The annual NYU Seminar in Advanced Rheumatology is one of the longest running rheumatology educational courses in the nation. The two and one-half day conference reviews and addresses those areas where current solid knowledge in the treatment of rheumatic diseases is available, The course focuses on the state-of-the-art in rheumatology at the intersection of new clinical knowledge and its translation into practice. Rheumatology is a fast-moving field in which new discoveries are continually being made and new treatment modalities developed. Because the basic and clinical scientific underpinnings of rheumatologic practice frequently and directly come to impact therapy, this course will also explore those areas of leading-edge science that are likely to prove important to the treatment and management of patients with rheumatic disease. Lectures and year-in-review updates will provide participants with the most recent information in arthritis, lupus, and the full-range of rheumatologic conditions. In addition, panel discussions and optional meet-the-professor sessions will provide small group sessions for participants to raise questions and participate in dialog with the course instructors and clinical experts.