ACR Leadership

Standing Committee Chairs | Standing Committee Members and ACR Staff Contacts | ACR Past Presidents | ARHP Leadership | REF Leadership

Board of Directors

Sherine Gabriel, MD, MSc, President, Rochester, MN
Stanley B. Cohen, MD, President-Elect, Dallas, TX
David Borenstein, MD, Treasurer, Washington, DC
Jim O'Dell, MD, Secretary, Omaha, NE
Joan Bathon, MD, Baltimore, MD
Michael Brenner, MD, Boston, MA
Chad Deal, MD, Cleveland, OH
Alfred Denio, MD, Chesapeake, VA
Betty Diamond, MD, Manhasset, NY
Peter Embi, MD, Cincinnati, OH
Joseph Flood, MD, Columbus, OH
Raphael Hirsch, MD, Pittsburgh, PA
Jonathan Kay, MD, Boston, MA
Eileen Moynihan, MD, Haddon Heights, NJ
William F.C. Rigby, MD, Lebanon, NH
Paul Romain, MD, Cambridge, MA
Christy Sandborg, MD, Stanford, CA
Pamela Degotardi, PhD, Flushing, NY (ARHP President)
Leslie Crofford, MD, REF President, Lexington, KY
William St.Clair, MD, REF Vice President (Non-voting member), Durham, NC

Standing Committee Chairs

Communications and Marketing: Dennis Boulware, MD, Honolulu, HI
Corporate Relations: Jim O'Dell, MD, Omaha, NE
Education: Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman, MD, Chicago, IL
Ethics and Conflict of Interest: Robert Yood, MD, Worcester, MA
Finance: David Borenstein, MD, Washington, DC
Government Affairs: Sharad Lakhanpal, MD, Dallas, TX
Journal Publications: Antony Rosen, MD, Baltimore, MD
Nominations and Appointments: David Fox, MD, Ann Arbor, MI
RheumPAC: Gary Bryant, MD, Minneapolis, MN
Quality of Care: Daniel Solomon, MD, MPH, Boston, MA
Research: Robert Colbert, MD, PhD, Bethesda, MD
Rheumatologic Care: Karen Kolba, MD, Santa Maria, CA
Rheumatology Training and Workforce Issues: David I. Daikh, MD, PhD, San Francisco, CA

Standing Committee Members and ACR Staff Contacts

Board of Directors Executive Committee  
Sherine Gabriel, MD, MSc, President, Rochester, MN
Stanley Cohen, MD, President-Elect, Dallas, TX
David Borenstein, MD, Treasurer, Washington, DC
Jim O’Dell, MD, Secretary, Omaha, NE
Leslie J. Crofford, MD, REF President, Lexington, KY

Committee on Communications and Marketing   
Dennis Boulware, MD, Chair, Honolulu, HI (2009)
Lisa F. Imundo, MD, New York, NY (2010)
Carlos Lozada, MD, Miami, FL (2011)
Eric Matteson, MD, Rochester, MN (2010)
Eric M. Ruderman, MD, Chicago, IL (2009)
Nancy Shadick, MD, Boston, MA (2011)
Art Weinstein, MD, Washington, DC (2009)
Deborah A. McCloskey, RN, BSN, New Brunswick, NJ (ARHP Representative)
Al Denio, MD, Chesapeake, VA (ACR BOD Liaison)
Staff Contact:

Committee on Corporate Relations  
Jim O’Dell, MD, Chair, Omaha, NE (2010)
Mary Chester Wasko, MD, Pittsburgh, PA (2010)
Daniel Clegg, MD, Salt Lake City, UT (2009)
Mark Genovese, MD, Palo Alto, CA (2011)
Stuart Kassan, MD, Denver, CO (2009)
Joyce Carlone, MN, RN, CFNP, Atlanta, GA (ARHP Representative)
Staff Contact:

Committee on Education  
Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman, MD, DrPH, Chair, Chicago, IL (2009)
Richard A. Furie, MD, Manhasset, NY (Programs Sub-Chair) (2009)
Karen Kerr, MSN, NP, CPNP, PNP-BC, Detroit, MI (ARHP Representative) (2010)
Sharon Kolasinski, MD, Philadelphia, PA (2011)
Brian Mandell, MD, PhD, Cleveland, OH (2011)
Barry Myones, MD, Houston, TX (2010)
Kenneth O’Rourke, MD, Winston-Salem, NC (2010)
Robert Sundel, MD, Boston, MA (2011)
Steven Ytterberg, MD, Rochester, MN (2010)
Raymond Yung, MD, Ann Arbor, MI (Products Sub-Chair) (2009)

Committee on Ethics and Conflicts of Interest  
Robert Yood, MD, Chair, Worcester, MA (2010)
Rose Fife, MD, Indianapolis, IN (2009)
Gloria Higgins, MD, Columbus, OH (2011)
Leslie Kahl, MD, St. Louis, MO (2009)
Elizabeth Kitsis, MD, New York, NY (2011)
C. Ronald MacKenzie, MD, New York, NY (2010)
Michele Meltzer, MD, Philadelphia, PA (2010)
Erica Stern, PhD, Minneapolis, MN (ARHP Representative)
Michael Brenner, MD, Boston, MA (ACR BOD Liaison)
Staff Contact:

