From the PRS President


Dear PRS Members, Colleagues, and Supporters,


I hope you and your families are doing well and enjoying the nice summer weather. This time of year is always busy for PRS! The Cross Border Summer Lecture Series is currently underway. We have had 2 excellent talks thus far and we are looking forward to our next lecture by Dr. Dana DiRenzo on Health-Related Quality of Life in Sjogren’s Disease. Please consider signing up on the website. Below you’ll find additional information about our 2026 Annual Scientific Meeting, FIT Scholarships, and Thieves’ Market.


PRS is a strong supporter of Rheumatology fellows and residents. We have a long tradition of encouraging them to engage at the national level with the FIT Scholarship for ACR event expenses. At the local level, PRS also deeply discounts their attendance at the Annual Scientific meeting.


I’m pleased to announce that this year, PRS will increase its support of fellows with a new program: Fund the Future. PRS will reimburse the Saturday night hotel stay for fellows who submit cases to the Thieves’ Market competition. Please take advantage of this. Fund the Future helps fellows stay for the full Annual Scientific meeting, benefiting fellows, members and our industry supporters.


Phil Dunn, DO

Lehigh Valley Health Network, Jefferson Health

President, Pennsylvania Rheumatology Society

2026 Annual Scientific Meeting

September 25 - 27 at the Hershey Lodge

If you know, you know!

The PRS Annual Meeting is unique: it draws engaged colleagues and expert speakers in a setting made for focused engagement and those collegial conversations that are impossible to find time for elsewhere.


Join us, and plan for the best of Fall weekends, with room for up to 8 hours of CME, dedicated time to interact with fellow rheumatologists, and time to explore all Hershey has to offer.


For Details and Registration visit: PRS 2026 Annual Scientific Meeting

Focus on the Future!

PRS is increasing its support of Rheumatology Fellows to attend the PRS Annual Scientific Meeting. This year, Fellows who submit to the Thieves’ Market will have their Saturday night stayl subsidized by PRS.



It's simple: bringing Fellows to the Annual Meeting builds future rheumatologists.

Fellows engage with established practitioners, interact with industry representatives, learn from cutting edge researchers, and become part of the Pennsylvania rheumatology community.


Join us in Funding the Future here: Focus on the Future

Final 2026 Cross Borders Summer Series lecture

PRS and MSRD close out this summer’s partnership in the Cross Borders Summer Lecture Series with Dr. Dana DiRenzo speaking on “Health-Related Quality of Life in Sjogren’s Disease” on August 13, at 7 pm.


Dr. DiRenzo is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Division of Rheumatology at the University of Pennsylvania and serves as Chief of Rheumatology at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center. She is a member of the Penn Sjogren's center and director of the Penn Musculoskeletal Ultrasound program. Dr. DiRenzo earned her MD from Temple University School of Medicine and completed her Internal Medicine residency at the University of Maryland Hospital, followed by a Rheumatology fellowship at Johns Hopkins Hospital, where she also earned her Master’s in Health Sciences. Her clinical expertise includes inflammatory arthritis, Sjögren’s syndrome, and musculoskeletal ultrasound, and her research centers on patient-reported outcomes, quality of life, mindfulness, and health-related quality of life tools—she leads the Prospective Longitudinal Study to Understand Sjögren’s (PLUS) and serves as a co-chair for the OMERACT Sjögren’s Working Group. 


Register here 2026 Cross Border Summer Series

PRS Membership Matters!

Membership dues are a small investment to show your support of your state professional society.

Your dues support our efforts in both your and your patients’ interests. By having a high proportion of state rheumatologists represented by our society we strengthen our voice when we speak with medical policy committees of both private and public payers and government policymakers.


Update your membership or join here: PRS Membership!

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