Annual Scientific Lecture - April 27, 2010
Guest Speaker

Frederick S. Kaplan, M.D.,
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Isaac & Rose Nassau Professor of Orthopaedic Molecular Medicine
"Why Do Some People Form Two Skeletons?"

Goals and Objectives:
1) develop an understanding of the Lessons of Rare Diseases and how they can help us better understand common diseases
2) Develop a Diagnostic Rationale for Bdibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva
3) Share the excitement and aventure of medical research

Robert Eisenberg, MD, a Past President of our Society
as he shares with the audience the academic accomplishments of
our Distinguished Guest Speaker - Frederick S. Kaplan, MD

Scenes from the program

(l-r) Stephanie Flagg, MD, PhD, President-Elect,
Joan VonFeldt, MD, Program Chair

Two Distinguished Past Presidents enjoying the evening
Bruce Hoffman, MD, and
Sharon Kolasinski, MD

Our Distinguished Guest Speaker, Frederick S. Kaplan, MD
with a Past President, Michele Meltzer, MD

(l-r) Mithili Seetharaman, MD, and
Dana Jacobs-Kosmin, MD

(l-r-standing) Jennifer Sloane, MD, Member of our Board of Directors as she enjoys
the evening with some Temple Fellows
Gaetana Zizzo, MD
(l-r-seated) Pamela Traisak, MD, and
Lizeth Romero, MD

Clinical Pathologic Conference - Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
Scenes from the program

(l-r) Lawrence Brent, MD, Vice President
Philip Cohen, MD, President
Bruce Hoffman, MD, a Past President, and
Presenter for Case #1
"A 49 Year Old Male Emigre from Kiev"
James Udell, MD, Program Chair-Elect, and
Presenter for Case #2
"A 54 Year Old Male of Irish County Cork Decent"

(l-r) Stephanie Flagg, MD, PhD, President-Elect
Bruce Hoffman, MD, and
Fred D. Finkelman, MD, Guest - The Cleveland Clinic

Michael Schuster, MD,
University of Pennsylvania Health Systems
Discussant for - Case #1
"A 49 Year Old Male Emigre from Kiev"

Steffan Schulz, MD,
University of Pennsylvania Health Systems
Discussant for - Case #2 -
"A 54 Year Old Male of Irish County Cork Decent"

(l-r) William Chun, MD, Hahnemann Fellow, and
Ramesh Pappu, MD, Hahnemann University Hospital

Annual Winter Lecture
Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Our two Guest Speakers were

Elliot Rosenstein, MD, FACR, FACP
Associate Clinical Professor (Clinical Immunology)
Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
"The Efficacy and Safety of Inhibiting IL-6 in the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis:
The Potential Role of Tocilizumab"

and

Raymond Malamet, MD, FACR
Associate Group Medical Director-Actemra, US Medical Affairs, Genentech
"Biology of IL-6"

Goals and Objectives:
(1) Describe the role of IL-6 in the cytokine network associated with rheumatoid arthritis pathogenesis
(2) Explain how IL-6 contributes to cardiovascular disease, anemia of chronic disease and other extra-articular
manifestations of RA
(3) Discuss the efficacy and safety of tocilizumab demonstrated in pre-approval clinical trials conducted in early and later RA
(4) Explore the challenges associated witht he use of the first direct IL-6 inhibitor for treatment of RA

Scenes from our program

(l-r) Alan Epstein, MD, FACR a Past President of our Society, and
our two Guest Speakers,
Elliot Rosenstein, MD, FACR, FACP and
Raymond Malamet, MD, FACR



(center) James Udell, MD, FACR (Board of Directors Program Chair-Elect), flanked by
Drs. Rosenstein and Malamet
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The Board of Directors acknowledges a grant from
Genentech (A Roche Group) for their support of this program.
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October 13, 2009

Fifty Ninth Pemberton Lecture

N. Lawrence Edwards, MD,
Professor and Program Director,
Vice Chairman, Department of Medicine,
University of Florida
"New Gout Drugs:Where They Fit Into The Picture"

Goals and Objectives:
1) review standard therapeutic approaches to uric acid lowering therapies
2) discuss deficiencies of old approach
3) add new treatment paradigm using newly available drugs

Scenes from the Lecture

Kendra Zuckerman, MD, Immediate Past President
presenting the Gavel of Office to
Philip L. Cohen, MD, President of the Society

Philip L. Cohen, MD, President
as he presents The Pemberton Award to
N. Lawrence Edwards, MD, Guest Speaker

(l-r) Bruce I. Hoffman, MD, a Past President of the Society
and
Mark Fisher, MD
as they listen intently to Dr. Edwards' presentation

Arthur S. Huppert, MD, as he listens to a response from Dr. Edwards
to a question he raised after the lecture.

