Career

Subcategories:Awards Certification

Career Corner: Whether you're a new rheumatology fellow, an experienced academic rheumatologist, a researcher or a rheumatologist in private practice, you'll find resources in the articles here designed to help you at every stage of your career. You can find information on academic vs. private practice, how to navigate an employment offer, compensation models, noncompete agreements and even tips for selling your practice.

In addition, be sure to review the ACR's career resources: ACR CareerConnection and FIT Career Roadmap.

Educational Leader Honored with Top Rheumatology Award

Richard Quinn | August 8, 2012

Paul Emery, MA, MD, receives prestigious Nachman Prize.

Rheumatology Clinical Registry Integrates AIM:RA

Staff | July 9, 2012

AIM:RA is a web-based self-evaluation of practice performance tool designed to guide a physician through medical-chart data abstraction using a series of questions related directly to evidence-based quality indicators.

Award Targets Critical Shortage of Pediatric Rheumatologists

Staff | July 9, 2012

Deborah Rothman, MD, PhD, received two separate ACR REF/Amgen Pediatric Rheumatology Visiting Professorship Awards, which allowed her to visit programs that do not have either a pediatric rheumatologist or a pediatric rheumatology fellowship program.

The Forward View in Rheumatology

Kimberly Retzlaff | July 9, 2012

Future leaders convene at the ACR/Arthritis Foundation Rheumatology Research Workshop to discuss cutting-edge research and career development.

2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting Scientific Program Preview

Staff | May 9, 2012

Plan to join us for the premier rheumatology meeting this year in Washington, D.C., November 9–14.

Pediatric Researcher Turns American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Award into a Learning Experience

Staff | April 6, 2012

Yukiko Kimura, MD, has been interested in medical education for a long time, so when the ACR Research and Education Foundation (REF) awarded her the ACR REF Clinician Scholar Educator Award in 2008, she knew what she wanted to do.

Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals (ARHP) Recognizes 2011 Graduate Student Award Recipients

Staff | April 6, 2012

The ARHP Graduate Student Award, established in 2006, is given annually to outstanding students in recognition of their research and clinical practice projects in the field of rheumatology. The ARHP is honored to recognize its 2011 Graduate Student Award recipients: Jennifer Mei Ping Woo and Andrew Galica.

Enhance Your Rheumatology Career by Volunteering

Staff | April 6, 2012

Are you passionate about advancing rheumatology? As a volunteer, you can help the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) achieve its mission and grow as an organization.

Maintenance of Certification Is Not Just for the Young

James R. O’Dell, MD | March 8, 2012

I certainly am relieved to know that I will never need to recertify with the American Board of Internal Medicine Maintenance of Certification, but this feeling is shadowed by a deep sense of shame. I decided to step up and take advantage of all the wonderful recertification programs the ACR has to offer.

How to Complete Your Maintenance of Certification

Staff | February 3, 2012

If you are holding a time-limited certificate with the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM), you need to participate in and complete their Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program every 10 years.