Presentation at Professional Meetings

Published Abstracts of Scientific Presentations:

2008:

Constantinescu F, Goucher S, Weinstein A, Fraenkel L: Understanding why RA treatment preferences differ by race.  Arthritis Rheum 2008; 58: S457 

Chatham W, Furie R, Petri M, Ginzler EM, Wallace DJ, Stohl W, Strand V, Weinstein A, Zhong J, Hough D, Freimuth W, LBSL02/99 Study Group: Belimumab (fully human monoclonal antibody to BLyS) improved or stabilized systemic lupus erythematosus disease activity over 3 years of therapy. Arthritis Rheum 2008; 58: S573

2009:

Petri M, Furie R, Merrill J, Wallace DJ, Ginzler EM, Stohl W, Chatham W, McCune J, Weinstein A, Pineda L, Zhong ZJ, Klein J, Hough D, Freimuth W, LBSL02/99 Study Group: Four-year experience of belimumab, a BlyS-specific inhibitor, in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients.  Arthritis Rheum 2009; 60: S774

Schwartz N, Rubinstein T, Burkly LC, Collins CE, Blanco I, Su L, Hojaili B, Mackay M, Aranow C, Stohl W, Rovin BH, Michaelson JS, Putterman C. Urinary TWEAK as a biomarker of lupus nephritis: a multicenter cohort study. Arthritis and Rheum 2009; 60:10, S499

2010:

Collins CE, Walitt B, Pettinger M, Parks C, Hunt J, Howard BV. Coffee and tea consumption and method of coffee preparation in relation to risk of rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus in postmenopausal women. Ann Rheum Dis 2010; 69[Suppl. 3]:350

Racovan M, Walitt B, Collins CE, Pettinger M, Parks C, Shikany JM, Wactawski-Wende J, Manson J, Moreland L, Wright N, Jackson R, Howard BV. The Effect of Calcium and Vitamin D Supplementation on the Incidence of Rheumatoid Arthritis in the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) Randomized Study. Arthritis and Rheum 2010; 62: 10, S1062

J. Merrill, D.J. Wallace, R. Furie, M. Petri, W. Stohl, W. Chatham, J. McCune, A. Weinstein, J. McKay, Z.J. Zhong, L. Pineda, J. Klein, W. Freimuth, E.M. Ginzler for the LBSL02/99 Study Group: Five-Year Experience with Belimumab, a BLyS-Specific Inhibitor, in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE). Presented at EULAR Meeting, Rome and International Congress on Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Vancouver, June 2010

Stamatina Danielides, Jyoti Gulia, Vrishali Dalvi, Marieta Pehlivanova, Arthur Weinstein: Isolated, persistently low complement C3 levels defines a subgroup of patients with less active Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE). Presented at International Congress on Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Vancouver, June 2010

2011:

Collins CE. Twitter and Rheumatology Based Medical Education: Analysis of the First 100 Followers. Arthritis and Rheum 2011; 63:10, S85

Collins CE. Development of a Novel Interactive Case Based Educational Website In Rheumatology. Arthritis and Rheum 2011; 63:10, S1596 (podium)

Merrill JT, Furie RA, Wallace DJ, Stohl W, Chatham W, Weinstein A, Mckay J, Ginzler EM, Zhong ZJ, Pineda L, Klein J, Freimuth W, Petri M: Sustained disease improvement and safety profile over the 1500 patient-year experience (6 years) with belimumab in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Arthritis Rheum 2011; 63: S222-223

Kalunian KC, Chatham W, Massarotti EM, Harris C, Furie RA, Buyon JP, Chakravarty EF, Somers EC, Chitkara P, Gross RL, Kirou KA, Reyes-Thomas J, Ramsey-Goldman R, Hsieh C, Putterman C, Dervieux T, Weinstein A: The contribution of cell bound complement activation products to the diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus. Arthritis Rheum 2011; 63: S229

