With Gratitude
Carol Langford with ACR Executive Vice President Steven Echard. (Click to enlarge.)
In leaving this year, I come away with tremendous gratitude for having had the opportunity to serve in this position and for the many people who have supported me and the ACR/ARP during this year. Being involved with the ACR has been an incredibly meaningful part of my life, throughout each role in which I served. I would encourage everyone to pursue volunteer engagement with the ACR/ARP, as your voice is needed and valued.
I wish to extend my sincere thanks to all of the volunteers and staff I have had the privilege of serving with. Your skills and dedication are what made this year possible and what will continue to sustain and grow the ACR, ARP and Rheumatology Research Foundation in the years to come.
My final and deepest thanks is to you, our members, for all that you do in the service of our patients. Please know that the ACR/ARP is your organization—supporting you and your goals represents the reason this organization exists. Whether you are a clinical rheumatologist, a fellow in training, a rheumatology professional, or an investigator conducting basic, translational, clinical, or health services research, you are vital to the specialty of rheumatology. Working together as one unified rheumatology community, we can and will make a difference in improving the lives of those with rheumatic disease.
Carol A. Langford, MD, MHS, is the director of the Center for Vasculitis Care and Research in the Department of Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases at Cleveland Clinic, where she is professor of medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, and holds the Harold C. Schott endowed chair in rheumatic and immunologic diseases.
