10月下旬，超过15000名医生、护士、物理治疗师、研究人员、科学家和其他对风湿病有兴趣和/或专业知识的人聚集在芝加哥，参加美国风湿病学会年会。The Arthritis Foundation had a contingent of “patient representatives” attending to provide the perspective and voice of peopleliving with arthritis. They fanned out to attend sessions, view and present posters and collect information about exciting new developments in the field. Here are their notes from the final sessions of the meeting.
