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Wonderful gathering last Friday for the Division of Immunology and Rheumatology Annual Retreat. It’s always inspiring to get everyone together and hear about the amazing work being done in the division and the vision for the future, and enjoy some Wellness Zen as well!

Check out our latest publication by fellows and faculty evaluating the reliability of ChatGPT in providing guidance on shingles vaccination for rheumatology patients! Akhil Sood MD Amanda Moyer, MD Pegah Jahangiri, M.D. JCR: Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Fantastic work by Dr. Titilola Falasinnu and NameGoesHere looking at how pain is spread across the body in people with lupus and how it affects their daily lives, emotions, and overall well-being, highlighting the need for better, more comprehensive pain management strategies.

Our stellar fellow Srijana Davuluri presenting her poster at RWCS, demonstrating that low PPi levels may drive calcinosis in dermatomyositis! Could this be a potential future target for treatment? Stanford Department of Medicine

🎉 Congratulations to Dr. Tamiko Katsumoto on her insightful interview on the ZOE Food & Nutrition Podcast! 🥗✨ Dive into her expert discussion on the connection between diet and inflammation below: #StanfordRheumatology #AntiInflammatoryDiet youtube.com/watch?v=fo6HM4…

New work from the Lanz and Robinson Labs, in collaboration with the Karolinska Institute: Antibodies against EBV EBNA1 and its molecular mimics GlialCAM, Alpha-B Crystallin, and Anocamin-2 are associated with higher risk for MS. Read all about it at: pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

📢 “There are currently no #FDA-approved treatments for #IgG4-related disease," Dr. Matthew Baker M.D., M.S. Stanford Medicine. 🦠💊 Read more about this challenging disease Healio Rheumatology ⬇️ healio.com/news/rheumatol…

Congratulations to Dr. Yashaar Chaichian from Stanford Rheumatology for his outstanding commitment to reseach and treatment at the Lupus Foundation's of Northern California's 10th Annual Purple Ribbon Awards Dinner

Check out this episode of ACR on Air with our own Dr. Baker discussing advances in IgG4-related disease! Stanford Department of Medicine Stanford Medicine

Proud of our soon-to-be graduate, Amanda Moyer, MD, for presenting Grand Rounds at The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center on the diagnosis and management of SLE in adolescents and young adults. Way to go Amanda!

Congratulations to our own Bill Robinson for being inducted into the Association of American Physicians. A huge honor and well deserved! Stanford Department of Medicine Stanford Medicine

Great to see Lori Chung and Dave Fiorentino presenting on CAR T cell therapy for SSc and DM at the Stanford Cellular Immune Tolerance Symposium! Stanford Department of Medicine

Fantastic work by Dr. Jison Hong (Jison) who presented on treating idiopathic granulomatous mastitis with immunomodulators at the American Society of Breast Surgeons annual meeting. Great to see so many collaborators interested in researching granulomatous mastitis!

Brilliant HSS Grand Rounds talk by Matthew Baker M.D., M.S. on cardiac sarcoidosis: Diagnosis based on clinical symptoms + TTE/MRI. Start steroids + MTX; add TNFi if flare on taper. Discontinue FDG-PET if negative on stable maintenance therapy, TTE/rhythm monitoring for long-term #HSSRheum

In honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage month, our Jison Hong partnered with Stanford faculty to highlight the pressing health challenges facing our Asian and Asian American communities—and share actionable pathways toward change! Stanford Department of Medicine

Congratulations to Lori Chung for being named an Avant-Garde Healthcare Research All-Star, in recognition of her quality and quantity of published research!

We are beyond proud of Amanda Moyer, MD for receiving the Kelley E. Skeff Professionalism Award! This is an incredible honor and so well-deserved! Stanford Department of Medicine

Congrats to Akhil Sood MD, MS and team on being named a General Winner at the Stanford Health Care QI Symposium for their project increasing RZV in RA patients ages 18–50! Special thanks to mentor Janice Lin and the Specialty Pharmacy for their collaboration.

Congratulations to Stan Shoor on his well-deserved retirement from rheumatology. What an incredible career! We all feel so lucky to have had the opportunity to work with you and to celebrate you at your farewell gathering!

ACR, EULAR, and APLAR each select 10 faculty to participate in a prestigious international exchange program promoting global sharing of clinical and research expertise in rheumatology. Jison Hong was honored to participate in the program, which recently took place in Barcelona!