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Kaveh Ardalan

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatrics, Rheumatology

Selected Presentations & Appearances


Duke Cure JM Family Day: Clinical Research Updates - Duke Children's Myositis Center / Cure JM Foundation Family Day 2024 · April 2024 Other
Rheumatology Research Foundation Pediatric Visiting Professorship 2024 · April 2024 Visiting Professorship Lecture Rheumatology Research Foundation, Carilion Children's Hospital, Roanoke, VA

-Grand Rounds: Juvenile Dermatomyositis: State of the Art & Long Term Outcomes
-Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Presentation
-Red Flags & Red Herrings Case-Based Presentation
-Pediatric Rheumatology Exam Skills: Pearls and pGALS Workshop
-Inpatient Rounds (Bedside Teaching)
-Pediatric Rheumatology Board Review (Noon Conference)

American College of Rheumatology State of the Art Symposium 2024, Roundtable Facilitator (Pediatric Rheumatology) · April 2024 Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium
Building Capacity to Address Mental Health in Juvenile Myositis - Cure JM Clinical Network and Center of Excellence Symposium · January 2024 Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium Cure JM Foundation,
My Awardee Experience - Choose Rheumatology Experience · November 2023 Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium Rheumatology Research Foundation, American College of Rheumatology Convergence 2023
Addressing Common Barriers and Facilitators for Mental Health Screening Through Implementation Methods - ACR Convergence 2023 Session 14T111: Integrating Mental Health Conversations and Screening in Pediatric Rheumatology Clinics · November 2023 National Scientific Meeting American College of Rheumatology,
Mental Health & Juvenile Myositis - Cure JM Foundation 2023 Family Conference · July 2023 Invited Talk Cure JM Foundation,
Vamorolone & Juvenile Myositis - Cure JM Foundation 2023 Family Conference General Session · July 2023 Invited Talk Cure JM Foundation,
National Family Leadership Council, Past Present & Future Support - Cure JM Foundation National Family Leadership Council Keynote · June 2023 Keynote/Named Lecture Cure JM Foundation, Cure JM 2023 Family Conference
Juvenile Dermatomyositis: Change on the Horizon - Adult Rheumatology Grand Rounds · April 4, 2023 Invited Talk University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology,
Utilizing PROMIS Measures in Juvenile Dermatomyositis - Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium (PRSYM) 2023 meeting · April 1, 2023 International Meeting or Conference
Juvenile Dermatomyositis: State of the Art & Long-Term Outcomes - Pediatric Grand Rounds · March 3, 2023 Invited Talk NYU-Brooklyn Hospital, Department of Pediatrics,
Cure JM Carolina Connect - Cure JM Carolina Connect · June 4, 2022 Lecture Co-sponsored by Duke Division of Pediatric Rheumatology and Cure JM Foundation,

Cure JM Carolina Connect – Invited Speaker (two presentations given)
Co-sponsored by Duke Division of Pediatric Rheumatology and Cure JM Foundation
Juvenile Myositis Flares
Mental Health and Juvenile Myositis (co-presented with Dr. Aliese Sarkissian, UNC Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC)

Management of Cutaneous Lupus · May 2021 National Scientific Meeting Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium (PRSYM) 2021 Meeting,

Invited in 2020 but postponed until 2021 due to COVID19 pandemic

Outcomes in Pediatric Rheumatic Diseases: Interplay of Mental Health, Physical Health, and Quality of Life - CHDI Seminar Series · March 17, 2020 Lecture Children's Health & Discovery Initiative, Duke University,

Service to the Profession


Abstract Reviewer ACR Convergence 2024 · June 2024 - July 2024 Editorial Activities American College of Rheumatology,
CARRA Research Development and Leadership Forum · July 2023 - June 2024 Committee Service Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance,
Ad hoc reviewer · 2023 Editorial Activities Seminars in Arthritis & Rheumatism,
Ad hoc Reviewer - Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine · 2022 Editorial Activities
Ad hoc Reviewer - Nature Reviews Rheumatology · 2022 Editorial Activities
Ad hoc reviewer · 2022 Editorial Activities Lupus Science and Medicine,
Ad hoc reviewer, Rheumatology (Oxford) · 2021 Editorial Activities
Vice Chair · 2021 Committee Service International Myositis Assessment and Clinical Studies (IMACS) Outcomes Assessment Scientific Interest Group,
Review Editor (Section on Pediatric Rheumatology) · 2021 Editorial Activities Frontiers in Pediatrics,
Abstract Reviewer · 2021 Editorial Activities American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting 2021,
Ad hoc reviewer · 2021 Editorial Activities Dermatologic Therapy,
Member, CARRA Leadership Development Working Group · 2021 - 2021 Committee Service
Chair, Early Investigator Workgroup · July 2020 - June 2023 Professional Development CARRA,
Abstract Reviewer · 2020 Editorial Activities American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting 2020,
Ad hoc reviewer · 2019 Editorial Activities Pediatric Rheumatology,
Ad hoc reviewer · 2019 Editorial Activities Arthritis Care & Research,
Ad hoc reviewer · 2019 Editorial Activities Journal of Pediatric Psychology,
Ad hoc reviewer · 2019 Editorial Activities Lupus,
Abstract Reviewer · 2019 Editorial Activities CARRA Annual Meeting 2019,
Vice Chair, Early Investigator Workgroup · July 2018 - June 2020 Professional Development
Member, Internally Funded Research Oversight Committee (IROC) · 2018 Committee Service CARRA,
Ad hoc reviewer · 2018 Editorial Activities British Journal of Dermatology,
Grant Reviewer (ad hoc) · 2018 Other Cure JM Foundation,
Abstract Reviewer · 2018 Editorial Activities CARRA Annual Meeting 2018,
Invited Reviewer · 2018 Editorial Activities Frontiers in Pediatrics (section on Pediatric Immunology),
Reviewer · 2017 Committee Service CARRA Scientific Review Committee,
Member, Consensus Treatment Plan Advisory Committee · 2017 Committee Service CARRA,
Co-Leader, CARRA Lupus/Dermatomyositis Dermatology Workgroup · January 2016 - July 2020 Committee Service CARRA,

Service to Duke


Duke Children’s Health Center Redesign, Valvano Day Hospital Committee (Department) · 2023 Committee Service Department of Pediatrics / Children's Health Center,
Division of Pediatric Rheumatology Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Advisory Committee (Division) · April 2022 - June 2023 Committee Service
2022 Cohort Member . Duke Children’s Philanthropy Ambassadors Forum · March 2022 - November 2022 Other
Search Committee (Pediatric Rheumatology Division Head) (Other) · June 2020 - September 2020 Committee Service
Duke Children's Priority 3 Work Plan Committee (Department) · January 2020 - September 2020 Committee Service

Clinical Activities


Co-Director of Duke Children's Myositis Center (1.5 days/month of myositis clinic at Lenox-Baker).

Additional clinical activities conducted at Children's Health Center (general pediatric rheumatology; lupus combined clinic with nephrology) and Creekstone (general pediatric rheumatology)