Rheum Advisor on Air Rheumatology Advisor

In this episode, we are speaking with the authors, Shereen Mahmood, MD, and Irene Blanco, MD, to get further insight into the existing inequities among women in academic rheumatology, and how gender gaps can be bridged and parity achieved.

This episode features Nehad Soloman, MD, a rheumatologist at Arizona Arthritis & Rheumatology Associates, and Christina Derksen, one of the study authors on a paper about the fictional depictions of gout in film and television, published in BMC Rheumatology.

In this episode, Peter Grayson, MD, MSc, a study author on the recent paper published in the New England Journal of Medicine, gives us further insight into the discovery of the VEXAS syndrome and the overall importance of rare rheumatic disease research at the genetic and molecular level.

In light of Rare Disease Day 2021, Dr Jonathan Miner, MD, PhD, discusses his work and contributions to the rare disease space, and speaks to the importance of research and the management of patients with rare rheumatic diseases.

With the COVID-19 vaccines at the helm, what does the current rheumatology landscape look like and what is potentially in store for the future of patient care? In this episode, Amit Ladani, MD, a rheumatologist at West Virginia University Hospital, gives us his point-of-view.

Taking us on a deep dive into the subject is the 2020 recipient of the Rheumatology Research Foundation Shaun Ruddy Memorial Lectureship, Jane Salmon, MD, the Collette Kean Research Chair at the Hospital for Special Surgery and professor of medicine and obstetrics and gynecology at Weill Cornell Medicine, New York.