A temporary suspension of new interviews for J-1 visas and an ongoing travel ban preventing nationals of 12 countries from entering the U.S. are likely to have a range of impacts on graduate medical training, the rheumatology workforce and research collaborations.
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Arkansas Leads the Nation with Landmark Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform
Signed into law in April, the legislation will ban direct and indirect PBM ownership of pharmacies, effective Jan. 1, 2026. It addresses longstanding concerns about conflicts of interest, market consolidation and patient access created by vertically integrated PBM pharmacy models.
Summer 2025’s Awards, Appointments & Announcements in the World of Rheumatology
Sharad Lakhanpal, MBBS, MD, Receives India’s Highest Honor for Overseas Indians In early January, Sharad Lakhanpal, MBBS, MD, MACR, FACP, a rheumatologist at Rheumatology Associates in Dallas and past president of the ACR, was one of only three Indian-Americans to receive the 2025 Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award (PBSA). The award is conferred every two years…
New Analysis Reveals More Potential Contributors to Takayasu Arteritis
Recent research led to development of a cumulative genetic risk score for Takayasu arteritis, identifying differing susceptibility between groups with different genetic ancestries.
One Rheumatologist’s Sabbatical for Contemplative Leisure
The year before my hike, I was extremely busy with various ACR workforce issues; meetings; presentations, locally, regionally and nationally; juggling medical missions and more. However, I had blocked time in my calendar over one year in advance to hike the Camino de Santiago in Spain with a long-time U.S. Army buddy. I met Pat…
President’s Corner: The ACR & Pediatric Rheumatology
My first exposure to pediatric rheumatology came during my adult rheumatology fellowship, when pediatric rotations were part of our curriculum. This experience brought home for me the many differences between childhood and adult rheumatic diseases and the important role pediatric rheumatologists play in patient outcomes. This role has long been appreciated by the ACR/ARP, where…
Rheuminations: The Metaphors, Mythologies & Rituals of Medicine
“Doctor, I hate to tell you this but that shelf is definitely not made of wood,” my patient gently chided me as I knocked on a plastic piece of shelving. “I know … but you get the point,” I replied with a small laugh. It’s become a habit of mine over the past few years…
Rheuminations: Can We Now Control the Wolf?
Lupus has always had a reputation for being a wild, unrestrained and enigmatic entity. In fact, the very name lupus comes from the Latin word for wolf, a gift from our Roman predecessors who saw a resemblance between lupus rashes and a wolf’s bite. Given the limitations of immunology back then, it is an incredibly…
Case Report: Lupus Nephritis, or a Mimic?
Syphilis, an ancient disease caused by the spirochete Treponema pallidum, has been historically referred to as the great mimicker given its heterogenous presentation. Both systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and syphilis can have multi-systemic involvement. Both parvovirus B19 and syphilis have been reported to cause histologic features similar to those seen in lupus nephritis. We present…
New Editor in Chief Has Expansive Vision for Arthritis & Rheumatology
Incoming Arthritis & Rheumatology Editor-in-Chief Dr. S. Louis Bridges Jr., MD, PhD, discusses his path to rheumatology and outlines his vision for the journal.
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