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Knowles Lecture
Register for the 45th Annual Knowles Lecture
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 - 6:00-8:30 p.m.
Mission Bay Conference Center, San Francisco
Inflammatory Immune Responses in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Atherosclerosis
Keynote Speaker
Cornelia Weyand, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Immunology & Rheumatology
Stanford University School of Medicine
Dr. Cornelia Weyand is a Professor of Medicine, Immunology and Rheumatology, at Stanford University School of Medicine. Before coming to Stanford in 2009, Dr. Weyand held the David C. Lowance Chair in Medicine and directed the Lowance Center for Human Immunology and Rheumatology at Emory University in Atlanta. From 2000-2004, she was the Barbara Woodward Lips Professor of Medicine and Immunology at Mayo Medical and Graduate School in Rochester, MN. Since the early 1990s, she has led a research team investigating the role of the immune system in chronic inflammatory and autoimmune disease. Dr. Weyand has had a special interest in immune responses that initiate and sustain tissue damage in rheumatoid arthritis, atherosclerosis and large vessel vasculitis. She has been honored with numerous national and international awards.
Lecture Focus: Patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases are well known to have an increased risk of cardiovascular complications especially coronary artery disease (CAD). There are parallels in the pathogenesis of both CAD and rheumatoid arthritis, which may explain this increased risk. Dr. Cornelia Weyand has been in the forefront of research on this issue.
Lecture Overview: Dr. Weyand will discuss
Lecture Objectives: Upon completion of this course, participants should have improved skills and strategies to competently:
- Become aware of the increased risk of CAD in this patient group regardless of patient age or other CAD risk factors.
- Develop a reasonable patient surveillance system for CAD and other vascular events.
- Apply the knowledge to patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases to include life style changes, appropriate use of DMARD, biologic, and immunosuppresive agents as well as lipid lowering drugs with the goal to improve CAD and vascular event outcomes.
- Stimulate physicians managing these patients to enter them into research programs and protocols that improve knowledge and assess outcomes.
ACCME’s Standards for Commercial Support/Conflicts of Interest: Dr. Weyand has disclosed NO personal financial relationships.
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the essential areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine (UCSF) and the Arthritis Foundation, Northern California Chapter. UCSF is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
UCSF designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The 2011 Knowles Lecture will be held at:
Mission Bay Conference Center at UCSF
1675 Owens Avenue, Fisher Banquet Room
San Francisco
Reception 6:00-6:45 pm, Dinner and Lecture 6:45-8:30 pm
Pre-paid reservations are required.
Reception, dinner and lecture $100 per person + $25 additional fee for CME credit
Make your reservations by Tuesday, April 26, 2011
(sorry, no refunds after May 4)
Call 800-464-6240 with questions.
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