Rheumatology For The Royal College

Dr. Karim Ladak

Rheumatology reviews of key topics for your exams and clinical practice, whether you're exercising, grocery shopping, driving, or whatever else it is you choose to do unshackled from your desk.

  • 1 hour 8 minutes
    Treatment of Axial Spondyloarthritis (including Ankylosing Spondylitis)

    What you need to know to treat axial spondyloarthritis (including Ank Spond). Non-pharmacologic management, specific information on the drugs, how to customize treatment, monitoring and tapering. We’ll also discuss ORAL surveillance briefly at the end of the episode.

    Additionally: I need your help with the upcoming "Ask The Professor: Psoriatic Arthritis” pilot episode! Are there any PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS cases you want advice on or questions you want answered? Please let me know what they are in this link: https://forms.gle/J7M4mhZVchPYrz2Y7

    26 June 2025, 6:00 am
  • 1 hour 13 minutes
    Ankylosing Spondylitis (Axial Spondyloarthritis) Part 1: Everything other than treatment.

    What you need to know about Axial Spondyloarthritis (including Ankylosing Spondylitis) for clinical practice and your board exams. In Part 1, we will explore important Background, Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, Clinical Presentation, Work-up, Classification and more!

    Part 2 of 2 will outline the treatment of Axial Spondyloarthritis/Ank Spond.

    • 1:50 - Terminology
    • 6:00 - Epidemiology
    • 9:39 - Pathophysiology
    • 17:10 - Clinical presentation
    • 28:05 - Patient case
    • 31:35 - Physical exam
    • 43:00 - Work up
    • 59:15 - Classification criteria
    • 63:47 - Differential diagnosis
    • 68:07 - Bone marrow edema on MRI
    17 December 2024, 10:00 am
  • 1 hour 13 minutes
    Uveitis

    What you need to know about uveitis for your clinical practice and rheumatology board exams.

    This includes what uveitis actually is, how to think about/classify uveitis in your mind (anatomically; infectious vs non-infectious; systemic vs eye-limited), causes of uveitis, the clinical presentation, workup, management and some extra stuff. As always, "Quiz Time’s” are scattered through the episode to check your understanding.

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    27 June 2024, 6:00 am
  • 1 hour 9 minutes
    Still’s Disease

    What you need to know about Still’s Disease (formerly Adult Onset Still’s Disease/Systemic JIA) for clinical practice and your board exams. 

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    9 November 2023, 7:00 am
  • 59 minutes 20 seconds
    Scleroderma Part 2: Management

    The fundamentals of what you need for patient encounters and your boards.

    In this episode we’ll exclusively discuss the management of systemic sclerosis. This includes treatment of the skin, esophageal disease, interstitial lung disease, pulmonary arterial hypertension and scleroderma renal crisis. 

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    26 April 2023, 11:00 am
  • 1 hour 6 minutes
    Scleroderma Part 1: Clinical Presentation And Workup

    The fundamentals of what you need for your patient encounters and board exams. In this episode we’ll discuss a little epidemiology and pathophys, but focus heavily on the clinical presentation and workup. Part 2 will come out soon and focus on the management of systemic sclerosis. 

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    19 April 2023, 10:00 am
  • 1 hour 11 minutes
    Gout Part 2: Treatment

    How to manage gout! During the flare, urate lowering therapy, anti-inflammatory prophylaxis, dietary recommendations, managing gout with chronic kidney disease and lots more.

    Special shoutout to Cornell’s gout king, Dr. Ted Fields, for teaching us about gout during fellowship. Some of the ideas you’ll hear today, I've learned from him.

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    7 March 2023, 6:00 am
  • 45 minutes 42 seconds
    Gout Part 1: Background, Presentation and Diagnosis

    We’ll focus on everything you need to know, short of management. This means pathophys, epidemiology, clinical presentation, workup and diagnosis.

    Quiz Times can be found at:

    • 15:28
    • 25:30
    • 35:20
    • 37:35

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    27 February 2023, 5:00 pm
  • 1 hour 18 minutes
    Antiphospholipid Syndrome

    What you need to know about the Antiphospholipid Syndrome for your boards and clinical practice. We’ll discuss a little pathophysiology and epidemiology, but mostly focus on the clinical presentation, workup and management, as well as Catastrophic APS (CAPS). 

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    14 December 2022, 5:30 am
  • 1 hour 24 minutes
    Rheumatoid Arthritis Management: Part 2

    Episode #2 of a 2-part series. Part 2 is all about how to handle specific scenarios and clinical pearls. We delve into methotrexate optimization, what to do when therapy fails, the safety of JAK inhibitors, pregnancy management in RA, DMARDs and malignancy, palindromic rheumatism, perioperative management, biosimilars and more.

    8 November 2022, 6:00 am
  • 1 hour 19 minutes
    Rheumatoid Arthritis Management: Part 1

    Episode #1 of a 2-part series. Part 1 will provide a rundown of the guidelines and the most important drugs in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. Part 2 will be published shortly after.

    27 October 2022, 11:00 am
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