ACR on Air Podcast
ACR on Air seeks to have informative conversations rheumatology professionals want to hear – ranging in topic from trends in clinical practice, to issues affecting rheumatology professionals, and the changing landscape of the rheumatology field. Tune in bi-weekly for new interviews and commentary that are sure to empower listeners to excel in their specialty.
Podcast Host
Our host, Jonathan Hausmann, MD, is a pediatric and adult rheumatologist at Massachusetts General Hospital and Boston Children’s Hospital. He is also an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. His research interests include autoinflammatory diseases, health technology, and medical education. Connect with Dr. Hausmann on Twitter (@hausmannMD).
Episodes
New episodes will be available twice a month on Tuesdays.
Episode 76 – Ultrasound Use in Rheumatology
Episode 75 – Practicing Pediatric Rheumatology in Southeast Asia
Episode 74 – Managing Osteoporosis
Episode 73 – Immune Related Adverse Events of Checkpoint Inhibitors
Episode 72 – State-of-the-Art Clinical Symposium (SOTA) Preview
Episode 71 – The Rheumatology Access Expansion Initiative
Browse previous episodes in the ACR on Air archive.
Episode Show Notes
Join us this week as our host, Jonathan Hausmann, MD, meets with a truly influential woman in the medical field, Elizabeth Ang, MBBS, MMed, MRCPCH, being one of the first pediatric rheumatologists in the Southeast Asian region to receive pediatric rheumatology training and is the Co-Convenor of the Paediatric Rheumatology Special Interest Group of APLAR (Asia Pacific League of Associations for Rheumatology). Beyond this, and so that children with rheumatic disease in the region can be diagnosed and treated, Dr. Ang trains local doctors and shares her knowledge and experience with them in Cambodia, Vietnam, Indonesia, and Myanmar. In this episode, she, and Dr. Hausmann discuss Singapore’s healthcare system, access to biologics, cultural barriers to treatment and more.
Minna Kohler, MD, RhMSUS – Minna Kohler, MD, RhMSUS, is the founder and director of the Rheumatology Musculoskeletal Ultrasound (MSKUS) Program at Massachusetts General Hospital. She completed a clinical/research rheumatology fellowship at Yale University School of Medicine. Prior training includes 3 years of general surgery residency, 2 years of the NIH-sponsored fellowship in Image-Guided Therapy in the Department of Radiology at Brigham and Women's Hospital, and internal medicine residency at Lahey Clinic. Dr. Kohler received diagnostic/interventional MSKUS training in the Yale MSKUS program for surgeons in the Department of Orthopaedics/Rehabilitation. She developed the MGH rheumatology ultrasound training curriculum and actively teaches MSKUS to MGH Rheumatology, IM, and Emergency Departments, Spaulding PM&R residents, and Harvard medical students. Dr. Kohler serves as key faculty for MGH rheumatology and the Spaulding PM&R residency programs (rotation director for rheumatology and ultrasound). She also serves as adjunct faculty to the MGH CURE (Center for Ultrasound Research Education) in the Department of Emergency Medicine. Dr. Kohler is a graduate of the USSONAR (Ultrasound School of North American Rheumatologists) program and serves as a faculty mentor for training ultrasound to rheumatologists nationally. She is the lead co-director for the Harvard MSKUS CME course and has been a pioneer in promoting ultrasound training through the American College of Rheumatology (MSKUS Education and RhMSUS certification exam subcommittees).
Don’t forget to like, share, and subscribe!
Join us this week as our host, Jonathan Hausmann, MD, meets with a truly influential woman in the medical field, Elizabeth Ang, MBBS, MMed, MRCPCH, being one of the first pediatric rheumatologists in the Southeast Asian region to receive pediatric rheumatology training and is the Co-Convenor of the Paediatric Rheumatology Special Interest Group of APLAR (Asia Pacific League of Associations for Rheumatology). Beyond this, and so that children with rheumatic disease in the region can be diagnosed and treated, Dr. Ang trains local doctors and shares her knowledge and experience with them in Cambodia, Vietnam, Indonesia, and Myanmar. In this episode, she, and Dr. Hausmann discuss Singapore’s healthcare system, access to biologics, cultural barriers to treatment and more.
