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Trainee Abstracts

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    2020 Abstracts

    Oral Presentation

    Name: Adam Berlinberg
    Academic or Practice Affiliation: University of Colorado
    Co-Author Name(s): Adam Lefferts, Emilie Regner, MD, Andrew Stahly, Kristine Kuhn, MD, PhD

    Title: Metabolic Regulation of Type 3 Innate Lymphoid Cells by Intestinal Bacteria-Derived Indoles in Ankylosing Spondylitis


    Oral Presentation
    Name: Paras Karmacharya
    Academic or Practice Affiliation: Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN
    Co-Author Name(s): Cynthia S. Crowson, PhD1, 2, Delamo Bekele, MBBS1, Sara J. Achenbach2, John M. Davis III, MD, MS1, Alexis Ogdie, MD, MSCE3, Ali Duarte-Garcia, MD1, Hilal Maradit-Kremers MD2; Megha M. Tollefson, MD4, Floranne C. Ernste, MD1, Kerry Wright, MBBS1
    1Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
    2Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
    3Division of Rheumatology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
    4Department of Dermatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

    Title: Trends In Incidence of Psoriatic Arthritis from 1970-2017: A Population-Based Study


    Oral Presentation
    Name: Adam Lefferts
    Academic or Practice Affiliation: University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus
    Co-Author Name(s): Emilie H. Regner, Andrew Stahly, Becky O’Rourke, Mark E. Gerich, Blair P. Fennimore, Frank Scott, Allison Freeman, Ken Jones4, Kristine A. Kuhn

    Title: Crohn’s Disease Associated Axial Spondyloarthritis is Immunologically Distinct from both Crohn’s Disease and Axial Spondyloarthritis


    Oral Presentation
    Name: Jean Liew
    Academic or Practice Affiliation: University of Washington
    Co-Author Name(s): Milena Gianfrancesco, PhD, MPH; Susan R. Heckbert, MD, PhD; Lianne S. Gensler, MD

    Title: Exercise Partially Explains the Impact of Body Mass Index on Disease Activity in Ankylosing Spondylitis

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    Basic Science and Research Methods

    Basic Science and Research Methods
    Name: Keith Colaco
    Academic or Practice Affiliation: University of Toronto
    Co-Author Name(s): Vinod Chandran, Dafna D. Gladman, Lihi Eder

    Title: Validity of Patient-reported Cardiovascular Events in a Large Longitudinal Cohort of Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis and Psoriasis


    Basic Science and Research Methods
    Name: Yvette Farran
    Academic or Practice Affiliation: John P. And Katherine G. McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
    Co-Author Name(s): Mark Hwang, MD; Alexis Ogdie, MD; John Reveille, MD

    Title: Reliability and Structural Validity of the PROMIS-29 Health Profile in Ankylosing Spondylitis Patients


    Basic Science and Research Methods
    Name: Emma Haley
    Academic or Practice Affiliation: Brigham and Women’s Hospital
    Co-Author Name(s): Mederbek Matmusaev, Imtiyaz Hossain, Joerg Ermann

    Title: IL-1 signal dependence of enthesis-resident lymphocytes in murine spondyloarthritis


    Basic Science and Research Methods
    Name: Micah Lefton
    Academic or Practice Affiliation: Brigham and Women’s Hospital
    Co-Author Name(s): Joerg Ermann

    Title: Ankylosing Spondylitis Associated Killer Immunoglogulin-Like Receptors Are Highly Expressed on Innate Lymphocytes


    Basic Science and Research Methods
    Name: Akihiro Nakamura
    Academic or Practice Affiliation: Toronto Western Hospital
    Co-Author Name(s): Sayaka YN, Melissa Lim, Li Leng, Richard Bucala, Nigil Haroon

    Title: Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor Is a Critical Regulator in Ankylosing Spondylitis

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    Diagnosis

    Diagnosis
    Name: Yuliya Afinogenova
    Academic or Practice Affiliation: Yale
    Co-Author Name(s): Abhijeet Danve, Andrew Haims

    Title: Use of Facebook and MyChart to Identify Axial Spondyloarthritis among Patients with Chronic Back Pain


    Diagnosis
    Name: Sonam Kiwalkar
    Academic or Practice Affiliation: Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
    Co-Author Name(s): Sonam Kiwalkar1, Shireesh Bhalerao2, Christy Sunny1, Teja Mehendale1, Karen Baranick3, David Panzer4, David Perham5, Cydney Keller Brinson2, Theresa Hunter Gibble6, William Malatestinic6, Rei Tao7, Ekaterina Maslova7, Rebecca Bolce6, Jeffrey Lisse6, Atul Deodhar1
    1Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
    2Equilibrium Chiropractic, Portland, Oregon, USA
    3Private practice, Chiropractic. Milwaukie, Oregon, USA
    4Private practice, Chiropractic. Beaverton, Oregon, USA
    5Kwan-Yin Healing Arts Center, Portland, Oregon, USA
    6Lilly USA, LLC, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
    7ICON plc, Vancouver BC, Canada.

