2025 NCRA Conference Agenda

Networking, learning and more in store.

Toggle the menu below to read about what each day has in store.

4:00pm – 7:00pm

Registration

Exhibit Hall Set-Up

7:00am – 7:45am

Breakfast in Exhibit Hall

7:45am – 8:00am

Welcome

A. Silvia Ross, MD

8:00am – 8:45am

Practical Dermatology for Rheumatologists (.75 credit hour)

Robert G Micheletti, MD

8:45am – 9:30am

Transition of Care Concerns in JIA: How They Never Lose Their ‘J’ (.75 credit hour)

Rebecca Sadun, MD, PhD

9:30am – 10:00am

CSRO and NCRA 2025 Federal and State Advocacy Update (.5 credit hour)

Firas Kassab, MD FACR

10:00am – 10:30am

Break

10:30am – 11:15am

Cognitive Bias (.75 credit hour)

Liana, Fraenkel, MD, MPH

11:15am – 12:00

Interactive Knowledge Session (.75 credit hour)

Additional information available below

12:00pm – 1:00pm

Lunch

1:00pm – 1:45pm

The Eyes Have It: Ocular Manifestations in Rheumatic Disease (.75 credit hour)

George R. Mount, MD, MHPE

1:45pm – 2:30pm

Psoriatic Arthritis: Are you managing your patient effectively? (.75 credit hour)

Elaine Husni, MD

2:30pm – 3:00pm

Break

3:00pm – 3:30pm

Business Meeting

3:30pm – 4:15pm

Update in Vasculitis (.75 credit hour)

Philip Seo, MD, MHS

4:15pm – 5:00pm

Interactive Knowledge Session (.75 credit hour)

Additional information below

5:00pm – 6:00pm

Reception & Posters

7:00am – 7:45am

Breakfast in Exhibit Hall

7:45am – 8:00am

Welcome

A. Silvia Ross, MD

8:00am – 8:45am

Year in Review (.75 credit hour)

Philip Seo, MD, MHS

8:45am – 9:30am

Comprehensive Management of Obesity and Effects on Rheumatic Diseases (.75 credit hour)

William Yancy, MD MHS FTOS

9:30am – 10:30am

Fellows Case Presentations (1 credit hour)

10:30am – 11:00am

Break

11:00am – 11:45am

Cardiovascular Disease in Patients with Rheumatologist Diseases (.75 credit hour)

Rekha Mankad, MD

11:45am – 12:30pm

Axial Spondyloarthritis Therapy: Biomarkers, Biologics, and Beyond (.75 credit hour)

Elaine Husni, MD

MEMBERSHIP

Join NCRA for exclusive access to the state's leading educational resources, programs, and events

ABOUT NCRA

Engage with a member-owned organization committed to the science and practice of rheumatology

FIND A RHEUMATOLOGIST

Location rheumatology professionals near you and connect with your colleagues

CORPORATE MEMBER RECOGNITION

Our mission and annual conference are made possible with support from these corporate members.