Brian Walitt, Rachel Mackey, Lewis Kuller, Kevin D. Deane, William Robinson, V. Michael Holers, Russell Tracey, Yuefang Chang and Larry W. Moreland: Rheumatoid Arthritis Case Validation Strategies in Large Research Databases: The Women’s Health Initiative Experience. American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting; Nov 2011

Jeremy Sokolove, William H. Robinson, Brian Walitt, Kevin D. Deane, Yuefang Chang, Russell Tracy, V. Michael Holers, Lewis Kuller, Larry W. Moreland and Rachel Mackey: Serum Cytokine Levels Predict Mortality Among Postmenopausal Women Reporting Rheumatoid Arthritis. American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting; Nov 2011

Nicole C. Wright, Brian T. Walitt, Jeffery R. Curtis, Mary Pettinger, Christine G. Parks, Anneclaire J. De Roos, Jean Wactawksi-Wende, Rachel Mackey, Rebecca D. Jackson, Michal L. Melamed and Barbara V. Howard: Is Sunlight Exposure and Vitamin D Intake Associated with Rheumatoid Arthritis? American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting; Nov 2011

Frederick Wolfe, Brian Walitt, Robert S. Katz, Yvonne C. Lee, Kaleb D. Michaud, and Winfried Häuser: An 11-Year Longitudinal Study of Pharmacologic Therapy in Fibromyalgia: American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting; Nov 2011

Constantinescu F, Bhatia P, Buckley L, Fraenkel L “Disparities in the Prevention/Treatment of Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis”, Poster Presentation at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting, 11/2011

Qaiyumi, S; Kerr, G; Richards, J; Kindred, C; Whelton, S; Constantinescu, F. Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis in a Diverse Ethnic Cohort, presented at Group for Research Advancement in Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis (GRAPPA) Trainees Symposium adjacent to GRAPPA Annual Meeting; Stockholm, Sweden; 06/ 2012, National Young Rheumatology Investigators Forum adjacent to Clinical Congress of Rheumatology; Destin, FL; 05/2012

Yvonne R. S. Sherrer, Raj G.Nair, Edward L. Treadwell, Angelia D. Mosley-Williams, Asia M. Mubashir, Luis R. Espinoza, Jeffrey Huang, Christopher Swearingen and Yusuf Yazici. Ethnic Minority Rheumatoid Arthritis Consortium: A Clinical Registry of Minority Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis. American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting (2011), Chicago, Illinois

Yvonne R. S. Sherrer, Raj G.Nair, Edward L. Treadwell, Angelia D. Mosley-Williams, Asia M. Mubashir, Luis R. Espinoza, Jeffrey Huang, Christopher Swearingen and Yusuf Yazici. Disease Activity Levels and Treatment Patterns Amongst Ethnic Minority Rheumatoid Arthritis Consortium Patients. American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting (2011), Chicago, Illinois

Invited Presentations:

Arthur Weinstein, MD

• American College of Physicians Board Certification and Recertification Courses - Rheumatology– Arlington, Va – March, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
• Montgomery General Hospital – Lyme Disease – 2008
• Visiting Professor, Mexican College of Rheumatology, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon – Monterrey, Mexico – Lyme Disease – 2008
• Washington VA Hospital - SLE: Translating Pathophysiology into New Therapies - 2009
• Washington Hospital Center – SLE: Translating Pathophysiology into New Therapies – 2009
• Howard University Hospital, Department of Medicine, 4th Annual Rheumatology Symposium – Lyme Disease –2009
• Case Western Reserve University – Lyme Disease – 2009
• Women in Government First Annual Healthcare Summit, Washington DC –SLE – Nov 2010
• University of Arizona Medical Center – SLE Pathogenesis and Therapies 2011- Sept 2011
• Maryland State Legislators, Annapolis, MD – SLE- 2011
• Social Security Administration Compassionate Allowances Outreach Hearing on Autoimmune Diseases – SLE- 2011
• MedStar Health Research Institute Research Retreat – Biologic Therapies for SLE – 2011
• Lupus Foundation of America Symposium, Baltimore – Fibromyalgia and SLE – 2011
• University of Manitoba Medical School, Winnipeg, Canada - Lyme Disease Symposium - Issues in the Diagnosis and Treatment of the Musculoskeletal Features of Lyme Disease - March 2012
• University of Maryland Medical Center - SLE: Translating Pathophysiology into New Therapies - March, 2012
• Medical College of Virginia/VCU - SLE: Translating Pathophysiology into New Therapies- March, 2012
• George Washington University - SLE: Translating Pathophysiology into New Therapies- May, 2012

