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Gretchen Henkel

Gretchen Henkel is an award-winning health and medical journalist based in California. She reports on clinical and outcomes research and practice management issues, as well as patient-centered and culturally competent care for various specialties, including hospital medicine, rheumatology, oncology, otolaryngology and long-term care. As an editorial consultant for the SAMHSA-funded National Child Traumatic Stress Network, she develops content for toolkits on assessment and treatment of childhood abuse and trauma, and is the managing editor of the NCTSN quarterly newsletter, IMPACT.

Articles by Gretchen Henkel

Winter 2021’s Awards, Appointments & Announcements in Rheumatology

January 19, 2021 • By Gretchen Henkel

New Appointments for Carlos Lozada, MD In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, Carlos J. Lozada, MD, FACP, FACR, professor of clinical medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, has expanded his professional and volunteer duties. In May he was appointed chief (interim) of the Division of Rheumatology at the Miller School of Medicine,… [Read More]

Meet Dr. Lindsey A. Criswell, the First Woman Director of NIAMS

December 14, 2020 • By Gretchen Henkel

In early 2021, Lindsey A. Criswell, MD, MPH, DSc, one of rheumatology’s preeminent autoimmune genetics researchers, will become the new director of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases. She will be the first woman to hold that post. Dr. Criswell will be leaving her current position as vice chancellor of research… [Read More]

L. Manuela Marinescu, MD, Takes Reins as Chair of Affiliate Society Council

December 4, 2020 • By Gretchen Henkel

While an active member of her state rheumatology society, L. Manuela Marinescu, MD, saw the value of connecting with other regional groups to share information and advocacy strategies. On Nov. 16, she assumed the role of chair of the ACR’s Affiliate Society Council (ASC), where she will help facilitate those connections. Dr. Marinescu graduated with… [Read More]

Fall 2020’s Awards, Appointments & Announcements in Rheumatology

October 19, 2020 • By Gretchen Henkel

S. Louis Bridges Jr., MD, PhD, Moves to New York S. Louis Bridges Jr., MD, PhD, became the new physician in chief and chair of the Department of Medicine, Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS), New York, on Sept. 1. He will also serve as the chief of rheumatology at Weill Cornell College of Medicine. Prior… [Read More]

Nancy Bates Allen, MD, in the Spotlight

September 11, 2020 • By Gretchen Henkel

Nancy Bates Allen, MD, now professor emeritus, Duke University Medical School, Division of Rheuma­tology and Immunology, Durham, N.C., created a legacy of clinical care, clinical research, advocacy for women and collegial respect during her 42-year career at Duke. David S. Caldwell, MD, FACP, FACR, associate professor of medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, says, “[I’m]… [Read More]

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ACR Releases COVID-19 & MIS-C Clinical Guidance for Kids with Rheumatic Disease

August 12, 2020 • By Gretchen Henkel

The ACR has released clinical guidance documents for pediatric patients with rheumatic disease in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, including one for multi-system inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C). Jay Mehta, MD, MS, an attending physician in the Division of Rheumatology and director of the Pediatric Rheumatology Fellowship at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP),… [Read More]

ACR Releases Clinical Guidance for Patients with Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children

July 8, 2020 • By Gretchen Henkel

The recommendations for MIS-C focus on general guidance, diagnostic evaluation and therapy options, as well as comparing and contrasting the features of MIS-C and Kawasaki disease. ... [Read More]

ACR Releases COVID-19 Clinical Guidance for Pediatric Patients with Rheumatic Disease

July 8, 2020 • By Gretchen Henkel

The recommendations for pediatric rheumatology patients address various treatment options and provide general guidance, as well as direction for when to start, stop or reduce medications. ... [Read More]

Spring 2020’s Awards, Appointments & Announcements in Rheumatology

June 15, 2020 • By Gretchen Henkel

Keith Sullivan, MD, Receives Lifetime Achievement Award Mentorship, collaboration and a quest for cure shine through as major themes in the distinguished career of Keith M. Sullivan, MD, the James B. Wyngaarden Professor of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C. On Friday, Feb. 21, those themes dominated his acceptance speech when he received a… [Read More]

Winter 2020’s Awards, Appointments & Announcements in Rheumatology

March 12, 2020 • By Gretchen Henkel

2019 Lupus Foundation of America Gary S. Gilkeson Career Development Awards Emily Smitherman, MD, assistant professor, pediatric rheuma­tology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Children’s of Alabama, one of four recipients of the Gary S. Gilkeson Career Development Awards, is interested in identifying predictors for differences in disease activity within the pediatric population. To accomplish… [Read More]

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