A weekly podcast for physicians interested in evidence based medicine and rheumatology. Find the papers at ebrheum.com
Episodes
Monday May 09, 2022
Monday May 09, 2022
After some delay, I finally get around to discussing ORAL-Surveillance, a post-marketing safety study of tofacitinib for rheumatoid arthritis. It's an incredibly important trial that will likely affect how all of us practice for the foreseeable future. Link to paper:
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2109927
Monday Apr 25, 2022
Monday Apr 25, 2022
After a winter hiatus, the podcast is back! Today I wanted to dive into a 'hotbutton' issue - the question of whether (or not) COVID-19 vaccines "work" for patients with rheumatic diseases. My answer is an emphatic "yes," albeit with a few caveats. Here are the papers I discuss:
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanrhe/article/PIIS2665-9913(22)00034-0/fulltext
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35441151/
Thursday Nov 04, 2021
Thursday Nov 04, 2021
Hello again! Snappy episode this week about the exciting LoVAS trial, which compared a reduced dose steroid taper for ANCA vasculitis. Be sure to drop by my website at ebrheum.com to subscribe to my newsletter!
Monday Jul 12, 2021
Monday Jul 12, 2021
In this episode, I talk with Dr. Andy Abril, Chair at the Division of Rheumatology at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville Florida. Dr. Abril is one of the lead authors for the 2021 ACR Guidelines on Takayasu’s arteritis.
This project was done in partnership with the Vasculitis Foundation. To review the complete guidelines, visit
https://dev.vasculitisfoundation.org/2021-acr-vf-vasculitis-guidelines/ or vasculitisfoundation.org. You can find them on Twitter @vasculitisfound and I am @ebrheum. Thanks for listening!
Sunday Jul 11, 2021
Sunday Jul 11, 2021
In this episode, I talk with Dr. Jason Springer, Co-Director of the Vanderbilt Vasculitis Center, about the guidelines for PAN He is one of the lead authors for the ACR/VF Guidelines for Polyarteritis Nodosa.
This project was done in partnership with the Vasculitis Foundation. To review the complete guidelines, visit
https://dev.vasculitisfoundation.org/2021-acr-vf-vasculitis-guidelines/ or vasculitisfoundation.org. You can find them on Twitter @vasculitisfound and I am @ebrheum. Thanks for listening!
Saturday Jul 10, 2021
Saturday Jul 10, 2021
On today's episode I discuss GCA with Dr. Mehrdad Maz. He is the Division Director of the Kansas University Allergy, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology Section and served on the Steering Core Committee of the ACR-VF Vasculitis Treatment Guidelines. We cover a lot of great topics!
This project was done in partnership with the Vasculitis Foundation. To review the complete guidelines, visit
https://dev.vasculitisfoundation.org/2021-acr-vf-vasculitis-guidelines/ or vasculitisfoundation.org. You can find them on Twitter @vasculitisfound and I am @ebrheum. Thanks for listening!
Friday Jul 09, 2021
Friday Jul 09, 2021
In today's episode, I talk with Dr. Mehrdad Maz about the newly published guidelines for giant cell arteritis (GCA). Dr. Maz is the Division Director of the Kansas University Allergy, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology Section. He serves on the Steering Core Committee of the ACR-VF Vasculitis Treatment Guidelines.
This project was done in partnership with the Vasculitis Foundation. To review the complete guidelines, visit
https://dev.vasculitisfoundation.org/2021-acr-vf-vasculitis-guidelines/ or vasculitisfoundation.org. You can find them on Twitter @vasculitisfound and I am @ebrheum. Thanks for listening!
Thursday Jul 08, 2021
Thursday Jul 08, 2021
The guidelines have finally arrived! I'm kicking off the series today with a conversation about the ANCA vasculitis guidelines. My guest is Dr. Sharon Chung, the director of the UCSF Vasculitis Clinic and the lead investigator on the ACR/Guideline committee. She provided a LOT of great insights; have a listen and let us know what you think!
This project was done in partnership with the Vasculitis Foundation. To review the complete guidelines, visit
https://dev.vasculitisfoundation.org/2021-acr-vf-vasculitis-guidelines/ or vasculitisfoundation.org. You can find them on Twitter @vasculitisfound and I am @ebrheum. Thanks for listening!
Wednesday May 12, 2021
Wednesday May 12, 2021
Hopping in this week to round out my thoughts on ADVOCATE (avacopan in AAV) and covering the recently published AURORA trial for SLE nephritis. Back to the Vasculitis Guidelines Podcast after as soon as they are released!
Saturday Apr 24, 2021
Saturday Apr 24, 2021
In this episode we'll be introducing the process by which the 2021 ACR/VF guidelines were produced. My guest is Dr. Sharon Chung. She's the director of the UCSF Vasculitis Clinic and the lead investigator on the guideline committee. Please follow along with future episodes - you can find me @ebrheum and the Vasculitis Foundation is at @vasculitisfound and their website vasculitisfoundation.org.