Sunday, 26th November ARA-NSW 2017 - 39th Annual NSW Branch Meeting

Introduction by Vivek Thakkar

• The unhappy knee replacement - Richard Walker
• Management of biopsy negative giant cell arteritis in a tertiary hospital - Gemma Winkler
• Assessing the possible link between varicella zoster virus infection and giant cell arteritis using clinical assessment, serology and temporal artery biopsy immunohistochemistry: Interim results from the Giant Cell Arteritis and PET Scan (GAPS) study - Anthony M Sammel
• An audit of temporal artery biopsies at Hunter New England Local Health District - Karolina Kanczuga-Byszewski
• Protocol for cross-sectional study examining the incidence of rheumatic immune related adverse events (RirAE) in patients with metastatic melanoma treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors  - Alana S Bruce
• Skin impedance in systemic sclerosis: Pilot study - Ross Penglase

Chair: Davinder Gerwal Singh

• The central nervous system in osteoarthritis: from mechanisms to treatments - Siobhan M Schabrun
• Evaluating the use of case based discussion in improving clinical reasoning a pilot study with medical students - Shweta Kumar
• Haemorrhagic myositis lessons from a local cohort and a literature review - Beverly Ng
• Muscle biopsies - A single centre experience - Queenie Luu
• Endocannabinoid-based nanoassemblies inhibit in vitro and in vivo cytokine production - Nicola Barrie
• Anti-arthritic drugs and their effect on early T-cell cytokine production - Nicholas Manolios
• Twice the doctor - Virtual volunteering - Robert Baume