Karina Torralba, MD, MACM, CCD, CPI, RhMSUS

Innovator, Collaborator, Clinician, Researcher

[Karina Torralba, MD, MACM, CCD, CPI, RhMSUS @ktorralbamd]

If you can’t find it, you are not alone. It took me a day to find it online on ACR website. But here it is. The ACR MSK Ultrasound Curriculum - many of you may not be aware - but we have had this since 2015!

https://t.co/AjhiJdsfXn

[Vincenzo Venerito @vincevenerito]

Hello food-loving colleagues attending #EULAR23!

Indeed, as a proud Apulian, I may not call Milan my home base, but I've delved deep into this stunning city through numerous work and leisure visits.
Here are my top restaurant picks!

Congress mode on: I have no disclosures🧵

[Karina Torralba, MD, MACM, CCD, CPI, RhMSUS @ktorralbamd]

US is Rheumatology:
#BILAG SLE MSK domain (2023)
Classifcn criteria: #giantcellarteritis (2022)
#gout (2015)
#polymyalgiarheumatica (2012)
Fellowship #curriculum - #americancollegeofrheumatology (2015)
#competencies for patient care in #acgmemilestones (2021)
#rhmsus

More2come

[Karina Torralba, MD, MACM, CCD, CPI, RhMSUS @ktorralbamd]

#Ultrasound has value in the evaluation of musculoskeletal issues in #lupus patients.

doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/kead241. PMID: 37225418.

[Karina Torralba, MD, MACM, CCD, CPI, RhMSUS @ktorralbamd]

Scenes from last week’s #ussonar multitrack musculoskeletal ultrasound conference. Kudos to Drs Lily Kao, ⁦@janethyinhmd⁩, ⁦@faslammd⁩, our scientific chairs. And to teaming up with Dr Jane Nishio and SRAHEC. Those monthly meetings paid off!!

[Fawad Aslam, MBBS, MSc, RMSK, RhMSUS @faslammd]

Strong presence of #MayoClinicRheumatology @MayoClinic at the @USSONAR_Rh multi-track #ultrasound conference.

[Jose Luis Morell @JlMorell]

Nuevas técnicas diagnósticas 🧫 en patología intersticial pulmonar 🫁
Articulo en abierto 🔓
https://t.co/0kHtGPJFdG

[Karina Torralba, MD, MACM, CCD, CPI, RhMSUS @ktorralbamd]

Hanging out with good friend and partner in crime Catherine Bakewell - while ⁦@minnakohlermd⁩ talks on US criterion for #polymyalgiarheumatica - one of many topics on pitfalls of shoulder US. ⁦⁦@sanofi⁩ ⁦@SanofiUS⁩ https://t.co/FaNkXJ9aWz

[Karina Torralba, MD, MACM, CCD, CPI, RhMSUS @ktorralbamd]

Driving home why rheumatologists should do ultrasound at the point of care! Ultrasound = stethoscope. ⁦@USSONAR_Rh⁩ https://t.co/mSV4jboV67

[Karina Torralba, MD, MACM, CCD, CPI, RhMSUS @ktorralbamd]

I wouldn’t do this if it weren’t fun. Hanging out with friends at #ussonar multitrack conference. Time to poke fun at ourselves. Relax! https://t.co/0LJyPwn4aD

[Karina Torralba, MD, MACM, CCD, CPI, RhMSUS @ktorralbamd]

It’s a no-brainer. Ultrasound vs Temporal artery biopsy for Giant Cell Arteritis? If you were a patient which would you prefer? https://t.co/h9rL35f7Ik

[Karina Torralba, MD, MACM, CCD, CPI, RhMSUS @ktorralbamd]

Looking forward to USSONAR’s 2024 multitrack Rheumatologic Ultrasound Conference May 17-19, 2024. Save The Date! https://t.co/D0AdJTVaY0

[Karina Torralba, MD, MACM, CCD, CPI, RhMSUS @ktorralbamd]

Another successful USSONAR UGSBy course! https://t.co/ZMjbruBHTH

[Karina Torralba, MD, MACM, CCD, CPI, RhMSUS @ktorralbamd]

⁦@USSONAR_Rh⁩ just concluded its 3-day multitrack musculoskeletal conference. https://t.co/4iO42KxfJy

[Dr. John Cush @RheumNow]

Dr. Anisha Dua on Imaging in PMR:
- US of shoulders to eval for bursitis can increase specificity
- MRI better for pelvic girdle, but expensive
- Consider PET if lack of response to steroids, r/o malignancy
#RNL2023 @RheumNow https://t.co/tjhGlJPDWZ

[Shereen N. Mahmood, MD, RhMSUS @SMahmoodMD]

Learning about #MSUS #MSKUS Rheumatology cases with @HowardYangMD @USSONAR_Rh :
👉🏽Rotator Cuff Disease, impingement, tears
👉🏽Elbow Epicondylitis
👉🏽Diffuse joint pains and PMR guidelines
👉🏽Gouty Arthritis

[Karina Torralba, MD, MACM, CCD, CPI, RhMSUS @ktorralbamd]

Absolutely agree food was fantastic at #ussonar’s multitrack course. @cbkcatering is phenomenal job at CAMLS. Cooking lessons?
++ cheesecake+guava sauce and raspberries @astrazeneca Hyatt Place Ballroom. ++Pollo con Manchengo @sanofi dinner Tampa Bay History Ctr TECO Hall.

[USSONAR @USSONAR_Rh]

Day 3 of the USSONAR Multitrack course - #Ultrasound Guided Synovial Biopsy!

Dr Tabechian discusses the hx of USG synovial bx:
✅USG techniques are safe & equivalent to arthroscopy
🎯Synovial tissue bx identifies biomarkers & therapeutic targets
#precisionmedicine @ExagenInc