Winter 2022 (Volume 32, Number 4)
News from SOAR
By Alexa Smith, MD, FRCPC, MEd
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Rheumatologists and allied health professionals
from across the Atlantic provinces attended the
38th Annual Meeting of the Society of Atlantic
Rheumatologists (SOAR) on June 24th–26th, 2022, at
the beautiful Dalvay by the Sea on Prince Edward Island.
The gathering offered outstanding education along with a
welcome opportunity to reconnect in person with regional
colleagues.
Dr. Christian Pagnoux (MD, MSc, MPH), an Associate
Professor at the University of Toronto, Mount Sinai
Hospital, delivered this year’s David Hawkins Lecture in
Rheumatology entitled “Vasculitis in 2022: What are the
Remaining Challenges?”He followed this with an engaging
presentation called “Vasculitis Playground”.
The second speaker, Dr. Laura Cappelli, MD, MHS, MS,
an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Oncology at the
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, presented
on the evolving field of rheumatologic adverse effects of
cancer immunotherapy. She started with an illuminating
talk entitled “Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors and the
Rheumatologist” and then led us through the nuances of
“Autoimmune Disease and Cancer: Many Intersections”.
Dalhousie University’s two rheumatology trainees,
Drs. Nicole Beckett and Zach Shaffelburg, as well as incoming
trainee Dr. Mary Purcell, presented three interesting
case-based presentations which sparked thought-provoking
discussions.
At the Business Meeting, the members voted unanimously
to return to Dalvay by the Sea on Prince Edward
Island again next year, June 23-25, 2023. Save the date!
Alexa Smith, MD, FRCPC, MEd
President, SOAR
Saint John, New Brunswick
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