Agenda

Thursday, May 8, 2025 All times in Eastern Time
Session 1 – Advances in treatment Moderators – Rula Hajj-Ali, MD, and Carol Langford, MD, MHS
7:45 am	Breakfast & Registration
8:20 am	Welcome & Introductions Rula Hajj-Ali, MD, Symposium Chair
8:30 am	Emergent treatment in small vessel vasculitis Benjamin Terrier, MD, PhD
9:00 am	Emergent treatment in large vessel vasculitis Carol Langford, MD, MHS
9:30 am	EGPA - What can I offer to my patients? Michael Wechsler, MD, MMSc
10:00 am	Question & Answer
10:15 am	Break
10:30 am	Central Nervous System involvement in vasculitis Rula Hajj-Ali, MD
11:00 am	Ask the Masters: Challenging cases in vasculitis Rula Hajj-Ali, MD, Moderator Ruoning Ni, MD, Case presenter All session faculty
11:45 am	Lunch & Non-CME Presentations
Session 2 - The landscape of glucocorticoids in systemic vasculitides: current and future use Moderator - Kinanah Yaseen, MD
12:45 pm	Glucocorticoid use in small vessel vasculitis Benjamin Terrier, MD, PhD
1:05 pm	Glucocorticoid use in large vessel vasculitis Tanaz Kermani, MD
1:25 pm	Question & Answer
1:35 pm	Break
Session 3 - Diagnostic modalities in systemic vasculitides Moderator - Alexandra Villa-Forte, MD
1:45 pm	Large vessel vasculitis imaging Kaitlin Quinn, MD
2:15 pm	Kidney pathology in small vessel vasculitis Leal Herlitz, MD
2:30 pm	Pathology in large vessel vasculitis Carmela Tan, MD
2:45 pm	Eye exam in giant cell arteritis Amy Babiuch, MD
3:00 pm	Question & Answer
3:15 pm	Break
Session 4 – Debates in vasculitis Moderator – Rula Hajj-Ali, MD, and Adam Brown, MD
3:25 pm	Biopsy or imaging in the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis? Tanaz Kermani, MD (pro biopsy) vs. Kinanah Yaseen, MD
3:55 pm	Does plasma exchange have a role in ANCA associated vasculitis? Ali Mehdi, MD vs. Alexandra Villa-Forte, MD
4:25 pm	Should Tocilizumab be used in every patient with giant cell arteritis? Michael Putman, MD vs. Adam Brown, MD
4:55 pm	Question & Answer
5:10 pm	Adjourn
5:10 pm	Reception

Agenda

Thursday, May 8, 2025
All times in Eastern Time

Session 1 – Advances in treatment
Moderators – Rula Hajj-Ali, MD, and Carol Langford, MD, MHS

Session 2 - The landscape of glucocorticoids in systemic vasculitides: current and future use
Moderator - Kinanah Yaseen, MD

Session 3 - Diagnostic modalities in systemic vasculitides
Moderator - Alexandra Villa-Forte, MD

Session 4 – Debates in vasculitis
Moderator – Rula Hajj-Ali, MD, and Adam Brown, MD

Agenda

Thursday, May 8, 2025 All times in Eastern Time

Session 1 – Advances in treatment Moderators – Rula Hajj-Ali, MD, and Carol Langford, MD, MHS

Session 2 - The landscape of glucocorticoids in systemic vasculitides: current and future use Moderator - Kinanah Yaseen, MD

Session 3 - Diagnostic modalities in systemic vasculitides Moderator - Alexandra Villa-Forte, MD

Session 4 – Debates in vasculitis Moderator – Rula Hajj-Ali, MD, and Adam Brown, MD

Thursday, May 8, 2025
All times in Eastern Time

Session 1 – Advances in treatment
Moderators – Rula Hajj-Ali, MD, and Carol Langford, MD, MHS

Session 2 - The landscape of glucocorticoids in systemic vasculitides: current and future use
Moderator - Kinanah Yaseen, MD

Session 3 - Diagnostic modalities in systemic vasculitides
Moderator - Alexandra Villa-Forte, MD

Session 4 – Debates in vasculitis
Moderator – Rula Hajj-Ali, MD, and Adam Brown, MD