2018 ACR Awards of Distinction & ACR Masters

The 2018 ACR Masters

Recognition as an ACR Master is one of the highest honors the College bestows. The designation is conferred on ACR members, age 65 or older by Oct. 1 of the year in which they are nominated, who have made outstanding contributions to the ACR and the field of rheumatology through scholarly achievement and/or service to their patients, students and profession. The 2018 Masters are:

MARK ANDREJESKI
Executive Vice President
American College of Rheumatology
Atlanta

JOAN M. BATHON, MD
Professor of Medicine (Tenured)
Chief, Division of Rheumatology
Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons and New York Presbyterian Hospital
New York

RICHARD BRASINGTON, MD
Professor of Medicine
Fellowship Program Director
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
St. Louis, Mo.

GARY L. BRYANT, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Associate Division Director for Clinical Affairs
Division of Rheumatic and Autoimmune Diseases
Senior Adviser to the Chair
Department of Medicine
University of Minnesota Medical School
Minneapolis

JILL P. BUYON, MD
Director, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine
Sir Deryck and Lady Va Maughan Professor of Medicine
New York University School of Medicine
New York

DANIEL O. CLEGG, MD
Chief, Division of Rheumatology
Harold J, Ardella T and Helen T Stevenson Presidential Professor of Medicine
University of Utah School of Medicine
Salt Lake City

PAUL EMERY, MD
Arthritis Research UK Professor of Rheumatology
Section Head, Inflammatory Arthritis
Director of the Leeds Biomedical Research Centre
Leeds, United Kingdom

DAVID A. FOX, MD
Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Chief, Division of Rheumatology
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Mich.

RICHARD A. FURIE, MD
Chief, Division of Rheumatology
Northwell Health
Professor of Medicine
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Great Neck, N.Y.

GARY S. GILKESON, MD
Professor of Medicine
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Faculty Development
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, S.C.

TIMOTHY LAING, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Internal Medicine
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Mich.

KURUGODU MAHENDRANATH, MBBS
DTM&H, Liverpool, UK
Senior Consultant Rheumatologist
Samarpan Arthritis and Rheumatology Centre
Bangalore, India

ERIC L. MATTESON, MD, MPH
Emeritus Professor of Medicine
Emeritus Chair, Division of Rheumatology
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minn.

JOAN T. MERRILL, MD
Director of Clinical Projects, Arthritis & Clinical Immunology Program
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
OMRF Professor of Medicine
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Chief Advisor for Clinical Development
Lupus Foundation of America
Oklahoma City

CHRISTOPHER T. RITCHLIN, MD
Division Chief
Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology
University of Rochester Medical School
Rochester, N.Y.