Articles By Jack Cush, MD
ACR 2023 – Day 4 Report
The last day at ACR23 was a ghost town as most left, largely because there was limited programming on the fourth and final day. The main attraction on Day 4 was the late-breaking abstract – oral presentations. Here’s a list of the late breakers; below, I provide commentary on the ones that caught my attention.
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ACR23 – Day 3 Report
These year’s annual ACR Convergence has been a success with the return of an insanely active Poster Hall! F2F learning amidst miles of research and many young talented aside wizened establish presenters is such a welcome return to ACR, the way it should be.
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#ACRbest Abstracts – Day 3
Today was a big day for the Plenaries, Curbside Consults, ACR Business meeting (and induction of our new ACR President Dr. Deborah Desir) and Late-Breaking Posters. Our hot-button reporters have compiled these #ACRbest abstracts for you! (November 14, 2023 at #ACR23)
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#ACRbest Abstracts – Day 2
Our reporters have been prolific in finding the hot abstracts, those that were most attended or those that are getting the most buzz on social media. Here are RheumNow's #ACRbest abstract reports from Monday, November 13, 2023 at #ACR23, covering The Great Debate, SGLPT2 inhibitors in SLE, the SMART Study of MTX, TMP/SMX Prophylaxis, RA-ILD & TNF Inhibitors, cancer research and more.
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ACR23 – Day 1 Report
ACR 2023 is back in San Diego for its annual convergence of thousands of rheumatologists to partake, discover and learn from thousands of abstracts and hundreds of sessions and presentations. It was a big return for the Poster Hall with rows and rows of research, friends, fellows and poster tours. Below are a few of my favorite presentations from the posters, Plenary and oral sessions on day one.
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#ACR BEST Abstracts from San Diego – Day 1
The RheumNow faculty reporters have been scouring the meeting for what they believe to be the best presentations from the first day at ACR 2023 in San Diego. From hundreds of online presentations, the poster floor and the plenary podium, here are some of the best abstracts from Sunday Nov. 12th. You can spot these on Twitter by looking for the (#ACRbest) hashtag.
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Canadian Consensus on MSK Ultrasound
Dr. Jack Cush discusses abstract 0726 presented at the 2023 ACR Convergence meeting in San Diego, CA.
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ACR Convergence Preview (11.10.2023)
Dr. Jack Cush reviews this past week's news on RheumNow.com and suggests a learning plan for those wanting to consume the upcoming ACR Convergence 2023 meeting.
Read ArticleRheumatoid Synovium Characterized by Six Cell Type Phenotypes
Research work from the Accelerating Medicines Partnership (AMP: RA/SLE) Network, was published in Nature and more specifically characterizes RA synovium into several cell-type abundance phenotypes (CTAPs). Could CTAPs known disease features or more effective future therapies?
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Incidence, Microbiological Studies, and Factors Associated With Prosthetic Joint Infection After Total Knee Arthroplasty
A study of nearly 80,000 US veterans who underwent primary knee joint arthroplasty (TKA) showed the incidence of prosthetic joint infection (PJI) was highest in the first 3 months and remained elevated through 12 months compared with 12 months or more after surgery.
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