{"id":4514,"date":"2025-01-30T12:00:18","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T17:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/rheumatology\/?p=4514"},"modified":"2025-01-30T12:16:46","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T17:16:46","slug":"acr-convergence-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/rheumatology\/2025\/01\/30\/acr-convergence-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"ACR Convergence 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex-shrink-0 flex flex-col relative items-end\">\n<div class=\"pt-0\">\n<div class=\"gizmo-bot-avatar flex h-8 w-8 items-center justify-center overflow-hidden rounded-full\"><strong>ACR 2024: A Year to Remember!<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"flex-col gap-3 md:gap-5\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col flex-grow\">\n<div dir=\"auto\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message flex w-full flex-col gap-4 whitespace-normal break-words text-start\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\">\n<p><strong>This year&#8217;s ACR Convergence 2024<\/strong> was a resounding success for our team! Here&#8217;s a look at what we accomplished together:<\/p>\n<h3><strong>By the Numbers<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>21 Abstracts<\/strong>: 16 posters &amp; 5 oral presentations<\/li>\n<li><strong>4 Scientific Sessions<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>2 Courses Taught<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>7 Session Moderators<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img src=\"\/rheumatology\/files\/2025\/01\/acr24.png\" alt=\"ACR 2024 Overview\" style=\"width: 528px; max-width: 631px; height: 297px; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 4px 6px; margin-bottom: 20px;\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A special shoutout to <strong>Dr. Berk Degirmenci<\/strong>, who received <strong>1st Place at the Adult Thieves Market<\/strong> for his outstanding case presentation, &#8220;Mystifying Malaise: A Tale of Joints and Jumbled Thoughts.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"\/rheumatology\/files\/2025\/01\/Capture2.png\" alt=\"Dr. Berk Degirmenci Award\" style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 529px; height: auto; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 0 4px 6px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); margin-bottom: 20px;\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Reception Highlights<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>We hosted a successful and heartwarming reception at <strong>City Tap House Penn Quarter<\/strong>, where we reconnected with our incredible alumni. Thank you to all who joined us and helped make the event unforgettable! Your support continues to inspire our work.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; justify-content: space-between; align-items: center; gap: 20px;\"><img src=\"\/rheumatology\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_5572.jpg\" alt=\"Reception Photo 1\" style=\"width: 540px; height: 406px; border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 4px 6px;\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Here\u2019s to another year of advancing rheumatology and celebrating excellence!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ACR 2024: A Year to Remember! This year&#8217;s ACR Convergence 2024 was a resounding success for our team! Here&#8217;s a look at what we accomplished together: By the Numbers 21 Abstracts: 16 posters &amp; 5 oral presentations 4 Scientific Sessions 2 Courses Taught 7 Session Moderators A special shoutout to Dr. Berk Degirmenci, who received [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23732,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[191],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/rheumatology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4514"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/rheumatology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/rheumatology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/rheumatology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23732"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/rheumatology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4514"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/rheumatology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4549,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/rheumatology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4514\/revisions\/4549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/rheumatology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/rheumatology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/rheumatology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}