Jessica Visit 1: 35-Year-Old White Female with Persistent Back and Foot Pain

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Faculty Chair

Credit

Axial Spondyloarthritis

Philip Mease, MD
Director
Rheumatology Research
Swedish Medical Center
Clinical Professor
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

Jonathan Kay, MD
Professor of Medicine
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Worcester, Massachusetts

0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

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Carol Visit 1: 44-Year-Old Female with Pain, Swelling, and Stiffness in Her Hands, Feet, and Shoulders

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Rheumatology

Jonathan Kay, MD
Professor of Medicine
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Worcester, Massachusetts

Philip Mease, MD
Director
Rheumatology Research
Swedish Medical Center
Clinical Professor
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

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Visit 1 - A 34-Year-Old Woman With Longstanding Psoriasis and Onset of Stiffness and Foot Pain

Dermatology

Abrar Qureshi, MD, MPH

0.75 AMA
0.75 AANP
0.75 AAPA

Visit 2 - A 34-Year-Old Woman With Newly Diagnosed Psoriatic Arthritis

Rheumatology

M. Elaine Husni, MD, MPH

0.5 AMA
0.5 AANP
0.5 AAPA

Visit 3 - A 34-Year-Old Woman With Newly Diagnosed Psoriatic Arthritis Starting Therapy

Dermatology

Abrar Qureshi, MD, MPH

0.5 AMA
0.5 AANP
0.5 AAPA

The RA Armamentarium: Making Sense of Increasing Treatment Options

Accredited Article in PDF Format

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disorder that affects 1.3 million Americans.1 RA causes chronic joint inflammation and can lead to considerable morbidity, including long-term joint damage, chronic pain, functional decline, and disability.1 Although there is no cure for RA, therapeutic advancements over the past decade have led to improved outcomes, and new therapies currently in development hold promise for even further improvements in disease management. [read more]

2010 Co-Chairs, CORE™
Content Development

Marc D. Cohen, MD
Professor of Medicine
National Jewish Medical and Research Center
Denver, Colorado

Eric M. Ruderman, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Rheumatology
Northwestern University
Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, Illinois

CORE™ Educational Initiative Faculty

Clifton O. Bingham III, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Rheumatology,
Department of Medicine
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland

Carlos J. Lozada, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
University of Miami
Miller School of Medicine
Miami, Florida

Leonard H. Calabrese, DO
Professor of Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Lerner
College of Medicine of
Case Western Reserve University
R.J. Fasenmyer Chair of Clinical Immunology
Theodore F. Classen DO
Chair of Osteopathic Research and Education
Vice Chairman
Department of Rheumatic and
Immunologic Diseases
Cleveland, Ohio

Joseph A. Markenson, MD
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Hospital for Special Surgery
New York, New York

Allan Gibofsky, MD
Professor of Medicine and Public Health
Weill Medical College of
Cornell University
Attending Rheumatologist
Hospital for Special Surgery and the
New York Presbyterian Hospital
New York, New York

Philip J. Mease, MD
Head, Seattle Rheumatology Associates
Chief of Rheumatology Research
Swedish Hospital Medical Center
Clinical Professor of Medicine
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

John A. Goldman, MD
Private Practice
Chief of Rheumatology
St. Joseph’s Hospital
President, Medical Quarters
Atlanta, Georgia

Sergio Schwartzman, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
The Hospital for Special Surgery
New York, New York

Kathryn F. Hobbs, MD
Director, Clinical Trials Unit
Denver Arthritis Clinic
Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine
University of Colorado Denver
School of Medicine
Denver, Colorado

John R. P. Tesser, MD
Rheumatologist
Arizona Arthritis & Rheumatology Associates, P.C.
Arizona Arthritis & Rheumatology Research, PLLC
Clinical Lecturer
University of Arizona College of Medicine
Paradise Valley, Arizona

Jonathan Kay, MD
Director of Clinical Research
Rheumatology Professor of Medicine
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Worcester, Massachusetts

Michael H. Weisman, MD
Director, Division of Rheumatology
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Professor of Medicine
UCLA School of Medicine

Muhammad A. Khan, MD, MACP, FRCP
Professor of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio

Alvin F. Wells, MD, PhD
Director, Rheumatology and
Immunotherapy Center
Oak Creek, Wisconsin
Assistant Clinical Professor
Rosalind Franklin University of
Medicine and Sciences
N. Chicago, Illinois
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina

Joel M. Kremer, MD
“Pfaff Family” Professor and Chair in Medicine
Albany Medical College
Director of Research
The Center for Rheumatology
President and Founder
CORRONA
Albany, New York

Yusuf Yazici, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
New York University School of Medicine
Director, Seligman Center for
Advanced Therapeutics
New York University
Hospital for Joint Diseases
New York, New York

Grant Support

CORE™ is supported by educational grants from Genentech, Inc and Biogen Idec Inc, Bristol Myers Squibb Company, Centocor Ortho Biotech Inc., UCB Inc. and Abbott Laboratories.