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Communications and MarketingBack to Top

Eric Ruderman, MD, Chair, Chicago, IL (2015)
C. Ryan Antolini, MD, Denver, CO (2015)
Carole Dodge, OT, Ann Arbor, MI (2015)
Jody Hargrove, MD, Edina, MN (2013)
Nadine James, RN, MSN, PhD, Hattiesburg, MS (2014)
Joanne Jordan, MD, MPH, Chapel Hill, NC (2014)
Alan Matsumoto, MD, Wheaton, MD (2013)
Paul Rosen, MD, MPH, Pittsburgh, PA (2014)
Kelly Weselman, MD, Sandy Springs, GA (2015)
William Harvey, MD, Boston, MA (ACR BOD Liaison)
Staff Contact: Tammy Tilley

Corporate RelationsBack to Top

Joan Von Feldt, MD, MSEd, Chair, Philadelphia, PA (2014)
James Jenkins, PhD, Los Angeles, CA (2015)
Stanford Peng, MD, PhD, Seattle, WA (2013)
Elena Schiopu, MD, Ann Arbor, MI (2015)
Elena Weinstein, MD, Englewood, CO (2014)
Staff Contact: Amy Beith Miller

Rheumatology Research Foundation Development Advisory CouncilBack to Top

Emily Isaacs, MD, Chair, Fort Worth, TX
Kathleen Bos, MD, Naples, FL
Jeffrey Lawson, MD, Greenville, SC
Peter Looram, Aspen, CO
Frederick Murphy Do, FACP, Duncansville, PA
Eric Schned, MD, Minneapolis, MN
David Daikh, MD, PhD, San Francisco, CA (Ex-Officio)
Staff Contact: Paula Reed

EducationBack to Top

Joel Block, MD, Chair, Chicago, IL (2015)
Alan Baer, MD, Baltimore, MD (2015)
Brian Daikh, MD, Portland, ME (Audiovisual Aids Subcommittee Chair) (2013)
Marisa Klein-Gitelman, MD, MPH, Chicago, IL (2015)
Carol Langford, MD, Cleveland, OH (Continuous Professional Development Committee Chair) (2015)
Kamala Nola, PharmD, Nashville, TN (2015)
Chester Oddis, MD, Pittsburgh, PA (Annual Meeting Planning Committee Chair) (2014)
Sandra Mintz, BSN, Los Angeles, CA (2014)
Terry Wolpaw, MD, MHPE, Shaker Heights, OH (Professional Meetings Committee Chair) (2013)
Jayanth Doss, MD, Nashville, TN (Fellows Subcommittee Representative)
Sharad Lakhanpal, MD, Dallas, TX (ACR BOD Liaison)
Staff Contact: Donna Hoyne

Ethics and Conflict of InterestBack to Top

C. Ronald MacKenzie, MD, Chair, New York, NY (2013)
Leyka Barbosa, MD, Dallas, TX (2014)
Bonnie Bermas, MD, Boston, MA (2013)
Donah Crawford, BS, MA, Philadelphia, PA (2014)
Colin Edgerton, MD, Evans, GA (2015)
Lawrence Jung, MD, Washington, DC (2014)
Robert Richardson, PT, Med, Henderson, NC (2015)
Robert Shmerling, MD, Boston, MA (2013)
Kenneth Warrington, MD, Rochester, MN (2015)
Carlos Lozada, MD, Miami, FL (ACR BOD Liaison)
Staff Contact: Julie Anderson

Executive CommitteesBack to Top

ACR Executive Committee

Audrey Uknis, MD, President, Philadelphia, PA
Joseph Flood, MD, President-Elect, Columbus, OH
E. William St.Clair, MD, Treasurer, Durham, NC
Joan Von Feldt, MD, MSEd, Secretary, Philadelphia, PA
Jan K. Richardson, PT, PhD, OCS, ARHP President, Durham, NC
David Daikh, MD, PhD, Foundation President, San Francisco, CA
David Karp, MD, PhD, Foundation Vice-President, Dallas, TX (Invited Guest)
Staff Contact: Mark Andrejeski

ARHP Executive Committee

Jan Richardson, PT, PhD, OCS, FAPTA, President, Durham, NC
Karen Smarr, PhD, President-Elect, Columbia, MO
Benjamin Smith, PA-C, Immediate Past President, Thomasville, GA
Andrew Guccione, PhD, DPT, Member-at-Large, Fairfax Station, VA
Adam Goode, PT, DPT, PhD, Invited Guest, Durham, NC
Annelle Reed, MSN, CRNP, Representative to ACR Government Affairs, Birmingham, AL
Robert McLean, DSc, MPH, Research Chair, Boston, MA
Susan Richmond, MS, PA-C, Practice Committee Chair, Raynham, MA
Elizabeth Schlenk, PhD, RN, Member-at-Large, Finance, Pittsburgh, PA
Sandra Mintz, BSN, Representative to ACR Committee on Education, Los Angeles, CA
Emily Von Scheven, MD, San Francisco, CA (ACR Board Liaison)
Staff Contacts: David M. Haag

