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One Rheumatologist’s Sabbatical for Contemplative Leisure

Daniel F. Battafarano, DO, MACP, MACR  |  Issue: June 2025  |  

Daniel F. Battafarano, DO, MACP, MACR, is an adjoint professor of medicine at the University of Texas Health and the University of the Incarnate Word College of Osteopathic Medicine, both in San Antonio, and a professor of medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Md. He retired from the U.S. Army Medical Corps as a colonel.

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