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In Memoriam: Remembering Dr. David Templin

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“He cared when no one else did. He not only took the time to figure out what was wrong but listened to what I had to say no matter how crazy I may have sounded. Dr. Templin is a rare type of doctor—he’s the type that clearly loves his career and patients to the core,”…

In Memoriam … Joseph D. Croft Jr., MD

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We recently learned the sad news that Joseph D. Croft Jr., MD, a past president of the ACR and a well-respected member of the rheumatology community passed away in late September.

In Memoriam … Sheldon Mark Cooper, MD, MACR

Bonita Libman, MD  |  

Sheldon Mark Cooper, MD, MACR, professor of medicine, and a colleague and mentor throughout my career at the University of Vermont, Burlington, passed away June 6, after a long illness. Dr. Cooper was born in The Bronx, New York, in 1942, earning his medical degree from New York University School of Medicine in 1967. He…

Ellen M. Gravallese, MD, Now an APLAR Master

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As the Asia-Pacific League of Associations for Rheumatology (APLAR) convened its 26th annual congress in Singapore this August, Ellen M. Gravallese, MD, was honored as an APLAR Master. Dr. Gravallese is currently the Theodore Bevier Bayles Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Boston, chief of the Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation and Immunity at Brigham…

Rheum After 5: Dr. Kai Sun, a Leap Day Mom with a Leap Day Baby

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This past leap day (Feb. 29), Kai Sun, MD, MS, gave birth to her third child, a daughter named Chloe Gayoung Paik. What makes her daughter’s birth so unusual is that Dr. Sun, an assistant professor in Medicine at Duke University, Durham, NC, is also a leapling (or leaper). She was also born on Feb….

Meet the ACR’s Advocacy Team

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It’s an election year, and ACR staff are excited about the possibility of moving key initiatives, such as Medicare reimbursement, across the finish line. But they need members’ help to do so.

When Rheumatologists Have Rheumatic Diseases

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  “I think we learn from medicine everywhere that it is, at its heart, a human endeavor, requiring good science but also a limitless curiosity and interest in your fellow human being, and that the physician-patient relationship is key; all else follows from it.”1 These profound words from Abraham Verghese, MD, MACP, Linda R. Meier…