2009
Congratulations to the following individuals for their outstanding submissions to the 2009 ACR Slide Competition:
***Best Overall Winner***
Reactive Arthritis: Keratoderma Blennorrhagicum
Submitted by: Dina Arrieta Vega, MD
Heredia, Costa Rica
First Place Winner – Still Image Category
Discoid Lupus: Atrophic Patches
Submitted by: Martin Kriegel, MD
Boston, MA
First Place Winner – Case Study Category
Lofgren Syndrome
Submitted by: Joseph Lutt, MD
Portland, OR
2008
Congratulations to the following individuals for their outstanding submissions to the 2008 ACR Slide Competition:
***Overall Winner***
Atypical Mycobacterial Scleritis in a Spondylitis Patient Treated with a TNF-Antagonist
Submitted by: Daniel Schaffer, MPS & Kevin Moder, MD
Rochester, MN
Still Image – First Place Winner
Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia (watermelon stomach) in Systemic Sclerosis
Submitted by: Tamar Brionez, MD
Houston, TX
Case Study – First Place Winner
Primary Hypertrophic Osteoarthropathy
Submitted by: Jaejoon Lee, MD
Seoul, Republic of Korea
Honorable Mention
Ankylosing Spondylitis: Gas in the L1 Vertebral Body Following Collapse (Kummel Disease)
Submitted by: Arezou Khosroshahi, MD
Boston, MA
Honorable Mention
Disabling Pansclerotic Morphea
Submitted by: Carl Gauthier, Jr., MD
Hammond, LA
Honorable Mention
Disseminated Coccidioidomycosis with Vertebral Involvement
Submitted by: Juan Elmer Olguin Redes, MD
Hermosilla, Sonora, Mexico
Honorable Mention
Giant Cell Tumor of Tendon Sheath
Submitted by: Lester Miller, MD
Santa Cruz, CA
Honorable Mention
Juvenile Dermatomyositis
Submitted by: Jay Adams
Richfield, MN
Honorable Mention
"Kissing-Hugging" Osteophyetes
Submitted by: Eddys Disla, MD
New York, NY
Honorable Mention
Ochronosis: Resected Femoral Head and Knee Synovial Fluid and Urine after Sun Exposure
Submitted by: Lester Miller, MD
Santa Cruz, CA
Honorable Mention
Radiographic Evaluation of Possible Spondyloarthritis
Submitted by: Marc Miller, MD
Portland, ME
Honorable Mention
Systemic AL Amyloidosis: Papular Periorbital Deposition and Pinch Purpura
Submitted by: Rohit Aggarwal, MD
Chicago, IL
2007
Overall Winner: Intestinal Henoch Schönlein Purpura
Submitted by Karyl Barron, MD Bethesda, MD
Case Study Winner: Sarcoidosis: Evolution of Heart Block
Submitted by Irina Rakylar, MD Washington, DC
Still First Place Winner (Tie) Charcot Arthropathy
Submitted by Rupert Abdalian, MD Toronto, ON, Canada
Still First Place Winner (Tie) Urate Nephropathy
Submitted by Simon Chatfield, MD Parkville, Victoria Australia
Still Third Place WinnerOsteolysis with Detritic Synovitis
Submitted by Lester Miller, MD Santa Cruz, CA
Honorable Mention
Chronic Discoid Lupus Submitted by Santhanam Lakshminarayanan, MD, of Farmington, CT
Gout of the HandsSubmitted by Gabriel Colceriu, MD and Fabian Mendoza, MD, of New York, NY
Juvenile Dermatomyositis with Myofascial Calcification of Thighs
Submitted by Floranne Wilson, MD and Ann Reed, MD, of Rochester, MN
Lupus Pernio Submitted by Danieli C.O. Andrade, MD, of Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis Submitted by Katherine Temprano, MD, of Lexington, KY
Juvenile Dermatomyositis Submitted by Mohammad Khan, MD, of Edmond, OK
Pancreatitis Panniculitis Submitted by Ali Askari, MD and Mark Schultz, MD, of Cleveland, OH
2006
First place: Ollier’s disease submitted by Jafar Forghanizadeh, MD, of Tehran, Iran
Second place: Blue hyperpigmentation submitted by Paul F. Dellaripa, MD, of Boston, MA
Third place: Synovial Chondromatosis submitted by Kyriakos A. Kirou, MD, and Robert L. Buly, MD, of New York, NY
Honorable mentions:
Xanthomas submitted by Rejane Leal C. da C.Araújo, MD, of Florianopolis, Brazil
Cold Agglutinin Disease submitted by for Alan N. Baer, MD, of Buffalo, NY
Fibrous Dysplasia submitted by Rolando Cimaz, MD, of Lyon, France
Pseudoporphyria submitted by Donald P. Goldsmith, MD, of Philadelphia, PA
Juvenile Paget's disease submitted by Mark Natter, Fellow, of Boston, MA
Eeosinophilic Fasciitis submitted by John H. Stone, MD, MPH, of Baltimore, MD
