The ACR President Joseph Flood, MD, Reviews 2014 in Rheumatology

A Privilege

This has been a wonderful and challenging year. I have cherished the honor and privilege of serving you. The counsel of an outstanding Executive Committee, including Bill St.Clair, Karen Smarr, Joan Von Feldt, Sharad Lakhanpal, Dave Karp and Eric Matteson, has fortified me in my mission. Our Board of Directors has been courageous in taking on difficult work, and I deeply appreciate their support and dedication.

The entire ACR staff has been pivotal in my ability to lead, and if I mentioned each of their contributions, there would be no room for anything else in The Rheumatologist this month! To mention just a couple: Mark Andrejeski leads a hard-working and talented staff; I highly regard his guidance and friendship. Julie Anderson is an extraordinary association executive whom I value deeply and who made the work of the president and the executive committee possible. Thank you, Julie. Presidents come and go, but the staff sustains the ACR.

Dr. Joseph Flood is president of the ACR and a rheumatologist at the Columbus Arthritis Center and adjunct professor of internal medicine in the Division of Rheumatology at The Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health, both in Columbus. Contact him at [email protected].