Agenda
2026 ARA Annual Conference Agenda*
All CME sessions will take place in the Columbia Ballroom. There are 12 sessions available for CME
credit and the schedule and/or order is subject to change.
*Indicates CME session
Friday, March 20, 2026
1:00-4:00 Vendor Setup
3:00-4:00 Attendee Check-in — badge and tram ticket provided at check-in
4:00-5:00 Advisory Board Panel — Drs. Botson, Copus, Medland, Troum, and Ragle
5:00-6:00 Tram to Seven Glaciers
6:00-9:00 ARA Sponsored Welcome Reception/Opening Remarks/Dinner
Saturday, March 21, 2026
7:30-8:30 Breakfast and Novartis Product Theater
Cosentyx: Here With You for Your Patients With PsA, AS, and nr-axSpA
and RA
Orrin M. Troum, MD, MACR
Clinical Professor of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine / University of Southern California
Director of Rheumatology Clinical Research Providence Saint John's Health Center
8:30-9:00 Exhibit Break
9:00-10:00* Session 1: What's the ACR Doing for Me? Alaska Rheumatology 2026
Angus Worthing, MD, FACP, FACR
ACR Secretary
Arthritis & Rheumatism Associates
PC/Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology), Georgetown University Medical Center
10:00-11:00* Session 2: IgA Nephropathy: Too Many Therapies?
Jeremy Gitomer, MD
Kidney and Hypertension Clinic of Alaska
11:00-12:00* Session 3: 2026 Update in Psoriatic Arthritis: Highlights from 2025 EULAR & ACR International Meetings
Orrin M. Troum, MD, MACR
Clinical Professor of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine / University of Southern California
Director of Rheumatology Clinical Research Providence Saint John's Health Center
12:00-12:30 CSRO Update
Amish J. Dave, MD, MPH
Director of Continuing Medical Education and Associate Program Director of Rheumatology Fellowship, Virginia Mason Medical Center
Board Member, Washington Rheumatology Alliance
Board Member, Coalition of State Rheumatology Organizations
Board Member, Northwest Rheumatism Symposium
12:30-1:30 Lunch and Product Theater Presentation - Alexion
1:30-2:00 Exhibit Break
2:00-3:00* Session 4: Autoimmune Thyroid Disease for the Uninterested
Jeffrey Medland, DO
Internal Medicine - Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
3:00-4:00* Session 5: GLP-1 Update
Willa Hsueh, MD
4:00-4:30 Coffee/Snack/Exhibit Break
4:30-5:30* Session 6: Vasculitis in Clinical Practice: Interesting Cases and Clinical Pearls
Curry Koening, MD, MS
UT Health Austin’s Rheumatology Clinic and UT Health Austin’s Musculoskeletal Institute
Associate Professor in the Dell Medical School Department of Internal Medicine
5:45-7:00 ARA Sponsored Closeout Reception / Hors d'oeuvres in Columbia Ballroom Foyer
Sunday, March 22, 2026
8:00-9:00 Breakfast and Product Theater - Sanofi
9:00-9:30 Exhibit Break
9:30-10:30* Session 7: Vasculitis Talk #2
Curry Koening, MD, MS
UT Health Austin’s Rheumatology Clinic and UT Health Austin’s Musculoskeletal Institute
Associate Professor in the Dell Medical School Department of Internal Medicine
10:30-11:30* Session 8: Clinical Pearls for the Rheumatologist
Angus Worthing, MD, FACP, FACR
ACR Secretary
Arthritis & Rheumatism Associates
PC/Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology), Georgetown University Medical Center
11:30-12:30* Session 9: Treatment Approaches for the Non-Rheumatologist
PANEL
12:30-1:00 Coffee/Exhibit Break
1:00-2:00 Lunch and Product Theater Presentation - AbbVie
2:00-2:30 Closing Conference Comments/Booth Passport and Door Prize Winners
2:30-3:30* Session 10: Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Rheumatologic Diseases
Stanley Watkins, MD
Alaska Heart and Vascular Institute
3:30-4:30* Session 11: Autoimmune Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria: Distinguishing type I vs IIb
April Arseneau, MD
Valley Allergy and Asthma Clinic
4:30-5:30* Session 12: RHEUMinating on the Last Frontier: Clinical Vignettes from Soldotna's Resident Rheumatology
Clinic
Judith Fan, MD PGY-2 | UW Alaska IM Rural Residency Program
Rue Oliver, MD PGY-2 | UW Alaska IM Rural Residency Program
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Dannemiller and Alaska Rheumatology Alliance Essentials. Dannemiller is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.