This year, rheumatology professionals in the U.S. and across the world will descend on the Windy City (Chicago) for ACR Convergence 2025. This meeting is the premier gathering place for up-to-date rheumatology education. Although the education sessions provide rich syntheses of evidence you can apply to your next patient, the real treasure is in the…
As the ACR’s megaphone, the Communications and Marketing Committee helps get clear and accurate information into the hands of those who need it, whether that’s clinicians, researchers, educators or patients, says chair Howard Yang, MD, RhMSUS.
First-quarter donations have put RheumPAC in great shape to help build a Congress that supports the needs of the rheumatology community. Consider joining your colleagues today in support of the ACR’s Congressional champions.
Independent, community-based rheumatologists and rheumatology professionals represent a critical part of the ACR and ARP. My immense respect for clinicians grew while watching my husband, who joined an independent practice after completing rheumatology fellowship. With admiration, I saw how he and his two dedicated partners cared for patients while simultaneously managing overhead and striving to…
I often think about medical literature as a sprawling metropolis. There are towering skyscrapers of randomized controlled trials, lofty schools of systematic reviews and meta-analyses, and verdant parks of qualitative studies. Much less assuming are the case reports, which are sort of like homesteads for the majority of people who publish and contribute to the…
In this episode, Dr. Kumar talks about why case reports are important in rheumatology and introduces his Rheuminations column in the April issue, in which he talks about the types of cases that make a good case report and elements that go into a good report.
With three new endowments established, the ACR Rheumatology Research Foundation aims to support and inspire the future of rheumatology and the innovative research that will one day benefit patients.
As chair of the ACR Journal Publications Committee, Dr. Tsao brings extensive experience with journals and many ideas about how to improve the submission and review process.
Three bills centering reintroduced in the 119th Congress would ease educational debt burden, increase placement access for visa holders and support the mental health of current healthcare workers.
In this episode of his monthly video series for The Rheumatologist, physician editor Dr. Bharat Kumar talks about isolation and its impact on our patients with rheumatic disease, and the rheumatologist’s role in combating it.