In this episode, we discuss the teams in the Animal House region of the 2022 RheumMadness Tournament. Our DEI discussion topic is disparities in osteoarthritis and gout.

Hosts: David Leverenz (Assistant Professor of Medicine at Duke), Ben Kellog (resident at Duke), Melissa Defoe (fellow at UTSW), Nagendra Pokala (fellow at UTSW), Evan Dombrosky (fellow at VCU), Khiem Vu (fellow at Wake Forest), and Jesse Reisner (fellow at Ohio State).

Learn more about RheumMadness by visiting our website: https://sites.duke.edu/rheummadness

References:
Axolotl Limb scouting report by the fellows at Wake Forest Fellowship Program

Dinosaur SpA scouting report by the fellows at Virginia Commonwealth University Fellowship Program

Dalmatian Urate scouting report by the fellows at UT Southwestern Fellowship Program

Dog Osteoarthritis scouting report by the fellows at Ohio State Fellowship Program

Article on disparities in osteoarthritis: Usiskin I, Misra D. Racial Disparities in Elective Total Joint Arthroplasty for Osteoarthritis [published online ahead of print, 2022 Jan 5]. ACR Open Rheumatol. 2022;10.1002/acr2.11399. doi:10.1002/acr2.11399

Article on disparities in gout: Guillén AG, Te Karu L, Singh JA, Dalbeth N. Gender and Ethnic Inequities in Gout Burden and Management. Rheum Dis Clin North Am. 2020;46(4):693-703. doi:10.1016/j.rdc.2020.07.008

Intro and Outro music:
Cheery Monday by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3495-cheery-monday
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/