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Kaveh Ardalan

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatrics, Rheumatology

Teaching Activities


Past Academic Year:

Educational Programs:

ACR Enduring Materials Content Bundle Team Member (05/2024-08/2024)


Selected Presentations / Didactics /Lectures:

6/28/2025         Cure JM National Family Conference, Inside the Cell: Cutting-Edge Research to Predict Flares and Discover New Treatments (presentation on stakeholder engagement substudy) 

6/27/2025         Cure JM National Family Conference, Impact of Juvenile Myositis on Mental Health & Quality of Life: Coping with Anxiety & Depression

 5/15/2025         Cure JM Foundation Town Hall Webinar, Tapering Medications: Essential Insights on How, When, and Why We Taper

4/2025                    Duke Pediatric Rheumatology Fellowship Autoinflammatory Disease Didactic Month, Duke University Medical Center, Autoinflammatory Diseases: Clinical Overview, including Syndrome of Undifferentiated Recurrent Fever (4/17/2025 and 4/24/2025)

4/3/2025           Childhood Arthritis & Rheumatology Research Alliance Annual Scientific Meeting Fellows Session, CARRA 2025 Fellows Session: Myositis Assessments

3/3-3/6/2025     Rheumatology Research Foundation Pediatric Visiting Professorship, UMass Chan Medical School Department of Pediatrics, Worcester, MA

-Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Presentation

-Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Presentation

-Pediatric Morphea (Localized Scleroderma) Presentation

-Red Flags & Red Herrings Case-Based Presentation

-Pediatric Rheumatology Exam Skills: Pearls and pGALS Workshop

-Pediatric Rheumatology Board Review

-MDA5+ JDM with Rapidly Progressive ILD Morning Report Case Review

-Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis & Macrophage Activation Syndrome Case Review

 01/22/2025       Cure JM Foundation Clinical Care Summit Webinar, Tapering: Considerations in JDM Management

11/16/2024       Rheumatology Research Foundation “Choose Rheumatology Experience” at American College of Rheumatology Convergence 2024, Washington, DC, Overview of Pediatric Rheumatology

11/16/2024       American College of Rheumatology Convergence 2024, Washington, DC, Presentation Title: Updates in Juvenile Dermatomyositis Assessments, Session Title: Updates in Juvenile Dermatomyositis Assessments & Outcomes

11/14/2024       Integrative Multidisciplinary Approach to Pediatric Autoimmunity and Cell Therapy (IMPACT) Working Group ACR Convergence Pre-Meeting, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, Landscape for CAR-T Therapy in Pediatric Autoimmunity

10/2024                  Duke Pediatric Residency Academic Half Day Lecture, Duke University Medical Center, Juvenile Dermatomyositis (10/30/2024)

09/13/2024       Rheumatology Grand Rounds – Invited Guest Lecturer, University of Arizona, Division of Rheumatology, Juvenile Dermatomyositis: Change on the Horizon

07/2024                  Duke Pediatric Rheumatology Crash Course (First Year Fellow) Lecture, Duke University Medical Center, Juvenile Dermatomyositis (07/16/2024)