This November, NYU Langone Health’s experts joined colleagues from around the world at the American College of Rheumatology’s 2022 Annual Convergence Meeting in Philadelphia.

Below are notable sessions featuring our faculty and trainees this year (see a full listing of NYU Langone presenters here).

Saturday, November 12

Poster
Dual (and Dueling) Fibroblast Differentiation Is Integral to the Pathogenesis of Anti-Ro Mediated Congenital Heart Block and Provides a Novel Biomarker of Severity
Session: Pediatric Rheumatology – Basic Science Poster
NYU Langone Authors: Jill Buyon, MD, Sir Deryck and Lady Va Maughan Professor of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine; Robert Clancy; Christina Firl; Nicola Fraser; Mala Masson; and Amit Saxena, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, NYU Langone
Time: 1–3 p.m.

Sunday, November 13

Poster Presentation
Postoperative Flares and Peri-arthroscopic Management of Immunosuppressive Medications in Patients with Rheumatic Disease
Session: Orthopedics, Low Back Pain, and Rehabilitation Poster
Presenter: Jonathan Samuels, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, NYU Langone
NYU Langone Authors: Amanda Avila; Laith Jazrawi, MD, Professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery; Charles Lin; David Marulanda; Jonathan Samuels, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine; Dhruv Shankar; and Kinjal Vasvada, NYU Langone
Time: 9–10:30 a.m.

Poster Presentation
Thrombocytopenia and Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia in Antiphospholipid Antibody-positive Patients: Descriptive Analysis of the AntiPhospholipid Syndrome Alliance for Clinical Trials and InternatiOnal Networking (APS ACTION) Clinical Database and Repository
Session: Antiphospholipid Syndrome Poster
NYU Langone Author: H. Michael Belmont, MD, Professor, Department of Medicine, NYU Langone
Time: 10–10:05 a.m.

Poster
Contribution of Antibody Titers/Specificities to Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes in a Multicenter Prospective Study of anti-Ro Positive Mothers
Session: Reproductive Issues in Rheumatic Disorders Poster
NYU Langone Authors: H. Michael Belmont, MD, Professor, Department of Medicine; Jill Buyon, MD, Sir Deryck and Lady Va Maughan Professor of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine; Philip Carlucci; Robert Clancy; Nicola Fraser; Rebecca Haberman, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine; Peter Izmirly, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine; Young Mi Lee, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Fardina Malik, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine; Mala Masson; Julie Nusbaum, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine; Christina Penfield, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Colin Phoon, MD, Professor, Department of Pediatrics; Paula Rackoff, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Medicine; Ashley Roman, MD, Silverman Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Amit Saxena, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine; and Bruce Solitar, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, NYU Langone
Time: 9–10:30 a.m.

Poster
Prevalence of Secondary Connective Tissue Diseases and Autoantibodies Among Racial and Ethnic Groups in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients in the Manhattan Lupus Surveillance Program
Session: SLE – Diagnosis, Manifestations, and Outcomes Poster II: Manifestations
NYU Langone Authors: Brendan Denvir; Philip Carlucci; Jill Buyon, MD, Sir Deryck and Lady Va Maughan Professor of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine; H. Michael Belmont, MD, Professor, Department of Medicine; Kelly Corbitt, DO, Rheumatology Fellow; and Peter Izmirly, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, NYU Langone
Time: 1–3 p.m.

Monday, November 14

Oral Presentation
In Utero Exposure to Hydroxychloroquine Does Not Associate with Ocular Toxicity as Assessed by Optical Coherence Tomography Five Years After Birth
Session: Abstracts: Reproductive Issues in Rheumatic Disorders
Presenter: Peter Izmirly, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, NYU Langone
NYU Langone Authors: Jill Buyon, MD, Sir Deryck and Lady Va Maughan Professor of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine; Peter Izmirly, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine; and Mala Masson, NYU Langone
Time: 11:15–11:25 a.m.

Oral Presentation
Lupus Clinical Flares in Patients with Gut Pathobiont Blooms Share a Novel Peripheral Blood Transcriptomic Immune Activation Profile
Session: SLE – Diagnosis, Manifestations, and Outcomes III: Genetic Factors
Presenter: Gregg Silverman, MD, Mamdouha S. Bobst Professor of Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, NYU Langone
NYU Langone Authors: Doua Azzouz; Jill Buyon, MD, Sir Deryck and Lady Va Maughan Professor of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine; Macintosh Cornwell; Peter Izmirly, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine; Mala Masson; Kelly Ruggles, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine; and Gregg Silverman, MD, NYU Langone
Time: 3:15–3:25 p.m.

Poster Presentation
COVID-19 Infections, Morbidity, and Seroreactivity in SLE Patients Following Initial Vaccination Series and Additional Dose Through the New York City Omicron BA.1 Wave
Session: SLE – Diagnosis, Manifestations, and Outcomes Poster III: Outcomes
Presenter: Amit Saxena, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, NYU Langone
NYU Langone Authors: Brittany Banbury; H. Michael Belmont, MD, Professor, Department of Medicine; Jill Buyon, MD, Sir Deryck and Lady Va Maughan Professor of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine; Robert Clancy; Alexis Engel; Nicola Fraser, Rebecca Haberman, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine; Ghadeer Hasan; Gary Ho, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine; Peter Izmirly, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine; Jammie Law; Mala Masson; Paula Rackoff, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Medicine; Amit Saxena, MD; Jose Scher, MD, Steere Abramson Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine; Chung-E Tseng, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Medicine; Devyn Zaminski, NYU Langone
Time: 1–3 p.m.

Poster Presentation
Long-term Use of Voclosporin in Patients with Class V Lupus Nephritis: Results from the AURORA 2 Continuation Study
Session: SLE – Treatment Poster I
Presenter: Amit Saxena, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, NYU Langone
Time: 1:25–1:30 p.m.

Poster Presentation
Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte Ratio Among Flaring and Non-flaring Uncontrolled Gout Patients Undergoing Pegloticase Therapy as Part of the Phase 3 Pivotal Trials
Session: Metabolic and Crystal Arthropathies – Basic and Clinical Science
Presenter: Michael Pillinger, MD, Professor, Department of Medicine
Time: 1–3 p.m.

Poster
Effects of Short Chain Fatty Acid Supplementation in Modulation of Gut Microbiome and T-Regulatory Cells in Health and New Onset Rheumatoid Arthritis
Session: RA – Treatment Poster IV
NYU Langone Authors: Rebecca Blank, MD, PhD, Instructor, Department of Medicine; Sydney Catron; Anthony Jimenez Hernandez; Jose Scher, MD, Steere Abramson Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine; Zakwan Uddin, NYU Langone
Time: 1–3 p.m.