American College Of Rheumatology Partners With Emirates Society For Rheumatology To Co-Host International Conference

The following is a press release that came out this morning from the ACR.

The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) is collaborating with the Emirates Society for Rheumatology (ESR) to co-host their 4^thAnnual Conference in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, September 19-21, 2018. The conference marks a first-time partnership and brings together leaders from both organizations and will feature over 30 talks and presentations on emerging research and noteworthy topics within the field of rheumatology.

This partnership is designed to expand and share global rheumatology knowledge, granting event attendees access to valuable content they may not otherwise have available to them. In addition to participating in live sessions with leading researchers, attendees will receive a year-long complimentary subscription to the ACR’s new streaming platform ACR Beyond, which will include recorded sessions and select live streams from the ACR’s upcoming annual meeting in Chicago this October.

“The Emirates Society for Rheumatology has hosted several successful regional events that feature groundbreaking scholarship,” said ESR President Waleed Al Shehhi, MD. “Thanks to the assistance and guidance of the ACR, the biggest international body for rheumatology, and the ESR’s scientific committee, we can now ensure a wider audience for the latest updates in the field in Dubai.”

To further its mission of empowering rheumatology professionals to excel in their specialty, the ACR hopes that this collaboration with the ESR will provide a model on which future conferences can be based, wherein physicians and health professionals can obtain top-quality content as well as engage and network with thought leaders from leading international organizations.

“We are excited to partner with ESR, whose mission of improving the standard and quality of rheumatologic care aligns with the ACR’s,” said ACR President David Daikh, MD, PhD. “Together, we’ve designed a compelling program that features discussions on developments in clinical care and recent research. We hope that the success of this event will allow us to collaborate with other organizations in the future to share resources that advance the study and practice of rheumatology internationally.”

Highlights from the 4^th ESR Annual Conference include talks from leading experts such as Rajaie Namas, MD, Physician at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, James O’Dell, MD, Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Internal Medicine at University of Nebraska Medical Center, and Michelle Petri, MD, MPD, Director of Hopkins Lupus Center at Johns Hopkins University.

Registration for the three-day conference is now open, and those interested in attending can find more information at www.esr.ae. All conference sessions and panels will be held at Dubai Festival City.