Ankylosing Spondylitis submitted by Anthony Turkiewicz, MD, of Birmingham, AL
2005
First place: Lyme Myositis submitted by Aaron R. Holmgren, MD, of Rochester, MN
Second place: “Strawberry Gums” as presenting in Wegener’s Granulomatosis submitted by John H. Stone, MD, of Baltimore, MD
Third place: Macrophage Activation Syndrome submitted by Darush Rahmani, DO, of Tucson, Az
Honorable mentions:
“Popeye” sign submitted by Scott Anderson, MD, PhD of San Francisco, CA
OA Weight Bearing Knee submitted by Eric Gall, MD, of Chicago, IL
Lucio’s Phenomenon and Blastomycotic Arthritis submitted by Luiz S. Guedes-Barbosa, MD, of Cuiaba MT, Brazil
Early and Severe Scleritis submitted by Gilbert Kepecs, MD, of Hackensack, NJ
Arthritis Mutilans submitted by Gerald Moore, MD, of Omaha, NE
Untreated Tophaceous Gout submitted by Steven J. Wees, MD, of Omaha, NE
2004
First place: Giant Cell Tumor submitted by Jennifer Elliot, MD, of Pittsburgh, PA
Second place: Nonbacterial Thrombotic Endocarditis submitted by Peter D. Kent, MD, of Rochester, MN
Third place: Ehlers-Danlos, type IV submitted by Angelica Pena, MD, and Luis. J. Jara, MD, of Mexico
Honorable mentions:
Osseous Sarcoidosis submitted by Michael R. Cannon, MD, and Claire Coggins, MD, of Richmond, VA
Rheumatoid Pachymeningitis submitted by Vaidehi Chowdhary, MD, of Rochester, MN
Spondylodiskitis and Spinal Osteomyelitis submitted by Luiz Sergio Guedes-Barbosa, MD, of Cuiaba, Brazil
Aantiphospholipid Syndrome submitted by Meenakshi Jolly, MD, MS, and Bansari Shah, MD, of Oaklawn, IL
Neonatal Lupus Erythematosus Brian J. Keroack, MD, of Portland, ME
Melorheostosis submitted by Carolina Landolt-Marticorena, MD, PhD, of Ontario, Canada
Aarthrogryposis submitted by Bricia Toro, MD, of Brownsville, TX
2003
First place: Mycobacterium Marinum Arthritis submitted by John H. Yost, DO, of Manchester, NH
Second place: Lepromatous Leprosy submitted by Samy K. Metyas, MD, Covina, CA
Third place: Relapsing Polychondritis submitted by Saifeddin Alsalameh, MD, of Marburg, Germany
Honorable mentions:
Behcet's Disease submitted by Gerson Bernhard, MD, and Jonathan D. Graf, MD, of San Francisco, CA
Sarcoidosis submitted by Cory L. Conniff, MD, of Chicago, IL
Macrophage Activation Syndrome submitted by Donald P. Goldsmith, MD, of Philadelphia, PA
Nephrogenic Fibrosing Ddermopathy submitted by Nicole W. Klett, MD, of Charleston, SC
Giant Cell Arteritis submitted by Peter D. Kent, MD, and Trent Smith, MD, of Rochester, MN
Osteogenesis Imperfecta submitted by Richard Mier, MD, of Lexington, KY
Vitamin D- Dependent Rickets, Type I submitted by Howard R. Schwartz, MD, of Springfield, MO
2002
First place: Watermelon Stomach submitted by April Chang-Miller, MD, and Mark V. Larson, MD, of Rochester, MN
Second place: Cold Agglutinin Disease submitted by Patrick J. Riccardi, MD, of Syracuse, NY
Third place: Tophaceous Gout submitted by Joseph H. Korn, MD, of Boston, MA
Honorable mentions:
Wegener's Granulomatosus submitted by Glenn C. Douglas, MD, of Charleston
Scleroderma submitted by Petros Efthimiou, MD, of NY
Sarcoid Arthropathy submitted by Jane L. Gilbert, MD, of Chevy Chase, MD
Dermatomyositis submitted by Jesus Hernandez, MD, of Huntsville, AL
Sjögren's Ssyndrome submitted by Peter D. Kent, MD, of Rochester, MN
Giant Cell Arteritis submitted by Lawrence Levin, MD, of Honolulu, HI
Buerger's Disease submitted by Marc L. Miller, MD, of Portland, ME
2001
First place: Sweet's syndrome submitted by Alvin F. Wells, MD, PhD, of Durham, NC
Second place: Systemic-Onset Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis submitted by Ellen M. Ginzler, MD, MPH, of Brooklyn, NY
Third place: Henoch-Schönlein Purpura submitted by Tawatchai Paisansinsup, MD, of Rochester, MN
Honorable mentions:
Mary Chester Wasko, MD, MSc, of Pittsburgh
Rex McCallum, MD, of Durham, N.C.
Tawatchai Paisansinsup, MD, of Rochester, Minn.
Kenneth J. Warrington, MD, of Rochester, Minn.
George Spencer-Green, MD, MS, of Seattle, Wash.
Hyman Tannenbaum, MD, of Quebec
Folke D. Lindstrom, MD, PhD, of Sweden