“I work very hard now to emulate what I was taught,” Dr. Humphrey says. “As my fellows and junior faculty are down in the dirt working on their research projects and trying to get published, I try to remember when they are eligible for an ACR fellow award or a travel grant to attend meetings of interest.”
On its own campuses and others where former trainees now train others, the effects of the UCSF Division of Rheumatology continue to grow. And the program shows no sign of slowing down, despite current economic challenges. “Success breeds success,” says Dr. Wofsy. “If you are able to develop a critical mass of outstanding trainees and faculty, other people want to come.”
Gretchen Henkel is a medical journalist based in California.
Author’s note: Dr. Engleman’s book, My Century, is available on Amazon; all proceeds from sales benefit the research center.
