Day 1- October 4, 2011 An Evening Reception and Opening Talks at the MGH Holiday Inn- Beacon Hill Ballroom
5:30PM – 7 Reception
5:30 – 7:00 POSTER SESSION: Viewing of Posters Accepted for Presentation
7:00 – 7:30 Welcome and Introductory Remarks Dr. John Stone
7:30 – 8:30 Keynote Address: “What is the nature of IgG4?” Dr. Rob Aalberse
Day 2– October 5, 2011 MORNING SESSION Holiday Inn – Beacon Hill Ballroom
7:15 – 8:00 Breakfast
8:00 – 8:45 IgG4-RD Pathology: Pre-Symposium Exercises & Position Statement Dr. Vikram Deshpande
9:00 – 9:30 What Does the Pathology Tell Us About the Pathophysiology of IgG4-RD? Dr. Yoh Zen
9:45 – 10:15 Are Classification Criteria for IgG4-RD Now Possible? Dr.Kazuichi Okazaki
10:30 – 10:45 Break
10:45 – 11:15 How Do We Establish the Presence of IgG4-RD in a New Organ? Dr. Wah Cheuk
11:30 – 11:40 Mikulicz’s Disease as a Part of IgG4-related Disease Dr. Motohisa Yamamoto
11:40 – 12:10 Multi-center Retrospective and Prospective Study of IgG4-RD in Japan Dr.Yasufumi Masaki
12:25 – 1:25 Lunch
AFTERNOON SESSION MGH Ether Dome – Bulfinch Building
1:15 – 1:30 Meeting for Photograph in Front of the Bulfinch Building
1:30 – 1:45 The Ether Dome Dr. John Stone
1:45 – 2:15 Autoimmune Pancreatitis: Contrasting Types I and II Dr. Thomas Smyrk
2:30 – 3:00 The Clinical Epidemiology and Natural History of Autoimmune Pancreatitis Dr. Suresh Chari
3:10 – 3:15 Break
3:15 – 3:45 The Treatment of Autoimmune Pancreatitis Dr. Terumi Kamisawa
4:00-4:15 Corticosteroid therapy in IgG4-related TIN Dr. Ichiro Mizushima
4:15-4:30 Clinical utility of minor salivary gland biopsy to diagnose IgG4-related disease Dr. Kazunori Yamada
4:30-4:45 Diagnosis associated with elevated IgG4 serum levels Dr. Nicolas Schleinitz
Day 3 – October 6, 2011 Holiday Inn Beacon Hill Ballroom
7:15 – 8:00 Breakfast
8:00 – 8:30 Considering New Treatment Approaches: B cells and Plasma Cells as Targets Dr. Arezou Khosroshahi
8:45 – 9:15 The Utility of Serum IgG4 Concentrations as a Biomarker Dr. Shigeyuki Kawa
9:30 – 9:45 Break
9:45 – 10:15 IgG4-RD and the Classification of Aortitis/Retroperitoneal Fibrosis Dr.James Stone
10:30 – 11:00 IgG4-RD and the Lung Dr. Jay H. Ryu
11:15 – 11:45 IgG4 and the Kidney Dr. Lynn Cornell
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch
1:00 – 1:30 Radiological Features of IgG4-RD Dr. Dushyant Sahani
1:45 – 2:15 Application of ERCP & Endoscopy in Diagnosis and Management of AIP patients Dr. David Forcione
2:30 – 2:45 Break
2:45 – 3:15 Emerging Pathologic Techniques Dr. Ahmet Dogan
3:30-3:45 A Clinicopathologic Study of IgG4-related Retroperitoneal Fibrosis Dr. Mollie Carruthers
3:45-4:00 Distinct histopathological features between subtypes of Hashimoto’s thyroiditis Dr. Yaqiong Li
4:00-4:15 Nearly a quarter of orbital lymphoproliferative disorders are IgG4-related disease Dr. Masayuki Takahira
6:00 Cocktails & Conference Dinner – The Harvard Club
Day 4– October 7, 2011 Holiday Inn Beacon Hill Ballroom
7:15 – 8:00 Breakfast
8:00 – 8:30 Autoantibodies in IgG4-RD Dr. Antonio Puccetti
8:45 – 9:15 IgG4-RD and the Eye: Orbital Pseudotumor, Dacryocystitis & Dacryoadenitis Dr. Wah Cheuk
9:30 – 9:45 Break
9:45 – 10:15 IgG4-RD and Lymphadenopathy Dr. Yasuharu Sato
10:30 – 11:00 Is IgG4-RD a Pre-Malignant Condition? Dr. JK Chan
11:15 – 12:15 Nomenclature of Individual Disorders under the IgG4-RD Umbrella Drs. Suresh Chari & John Stone
12:15 – 1:30 LUNCH
1:30 – 3:00 Pathology AND Clinical BREAKOUT Sessions
Clinical: Designing an International, Multi-Center Clinical Trial in IgG4-RD
1:30 – 2:00 A Disease Activity Index in IgG4-RD: Pre-Symposium Exercise Data Dr. Arezou Khosroshahi
2:15 – 3:00 Designing a Multi-Center Clinical Trial in IgG4-RD Dr.John Stone

Pathology: Current pathology practices in IgG4-RD

A. The Morphologic Spectrum of IgG4-RD

1:30 – 1:40 It’s All About the H&E Stained Slide Dr. Adrian Bateman
1:40 – 1:50 Immunostaining for IgG4 is Essential in the Workup of IgG4-related Disease Dr. James Stone
B. The IgG4 and IgG stain: My approach to Quantitative Analysis
2:00 – 2:20 My Approach to Quantitative Analysis Dr. Giuseppe Zamboni
C. Pathologic criteria for the Diagnosis of IgG4-RD
2:30 – 2:40 Pathologic Criteria for IgG4-RD Dr. Yoh Zen
2:40 – 3:00 Pathologic Criteria for IgG4-RD & Discussion Dr. Vikram Deshpande