Location

A one-of-a-kind meeting deserves a one-of-a-kind location: Ft. Worth, Texas
Arts, music, shopping, museums, gardens - even the world's largest honky tonk.

The Worthington Renaissance Hotel

The downtown Hotel Worthington is steps from shops, restaurants and events at Sundance Square, Fort Worth Zoo and Billy Bob's Texas. Unwind in recently reimagined hotel rooms and suites - and every accommodation boasts high ceilings, plush bedding, ample desks and Wi-Fi.

Bass Performance Hal

Bass Performance Hall is home to the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Texas Ballet Theater, Fort Worth Opera, and the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition and Cliburn Concerts - just three blocks from Hotel Worthington.

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Downtown Sundance Square

Steps away from Hotel Worthington, Sundance Square spans 35 walkable blocks and offers dozens of options for shopping, dining and entertainment in downtown Fort Worth.

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Fort Worth Stockyards

Once home to cowboys, cattlemen and outlaws, today the Stockyards National Historic District is one of the most popular attractions in Texas. Visitors begin your journey on Exchange Avenue, where the weathered brick streets are lined with historic buildings, restaurants, shops, saloons and other

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Kimbell Art Museum

The Kimbell Art Museum is internationally renowned for its architecture and its collections, which range from antiquity to the 20th century. View important collections of Egyptian and classical antiquities, Asian, Mesoamerican and African art, as well as masterpieces by Fra Angelico, Michelangelo, Caravaggio, Poussin, Monet, Picasso and Matisse.

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Billy Bob's Texas Rodeo

The world's largest honky tonk, Billy Bob's Texas features an indoor rodeo arena for live pro bull riding, an arcade and pool hall, food, drink, live music and a Texas size dance floor.

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Amon Carter Museum of American Art

The Amon Carter Museum of American Art offers free admission and an array of exhibitions and collections that span early nineteenth-century expeditionary art to mid-twentieth century modernism, including masterworks by Frederic Church, Stuart Davis, Arthur Dove, Thomas Eakins, Winslow Homer, Georgia O’Keeffe, and John Singer Sargent.

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Scientific Agenda

Agenda for Friday, March 22, 2019

TIME	PROGRAM
9:00am - 12:00pm	Registration
11:30am - 12:00pm	Box Lunch in Exhibit Hall
12:00–12:15 pm	Welcome & Game Plan
12:15 - 2:15 pm	POD 1: RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
12:15 – 12:45	Insights into Preclinical Rheumatoid Arthritis Michael Holers, MD – Univ. of Colorado, School of Medicine
12:45 – 1:15 pm	The Development and Clinical Application of JAK Inhibition John O’Shea, MD – NIH, NIAMS
1:15 - 1:45 pm	Methotrexate: Who would have predicted its impact in RA? Michael Weinblatt, MD – Brigham and Womens
1:45 - 2:15 pm	Panel Q&A: Rheumatoid Arthritis Faculty
2:15 - 3:00 pm	STEP SESSION - THE HISTORY OF RHEUMATOLOGY
2:15 – 2:30 pm	The History of Steroids Eric Matteson, MD - Mayo Clinic
2:30 –2:45 pm	The History of Fibromyalgia Fred Wolfe, MD – Wichita, KS
2:45 - 3:00 pm	The History of Measuring Targets in Arthritis Theodore Pincus, MD - Rush University
3:00- 3:30 pm	Break in the Exhibit Hall
3:30- 5:30 pm	POD 2: NEW SAFETY DATA
3:30 - 4:00 pm	The Anti-Rheumatic Drug Use During Pregnancy Lisa Sammaritano, MD – Hospital for Special Surgery
4:00 - 4:30 pm	Immune Related Adverse Events with Checkpoint Inhibitors Len Calabrese, DO – Cleveland Clinic
4:30 - 5:00 pm	Infection Prevention and Management with Newer Agents Jack Cush, MD – RheumNow
5:00 – 5:30 pm	Panel Q&A: Safety Faculty
5:30-7:00 pm	RECEPTION – RHEUMNOW LIVE DISTILLED

