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Janusian Thinking in Rheumatology

Bharat Kumar, MD, MME, FACP, FAAAAI, RhMSUS  |  Issue: January 2023  |  January 17, 2023


Dr. Kumar

Bharat Kumar, MD, MME, FACP, FAAAAI, RhMSUS, is the associate program director of the rheumatology fellowship training program at the University of Iowa, Iowa City. He assumes the reins of physician editor of The Rheumatologist with this issue. Follow him on Twitter @BharatKumarMD.

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