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In Memoriam: Robert W. Lightfoot Jr., MD

Hammad Ali, MD, William Neal Roberts, MD, & Kristine M. Lohr, MD, MS  |  Issue: February 2024  |  February 10, 2024


Hammad Ali, MD, was one of the last fellows trained by Dr. Lightfoot and performed the rheumatology consult during his final illness. He is a researcher at the University of Kentucky, Lexington.

William Neal Roberts, MD, served as a junior faculty member on the ACR’s first ever guideline committee chaired by Dr. Lightfoot and shared a fellow clinic with him from 2018–22. He is a professor of rheumatology at the University of Kentucky, Lexington.

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Kristine M Lohr, MD, MS, was recruited twice as a faculty member by Dr. Lightfoot, once at Medical College of Wisconsin and then again at University of Kentucky, where she ultimately served as Dr. Lightfoot’s last division chief. She is a professor of medicine and the director of the rheumatology training program at the University of Kentucky, Lexington.

Reference

  1. Galen RS, Gambino SR. Beyond Normality: The Predictive Value and Efficiency of Medical Diagnosis. New York: Wiley; 1978.

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