    Title: Oregon Chiropractic Axial Spondyloarthritis Study: Interim Results


    Diagnosis
    Name: Sonam Kiwalkar
    Academic or Practice Affiliation: Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon Co-Author Name(s): Kiwalkar S1, Howard R2, Deodhar A1
    1 Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
    2 Spondylitis Association of America, Van Nuys, California

    Title: Impediments to Accurate Diagnosis of Non-radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis: “Rheum to Diagnosis” Study: Interim Results


    Diagnosis
    Name: Rouhin Sen
    Academic or Practice Affiliation: University of Colorado
    Co-Author Name(s): Sen R, MD, MS; Kim E, BA; Manning ES, MPP; Anderson ER, MD; Maier KD, MD; Cheng E, BA; Caplan L, MD, PHD

    Title: Findings Compatible with Axial Spondyloarthropathy in Radiologist Reports


    Diagnosis
    Name: Aruna Tokas
    Academic or Practice Affiliation: Tufts Medical Center
    Co-Author Name(s): Madhavi C. Rao (second author), Steven C. Vlad (first co-author)

    Title: Do primary care physicians consider inflammatory back pain when evaluating young adults with chronic low back pain

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    Outcomes

    Outcomes
    Name: Eugenia Chen
    Academic or Practice Affiliation: University of California Irvine
    Co-Author Name(s): Maida Wong, MD

    Title: Lymphoproliferative Malignancy and Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance in Psoriatic Arthritis


    Outcomes
    Name: Keith Colaco
    Academic or Practice Affiliation: University of Toronto
    Co-Author Name(s): Elsie Nguyen, Shadi Akhtari, Paula Harvey, Lihi Eder

    Title: Comparison of Carotid Ultrasound and Coronary Artery Calcium Score in Cardiovascular Risk Stratification of Patients with Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases


    Outcomes
    Name: Keith Colaco
    Academic or Practice Affiliation: University of Toronto
    Co-Author Name(s): Jessica Widdifield, Jin Luo, Cheryl F. Rosen, Raed Alhusayen, J. Michael Paterson, Willemina Campbell, Karen Tu, Sasha Bernatsky, Dafna D. Gladman, Lihi Eder

    Title: Trends in Mortality and Cause-specific Mortality among Patients with Psoriatic Disease in Ontario, Canada


    Outcomes
    Name: Sali Merjanah
    Academic or Practice Affiliation: MetroHealth System Campus of Case Western Reserve University
    Co-Author Name(s): Mohamad Bittar, MD, Marina Magrey, MD

    Title: Malignancy Risk in Ankylosing Spondylitis: Cross-sectional analysis of a large population database


    Outcomes
    Name: Divya Shridharmurthy
    Academic or Practice Affiliation: University of Massachusetts Medical School
    Danni Zhao, MS, PhD student; Kate L. Lapane, PhD; Jonggyu Baek, PhD; Jonathan Kay, MD; Shao-Hsien Liu, MPH, PhD

    Title: Health-Related Quality of Life among Women and Men with Axial Spondyloarthritis: Exploratory Analysis of a Population-based Sample

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    Treatment

    Treatment
    Name: Maedeh Ashrafi
    Academic or Practice Affiliation: Brigham & Women’s Hospital
    Co-Author Name(s): Joerg Ermann, Michael H. Weisman

    Title: Origins and evolution of the Spondyloarthritis concept. A literature review.


    Treatment
    Name: Eugenia Chen
    Academic or Practice Affiliation: University of California Irvine
    Co-Author Name(s): Linh Truong, Nicole Ridolfi, Maida Wong

    Title: The Role of Pharmacologic Therapy in the Development of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis

    Treatment
    Name: Karim Doughem
    Academic or Practice Affiliation: University of Texas-McGovern Medical School
    Co-Author Name(s): Michael H. Weisman, MD; Lianne S. Gensler, MD; Michael M. Ward, MD, MPH; Mark C. Hwang, MD; Amirali Tahanan, BS; Laura Diekman, MS; MinJae Lee, PhD; Mohammad H. Rahbar, PhD; Mariko L. Ishimori, MD; John D. Reveille MD

    Title: Family Studies in Ankylosing Spondylitis: Effect of Inheritance and Clinical Features in First Degree Relatives


    Treatment
    Name: Akash Patel
    Academic or Practice Affiliation: Brigham and Women’s Hospital
    Co-Author Name(s): Joerg Ermann, MD

    Title: The Clinical Management of Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis in a Real-World Cohort


    Treatment
    Name: Lauren Ridley
    Academic or Practice Affiliation: University of Texas-McGovern Medical School
    Co-Author Name(s): Michael H. Weisman, MD; Lianne S. Gensler, MD; Michael M. Ward, MD, MPH; Mark C. Hwang, MD; Thomas J. Learch, MD; MinJae Lee, PhD; Amirali Tahanan, BS; Laura Diekman, MS; Mohammad H. Rahbar, PhD; Mariko L. Ishimori, MD; John D. Reveille, MD

    Title: The Changing Profile of Ankylosing Spondylitis in the Biologic Era

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