Rheumatology – Neurology: Cases with the Masters

1. Enhance the effectiveness and minimize the toxicity of targeted therapies with focus on complex cases requiring interdisciplinary care
2. Critically assess the options for treating patients with neurosarcoidosis, choroidal lesions, and limb girdle muscle dystrophy 2b (dysferlinopathy)

The online series is designed for rheumatologists, dermatologists, gastroenterologists, infectious disease physicians, pulmonologists, neurologists, oncologists, ophthalmologists, internal medicine physicians, and allied health practitioners, including nurse practitioners, nurses, and physician assistants interested in complex multiorgan autoimmune and autoinflammatory diseases.

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Participants claiming CME credit from this activity may submit the credit hours to the American Osteopathic Association for Category 2 credit.

Activity Directors

Leonard H. Calabrese, DO
Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University
R.J. Fasenmyer Chair of Clinical Immunology
Department of Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases
Orthopaedic and Rheumatologic Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH

M. Elaine Husni, MD, MPH
Director, Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Treatment Center
Vice Chair, Department of Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases
Orthopaedic and Rheumatologic Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH

Faculty

John J. Cush, MD
Director of Clinical Rheumatology
Baylor Research Institute
Executive Editor, RheumNow.com
Dallas, TX

Rula Hajj-Ali, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Department of Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases
Orthopaedic and Rheumatologic Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH

Jeffrey M. Gelfand, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology
University of California, San Francisco
Weill Institute for Neurosciences/
Department of Neurology
San Francisco, CA

Arthur Kavanaugh, MD
Professor of Medicine
Director, Center for Innovative Therapy
Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology
University of California, San Diego
San Diego, CA

Chester V. Oddis, MD
Professor of Medicine
Director, Myositis Center
Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, PA

The information in this educational activity is provided for general medical education purposes only and is not meant to substitute for the independent medical judgment of a physician relative to diagnostic and treatment options of a specific patient's medical condition. The viewpoints expressed in this CME activity are those of the authors/faculty. They do not represent an endorsement by The Cleveland Clinic Foundation. In no event will The Cleveland Clinic Foundation be liable for any decision made or action taken in reliance upon the information provided through this CME activity.