Rheumatology For The Royal College

What you need to know about Still’s Disease (formerly Adult Onset Still’s Disease/Systemic JIA) for clinical practice and your board exams. Please help make the show better! Fill out the feedback survey at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd6QbrO0kJDzRE8t4fZPIFw1CA9nTw6Qk3Z1FVmCRpt8EdLSg/viewform?usp=sf\_link

The fundamentals of what you need for patient encounters and your boards. In this episode we’ll exclusively discuss the management of systemic sclerosis. This includes treatment of the skin, esophageal disease, interstitial lung disease, pulmonary arterial hypertension and scleroderma renal crisis. Thank you for taking a couple minutes to do the survey :) Survey link here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd6QbrO0kJDzRE8t4fZPIFw1CA9nTw6Qk3Z1FVmCRpt8EdLSg/viewform?usp=sf_link

The fundamentals of what you need for your patient encounters and board exams. In this episode we’ll discuss a little epidemiology and pathophys, but focus heavily on the clinical presentation and workup. Part 2 will come out soon and focus on the management of systemic sclerosis. Thank you for taking a couple minutes to do the survey :) Survey link here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd6QbrO0kJDzRE8t4fZPIFw1CA9nTw6Qk3Z1FVmCRpt8EdLSg/viewform?usp=sf_link

How to manage gout! During the flare, urate lowering therapy, anti-inflammatory prophylaxis, dietary recommendations, managing gout with chronic kidney disease and lots more. Special shoutout to Cornell’s gout king, Dr. Ted Fields, for teaching us about gout during fellowship. Some of the ideas you’ll hear today, I've learned from him. Lastly, please fill out the short survey! Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd6QbrO0kJDzRE8t4fZPIFw1CA9nTw6Qk3Z1FVmCRpt8EdLSg/viewform?usp=sf_link

We’ll focus on everything you need to know, short of management. This means pathophys, epidemiology, clinical presentation, workup and diagnosis. Quiz Times can be found at: Please do the survey! Link here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd6QbrO0kJDzRE8t4fZPIFw1CA9nTw6Qk3Z1FVmCRpt8EdLSg/viewform?usp=sf_link

What you need to know about the Antiphospholipid Syndrome for your boards and clinical practice. We’ll discuss a little pathophysiology and epidemiology, but mostly focus on the clinical presentation, workup and management, as well as Catastrophic APS (CAPS). Feedback survey link: https://forms.gle/QfoWGAgtcUWWVjyB8

Episode #2 of a 2-part series. Part 2 is all about how to handle specific scenarios and clinical pearls. We delve into methotrexate optimization, what to do when therapy fails, the safety of JAK inhibitors, pregnancy management in RA, DMARDs and malignancy, palindromic rheumatism, perioperative management, biosimilars and more.

Episode #1 of a 2-part series. Part 1 will provide a rundown of the guidelines and the most important drugs in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. Part 2 will be published shortly after.

What you need to know for your boards on how to manage Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Giant Cell Arteritis.

What you need to know for your boards on Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Giant Cell Arteritis: A little epidemiology and pathophysiology, with a particular focus on the clinical presentation and workup (including imaging).

What you need to know for your rheumatology boards (and some!). The treatment landscape of PsA is rapidly evolving, so I placed special emphasis on pharmacologic management in this episode. We also discuss 3 challenging scenarios in the last 9 minutes.

What you need to know for your rheumatology boards (and some) is summarized in the first 55 minutes. There are an additional 20 minutes of high yield material at the end, including lupus nephritis in pregnancy and renal transplant, which I think are important for the exam and clinical practice.

What you need to know for your rheumatology boards: Epidemiology, pathophysiology, presentation, work-up, management, prognosis and of course, quiz time! EGPA gets its own segment in the last 15 minutes of this episode.

What you need to know for your boards: Epidemiology, mechanisms, presentation, work-up, management, prognosis and of course, quiz time! Special thanks to Dr. John Stone for his ongoing help with my IgG4-related questions over the years.

What you need to know for your boards: A little epidemiology and etiology, but a particular focus on the workup (including autoantibody profile) and management of autoimmune myositis.

What you need to know for your boards: The epidemiology, presentation, and a particular focus on diagnosis, work-up and management of osteoporosis.