Congress of Clinical Rheumatology West

Stephen Ziegler, PhD, JD, discusses the challenges cannabis treatment presents as a form of complementary therapy for rheumatic disease.

Stephen Ziegler, PhD, JD, describes the various alternative and complementary treatments available for palliative care and pain management in patients with rheumatic disease.

Stephen Ziegler, PhD, JD, explains pain management and prescribing opioid medications in the wake of Ruan v United States.

Elizabeth Volkmann, MD, MS, explains the current treatment options available for SSc-ILD and how to evaluate and manage this patient population.

Elizabeth Volkmann, MD, MS, discusses systemic sclerosis associated interstitial lung disease and how to evaluate subclinical, clinical, and progressive disease for the best outcome.

Jeffrey Sparks, MD, MMSc, explains how to tailor rheumatoid arthritis treatment for an individual patient’s needs and when to consider switching or intensifying treatment.

Yvonne C. Lee, MD, MMSc, explains the pain mechanisms in rheumatic disease and the promising advancements in pain research.

Susan Goodman, MD, discusses pre and perioperative management of rheumatic disease.

Gail Rodich, MD, discusses what the approval of rituximab, which has approvals for 9 other conditions including rheumatoid arthritis, means for pediatric patients with GPA and MPA.