Winter (Volume 28, Number 4)
News from the ASM Program Committee – Building Bridges to 2019 and Beyond in Montreal!
By Tom Appleton, MD, PhD, FRCPC
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Rheumatology is all about “Building Bridges.” Few
specialties are more active in forging relationships
among patients, professional care providers, the
public, government and policy-makers, advocacy groups,
research initiatives, education leaders, among others. Only
a few blocks from the Jacques Cartier Bridge in Montreal,
we come together again at the Fairmont - Queen Elizabeth
hotel for the 2019 Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) of the
Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA) on February
27-March 2, 2019. Canadian and international colleagues
in rheumatology will be treated to an exciting and interactive
opportunity to engage with new science and emerging
themes in rheumatology in the wide-open, newly renovated
QE hotel.
Several exciting accomplishments have been propelled by
the Scientific Committee this year, including development
of an advanced curriculum for the Indigenous Health Initiative
(IHI). Co-chairs Dr. Cheryl Barnabe and Dr. Lindsey
Crowshoe have tirelessly built bridges toward a better future
through this program. The IHI will feature a “train-the-trainer” workshop during the pre-meeting agenda on
February 27. Dr. Ron Laxer led an initiative to establish a
partnership with the Journal of Rheumatology to ensconce
the proceedings of the Dunlop-Dottridge Lecture. The lecture
is an auspicious distinction bestowed on career rheumatologists
who have advanced the field.
The 2019 ASM will also feature a new “State of the Art”
Workshops track with exceptional content provided daily,
developed by world leaders on practical clinical topics for
immediate applicability to clinical practice. Another new
session will spotlight the success of the CIORA granting
program, a long-running, national initiative supported by
the CRA and its partners. Trainees can expect another fantastic
opportunity to learn from the best during the Resident’s
Review Course and will provide top-line learning
points for attendees during the Mysterious Cases and Clinical
Pearls session, which has become a perennial highlight
of the ASM!
The Scientific Committee is very pleased to present an
outstanding meeting and world-renowned speakers at this
year’s ASM. The 2019 ASM will feature three keynote addresses
by internationally recognized figures including the
Globe and Mail’s André Picard who will kick off the ASM on
February 27. Myopathy expert and neuromuscular specialist
Dr. Mark Roberts from Manchester, U.K., will link rheumatology
and neuromuscular medicine. And the CRA’s own
Dr. Gilles Boire from Sherbrooke, QC, will give the 2019
Dunlop-Dottridge Lecture.
Registration opens soon! Old friends, new connections,
important causes, Canadian content, and world-class opportunities
in rheumatology await. Together, we can bridge
any gap.
I look forward to seeing you in Montreal. Bienvenue!
Tom Appleton, MD, PhD, FRCPC
Chair, CRA Scientific Committee,
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Rheumatology,
The University of Western Ontario
London, Canada
André Picard
Dr. Mark Roberts
Dr. Gilles Boire
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