Draft Schedule
If you have any questions about the schedule, please let us know. All times are EST (UTC-5).
Wednesday, February 24, 2021
7:00 – 10:00 am | No formal programming Exhibit and Poster Halls Open |
10:00 – 10:45 am | Unaccredited Symposium (followed by Virtual Industry Lounge) |
10:45 – 11:00 am | BREAK |
11:00 – 11:15 am | Welcome Address |
11:15 – 12:00 pm | Dunlop-Dottridge Lecture: Autoinflammatory Diseases, presented by Dr. Dan Kastner |
12:00 – 12:15 pm | Awards of Distinction ![]() |
12:15 – 1:00 pm | Workshop Session #1 |
1A | Rheumatoid Arthritis, Iain McInnes |
1B | Diagnosis and treatment of Giant Cell Arteritis, Philip Seo |
1C | Interstitial Lung Disease/Pulm Hypertension, Deborah Assayag and Marie Hudson |
1D | Growing a Grown-up Brain: Implications for Youth Transiting to Adult Care, Elizabeth Stringer, Alene Toulany |
1E | Transition from Pediatrics to Adult Care: What Does the Adult Rheumatologist Need to Know? Natasha Gakhal, Evelyn Rozenblyum, Danielle McCormack |
1F | Complex Cases in Osteoporosis, Laetitia Michou |
1G | Management of Systemic Sclerosis, Janet Pope |
1H | Reproduction and Rheumatic Disease, Carl Laskin and Dharini Mahendira |
1I | Novel Drugs in Lupus/Sjogren’s Syndrome, Zahi Touma |
1:00 – 1:30 pm | BREAK |
1:30 – 2:15 pm | Unaccredited Symposium (followed by Virtual Industry Lounge) |
2:15 – 2:45 pm | Poster Tours |
2:45 – 3:45 pm | Poster Session |
3:45 – 4:00 pm | BREAK |
4:00 – 4:15 pm | Awards of Distinction ![]() |
4:15 – 5:00 pm | Controversies in Rheumatology |
5:00 pm – onwards | No formal programming Exhibit and Poster Halls Open, On-demand sessions available |
Thursday, February 25, 2021
7:00 – 10:00 am | No formal programming Exhibit and Poster Halls Open, On-demand sessions available |
10:00 – 10:45 am | Unaccredited Symposium (followed by Virtual Industry Lounge) |
10:45 – 11:00 am | Top of the Day Announcements |
11:00 – 12:00 pm | CRA Annual General Meeting |
12:00 – 12:15 pm | BREAK |
12:15 – 1:00 pm | Workshop Session #2 |
2A | Autoinflammatory Diseases, Dan Kastner |
2B | Anti-phospholipid Antibody Syndrome, Leslie Skeith |
2C | Inflammatory Skin Disease, Sheila Au and Jan Dutz |
2D | Neonatal Lupus Erythematosus, Linda Hiraki, Edgar Jaeggi, Evelyne Vinet |
2E | Mental Health with Rheumatic Disease During a Pandemic, Mary Dixon-Bourque |
2F | COVID-19 in Rheumatic Disease, Arielle Mendel, Lihi Eder, Hugues Allard-Chamard, Rae Yeung and Paul Fortin |
2G | Novel Cancer Therapy and Rheumatic Disease, Janet Roberts |
2H | Therapeutic Drug Monitoring in Rheumatology, Ruud Verstegen |
2I | How Do I Fill Out that Disability Form? Beth Hazel, Christiane Azar, Roger Talbot |
1:00 – 1:30 pm | BREAK |
1:30 – 2:15 pm | Unaccredited Symposium (followed by Virtual Industry Lounge) |
2:15 – 2:45 pm | Mysterious Cases/Clinical Pearls |
2:45 – 3:00 pm | Awards of Distinction ![]() |
3:00 – 3:15 pm | BREAK |
3:15 – 4:00 pm | Address by Distinguished Investigator |
4:00 – 4:15 pm | Awards of Distinction ![]() |
4:15 – 5:00 pm | RheumJeopardy |
5:00 pm – onwards | No formal programming Exhibit and Poster Halls Open, On-demand sessions available |
Friday, February 26, 2021
7:00 – 10:00 am | No formal programming Exhibit and Poster Halls Open, On-demand sessions available |
10:00 – 10:45 am | Unaccredited Symposium (followed by Virtual Industry Lounge) |
10:45 – 11:00 am | BREAK |
11:00 – 11:15 am | Top of the Day Announcements |
11:15 – 12:00 pm | State-of-the-Art Lecture: Vaccinations/Infectious Disease, presented by Dr. Michael Libman |
12:00 – 12:15 pm | BREAK |
12:15 – 1:00 pm | Workshop Session #3 |
3A | Vaccinations and Rheumatic Diseases, Michael Libman |
3B | Lupus, Jinoos Yazdany |
3C | Muscle Weakness/Myositis, Helene Alexanderson and Brian Feldman |
3D | Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome Temporally Associated with COVID-19, Marie-Paule Morin and Elie Haddad |
3E | Steering Your Clients Through the Weight Loss Jungle! Kim Arrey, Vincent Bernatchez (AHPA) |
3F | COVID-19 Clinical Features and Treatments, Speaker TBD |
3G | Non-radiographic Axial SpA – Diagnosis and Management, Jonathan Chan |
3H | EGPA Versus Other ANCA Associated Vasculitides: Diagnostic and Treatment Approach, Jan Willem Cohen Tervaert, Elaine Yacyshyn, Mo Osman |
3I | What Can SR&ED Credits Do for You and Your Practice? Janet Pope, Carter Thorne |
1:00 – 1:30 pm | BREAK |
1:30 – 2:15 pm | Unaccredited Symposium (followed by Virtual Industry Lounge) |
2:15 – 2:45 pm | Mysterious Cases/Clinical Pearls |
2:45 – 3:00 pm | Awards of Distinction ![]() |
3:00 – 3:45 pm | Keynote Lecture: Health Care Delivery in Canada, presented by Dr. Danielle Martin |
3:45 – 4:00 pm | BREAK |
4:00 – 4:45 pm | The Great Debate |
4:45 – 5:00 pm | Closing Address |
5:00 pm – onwards | No formal programming Exhibit and Poster Halls Open, On-demand sessions available |