Dr. O’Rourke
Kenneth O’Rourke, MD, MACR
Adult Rheumatologist, Portland, Maine; Rheumatology Division Director, Maine Medical Center, Portland; former Professor of Medicine and Rheumatology Fellowship Program Director, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, N.C.
“I am honored and humbled to be recognized with a Master award from the ACR and very thankful for the numerous opportunities as a clinician educator to contribute to its mission and our profession over the arc of my career,” says Dr. O’Rourke. “In accepting this award, I am forever grateful for the mentorship of Stanley Naguwa, MD, and Robert Ike, MD, the ongoing support and inspiration I receive from my colleagues, and the love and support of my wife, Maureen, and children, Kerry and Patrick.”
Dr. Parks
Deborah Parks, MD, MACR
Professor of Medicine, Clinical Operations Director, Division of Rheumatology; Director, MSK Ultrasound Training Program; Director, Rheumatology Oncology Clinic, Washington University in St. Louis
“If one is judged by the company they keep, I am both honored and humbled by being acknowledged as a MACR, with current/prior recipients for whom I have tremendous respect and admiration,” says Dr. Parks.
Dr. Schanberg
Laura E. Schanberg, MD, MACR
Professor of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C.; Faculty, Duke Clinical Research Institute; Scientific Adviser, Childhood Arthritis & Rheumatology Research Alliance, Washington, D.C.
“What is most meaningful to me about the ACR Master designation is that it represents the recognition of peers both within and outside the pediatric rheumatology community,” says Dr. Schanberg.
Dr. Senécal
Jean-Luc Senécal, MD, FRCPC, MCRA, MACR
Rheumatologist, Division of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM); Director, Autoimmunity Research Laboratory, CHUM Research Center; Professor of Medicine & Past Chairholder of the University of Montreal Scleroderma Research Chair (2003–23), University of Montreal Faculty of Medicine
“The ACR embodies excellence in rheumatology worldwide, including through its large membership, strong peer-reviewed journals and exceptional Convergence annual meetings,” says Dr. Senécal. “As a Canadian rheumatologist who carried out his rheumatology research fellowship in the U.S. under the directorship of the late Naomi F. Rothfield, MD, Arthur Weinstein, MD, and Janet M. Oliver, PhD, I am deeply honored and most grateful to be designated as Master by my peers and thus to join now the international and distinguished list of ACR Masters.”
Dr. Siegel
