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3/13/2018 - Medical Grand Rounds: Rheumatoid Arthritis, from the clinic back to the bench & Immune Relevance of Prevotella copri, a Gut Microbe, in Patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis

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INTRODUCTION

Credit Hours: CME 1.00

Target Audience:

Faculty, residents, fellows, and community physicians in General Internal Medicine and subspecialties.

Educational Objectives:

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

  • Provide overview of major advances in treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.
  • Review the strategies for prevention and early treatment for rheumatoid arthritis
  • Describe the factors associated with poor prognosis, and challenges of treating rheumatoid arthritis

Presentation Topics
Title:  Rheumatoid Arthritis, from the clinic back to the bench
Presenter: Larry Moreland, MD

Title:Immune Relevance of Prevotella copri, a Gut Microbe, in Patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis   
Presenter:  Allan C. Steere, MD

Authors:
Allan C. Steere, MD — Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Director of Translational Research in Rheumatology, Massachusetts General Hospital
No relationships with industry relevant to the content of this educational activity have been disclosed.
Larry Moreland, MD — Margaret Jane Miller Endowed Professor of Arthritis Research Chief, Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology
Dr. Moreland receives research funding from NIH, Genentech, Pfizer, Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, Roche, and Bristol Myers Squibb. Dr. Moreland is a consultant with Pfizer (DSMB) and Boehringer Ingelheim (DSMB).
No other members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Each physician should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

The University of Pittsburgh is an affirmative action, equal opportunity institution.