The Congress of Clinical Rheumatology is America's Premier Independent Rheumatology Symposium. Started in 1982, this meeting continues to grow in reputation and size. Over the years, participants from almost every US State and from Canada, South America, Europe, Asia, and Oceania have attended. The faculty is composed of some of the foremost researchers and clinicians in the world. In 2019, the Congress of Clinical Rheumatology expanded from a meeting in Destin, Florida to a second meeting in San Diego, California. Destin in the Spring and San Diego in the Fall.