The ACR/ARHP 2018 national meeting in Chicago presented us with opportunities to learn more about inflammatory myositis. A particularly interesting lecture was HOT topics in myositis. There were a few abstracts on MDA-5 related disease and a few on new or repurposed medications for dermatomyositis which will be covered here.
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Dr. Bitencourt finished her undergraduate degree in public health at the Johns Hopkins University, completed medical school and residency at Georgetown University and completed her internal medicine/pediatrics rheumatology fellowship at UT Southwestern. She did medical work in Angola for two years prior to starting fellowship. Dr. Bitencourt is especially interested in improving outcomes for patients transitioning from pediatric to adult rheumatologic care. In her free time, she enjoys traveling around the globe.