The Brigham Board Review and Comprehensive Update in Rheumatology 2025 (Videos + Slides PDFs)

The Brigham Board Review and Comprehensive Update in Rheumatology 2025 (Videos + Slides PDFs)

Include: 42 videos + 2 pdfs, size: 6.6 GB
Target Audience: fellows/trainees and practicing rheumatology specialists
 Information:

The Brigham Board Review and Comprehensive Update in Rheumatology is a practical, easy-to-access online video CME program designed to help you refresh your knowledge and sharpen your clinical skills. Through engaging lectures and real-world case discussions, you will learn strategies you can apply right away—both in your daily practice and as you prep for your certification or recertification exam.

This continuing medical education program will deepen your understanding of disease pathophysiology in management of rheumatologic disorders, while giving you the tools to confidently make differential diagnoses of complex conditions and select appropriate therapeutic interventions.

Date of Original Release: June 30, 2025

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:

• Apply current/recommended rheumatology guidelines in clinical practice
• Perform differential diagnosis of complex clinical presentations related to rheumatologic disorders
• Identify/apply current therapeutic options for specific rheumatologic disorders
• Evaluate and interpret up-to-date literature relevant to clinical practice in rheumatology
• Illustrate knowledge of pathophysiology as it applies to management of rheumatology disorders
• Apply knowledge gained to the ABIM certification/recertification rheumatology examinations

Intended Audience

This activity was designed for fellows/trainees and practicing rheumatology specialists (MDs) and other professional affiliates (internists with an interest in rheumatology) who are preparing to take ABIM certification exam, maintain their certification, or who seek CME activities to improve patient care in the area of rheumatology medicine.

 

Topics:

Rheumatoid Arthritis

• Rheumatoid Arthritis – Overview – Katherine P. Liao, MD
• Pathogenesis of Rheumatoid Arthritis – Deepak A. Rao, MD, PhD

SLE and Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome

• Systemic Lupus Erythematosus – Clinical Manifestations – Karen H. Costenbader, MD, MPH
• Systemic Lupus Erythematosus – Pathogenesis – Paul J. Hoover, MD, PhD
• The Treatment of Lupus – Elena M. Massarotti, MD
• Clinical Manifestations and Treatment of Antiphospholipid Syndrome – Laura L. Tarter, MD

Spondyloarthritis

• Psoriatic Arthritis – Joseph F. Merola, MD, MMSc
• Axial Spondyloarthritis – Joerg Ermann, MD

Vasculitis and Connective Tissue Diseases

• Scleroderma – Clinical Features and Therapeutics – Flavia V. Castelino, MD
• Sjögren’s Disease – Jennifer Y. King, MD, PhD
• Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies – Anthony A. Amato, MD
• Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) in the Rheumatic Diseases – Gregory C. McDermott, MD
• Vasculitic Syndromes – Paul F. Dellaripa, MD
• Large Vessel Vasculitis – Giant Cell Arteritis, Polymyalgia Rheumatica Takayasu’s Arteritis – Paul A. Monach, MD
• ANCA-Associated Vasculitis – Paul A. Monach, MD
• Rheumatoid Arthritis – Treatment Update – Susan Y. Ritter, MD, PhD

Crystals, Infections, and Rheumatic Diseases

• Crystal-Induced Arthritis – Sara K. Tedeschi, MD, MPH
• Septic Arthritis – James H. Maguire, MD
• Lyme Disease – Nancy A. Shadick, MD
• Preventing Infections – Screening, Prophylaxis, and Immunizations – Camille N. Kotton, MD

Orthopedic Conditions

• Common Conditions Affecting Elbow, Wrist, and Hand – Brandon E. Earp, MD
• The Knee and Shoulder Pain – What you “Kneed” to Know – Elizabeth G. Matzkin, MD
• Common Foot and Ankle Disorders – Jeremy T. Smith, MD
• Osteoarthritis – A Rheumatologist’s Perspective – Lindsey A. MacFarlane, MD
• Diagnosis and Management of Low Back Pain – Jeffrey N. Katz, MD, MS
• Interventional Approaches for Spinal Pain – Zacharia Isaac, MD

Musculoskeletal Imaging

• Rheumatology Board Review – Imaging Essentials for Diagnosis and Management – Alexander C. Merritt, MD
• Imaging of Hands and Feet – Jacob C. Mandell, MD
• Arthritis of the Spine – From Top to Bottom – Miriam E. DeFilipp, MD
• Ultrasound Use in Rheumatology – Minna J. Kohler, MD

Rheumatic Manifestations of Systemic Diseases

• Osteoporosis – Julia F. Charles, MD, PhD
• Autoinflammatory Diseases – Peter A. Nigrovic, MD
• Rheumatologic Adverse Events of Cancer Immunotherapy – Jeffrey A. Sparks, MD, MMSc
• Sarcoidosis – Jeffrey A. Sparks, MD, MMSc
• Brief Encounters with Unusual Rheumatic Diseases – Simon M. Helfgott, MD

Pregnancy and Childhood

• Pregnancy and the Rheumatic Diseases – Laura L. Tarter, MD
• Pediatric Rheumatology – For the Adult Rheumatologist – Peter A. Nigrovic, MD

Fundamentals

• Genetics of Rheumatic Diseases – Soumya Raychaudhuri, MD, PhD
• Immunology for the Rheumatologist – William J. “Cris” Crisler, PhD
• Biologics and Biosimilars – Joerg Ermann, MD
• Understanding and Managing Pain in Rheumatology – Yvonne Lee, MD
• Monitoring in the Rheumatology Clinic – Lydia Gedmintas, MD