Stakeholder Summit

Nihar Desai, MD, MPH; Natalie Evans, MD, MS, FAHA; Seth S. Martin, MD, MHS, FACC, FASPC, FAHA; and Pam R. Taub, MD, FACC, FASPC, discuss disparities in cardiovascular disease management and their vision for more equitable care.

Ryan Haumschild, PharmD, MS, MBA; Jai G. Parekh, MD, MBA; and Alexander Kabiri, OD; discuss the current landscape and treatment of Dry Eye Disease.

Ryan Haumschild, PharmD, MS, MBA, leads expert panelists in a discussion regarding the current and prospective treatment landscape for CKD.

A panel of experts provide an overview of the clinical, economic, and humanistic burden of inflammatory conditions in the US, discuss the role of biologics and biosimilars in disease management and practical considerations for drug selection, define interchangeable biosimilars and discuss the potential value of these agents to patients, payers, and providers in the treatment of inflammatory diseases.

A panel of experts discuss the current state of health equity in women's health, including representation of racial/ethnic groups in clinical trials, access to care, and disparities in care for specific disease states.

An expert panel discusses associated burdens, treatment considerations, and disparities in care management of patients with psoriasis.

The information discussed in this series is a consensus from the Diabetes Cardiorenal & Metabolism Institute (DCMi) think Tank, a workshop consisting of 17 medical experts to create treatment consensuses based on data and expert opinion, for patients with complex multimorbid diseases plateauing or worsening in outcomes despite the emergence of numerous therapeutic options available. The DCMi will soon have a published consensus paper on early intervention and intensive management of the patient with diabetes and cardio-renal-metabolic diseases which compliments the DCRM multi-specialty practice accommodations.

Neil Minkoff, MD; Maria Lopes, MD, MS; Nancy Ross, PharmD, BCACP, MSCS, CSP; Thomas Leist, MD; and Darin Okuda, MD explore opportunities for improving long-term patient outcomes in MS through earlier use of high efficacy therapies, including those of clinical and payer consideration.

Various stakeholders who play a role in the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) explore various topics pertaining to the current treatment of COPD and discuss the adoption of measuring peak inspiratory flow rates into clinical practice.