that remission or low disease activity should be aimed. Although numerous composite indices are available, the clinical…
Abstract Number: 0483 • ACR Convergence 2020
Can a Clinical Disease Activity Index Based on Patient-Reported Joint Counts (PT-CDAI) Be Used to Inform Target-Based Care in Telemedicine? An Analysis of 2 Early RA Cohort Studies
Caroline Benson¹, Marie-France Valois², Orit Schieir³, Gregory Vitone¹, Aidan Tirpack¹, Michelle Jones⁴, Louis Bessette⁵, Gilles Boire⁶, Glen Hazlewood⁷, Carol Hitchon⁸, Edward C Keystone⁹, Janet Pope¹⁰, Carter Thorne¹¹, Susan Bartlett², Clifton Bingham III¹², Vivian Bykerk¹ and Canadian Early Arthritis Cohort (CATCH) Investigators¹³, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²McGill University, Montreal, Canada, ³Canadian Early Arthritis Cohort Study, Montreal, Canada, ⁴Johns Hopkins Arthritis Center, Baltimore, MD, ⁵Laval University, Quebec, Canada, ⁶Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Canada, ⁷University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁸University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ⁹Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹⁰Department of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, St. Joseph's Health Centre, London, ON, Canada, ¹¹Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, ON, Canada, ¹²Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ¹³Canadian Early Arthritis Cohort (CATCH) Study, Toronto, Canada
Background/Purpose: COVID-19 mitigation strategies have forced rheumatologists to shift from in-person clinical visits to telemedicine, limiting their ability to carry out complete joint exams needed…
Abstract Number: 0484 • ACR Convergence 2020
Relationship Between Paraoxonase-1 Genotype, Activity, and Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Receiving Tofacitinib
Christina Charles-Schoeman¹, Craig Hyde², Shunjie Guan³, Neil Parikh¹, Jennifer Wang¹, Ani Shahbazian¹, Lori Stockert⁴ and John Andrews⁴, ¹University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ²Pfizer Inc, Groton, CT, ³Pfizer Inc, Cambridge, MA, ⁴Pfizer Inc, Collegeville, PA
Background/Purpose: Paraoxonase 1 (PON1) is a high-density lipoprotein (HDL)‑associated enzyme with paraoxonase, lactonase, and arylesterase activities. PON1 contributes to the antioxidant properties of HDL, and…
Abstract Number: 0485 • ACR Convergence 2020
Non-obese Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients with Low Low-density Lipoprotein Have Higher Coronary Atherosclerosis Burden, Greater Plaque Progression and Cardiovascular Event Risk
George Karpouzas¹, Sarah Ormseth¹, Elizabeth Hernandez¹ and Matthew Budoff¹, ¹Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and the Lundquist Institute, Torrance, CA
Background/Purpose: RA patients with low body weight incur higher mortality than obese patients. Paradoxically, RA patients in the lowest low-density lipoprotein group (LDL < 70…
Abstract Number: 0486 • ACR Convergence 2020
Differences in Low-density Lipoprotein (LDL) Particle Composition and Oxidation May Underlie the Paradoxical Association of Low LDL with Higher Coronary Atherosclerosis Burden in Rheumatoid Arthritis
George Karpouzas¹, Sarah Ormseth¹, Elizabeth Hernandez¹ and Matthew Budoff¹, ¹Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and the Lundquist Institute, Torrance, CA
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients in the lowest LDL group (< 70mg/dl) experience unexpectedly high cardiovascular risk. We first explored whether this group (Group 1)…
Abstract Number: 0487 • ACR Convergence 2020
Association Between an Extended Lifestyle Score and Adverse Health-related Outcomes in People with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Study of 5295 UK Biobank Participants
Jordan Canning¹, Stefan Siebert², Bhautesh Jani¹, Frances Mair¹ and Barbara Nicholl¹, ¹University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, ²University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disorder characterised by inflammation of the synovial joints. Traditional lifestyle factors, such as smoking and poor diet,…
Abstract Number: 0488 • ACR Convergence 2020
Incidence of Dementia in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Association with DMARDs – Analysis of a National Claims Database
Sebastian Sattui¹, Iris Navarro-Millan², Fenglong Xie³, Mangala Rajan², Huifeng Yun⁴ and Jeffrey R Curtis⁴, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, ³University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: There is growing interest regarding the role of neuroinflammation in the development of dementia and the potential role for anti-inflammatory therapy, including TNF-inhibitors (TNFi),…

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