2014 GRAPPA and SPARTAN Annual Meetings 
in Conjunction with One Another

REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED! Please contact Pam Love or Amanda Pacia for information.

Dear Members of GRAPPA, Members of SPARTAN, Members of PANLAR, Respected Colleagues, and Invited Guests:

The GRAPPA Annual Meeting and the SPARTAN Annual Meeting will be held in conjunction with one another this July in New York City (July 9-13, 2014).  

The GRAPPA Meeting will open on Thursday, July 10 and end on Friday, July 11 (evening reception opens July 9).

The JOINT meetings of GRAPPA and SPARTAN will begin in the afternoon of Friday, July 11 and ending on Saturday morning, July 12.

The SPARTAN Annual Meeting will begin in the afternoon of Saturday, July 12 and end on Sunday, July 13.

INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES SHOULD CONTACT SPARTAN OR GRAPPA FOR DETAILS ABOUT INDUSTRY REGISTRATION.

SPARTAN Members are invited to attend the GRAPPA meetings at no charge and GRAPPA members are invited to attend the SPARTAN meetings at no charge. REGISTRATION for each SESSION IS REQUIRED.

PRELIMINARY AGENDA

 Wednesday, July  9, 2014
GRAPPA 2014 ANNUAL MEETING

11:00am - 4:00pm  GRAPPA Patient Research Partners pre-meeting (invitation only)
4:00pm – 8:30pm   GRAPPA Registration Open
6:00pm – 8:00pm   GRAPPA Welcome Reception                               

Thursday, July 10, 2014
GRAPPA 2014 ANNUAL MEETING

6:30am – 8:00am GRAPPA Registration/Continental Breakfast
8:00am – 8:05am GRAPPA President’s Welcome – Wolf-Henning Boehnck                              
8:05am – Dermatology Session – April Armstrong & Alice Gottlieb, Chairs

• Update on IDEOM – Alice Gottlieb (15 min)
• Defining the role of dermatologists in the management of PsA: Some regional considerations – Henning Boehncke
• Measuring the Whole Psoriasis Patient – Abrar Qureshi
• Performance Characteristics of the PSI – Philip Mease
• Treat to Target-- Joel Gelfand
• Panel on Treat to Target & Improving Outcomes in Psoriasis: April Armstrong, Joel Gelfand, Junko Takeshita, & Philip Mease

9:45am – 10:00am Break
10:00am – 12:00pm Definition of Musculoskeletal Inflammation – Philip Mease, Chair
•             Plenary 
•             Break-out Groups 
•             Group Report
12:00pm – 1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm – 1:50pm Project Updates
•             GRAPPA Online Training Assessment Videos – Kristina Callis Duffin 
•             International Educational Initiatives – Philip Mease & Morton Scheinberg 
•             SPARTAN-GRAPPA Symposia – Atul Deodhar & Philip Mease 
•             Rheumatology-Dermatology CME Symposia – Amit Garg & Philip Mease 
•             GRAPPA Publications Committee – Dafna Gladman & Ade Adebajo 
•             PsO-PsA Combined Centers Workshop – Jose Scher
1:50pm – 2:30pm MRI Scoring in PsA Trials (PSAMRIS) – Mikkel Ostergaard                          
              OMERACT Review – Ina Campbell, PRP, Philip Mease, Dafna Gladman, Oliver Fitzgerald, Vibeke    
              Strand
2:30pm – 2:45pm Break
2:45pm – 5:00pm Building Bridges Between Researchers & Patient Research Partners (PRPs)
•             Overview to breakout groups: Maarten de Wit and Ina Campbell, Chairs
•             Break-out Groups 
•             Group report
5:00pm – 5:10pm     Steering Committee Election Results - Ade Adebajo, Governance Chair 
5:15pm – 6:15pm     GRAPPA Combined Meeting Steering & Executive Committees (invitation only)      
6:30pm – 9:00pm     GRAPPA Reception & Dinner 

Friday, July 11, 2014 - Morning Session
GRAPPA 2014 ANNUAL MEETING

7:00am - 8:00am GRAPPA Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00am – 10:45am Treatment Recommendations - Arthur Kavanaugh, Christopher Ritchlin, Philip Mease,  Laura Coates
                              Break
10:45am – 12:00pm Treatment Recommendations Break-out group reports 

Friday, July 11, 2014 - Afternoon Session
GRAPPA and SPARTAN JOINT MEETING

12:00pm SPARTAN REGISTRATION OPENS/GRAPPA Registration Continues
12:00pm – 1:00pm GRAPPA and SPARTAN Lunch/Fellows’ Posters Session Opens
1:00pm – 1:10pm Welcome - Henning Boehncke, GRAPPA President and John Reveille, SPARTAN Chair
1:10pm – 3:15pm Fellows Research Presentation - Henning Boehncke and Lianne Gensler
3:15pm – 4:15pm Fellows Research Poster Viewing and Coffee Break
4:15pm – 5:30pm Primer on Genetics
•             Genetics of SpA– John Reveille
•             Genetics of Psoriasis – Kristina Callis-Duffin
•             Genetics of PsA – Robert Winchester 
5:15pm – 6:30pm GRAPPA Business Advisory Council Meeting (invitation only)
6:30pm – 7:15pm Reception – GRAPPA and SPARTAN (no-host bar)  
7:15pm – 9:00pm Dinner - GRAPPA and SPARTAN 