Rheumatology Research Foundation Executive Committee

David I. Daikh, MD, PhD, President, San Francisco, CA
David Karp, MD, PhD, Vice President, Dallas, TX
Joan Von Feldt, MD, MSEd, Secretary, Philadelphia, PA
E. William St.Clair, MD, Treasurer, Durham, NC
Emily Isaacs, MD, Foundation Development Advisory Council Chair, Ft. Worth, TX
Anne Davidson, MBBS, Foundation Scientific Advisory Council Chair, Manhasset, NY

FinanceBack to Top

E. William St.Clair, MD, Chair, Durham, NC (2013)
Ashley Beall, MD, Chevy Chase, MD (2015)
Chad Deal, MD, Cleveland, OH (2013)
Bruce Freundlich, MD, Villanova, PA (2014)
William Rigby, MD, Lebanon, NH (2014)
Christy Sandborg, MD, Palo Alto, CA (2013)
Elizabeth Schlenk, PhD, RN, Pittsburgh, PA (2013)
Janet Stevens, BA, Ann Arbor, MI (2014)
Raymond Yung, MD, Ann Arbor, MI (2015)
Staff Contact: Colleen Merkel

Government AffairsBack to Top

Timothy Laing, MD, Chair, Ann Arbor, MI (2013)
Deborah Desir, MD, Hamden, CT (2013)
Michael Henrickson, MD, MPH Cincinnati, OH (2013)
Joseph Huffstutter, MD, Hixson, TN (2014)
Kimberly Kimpton, PT, Centennial, CO (2016)
Sharon Kolasinski, MD, Camden, NJ (2015)
Matt Mundwiler, MD, Rockford, IL (2014)
Geeta Nayyar, MD, Miami, FL (2013)
Annelle Reed, MSN, CRNP, Birmingham, AL (2014)
Lisa Shanahan, BS, Raleigh, NC (2015)
Anu Sharma, MD, Bethesda, MD (2014)
Monica Snowden, MD, Los Alamos, NM (2015)
Jennifer Trizuto, MPT, San Mateo, CA (2013)
Barton Wise, MD, Davis, CA (2015)
Candace Feldman, MD, MPH, Boston, MA (Fellows Subcommittee Representative)
Michael Ombrello, MD, Bethesda, MD (COR Representative)
Rebecca Shepherd, MD, Lancaster, PA (CORC Representative)
Edward Herzig, MD, Fairfield, OH (RheumPAC Representative)
Yvonne Sherrer, MD, Ft. Lauderdale, FL (ACR BOD Liaison)
Staff Contact: Adam Cooper

Journal PublicationsBack to Top

Gary Firestein, MD, Chair, La Jolla, CA (2015)
Nancy Baker, ScD OTR, Pittsburgh, PA (2015)
Mary Goldring, MD, New York, NY (2015)
Jennifer Hootman, PhD, Atlanta, GA (2014)
Dina Jones, PT, PhD, Morgantown, WV (2013)
Insoo Kang, MD, New Haven, CT (2014)
Nora Singer, MD, Cleveland, OH (2013)
Joan Bathon, MD, New York, NY (Editor of A&R) (2015)
Marian Hannan, DSc, MPH, Boston, MA (Editor of AC&R) (2016)
Robert Colbert, MD, PhD, Bethesda, MD (ACR BOD Liaison)
Staff Contact: Jane Diamond

Membership, Nominations and AppointmentsBack to Top

ACR Nominations and Appointments

James O’Dell, MD, Chair, Omaha, NE (2013)
Audrey Uknis, MD, Philadelphia, PA (2014)
Joseph Flood, MD, Columbus, OH (2015)
Gary Bryant, MD, Minneapolis, MN (2014)
Raphael Hirsch, MD, Iowa City, IA (2014)
David Karp, MD, PhD, Dallas, TX (2013)
Jonathan Kay, MD, Worcester, MA (2014)
Alex Limanni, MD, Dallas, TX (2013)
Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman, MD, DrPH, Chicago, IL (2014)
George Tsokos, MD, Boston, MA (2013)
Benjamin Smith, PA-C, Thomasville, GA (2013)
Jan Richardson, PT, PhD, OCS, Durham, NC (Invited Guest)
Staff Contact: Julie Anderson