Minna Kohler, MD, RhMSUS – Minna Kohler, MD, RhMSUS, is the founder and director of the Rheumatology Musculoskeletal Ultrasound (MSKUS) Program at Massachusetts General Hospital. She completed a clinical/research rheumatology fellowship at Yale University School of Medicine. Prior training includes 3 years of general surgery residency, 2 years of the NIH-sponsored fellowship in Image-Guided Therapy in the Department of Radiology at Brigham and Women's Hospital, and internal medicine residency at Lahey Clinic. Dr. Kohler received diagnostic/interventional MSKUS training in the Yale MSKUS program for surgeons in the Department of Orthopaedics/Rehabilitation. She developed the MGH rheumatology ultrasound training curriculum and actively teaches MSKUS to MGH Rheumatology, IM, and Emergency Departments, Spaulding PM&R residents, and Harvard medical students. Dr. Kohler serves as key faculty for MGH rheumatology and the Spaulding PM&R residency programs (rotation director for rheumatology and ultrasound). She also serves as adjunct faculty to the MGH CURE (Center for Ultrasound Research Education) in the Department of Emergency Medicine. Dr. Kohler is a graduate of the USSONAR (Ultrasound School of North American Rheumatologists) program and serves as a faculty mentor for training ultrasound to rheumatologists nationally. She is the lead co-director for the Harvard MSKUS CME course and has been a pioneer in promoting ultrasound training through the American College of Rheumatology (MSKUS Education and RhMSUS certification exam subcommittees).
Don’t forget to like, share, and subscribe!
Bone health may not be first on the mind when discussing rheumatology; however, Marcy B. Bolster, MD, believes it plays a vital role in caring for ‘the whole patient’. As such, Dr. Bolster’s innovative contributions to the field of osteoporosis cannot be overstated. In this episode, we discuss the role of the rheumatologist in helping to prevent or treat osteoporosis, how often it’s under-recognized, plus the services she created to help identify, diagnose, and treat the condition among patients.
Marcy B. Bolster, MD – Marcy B. Bolster, MD, is a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. She is the Director of the Rheumatology Fellowship Training Program in the Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). She sees patients in the Rheumatology and Endocrine Associates Outpatient Clinics. She led the efforts to create a Fracture Liaison Service at MGH and served as the Medical Lead from 2014–2021. She sees patients in the MGH Endocrine Clinic for Osteoporosis, and the MGH Rheumatology fellows rotate through this clinic for an enriched training experience in osteoporosis and bone health management.
Related Links:
- International Osteoporosis Foundation
- Bone Health and Osteoporosis Foundation
- ACR Patient Fact Sheet: Osteoporosis
- MGH – Osteoporosis Guidelines
- MGH – Osteoporosis and Bone Health
- Book Suggestion: Facing Osteoporosis: A Guide for Patients and Their Families – By Theodore Stern (Author), Marcy Bolster (Editor)
- Video Suggestion: Medications for Osteoporosis Treatment with Dr. Marc Wein, MGH, Boston
- Video Suggestion: Medications — What is the ANSWER? Have you been prescribed medication for osteopenia/osteoporosis?
Don’t forget to like, share, and subscribe!
When a patient is diagnosed with cancer, treatments that force the immune system into overdrive are given in hopes that it will recognize the cancer and destroy it. Unfortunately, this can mean that various Immune Related Adverse Events (IRAEs) can occur. In rheumatology, our treatments are meant to tame an overactive immune system, creating a unique dilemma. We are joined today by Laura Cappelli, MD, MHS. Dr. Cappelli explains what these IRAEs really are, how they commonly occur, what risk factors exist in their development, the importance of a multidisciplinary approach to treatment and much, much more.
Laura C. Cappelli, MD, MHS – Laura C. Cappelli, MD, MHS, is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Oncology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in the Division of Rheumatology, and a faculty member of the Johns Hopkins Arthritis Center. She earned her MD from Johns Hopkins. She completed her residency in internal medicine and fellowship in rheumatology at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Cappelli also obtained an MHS in Clinical Investigation at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Her primary research focus is rheumatologic adverse effects of cancer immunotherapy including the clinical characteristics, epidemiology, impact on patients, and biologic mechanisms of these adverse events. Dr. Cappelli co-chairs the Immune-related Toxicity Team at Johns Hopkins. She also leads the Rheumatic Immune Related Adverse Events Program in the Division of Rheumatology. In addition, she studies rheumatoid arthritis, focusing on patients with seronegative disease and on the use of autoantibodies as biomarkers.
