HSS | Hospital for Special Surgery

This collaboration between Hospital for Special Surgery in New York and Medscape is designed to provide practicing clinicians with updates and analysis on clinically important topics in orthopedics, rheumatology, anesthesiology and other topics in musculoskeletal health.

• More Guidance Needed for Cancer Screening in Rheumatology Karmela Kim Chan, MD, discusses new myositis cancer screening guidelines as a good starting point for future needed efforts to guide cancer screening in patients with rheumatic diseases.
  Hospital for Special Surgery, January 12, 2023
• Regenerative Medicine Landscape Continues to Evolve Dr Kathleen Davenport describes how platelet-rich plasma and stem-cell injections are currently used for tendinopathies and arthritis and what to watch for in the widely varying protocols being used.
  Hospital for Special Surgery, November 2, 2022
• Rheumatic Diseases and ART Pregnancies: Things to Consider Karmela Kim Chan, MD, and Caroline H. Siegel, MD, MS, give an update on what's known about the use of assisted reproductive technology (ART) in patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases.
  Hospital for Special Surgery, September 14, 2022
• Machine Learning in Rheumatology: Beyond Clinical Instincts Recent examples of machine learning in rheumatology provide a promising framework for showing how its power can be harnessed in clinical care, says Karmela Kim Chan, MD.
  Hospital for Special Surgery, April 5, 2022
• What's the Evidence Base for Prescribing New SSc-ILD Drugs? Two experts from Hospital for Special Surgery review the evidence for how best to use nintedanib, tocilizumab, and combination therapy in treating patients with systemic sclerosis–associated ILD.
  Hospital for Special Surgery, March 22, 2022

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• ANA Testing in a Postpartum Patient at Risk for Dermatomyositis The progression of a 32-year-old woman's dermatomyositis -- a rash that resolved during pregnancy, only to recur postpartum, along with fatigue and weakness.
  HSS Grand Rounds Complex Cases, May 4, 2021
• B Cells in Relapsing Lupus Nephritis and Cutaneous Vasculitis A case of a woman with systemic lupus erythematosus whose nephritis and cutaneous vasculitis were refractory to treatment.
  HSS Grand Rounds Complex Cases, April 28, 2021
• Managing Diffuse Peripheral Ischemia in Antiphospholipid Syndrome A complex case of refractory peripheral ischemia in a 39-year-old man with APS and type 1 diabetes.
  HSS Grand Rounds Complex Cases, April 14, 2021

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• What Can You Learn Through a Telehealth Shoulder Exam?   Dr Samuel Taylor discusses opportunities and provides advice for an effective virtual exam of the shoulder.
  Hospital for Special Surgery eAcademy, November 12, 2021
• Techniques for a Telehealth Exam of the Knee   Drs Joseph Lamplot and Samuel Taylor discuss techniques for a telehealth exam of the knee.
  Hospital for Special Surgery eAcademy, November 12, 2021
• Choosing a Management Strategy in RA   Drs Paget and Bykerk discuss the current data on treatment timing, disease modification, and comorbidities in rheumatoid arthritis.
  Hospital for Special Surgery eAcademy, November 30, 2016
• Comorbidities in Inflammatory Joint Disease   Drs Paget and Schwartzman discuss both rare and common comorbidities, and the latest strategies to prevent their damaging effects.
  Hospital for Special Surgery eAcademy, November 30, 2016

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