Saturday, July 12, 2014 - Morning Session
GRAPPA and SPARTAN JOINT MEETING

7:00am – 8:00am GRAPPA and SPARTAN Joint Registration/Continental Breakfast
8:00am -8:15am Welcome - Henning Boehncke, GRAPPA President and John Reveille, SPARTAN Chair
8:15am – 10:15am Topics of Common Interest:
•             Cardiovascular Morbidity & Mortality in PsA – Elaine Husni
•             Cardiovascular Morbidity & Mortality In Axial SpA – Lianne Gensler
•             Spondylitis in PsA & Anklylosing Spondylitis – Dafna Gladman 
•             Osteoproliferation in AS & PsA: Challenges and Advances - Nigil Haroon
10:15am – 10:30am Break
10:30am – 12:00pm
•             BIODAM Project in PsA: Oliver Fitzgerald
•             BIODAM Project in SpA: John Reveille
•             Uveitis in Axial SpA Versus PsA - James Rosenbaum 
  12noon – 1:00pm GRAPPA and SPARTAN Lunch

GRAPPA ANNUAL MEETING ENDS

Saturday, July 12 - Afternoon Session
SPARTAN 2014 Annual MEETING      

1:00pm – 1:25pm Chairman’s Welcome and Reporting on Current Projects – John Reveille
•             SPARTAN 501c3: What does it mean?
•             SPARTAN-GRAPPA Educational Symposia
•             SPARTAN-GRAPPA-ASAS Symposium at the ACR Annual Meeting
•             ACR-SPARTAN-SAA Treatment Guidelines Project
•             SPARTAN-ASAS Delegation work with the FDA
•             SPARTAN Initiative on Classification Criteria
•             SPARTAN-SAA Registry
•             SPARTAN’s Future          
1:25pm – 1:40pm Setting up new committees: Research, Education, Website, and Governance
                           Atul Deodhar and Lianne Gensler
1:40pm – 2:10pm Election of two new officers: Presentations by candidates and voting
2:10pm – 2:40pm FDA Decision and aftermath SPARTAN-ASAS Roundtable in  Dusseldorf with the FDA                            Atul Deodhar
2:40pm – 2:45pm Inauguration of newly elected officers
2:45pm – 3:00pm Break    
3:00pm – 5:30pm SPARTAN Initiative on Early Referral of axSpa Patients
                           Moderator: Andreas Reimold
3:00pm – 3:30pm Where are the axial SpA patients in the US? How can we increase referrals to                                     rheumatologists? Atul Deodhar    
3:30pm – 3:50pm  Overview and Introduction to Break-out groups: What can we learn from                                             questionnaires prepared for dermatologists to identify PsA patients?
                            Which physicians to target for education re: axSpA (PCP, Orthopedics, Spine                                surgeons physiotherapists, chiropractors)
3:50pm – 4:30pm  Break-out Groups: Discussions regarding new referral strategies, educating other                               professionals who see back pain patients questionnaire development, feasibility &                               practicality
4:30pm – 5:00pm  Group Report
5:00pm – 5:30pm  Discussion & voting using ARS                                               

Evening free for attendees

Sunday, July 13, 2014
SPARTAN ANNUAL MEETING

8:00am – 8:05am  Chairman’s Welcome – Atul Deodhar
8:05am - 9:00am  Development of ACR-SPARTAN-SAA Treatment Recommendations                                                     Liron Caplan and Michael Ward
9:00am - 9:30am   Pathogenesis of SpA- Speaker: TBD
9:30am – 10:00am Role of IL-17 in the pathogensis of Psoriatic Arthritis and Axial SpA
                             Siba Raychaudhuri          
10:00am - 10:15am Coffee Break

 SPARTAN REGISTRY SESSION
Moderator: Robert Inman          

10:15am - 10:35am  SPARTAN-SAA Registry Progress Report - John Reveille
10:35am – 11:00am  Overview and Introduction to Breakouts - Liron Caplan and Andreas Reimold     
11:00am – 11:30am  Break-out groups: Discussions regarding feasibility, interest, & practicality of                                         developing & sustaining the registry.        
11:30am – 12:00pm   Group Report
12:00pm – 12:45pm   Discussion & voting by members using ARS    
12:45pm – 1:00pm     Summary, Conclusion - John Reveille and Atul Deodhar

SPARTAN ANNUAL MEETING ENDS

GRAPPA Annual Meeting Travel and
Lodging Support Eligibility Policy

 http://www.123signup.com/grappanetwork/TravelandLodgingPolicy2014.pdf

2014 SPARTAN Annual Meeting
Reimbursement Policy

 Will be emailed directly to SPARTAN members.