ARHP Membership and Nominations

Benjamin Smith, PA-C, Chair Thomasville, GA
Scott Hasson, EdD, PT, Augusta, GA
Deborah McCloskey, RN, BSN, New Brunswick, NJ
Jan Richardson, PT, PhD, OCS, FAPTA, Durham, NC
Karen Smarr, PhD, Columbia, MO
Rachel Sullivan, DNP, CPNP, Saint Paul, MN
David Borenstein, MD, Washington, DC, (ACR Liaison)
Staff Contact: Sharon Ross

Pediatric Rheumatology Special CommitteeBack to Top

Polly Ferguson, MD, Chair, Iowa City, IA (2015)
Stacy Ardoin, MD, Columbus, OH (2015)
Mara Becker, MD, Kansas City, MO (2014)
Leonard Dragone, MD, PhD, Denver, CO (2015)
Anna Huttenlocher, MD, Madison, WI (2014)
Karla Jones, RN, MS, CPNP, Columbus, OH (2015)
Lakshmi Moorthy, MD, MS, New Brunswick, NJ (2013)
Peter Nigrovic, MD, Boston, MA (2013)
Kelly Rouster-Stevens, MD, Atlanta, GA (2015)
Jennifer Stinson, RN, PhD, CPNP, Toronto, ON (2014)
Ashley Cooper, MD, Dallas, TX (2013) (Fellows Subcommittee Representative)
Karen Kolba, MD, Santa Maria, CA (ACR BOD Liaison)
Staff Contact: Julie Anderson

ARHP PracticeBack to Top

Susan Richmond, MS, PA-C, Chair, Raynham, MA
Tara Barker, RN, BSN, MSN, Cleveland, OH
Daniel Battafarano, DO, San Antonio, TX
Eric Campbell, PA-C, Edmond, OK
Kori Dewing, DNP, ARNP, Everett, WA
Jessica Farrell, PharmD, Albany, NY 1
Alicia Lovato, PT, DPT, Arvada, CO
Jillian Rose, LMSW, New York, NY
Staff Liaison: Ramona Hilliard

Quality of CareBack to Top

Kenneth Saag, MD, MSc, Chair, Birmingham, AL (2013)
Brian Feldman, MD, MSc, FRCP, Toronto, ON (2013)
Liana Fraenkel, MD, MPH, Newtown, CT (2016)
Yvonne Golightly, PT, MS, PhD, Chapel Hill, NC (2014)
L. Douglas Graham, MD, Westmont, IL (2014)
Seo Young Kim, MD, MSCE, Roxbury Crossing, MA (2014)
Ted Mikuls, MD, MSPH, Omaha, NE (2013)
Eric Newman, MD, Danville, PA (2013)
Carol Oatis, PT, PhD, Glenside, PA (2015)
Jinoos Yazdany, MD, MPH, San Francisco, CA (2013)
Deepak Rao, MD, PhD, Jamaica Plain, MA (Fellows Subcommittee Representative)
Iain B. McInnes, MRCP, PhD, FRSE, Glasgow, Scotland (EULAR)
Tuhina Neogi, MD, PhD, FRCPC Boston, MA (Invited Guest)
Daniel Solomon, MD, MPH, Boston, MA (Invited Guest)
Michael Weisman, MD, Los Angeles, CA (Invited Guest)
Patience White, MD, Washington, DC (AF Public Health Council)
Rodolfo Molina, MD, San Antonio, TX (ACR BOD Liaison)
Staff Contact: Amy Miller

Registries and Health Information TechnologyBack to Top

Peter Embi, MD, MS, Chair, Dublin, OH (2014)
Larry Anderson, MD, Portland, ME (2013)
Jeffrey Curtis, MD, MPH, Birmingham, AL (2015)
CJ Inman, MD, Salt Lake City, UT (2014)
Salahuddin “Dino” Kazi, MBBS, Dallas, TX (2013)
William McClatchey, MD, Atlanta, GA (2014)
Kaleb Michaud, PhD, Omaha, NE (2013)
Robert Warren, MD, PhD, MPH, Charleston, SC (2013)
Richard Furie, MD, New York, NY (ACR BOD Liaison)
Staff Contacts: Rachel Myslinski

