Rheumatology For The Royal College

Rheumatology For The Royal College

Dr. Karim Ladak
Χώρα Καναδάς
Γλώσσα EN
Επεισόδια 21
Τελευταίο 12.08.2026

This podcast offers concise reviews of essential rheumatology topics aimed at medical trainees preparing for Royal College exams and practicing clinicians. Episodes are designed to be listened to during everyday activities like exercising, shopping, or commuting, fitting study into a busy schedule. The content focuses on key examinable concepts and practical clinical pearls in rheumatology.

Επεισόδια

  • Raynaud's Phenomenon 12.08.2026 1ώ 7λ
    EEverything you need to know about Raynaud’s phenomenon for your clinical encounters and board exams.
  • Sjogren’s Disease Part 1: Clinical Presentation, Workup and Diagnosis 23.06.2026 1ώ 8λ
    Everything you need to know about Sjogren’s Disease (formerly “Sjogren’s Syndrome”), other than treatment. You’ll review the classic triad of sicca, fatigue, and pain, but also the important extra-glandular manifestations. You will also learn the workup, including salivary gland ultrasound and lip biopsy, as well as special testing.
  • Treatment of Axial Spondyloarthritis (including Ankylosing Spondylitis) 26.06.2025 1ώ 8λ
    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.
  • Ankylosing Spondylitis (Axial Spondyloarthritis) Part 1: Everything other than treatment. 17.12.2024 1ώ 13λ
    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!
  • Uveitis 27.06.2024 1ώ 13λ
    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.
  • Still’s Disease 09.11.2023 1ώ 9λ
    What you need to know about Still’s Disease (formerly Adult Onset Still’s Disease/Systemic JIA) for clinical practice and your board exams.
  • Scleroderma Part 2: Management 26.04.2023 59λ
    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.
  • Scleroderma Part 1: Clinical Presentation And Workup 19.04.2023 1ώ 6λ
    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. 
  • Gout Part 2: Treatment 07.03.2023 1ώ 11λ
    How to manage gout! During the flare, urate lowering therapy, anti-inflammatory prophylaxis, dietary recommendations, managing gout with chronic kidney disease and lots more.
  • Gout Part 1: Background, Presentation and Diagnosis 27.02.2023 45λ
    We’ll focus on everything you need to know, short of management. This means pathophys, epidemiology, clinical presentation, workup and diagnosis.
  • Antiphospholipid Syndrome 14.12.2022 1ώ 18λ
    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).
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis Management: Part 2 08.11.2022 1ώ 24λ
    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.
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis Management: Part 1 27.10.2022 1ώ 19λ
    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.
  • PMR and GCA Part 2: Management 08.10.2021 44λ
    What you need to know for your boards on how to manage Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Giant Cell Arteritis.
  • PMR and GCA Part 1: Background, presentation and diagnosis 08.10.2021 56λ
    What you need to know for your boards on Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Giant Cell Arteritis: A little epidemiology and pathophysiology, with a particular focus on the clinical presentation and workup (including imaging).
  • Psoriatic Arthritis 24.06.2021 1ώ 17λ
    What you need to know for your rheumatology boards (and some!). The treatment landscape of PsA is rapidly evolving, so I placed special emphasis on pharmacologic management in this episode. We also discuss 3 challenging scenarios in the last 9 minutes.
  • Lupus Nephritis 14.04.2021 1ώ 13λ
    What you need to know for your rheumatology boards (and some) is summarized in the first 55 minutes. There are an additional 20 minutes of high yield material at the end, including lupus nephritis in pregnancy and renal transplant, which I think are important for the exam and clinical practice.
  • ANCA Vasculitis 04.03.2021 1ώ 9λ
    What you need to know for your rheumatology boards: Epidemiology, pathophysiology, presentation, work-up, management, prognosis and of course, quiz time! EGPA gets its own segment in the last 15 minutes of this episode.
  • IgG4-Related Disease 25.11.2020 49λ
    What you need to know for your boards: Epidemiology, mechanisms, presentation, work-up, management, prognosis and of course, quiz time! Special thanks to Dr. John Stone for his ongoing help with my IgG4-related questions over the years.
  • Myositis 08.09.2020 57λ
    What you need to know for your boards: A little epidemiology and etiology, but a particular focus on the workup (including autoantibody profile) and management of autoimmune myositis.

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