Nailfold Capillaroscopy Course
The HSS Academy of Medical Educators and the the HSS Scleroderma, Vasculitis & Myositis Center presented a course on Nailfold Capillaroscopy with invited speakers Maurizio Cutolo, MD and Vanessa Smith, MD, PhD.
May 22, 2014
8:30am-4:15pm
Richard L. Menschel Education Center
Hospital for Special Surgery
535 East 70th St
New York, NY 10021
For more information, please contact Melody Mokhtarian at mokhtarianm@hss.edu or 212.606.1812.
Course Description: This one day course provided an overview of the use of video capillaroscopy in connective tissue disease along with experience using this technology in patients.
This course has been sponsored through the HSS Academy of Medical Educators and has been organized by the HSS Scleroderma, Vasculitis & Myositis Center.
Meet the Speakers
Professor Maurizio Cutolo, MD
Eular President Director Research, Laboratories and Academic Division Of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova Italy
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Maurizio Cutolo, MD, is Full Professor of Rheumatology and Internal Medicine, Director Research Laboratories, Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology and Postgraduate School of Rheumatology-University of Genova-Italy.
President of EULAR (European Society for Rheumatology), President of ILAR (International Leagues Associations of Rheumatology). Past-Chairman of the EULAR Standing Committee for Education and Training (ESCET).
Co-founder of the Study Groups on NeuroenocrineImmunology of the Rheumatic Diseases (past chairman 1999) and on Capillaroscopy and Rheumatic Diseases (cochairman 2010) at the American College of Rheumatology (ACR). Chairman of the 6 EULAR International Courses on Capillaroscopy in Rheumatology (2004-06-08-10-12-14).
Member of the editorial Board of Ann Rheum Dis. and Associate Editor of Clinical and Exp Rheumatology.
Member of the ACR (1985), British Society for Rheumatology (1986), Honorary Member of the Hungarian Society for Rheumatology (2010) and of the Russian Society for Rheumatology (2011).
Major interest of his research are sex hormones and rheumatic diseases, circadian rhythms and glucocorticoids, capillaroscopy in systemic sclerosis, vitamin D endocrine system implication in inflammation and immune response, therapy with biological DMARDs in rheumatoid arthritis.
MC is author of the chapter “Neuroendocrine immunology in rheumatic diseases” in the EULAR Compendium on Rheumatic Diseases (2009-2012, chapt 50 BMJ), the chapter “Arthritis Accompanying Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders” in the Kelley's Textbook of Rheumatology 9th edition (2012, chap 121, Elsevier), the chapter “Effects of the Neuroendocrine System on Development and Function of the Immune System” in Rheumatology textbook - Fifth edition (2010, chap 24, Elsevier).
MC is Editor of the first textbook on capillaroscopy entitled: Atlas of capillaroscopy in Rheumatic Diseases - Elsevier 2010 under the aegis of EULAR and author more of 400 papers (source PUBMED).
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Vanessa Smith, MD, PhD
Head of Clinics, Department of Rheumatology
Ghent University Hospital, Belgium
Dr. V Smith, MD, PhD, is head of clinics at the department of Rheumatology, Ghent University hospital Belgium. Her major interests are systemic sclerosis and capillaroscopy.
She has been EUSTAR (European League Against Rheumatism [Eular] Scleroderma Trials and Research group) young investigator between 2010-2013; organising board member of the EULAR courses on capillaroscopy in 2010-2012-2014 and Co-Chair of the ACR study group meetings on capillaroscopy (2012-2013-2014).Dr. Smith is co-editor of the first textbook on capillaroscopy entitled: Atlas of capillaroscopy in Rheumatic Diseases - Elsevier 2010, endorsed by EULAR and editor of the book "Novel insights into systemic sclerosis management" Future Science Group. 2013. In addition she has written chapters in hallmarkworks on systemic sclerosis/capillaroscopy such as "Nailfold capillaroscopy" in Varga J, Denton C, Wigley F, editors. Scleroderma: From pathogenesis to comprehensive management. New York: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC; 2012 and in the EULAR textbook on systemic sclerosis BMJ (2013).
See Program Schedule
- 8:30am-9:00am: Introduction: When and why capillaroscopy
M Cutolo, MD - 9:00am-10:00am: The videocapillaroscopic technique: tools and methods + Interactive teaching: The normal versus the scleroderma pattern
V Smith, MD - 10:00am-10:30am: Living cases
M. Cutolo and V. Smith - 10:30am-11:00am: coffee break
- 11:00am-11:30am: Pathophysiology of SSC and the scleroderma patterns
M. Cutolo, MD - 11:30am-12:00pm: Links between the capillaroscopy and the laboratory
M. Cutolo, MD - 12:00pm-12:30pm: Role of capillaroscopy in detection of digital ulcers
V. Smith, MD - 12:30pm-1:30pm: lunch
- 1:30pm-2:00pm: Clinical cases, digivoting
V. Smith, MD - 2:00pm-2:30pm: Clinical perspectives for capillaroscopy in SSc: the effects of therapy
M. Cutolo, MD - 2:30pm-3:00pm: Other tools to evaluate the microcirculation: flow analysis
M. Cutolo, MD - 3:00pm-3:15pm: break
- 3:15pm-4:15pm: practical session: self performance of capillaroscopy by the attendees