(l-r) Kendra Zuckerman, MD, Immediate Past President,
Robert A. Eisenberg, MD, a Past President,
Michael A. Maldonado, MD, and Oscar Irigoyen, MD
intently listening as Dr. Edwards is discussing new therapies in the treatment of gout.

Donald S. Miller, MD addressed the audience indicating Dr. Edwards's lecture
was video taped and will be available on the website.

Annual Scientific Lecture
Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Guest Speaker
VICTORIA WERTH, M.D.
Professor of Dermatology
University of Pennsylvania

"Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus:
A Current Update"

Goals and Objectives:

- To more effectively comprehend recent developments in recognizing the pathophysiology of cutaneous lupus

-To recognize variants of cutaneous lupus

Case #1 - "A 79 year old man with Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage"
Discussant - Wen Xiong, M.D.


Presenter - Jennifer Sloan, M.D.

Case #2 - "Woman with a painful rash and Arthralgias"

Arielle Silver, M.D. - Discussant

The Annual Winter Lecture
Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Iain McInnes, M.D., F.R.C.P.
Professor of Experimental Medicine,
University of Glasgow
Glasgow Royal Infirmary
Scenes from the Annual Winter Lecture

Iain B. McInnes, FRCP, PHD, FRSE
International Guest Speaker
as he is presenting his lecture

Dr. McInnes and President Kendra Zuckerman, MD

Philip Cohen, MD, President-Elect and
Dr. McInnes

(l-r) Patrick Lynch, Inflammation Sales Specialist, UCB, Inc.
Carla Donato, PharmD, Inflammation Sales Specialist, UCB, Inc.
Dr. McInnes
Gregory Springer, RN/MBA, Inflammation Sales Specialist, UCB, Inc.

Tuesday, October 14, 2008
The 58th Pemberton Lecture

Robert D. Inman, MD,
Professor of Medicine and Immunology, University of Toronto
"Host: microbial interactions in spondyloarthritis"
Scenes from the Pemberton Lecture

Nora Sandorfi, MD,
Immediate Past President as she addresses the audience

Kendra Zuckerman, MD, President
accepting the gavel of office from
Nora Sandorfi, MD

Philip Cohen, MD, Vice President
as he introduces
Guest Speaker - Robert Davies Inman, MD

Robert Anderson, MD
Enjoying the evening

Bonnie Dorwart, MD,
a Civil War Medicine Historian
As she awaits the lecture

(l-r) Donald Goldsmith, MD and Donald Miller, MD
Enjoying the reception

Chang Hee Suh, MD, PhD, a guest from Korea and
Philip Cohen, MD, Vice President

Oscar Irigoyen, MD, one our our newest members
with his sponsor Michelle Meltzer, MD a
Past President of our Society

Philip Cohen, MD, Vice President with another new member
Jennifer E. Sloane, MD

Sally Pullman-Mooar, MD and
Lauren Burke-Tassone, District Manager
Genzyme (maker of Synvisc)

President Kendra Zuckerman, MD as she presents
The Pemberton Award to
Robert Davies Inman, MD

May 6, 2008
Top of the Tower (50th floor)
1717 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Annual Scientific Lecture

Joan Marie VonFeldt, MD, FACR
Associate Professor of Medicine,
University of Pennsylvania
"Premature ASCVD in the Rheumatic Diseases:
Should Rheumatologists Manage Cardiovascular MSK?

Scenes from the Annual Scientific Lecture

Leigh Ecker and Jill Fox
our wonderful friends from
ABBOTT IMMUNOLOGY
and Frank Passero, MD

Lee Chen, MD and
Adrienne Hollander, MD, (Program Chair)

Ramesh Pappu, MD and
Larry Brent, MD, Secretary-Treasurer

Joan VonFeldt, MD, - Our Guest Speaker
for our
Annual Scientific Lecture

Clinical Pathologic Conference
March 4, 2008
Scenes from the Conference

Alejandra Rodriguez-Paez, MD,
Rheumatology Fellow - Albert Einstein Medical Center
discussed
"A 57-year old African American Female with Skin Lesions"

Kerry Stone, M.D.
Rheumatologist in Private Practice - Rheumatology Associates
presented
"A 62- Year Old South Asian Female with Fever and Left Leg Pain"

(l-r) Patrick Cronin, D.O., and
Alan Epstein, M.D., A Past President of our Society

(l-r) Bruce Hoffman, M.D., Immediate Past President, and
Philip Cohen, M.D., Secretary-Treasurer

Kendra Zuckerman, M.D., President-Elect and
Larry Brent, M.D., Program Chair

Our Friends at Genzyme (Makers of Synvisc)
(l-r) Wendy Lo and Lauren Burke-Tassone