Agenda for Saturday, March 23, 2019

TIME	PROGRAM
7:00 - 8:00 am	Breakfast in the Exhibit Hall
8:00 –8:45 am	Benchmark Lecture - Drug Costs in America The Bad, The Worse, and The Despicable Madelaine Feldman, MD - New Orleans, LA
8:45 – 9:30 am	STEP SESSION - MASTERS OF THE EU
8:45 – 9:00 am	The Science of Piano Playing and the Art of Medicine Ronald van Vollenhoven, MD – Amsterdam, Netherlands
9:00 – 9:15 am	Inflammation Going Wrong Georg Schett, MD – Ehrlangen, Germany
9:15 - 9:30 am	The Untold Story Behind Bone Marrow Edema Philip Conaghan, MBBS, PhD – Univ. of Leeds, UK
9:30 – 10:00 am	Break in the Exhibit Hall
10:00am–Noon	POD 3: ADVANCING THE SCIENCE OF PSORIATIC DISEASE
10:00–10:30 am	New Data & Evolving Trends in Psoriatic Arthritis Therapy Artie Kavanaugh, MD – Univ. of California San Diego
10:30–11:00 am	Distinguishing Psoriatic and Osteoarthritis Philip Conaghan, MBBS, PhD – Univ. of Leeds, UK
11:00–11:30 am	Psoriasis Update for Rheumatologists Craig Leonardi, MD - St. Louis University Medical School
11:30 am–Noon	Panel Q&A: Psoriatic Faculty
Noon – 1:00 pm	Lunch in the Exhibit Hall
1:00 – 3:00 pm	POD 4: THE LUPUS MAVENS
1:00 – 1:30 pm	New Criteria, Guidelines and Outcomes in Lupus Ken Kalunian, MD - Univ. of California San Diego
1:30 – 2:00 pm	Lupus Therapeutics: Novel Strategies to Improve Outcomes Richard Furie, MD - Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine
2:00 – 2:30 pm	Antiphospholipid Syndromes– Catastrophic or Not Doruk Erkan, MD - Hospital for Special Surgery
2:30 – 3:00 pm	Panel Q&A: Lupus Faculty
3:00 – 3:30 pm	STEP SESSION / FEATURING THE RHEUMNOW LIVE FACULTY
3:00 – 3:15 pm	The Art & Science of Empathy in Rheumatology Len Calabrese, DO – Cleveland Clinic
3:15 - 3:30 pm	The Coach Jack Cush, MD – RheumNow
3:30 – 4:00 pm	Break in the Exhibit Hall
4:00 - 5:30 pm	POD 5: ORTHOPEDICS FOR RHEUMS
4:00 – 4:30 pm	Joint Replacement - Where we've been; where we're going Kenneth B. Mathis, MD - Carrell Clinic
4:30 – 5:00 pm	The Diagnosis of Shoulder Pathology Wayne (Buzz) Burkhead, MD - Carrell Clinic
5:00 – 5:30	Panel Q&A: Orthopedic Faculty
5:30 - 6:00 pm	Free Time
6:00 – 8:30 pm	DINNER RECEPTION TEX-MEX UNDER THE STARS

Agenda for Sunday, March 24, 2019

TIME	PROGRAM
6:30 – 7:30 am	Breakfast in the Exhibit Hall
7:30 – 9:30 am	POD 6 – PROGRESS IN VASCULITIS
7:30 – 8:00 am	Dx, Management & Monitoring of Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis Carol Langford, MD - Cleveland Clinic
8:00 – 8:30 am	Mimics of Vasculitis Philip Seo, MD – Johns Hopkins
8:30 – 9:00 am	Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment of Giant Cell Arteritis Paul Monach, MD - Brigham and Womens
9:00 – 9:30 am	Panel Q&A: Vasculitis Faculty
9:30 – 10:00 am	STEP SESSION - THE DEBUNKERS
9:30 - 9:45 am	The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly of Peer Review and Scientific Publishing Ivan Oransky, MD - Medscape; RetractionWatch.com
9:45 - 10:00 am	How Randomized Clinical Trials Fail Us Theodore Pincus, MD - Rush University
10:00–10:30 am	Break in the Exhibit Hall
10:30–12:30pm	POD 7: SPONDYLITIS MASTER CLASS
10:30–11:00 am	Epidemiology & Genetics of Spondyloarthritis John Reveille, MD – Univ. of Texas at Houston
11:00-11:30 am	The Changing Paradigm in Spondylitis Elaine Husni, MD, MPH - Cleveland Clinic
11:30am–12:00 pm	What’s the Deal with Non-radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis? Eric Ruderman, MD – Northwestern University
12:00 - 12:30 pm	Panel Q&A: Spondylitis Faculty
12:30-1:15 pm	RHEUMNOW LIVE RECAP Artie Kavanaugh, MD - UCSD Jack Cush, MD - RheumNow

Registration

RN LIVE Conference	Standard Registration	Online Registration
Rheumatologist	$250	Free
Rheumatology Fellow	$150	Free
NP/PA/RN/Pharmacist	$150	Free
Other Physician	$250	Free
Spouse/Guest^*	$150	N/A
Exhibit Booth Additional Personnel	$350	N/A
Industry Personnel^#	$350	Free
* Entitles spouse/guest access to breakfasts, Friday reception, Saturday dinner # Not an industry sponsor or exhibitor

Accreditation Information:

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the University of Cincinnati and RheumNow.

The University of Cincinnati is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Physician Credit Designation: The University of Cincinnati designates this live activity for a maximum of 16.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity

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An Event Apart

Location

The Worthington Renaissance Hotel

Bass Performance Hal

Downtown Sundance Square

Fort Worth Stockyards

Kimbell Art Museum

Billy Bob's Texas Rodeo

Amon Carter Museum of American Art

Scientific Agenda

Agenda for Friday, March 22, 2019

Agenda for Saturday, March 23, 2019

Agenda for Sunday, March 24, 2019

RNL Faculty

Jack Cush, MD

Dr. Arthur Kavanaugh

Speakers

Buzz Burkhead, MD

Len Calabrese, MD

Philip Conaghan, MD

Doruk Erkan, MD

Madelaine Feldman, MD FACR

Richard Furie, MD

Michael Holers, MD

Elaine Husni, MD, MPH

Ken Kalunian, MD

Carol Langford, MD

Craig Leonardi, MD

Kenneth B. Mathis, MD

Eric Matteson, MD

Paul Monach, MD

Ivan Oransky, MD

John O’Shea, MD

Theodore Pincus, MD

John Reveille, MD

Eric Ruderman, MD

Lisa Sammaritano, MD

Georg Schett, MD

Philip Seo, MD

Ronald van Vollenhoven, MD

Michael Weinblatt, MD

Fred Wolfe, MD

Registration

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