Thank you Dr.Asherman and organizing committee for an outstanding #GCOM2024 Allow me to add 2 additional goals that were definitely met: 5. Spend quality time with #Myositis family ❤️ ✅ 6. Have a blast✅

Another #GCOM on the books. Simply no other meeting like it where the (great) meeting content rivals the social/collaborative activities. The #MyositisCommunity is ❤️! #BetterTogether #myositis #GrowingFamily

What it's like to be MIHRA memb & work w beautiful peeps Pedro Machado Julie J. Paik Helene Alexanderson Elie Naddaf Latika Didem Saygin, MD Myma Albayda, MD, RhMSUS Antonia Valenzuela youtu.be/3E1VBCcA76E Community Joy effervescencing usual & challenging tasks 💕 ..

The irony of academia: preaching about diversity and inclusion while maintaining a system that favors the privileged and excludes the marginalized.

Attending FIT day #SOTA24 as a facilitator this time - it was great to meet everyone! Future of rheumatology is so bright 🌟 Kudos to Ibtissam Gad and all the FIT subcommittee members 👏🏻

In a new publication, Didem Saygin, MD, assistant professor of Medicine PittRheum, & the OMERACT Myositis Working Group found value in PROMIS physical function, fatigue, and pain interference forms in an international cohort of patients with #IIM: go.upmc.com/2229GjY7i

Important myth-busting work long-awaited by the IIM patient community. #MIHRA leads Didem Saygin, MD Helene Alexanderson LisaChristopherStine continue to focus on critical unmet needs in #myositis related disorders.

Academia definitely has challenges. However, it also has a lot of wonderful people who are in it for the goal of supporting and uplifting other wonderful people, and seeing that happen makes me smile.

In our recent study, we show that ~70% of patients with #myositis experience pain that interferes with their daily activities. Myositis is not a painless disease Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism Myositis Support and Understanding (MSU) LisaChristopherStine Helene Alexanderson Joost Raaphorst merrilee needham sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

I am so pleased to join Rush Rheumatology family this month to build Myositis research program! 🩷 And congratulations to all graduating rheumatology fellows - this is the best field🥳

Collaborative research in myositis-related disorders: MIHRA, a global shared community model clinexprheumatol.org/abstract.asp?a… Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Join us for the #Myositis session at the American Association of Neuromuscular Medicine Annual Conference (AANEM) in October in beautiful Savannah, Georgia 🌟☀️

Check out our viewpoint “Myositis clinical trials and tribulations” with LisaChristopherStine merrilee needham Werth Lab Julie J. Paik Ingrid Lundberg and others #myositis

We're thrilled to announce our 2024 Award Recipients! Funding for these recipients will accelerate ground-breaking scientific discoveries in rheumatic disease research & address the workforce shortage to ensure patients have access to care. magazine.rheumresearch.org/2024-award-rec…

Congrats to all and especially my friends Sebastian E. Sattui MD, MS Didem Saygin, MD 🫶

📢📢Applications are open for a research fellow/study coordinator position at Rush Rheumatology to join the Myositis Research Team. Please send an email to [email protected] with your CV. IMGs and those with prior clinical research experience are encouraged to apply.

Team American College of Rheumatology - lawn bowling in Minneapolis!

Do you take care of patients with osteoporosis without any comorbid rheumatic disease in your rheumatology clinic? #Rheumtwitter

Our work on further validation of the PROMIS instruments in myositis continues to show good results in an independent international cohort of patients with #myositis⬇️ Construct validity of PROMIS pain interference, fatigue, and physical ... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

🦋 Today, on World Myositis Day, September 21st marks a significant moment for the global myositis community. A shout-out to all of you! WorldMyositisDay #MyositisAwareness #PatientAdvocacy#RareDiseases #PatientLedResearch