The Duke Children's Community Symposium is a conference designed to update providers on meaningful clinical problems in the care of children. Each session addresses a different topic in pediatric care, bringing together providers ranging from medical and surgical specialty disciplines to primary care physicians. Sessions in this series of conferences include lectures from 4-8 speakers. Breakfast and lunch will be provided to participants as part of the lecture series. The March session will focus on clinical challenges in the care of pediatric rheumatologic disease. Topics will include common screening tests, arthritis, lupus, periodic fever syndromes, vasculitis, and chronic pain.
Target audience
Pediatricians, family medicine providers, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and nurses working with pediatric age patients.
Category 1: Participation in this event will provide Duke University Health System 5.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ and 5.0 American Board of Pediatrics MOC Part 2 points
For sign-up and additional information about the event, please visit: bit.ly/DukeRheum.
For questions, assistance with signing up, or dietary limitations, please contact the course director, Mary Boruta, MD, at mr40@duke.edu.
Symposium Details
Date: Saturday, March 7, 2019
Time: 8:00 am to 1:30 pm
Location: Duke Medicine Pavilion (DMP)
Room 2W93
10 Duke Medicine Circle
Durham, NC 27710
Registration fee: $35
Schedule of Events
| 7:30 to 8:00 | Registration |
| 8:00 to 8:05 | Welcome Egla Rabinovich, MD |
| 8:05 to 8:45 | Overview of Duke Rheumatology/Uveitis Egla Rabinovich, MD |
| 8:45 to 9:15 | Common Screening Tests for Rheumatologic Diseases Stephen Balevic, MD |
| 9:15 to 10:00 | Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Cory Stingl, MD |
| 10:00 to 10:15 | Break |
| 10:15 to 10:45 |
Juvenile Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) |
| 10:45 to 11:15 |
Periodic Fever Syndromes |
| 11:15 to 12:00 |
Vasculitis in the Pediatric Patient |
| 12:00 to 12:15 |
Lunch Break |
| 12:15 to 1:00 |
Fibromyalgia and Chronic Pain in the Pediatric Patient |
| 1:00 to 1:30 |
Question Review and Panel Discussion |
| 1:30 | Closing |