“No more excuses.” At least, that’s what Amanda Nelson, MD, MSCR, now tells her patients. As a rheumatologist, assistant professor in the School of Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) and clinical researcher at UNC’s onsite Thurston Arthritis Research Center, Dr. Nelson says patients often provide a litany of legitimate—and sometimes…
Rheumatologists on the Move, May 2016
Associate Editor of The Rheumatologist on Working Sabbatical Maura Daly Iversen, PT, DPT, SD, MPH, professor and chair of the Department of Physical Therapy, Movement, and Rehabilitation Sciences at Northeastern University, a behavioral scientist in the Division of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, a lecturer at Harvard Medical School, Boston, and…
Rheumatologist Finds Opportunity for Continual Learning in Rheumatology, Karate
Robert Thoburn, MD, finds discipline and the opportunity for continual learning in both rheumatology and karate, an activity he has pursued for decades. Karate Lessons “I was fortunate to have had the opportunity to learn karate and achieve a black belt,” Dr. Thoburn says. “I used my training journal and [did] extensive research to write a…
Ballroom Dancing Helps Improve Pharmacist’s Teaching Skills
Slow, slow, quick, quick. Don Miller, PharmD, has repeated that phrase to himself countless times over the past 40 years. Since the 1980s, Dr. Miller, a professor of pharmacy practice in the College of Health Professions at North Dakota State University (NDSU), has been a competitive ballroom dancer. Repeating that phrase is common to all…
Currier McEwen, MD, Remembered as Rheumatologist, Hybridizer of Flowers
Currier McEwen, MD, was a truly remarkable rheumatologist, accomplishing more than even the best of us could imagine. He is even more recognized in the horticulture community as a hybridizer of flowers. He was born Osceola Currier McEwen on April Fool’s Day, 1902, in Newark, N.J., and died in 2003, at the age of 101….
Rheumatologist Demonstrates Passion in Both His Profession & His Hobby, Stamp Collecting
It was sixth grade, and Pierre Moeser—now a rheumatologist in St. Peters, Mo., who had already lived in his share of countries, saw a kid’s stamp collection displaying seemingly endless nations. Then and there, he got hooked on philately, “which is not just studying stamps, but also postal history and related items,” says Dr. Moeser….
Rheumatologists on the Move, January 2016
2015 Mary Betty Stevens Young Investigator Prize Awarded to Dr. Timothy Niewold Timothy B. Niewold, MD, Mayo Clinic rheumatologist and associate professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minn., was awarded the 2015 Mary Betty Stevens Young Investigator Prize at a reception held during the 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting in San…
American Physical Therapists Collaborate with Local PTs in Ethiopia
Ethiopia has a rich, variable and distinguished history and landscape. Located in the Horn of Africa, it shares borders with Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, Kenya, Sudan and South Sudan. Ethiopia has claim to the oldest humanoid fossils, named “Lucy,” which were discovered in 1974 and are estimated to be 3.2 million years of age.1 The country’s…
Dr. Soumya Raychaudhuri Answers 5 Questions on Bioinformatics & Rheumatology
Dr. Soumya Raychaudhuri of the Harvard Medical School, Boston, discusses how his interest in math led him to the study of bioinformatics in rheumatology. He addresses how big data can play a role in clinical rheumatology in years to come…
Rheumatologist Rudy Molina, MD, Pursues Passion for Paleontology
When Rodolfo “Rudy” Molina, MD, was 8 years old, a college recruiter visited his home. Unbeknownst to his parents, their son, now a rheumatologist at Arthritis Associates in San Antonio, Texas, had entered several of his drawings in a competition intended for high school students. The recruiter, unaware of the young artist’s age, was definitely…
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