ResearchBack to Top

ACR Committee on Research

Bruce Cronstein, MD, Chair, New York, NY (2014)
Kelli Allen, PhD, Durham, NC (2014)
Susan Boackle, MD, Aurora, CO (2015)
S. Louis Bridges, MD, PhD, Birmingham, AL (2014)
Robert McLean, DSc, MPH, Boston, MA (2013)
Prabha Ranganathan, MD, MS, St. Louis, MO (2014)
James Rosenbaum, MD, Portland, OR (2013)
Laura Schanberg, MD, Durham, NC (2013)
Gregg Silverman, MD, New York, NY (2015)
Michael Ombrello, MD, Bethesda, MD (Invited Guest)
Raymond Yung, MD, Ann Arbor, MI (Invited Guest)
John Peyman, PhD, Bethesda, MD (NIAID Representative)
Susana Serrate Sztein, MD, Bethesda, MD (NIAMS Representative)
Christina Charles-Schoeman, MD, Los Angeles, CA (Early Career Investigator Representative)
Pravitt Gourh, MBBS, Bethesda, MD (Fellows Subcommittee Representative)
Abby Abelson, MD, Cleveland, OH (ACR BOD Liaison)
Staff Contact: LaTanya Benford

ARHP Research Subcommittee

Robert McLean, MPH, DSc, Boston, MA
Kelli Allen, PhD, Durham, NC
Linda Li, PT, MSc, PhD, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Janet Poole, PhD, OTR, Albuquerque, NM
Staff Contact: Ramona Hilliard

Rheumatologic CareBack to Top

Charles King, II, MD, Chair, Tupelo, MS (2014)
Ruy Carrasco, MD, Austin, TX (2013)
Kori Dewing, DNP, Seattle, WA (2015)
Kwas Huston, MD, Kansas City, MO (2015)
Robert Keenan, MD, MPH, Durham, NC (2014)
Anna Lawrence, MBA, Lawrenceville, GA (2014)
Robert McLean, MD, New Haven, CT (2015)
Edward Morris, MD, Baltimore, MD (2014)
Rebecca Shepherd, MD, Lancaster, PA (2013)
Douglas White, MD, PhD, Onalaska, WI (2014)
Susan Richmond, MS, PA-C, Raynham, MA (ARHP Practice Liason)
Angus Worthing, MD, Chevy Chase, MD (ASC Chair)
Elizabeth Perkins, MD, Birmingham, AL (Insurance Subcommittee Chair)
Jonathan Hausmann, MD, Brookline, MA (Fellows Subcommittee Representative)
Paula Marchetta, MD, MBA, New York, NY (ACR BOD Liaison)
Staff Contact: Tiffany Schmidt, JD, MBA

Rheumatology Training and Workforce IssuesBack to Top

Marcy Bolster, MD, Chair, Boston, MA (2015)
Daniel Battafarano, DO, San Antonio, TX (2015)
Calvin Brown, Jr., MD, Chicago, IL (2013)
Amy Cannella, MD, Omaha, NE (2013)
Seetha Monrad, MD, Ann Arbor, MI (2015)
Marilyn Punaro, MD, Dallas, TX (2014)
Barbara Slusher, PA-C, MSW, League City, TX (2013)
Christine Stamatos, ANP, Babylon, NY (2014)
Joanne Valeriano-Marcet, MD, Tampa, FL (2014)
Elana Bernstein, MD, New York, NY (Fellow-in-Training Representative)
Michael J. Battistone, MD, Salt Lake City, Utah (Invited Guest)
V. Michael Holers, MD, Aurora, CO (ACR BOD Liaison)
Staff Contact: LaTanya Benford

RheumPACBack to Top

Edward Herzig, MD, Chair, Fairfield, OH (2015)
James Engelbrecht, MD, Rapid City, SD (2014)
Herbert Baraf, MD, Wheaton, MD (2014)
Harry Gewanter, MD, Richmond, VA (2015)
David Goddard, MD, Brooklyn, NY (2015)
Chris Morris, MD, Kingsport, TN (2013)
Michael Jennings, RT, CBDT, Troy, NY (ARHP Representative)
Gene Huffstutter, MD, Hixson, TN (GAC Representative)
Erin Arnold, MD, Wilmette, IL (ACR BOD Liaison)
Staff Contact: Meredith Freed

Rheumatology Research Foundation Scientific Advisory CouncilBack to Top

Anne Davidson, MBBS, Chair, Manhasset, NY (2014)
Paul Anderson, MD, PhD, Boston, MA (2014)
Susan L. Murphy, ScD, OTR, Ann Arbor, MI (2014)
Tim Niewold, MD, Rochester, MN (2015)
Patricia Katz, PhD, San Francisco, CA (2014)
Mariana Kaplan, MD, Ann Arbor, MI (2013)
Julie Keysor, PhD, PT, Boston, MA (2015)
Mehrdad Matloubian, MD, PhD, San Francisco, CA (2013)
Robert Plenge, MD, Boston, MA (2015)
Marcy Bolster, MD, Boston, MA (ACR Training and Workforce Representative)
Bruce Cronstein, MD, New York, NY (ACR Research Representative)
Carol Wallace, MD, Seattle, WA (Pediatric Representative)
Staff Contact: Amy Kane