Been waiting to change my twitter handle for a while! Im going to be a rheumatologist 🎉❤️🥹 God is Amazing! Im so thankful for my entire squad! I would not be here without you all #Match2023 #RheumTwitter #MedTwitter

Our Division Head, @KristiKuhn, highlighted at the Transforming Healthcare Lecture Series!

Congrats to the #ACR24 Adult Thieves Market winner, Dr. H. Burk Degirmenci, with Mystifying Malaise: A Tale of Joints and Jumbled Thoughts. Dr. Degirmenci is with @The_BMC. And, fun fact, he’s also an #ACRambassador! @degirmenciberk2

Treatment for #Sjogrens Disease 🤞 The TWINSS study 💉Iscalimab [CD40/CD40L] monoclonal Ab which: ✅ Improves disease activity ➡️ Helps fatigue and sicca sx but not pain 💉 Dazodalibep [CD40L antagonist] also reduce symptoms/disease activity #ACR24 #Rheumatology #MedTwitter

MANDARA Trial eGPA #Vasculitis Benralizumab vs Mepolizumab IL-5 Inhibitors Non-inferior to mepolizumab ⁃Better eosinophil suppression ⁃Higher steroid-free remission ⁃FDA approved Sept 2024 #ACR24 #Rheumatology #MedTwitter

So blessed that we have so much representation from @UTRGVSOM at #ACR24! I get so much joy mentoring residents/medical students that are typically not exposed to the field of rheumatology! These amazing humans will be the future of rheumatology! @Diana45120734

And the winner is...Chronic Lyme @YaleMedicine! Congratulations on dominating the #ACR24 #ACRKnowledgeBowl this year. 🏆🤩👏

Impressive Plenary @andreafava just finished Novel urine protein panel id 12 proteins that predict NIH activity on renal bx better than existing options Improving at 3 mos predicts response at 1 year Could reduce biopsies / modulate tx! #ACR24 @RheumNow Abstr#1642 #ACRbest

Subgroup data from SELECT GCA, overall reinforces overall message I was curious to see pts previously treated with TCZ; wonder if that selects for refractory phenotype - seems not to be the case Take home: encouraging data, no subgroup issues #ACR24 @RheumNow Abstr#1695

🗨️ "These results further support the broad efficacy of #upadacitinib 15-mg across the population of patients with GCA," @DrPeterMerkel said Stay tuned for key takeaways from #ACR24 👉 https://t.co/nBIvy0aNog

Can we use MTX+MMF to treat active #TAK rather than CYC? ➡️MTX+MMF vs CYC/AZA over 52W MTX+MMF had: ⬆️Better efficacy in inducing & maintaining remission ❕Comparable safety to CYC/AZA ⏩This combination may prove preferable to using CYC Ab1696 #ACR24 @RheumNow

#ACR24 Recap: Ginette A. Okoye, MD, FAAD, discussed how skin pigmentation can mask signs of rheumatic disease. Read the highlights in ACR Convergence Today → https://t.co/miUwaDKUEO

Different types of pain .. And pain demands to be felt🙁 A great chart discussed in #ACR2024 #ACRambassador

Congratulations to this year’s URiM Convergence Scholars! If you see any of these faces at #ACR24 please give them a welcome! The future of #rheumatology looks bright

I got to introduce baby to all of his @AWIRGROUP Aunties! #ACR24

New therapies for MAS Dr. Kaser #ACR24 #ACRambassador

Mimics of Ssc: 1.Scleromyxedema: waxy papules behind ears, & mid-back (uncommon for SSc) 2.Sclero-edema: doughy induration neck, upper back, prox extremities (DM, MGUS, infxn) 3.EOS Fasciitis- woody induration extremities & trunk (spares hands and feet) with peri EOS #ACR24

Amazing talk by Dr. Okoye on findings in skin of color: 1. Melanin can mask erythema. Using a blue background can help highlight erythema in patients of color 2. Hypopigmentation and depigmentation can be a clue to underlying fibrosis in skin of color #ACR24 #ACRambassador

Prelim Guidelines PsA US 1. US can aid in the dx of PsA In PsO pts with MSK complaints 2. To make early dx of PsA, evaluate patella, quad, Achilles & plantar sites for enthesitis 3. Extracapsular signs of enthesitis, tenosynovitis, & dactylitis support dx of early PsA #ACR24

Prelim Guidance of US in Detection of early RA: 1: MSUS to clinical exam can aid in diagnosis of early RA 2: Synovitis, tenosynovitis, and erosion can aid in the diagnosis of early DA 3. Tenosynovitis may predict the subsequent development of RA #ACR24 #Acrambassador

Three years ago we were anxious residents awaiting match results and now rheum fellows! So amazing catching up with these wonderful humans! So happy for the friendship we have cultivated and will continue to! This is what @ACRheum Convergence is all about! #ACR24