Rebecca Shepherd, MD, MBA, FACR, FACP, is the chair of the ACR Insurance Subcommittee of the Committee on Rheumatologic Care. She is chief of rheumatology and director of the osteoporosis service line at Lancaster General Health in Lancaster, Penn.
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