TR: Is there anything you would like to add as you embark on your new role as president?
Dr. Dewing: From my years of experience as a nurse practitioner, as a volunteer for the ACR and the ARP, and as a Peace Corps volunteer, it is very clear to me that an organization can do so much more when it is a team effort. At the ACR/ARP, that team effort has allowed us to do amazing work to support those who are out in the field on a day-to-day basis working with patients, engaging in research and doing the things to support our practices.
With our new strategic plan and priorities providing a framework for our programs and activities as they are launched, it’s a very exciting time for the College. Over the next year, I genuinely look forward to reconnecting, seeing colleagues at ACR Convergence and having the chance to work with all of our ACR/ARP members—my professional family.
Leslie Mertz, PhD, is a freelance science journalist based in northern Michigan.