Brian Walitt MD, MPH 

• Washington Hospital Center Grand Rounds: Song of the Gout - 4/2008
• Compass Fibromyalgia Support Group: Fibromyalgia 201 – 4/2008
• Georgetown University Hospital Grand Rounds: Song of the Gout - 7/2008
• Grand Rounds at National Rehabilitation Hospital: Song of the Gout: 9/2008
• Rheumatology Grand Rounds at Beth Israel Hospital: What is Fibromyalgia?: 6/2009
• Rheumatology Grand Rounds at Georgetown: What is Fibromyalgia?: 9/2009
• Medical Grand Rounds at Washington Hospital Center: What is Fibromyalgia?: 10/2009
• Medical Grand Rounds at George Washington University Hospital: What is Fibromyalgia?: 4/2010
• Howard University Rheumatology Symposium: Perspectives on Fibromyalgia: 4/2010
• GHUCCTS Research Grand Rounds: Development of a Multimodal Fibromyalgia CTR Program – 11/2011
• Georgetown CAM Master’s Program Invitational Lecture Series: Pain Without Cause – 3/2012
• Grand Rounds at Montgomery General Hospital: Pain Without Cause – 3/2012
• Windows into Translational Science at Georgetown University: Fibromyalgia and Local Research Opportunities –5/2012

Christopher Collins MD  

• Washington Hospital Center Grand Rounds: Diet and Rheumatic Disease – 1/2008
• National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association: Arthritis and Rheumatic Disease -4/2008
• Lupus Foundation of America Washington DC Chapter, Annual Symposium: Diet and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus” – 5/2009 and 5/2010
• Lupus Foundation of America Washington DC Chapter, Annual Symposium: Men and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus – 5/2010 and 5/2012
• Washington Hospital Center Grand Rounds: Reforming Medical Education in the United States – 6/2010
• ACR REF Clinician Scholar Educator Advisory Board Meeting, Chicago IL: E-Learning and Medical Education – 3/2011
• 6th Annual Rheumatology Symposium, Howard University, Washington DC: SLE – Are African Americans A Unique Subset? – 4/2011
• Internal Medicine Grand Rounds. Howard University College of Medicine, Washington DC: Diet and Arthritis – 1/2012
• 7th Annual Rheumatology Symposium, Howard University, Washington DC: Diet and Arthritis” – 4/2012
• American College of Physicians, Preparation for Certification – Internal Medicine Board Review Course, Washington DC – Rheumatology - July ‘08, ‘09, ‘10, ’11
• American College of Physicians, Preparation for Re-certification – Internal Medicine Board Review Course, Washington DC – Rheumatology - March ‘08, ‘09, ‘10, ’11, ‘12

Florina Constantinescu, MD

• Medical Grand Rounds at Washington Hospital Center: Muscle Mystery-abnormal CK: 10/2008
• Rheumatology Grand Rounds at Georgetown: Update Glucocorticoid Induced Osteoporosis: 03/2010
• Medical Grand Rounds Washington VA Hospital: Update in Osteoporosis: 06/2010
• Grand Rounds presentation Washington Hospital Center - “Health Disparities in Rheumatic Diseases”- 04/2012

Raj Nair, MD

• Rheumatology Applications of Musculoskeletal Ultrasound. Oral presentation, MedStar NRH Ultrasound Symposium:Applications in Acute and Chronic Pain, 5/2012