The Current State of AI in Rheumatology — Virginia Society of Rheumatology 2025 Annual Meeting.

Paul SufkaArtificial Intelligence, Conferences, Education, Med Tech

Objectives Define the major types of artificial intelligence relevant to healthcare Describe current and emerging applications of AI in rheumatology Evaluate the limitations, ethical concerns, and future directions of AI integration in rheumatologic practice AI Basics Definitions & hierarchy: Algorithms → Machine Learning → Deep Learning → Transformers → Large Language Models (LLMs) Transformers introduced self-attention (Vaswani et al. 2017) … Read More about The Current State of AI in Rheumatology — Virginia Society of Rheumatology 2025 Annual Meeting.

Launching @ACR_Journals Account as Social Media Editor

Paul SufkaAnnouncements, Med Tech, Social Media

I’m honored to announce that I’ll be working as social media editor for the newly formed @ACR_Journals social media account on Twitter, curating online content for the official American College of Rheumatology Journals: Arthritis & Rheumatology, Arthritis Care & Research, and the soon to be launched (on March 15th), ACR Open Rheumatology. A great portion of my personal rheumatology knowledge … Read More about Launching @ACR_Journals Account as Social Media Editor

Three Steps to Keep Up With Twitter at a Major Medical Meeting

Paul SufkaConferences, Education, Med Tech, Social Media

Image by AaronMosh7 (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons. “Consider getting smaller in order to get bigger.” — Sir Richard Branson Many people feel a bit of overwhelm at the idea of using social media during a medical meeting. These same people are recognizing the many benefits of using social media: connecting with others, actively learning, and promoting … Read More about Three Steps to Keep Up With Twitter at a Major Medical Meeting