Don’t forget to like, share, and subscribe!
April is just around the corner, and so is the State-of-the-Art Clinical Symposium (SOTA) 2024! This week, we welcome Sobia Hassan, MD, MRCP, RhMSUS, Chair of the SOTA Planning Group and Ibtissam Gad, MD, Chair of the Fellows in Training subcommittee. We discuss the topics and speakers chosen for SOTA and how they were selected, some highlights including discussions on CAR T cells, CPPD, and Check Point Inhibitors, what’s in store for our fellows in training and how our listeners can get involved.
See more information and register for SOTA
Sobia Hassan, MD, MRCP, RhMSUS – Sobia Hassan MD, MRCP, RhMSUS, is an associate professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at RUSH University Medical College, Chicago. Hassan is a graduate of the University of Nottingham (UK) and has completed residencies in both the UK and at St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital in NY. She completed her rheumatology fellowship at Case Western Reserve University, MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland. She has been an academic rheumatologist at RUSH University since 2016 and has a special interest in musculoskeletal ultrasonography.
Hassan has served on several American College of Rheumatology committees including the Committee on Education and the CME Oversight Subcommittee. She is currently the chair of the State-of-the-Art Meeting Planning Group.
Ibtissam Gad, MD – Ibtissam Gad, MD, prioritizes exceptional patient care and is dedicated to medical education. She completed the Baccalaureate/MD Accelerated Program at the University of Toledo and the University of Toledo College of Medicine. Her internal medicine training, including the Leadership in Medical Education Track, was at University Hospitals/Case Western. As a Clinical Assistant Professor at Case Western Medical School, Dr. Gad actively employed innovative and active learning techniques in medical school education.
She pursued a fellowship in adult rheumatology at Henry Ford Health in Detroit, where she focused on creating a comprehensive rheumatology curriculum for internal medicine residents. She is actively involved in the American College of Rheumatology and has served in various capacities within the organization and is currently Chair of the Fellows in Training (FIT) Subcommittee.
Don’t forget to like, share, and subscribe!
Join us this week for an insightful and encouraging discussion with Jennifer Mandal, MD, and Wendy Grant, MD, founders of The Rheumatology Access Expansion Initiative (RAE). RAE is a project designed to support the Navajo Nation, an underserved community with respect to rheumatic disease. Our guests explain how leveraging the established educational model, Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO), was used to remotely train PCPs among the Navajo in the diagnosis and evidence-based treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
Jennifer Mandal, MD – Jennifer Mandal, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Rheumatology at the University of California San Francisco. In her clinical work, she serves a diverse population of vulnerable rheumatology patients at San Francisco’s safety net hospital, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. Her scholarship focuses on medical education, health equity, and improving access to rheumatology care. She is the Director of the Rheumatology Access Expansion (RAE) Initiative, a program dedicated to supporting people living with rheumatic diseases in communities with little access to rheumatology providers, through novel education programs for primary care providers and community health representatives. She is also the UCSF School of Medicine Lead for Interprofessional Education, the Director of Evaluation for the UCSF Rheumatology Fellowship Program, and the recipient of the Ira M. Goldstein Award for Outstanding Teaching in Rheumatology.
Gwendolyn Grant, MD – Wendy Grant, MD, is a practicing rheumatologist in southwest Colorado. Her rural, hospital-based practice has grown to include two rheumatologists and a rheumatology PA who collectively provide rheumatology care to a large area of southwest Colorado, northwest New Mexico, and southeast Utah. She also provides rheumatology consultations to patients on the Navajo reservation in Red Mesa, AZ, and on the Ute Mountains Ute reservation in Towaoc, CO. She has been committed to expanding access to quality RA care for the Navajo community and other tribal and rural communities of the southwest since 2005.
Related Links:
Don’t forget to like, share, and subscribe!