Committee on Finance  
David Borenstein, MD, Chair, Washington, DC (2009)
Herbert Baraf, MD, Wheaton, MD (2009)
Lenore Buckley, MD, MPH, Richmond, VA (2010)
Arthur Kavanaugh, MD, La Jolla, CA (2010)
John D. Reveille, MD, Houston, TX (2009)
John Stone, MD, Boston, MA (2011)
Audrey Uknis, MD, Philadelphia, PA (2011)
Deborah McCloskey, RN, BSN, New Brunswick, NJ (ARHP Representative)
Staff Contact:

Committee on Government Affairs  
Sharad Lakhanpal, MD, Chair, Dallas, TX (2009)
Michael Henrickson, MD, Oklahoma City, OK (2010)
Edward Herzig, MD, Fairfield, OH (2010)
Charles King, MD, Tupelo, MS (2011)
Deborah Litman, MD, Chevy Chase, MD (2011)
Robert Monger, MD, Cheyenne, WY (2011)
Pamela Prete, MD, Long Beach, CA (2009)
Raymond Scalettar, MD, Washington, DC (2009)
Peter Embi, MD, Cincinnati, OH (ACR Board Liaison)
Joyce Goggins, MPH, Boston, MA (ARHP Representative)
Ted Mikuls, MD, Omaha, NE (COR Representative)
Timothy Laing, MD, Ann Arbor, MI (CORC Representative)
Michael Ombrello, MD, Saint Louis, MO (Fellows Subcommittee Representative)
Martie Kendrick, JD, Washington, DC
Staff Contact:

Committee on Journal Publications  
Antony Rosen, MD, Chair, Baltimore, MD (2009)
S. Lou Bridges, MD, PhD, Birmingham, AL (2011)
Hermine Brunner, MD, MSc, Cincinnati, OH (2010)
James Irrgang, PhD, PT, ATC, Pittsburgh, PA (2011)
Maura Iversen, PT, DPT, SD, MPH, Boston, MA (2009)
Laura Robbins, DSW, New York, NY (2010)
Ram Raj Singh, MD, Los Angeles, CA (2009)
Patricia P. Katz, PhD, San Francisco, CA (Editor of AC&R) (2011)
Michael D. Lockshin, MD, New York, NY (Editor of A&R) (2010)
Edward H. Yelin, PhD, San Francisco, CA (Editor of AC&R) (2011)
William F.C. Rigby, MD, Lebanon, NH (ACR BOD Liaison)
Staff Contact:

Committee on Nominations and Appointments   
David Fox, MD, Chair, Ann Arbor, MI (2009)
Sherine Gabriel, MD, MSc, Rochester MN (2010)
Stanley Cohen, MD, Dallas, TX (2011)
E. William St.Clair, MD, Durham, NC (2009)
Greg Dennis, MD, Potomac, MD (2010)
Steven Goldring, MD, New York, NY (2009)
Norman Ilowite, MD, Bronx, NY (2010)
Robert Lloyd, MD, Chevy Chase, MD (2009)
Frederica Smith, MD, Los Alamos, NM (2010)
Kimberly Kimpton, PT, Denver, CO (ARHP Representative)
Staff Contact:

Committee on Quality of Care   
Ken Saag, MD, MSc, Chair, Birmingham, AL (2010)
Gary Bryant, MD, Minneapolis, MN (2010)
Jonathan Coblyn, MD, Boston, MA (2010)
Liana Fraenkel, MD, MPH, New Haven, CT (2010)
Gillian Hawker, MD, MSc, Toronto, Ontario (2009)
Salahuddin “Dino” Kazi, MD, Dallas, TX (2009)
Daniel J. Lovell, MD, MPH, Cincinnati, OH (2011)
Tuhina Neogi, MD, Boston, MA (2011)
Ernest Vina, MD, Chicago, IL (Fellows Subcommittee Representative)
Susan Klepper, PhD, PT, New York, NY (ARHP Representative)
Joseph Flood, MD, Columbus, OH (ACR BOD Liaison)
Edward H. Yelin, PhD, San Francisco, CA (Publications)
Patience H. White, MD, Washington, DC (AF Public Health Council)
Maxime Dougados, MD, Paris, France (EULAR)
Staff Contact:

Committee on Research  
Robert Colbert, MD, PhD, Chair, Bethesda, MD (2011)
Paul Anderson, MD, PhD, Boston, MA (2009)
Robert H. Carter, MD, Birmingham, AL (2010)
John Davis, Jr., MD, MPH, San Francisco, CA (2009)
Elizabeth W. Karlson, MD, Boston, MA (2010)
David Lee, MD, PhD, Boston, MA (2011)
Ted Mikuls, MD, Omaha, NE (2011)
Nadine T. James, PhD, RN, Hattiesburg, MS (ARHP Representative)
Betty Diamond, MD, Manhasset, NY (ACR BOD Liaison)
John Peyman, PhD, Bethesda, MD (NIAID Representative)
Susana Serrate Sztein, MD, Bethesda, MD (NIAMS Representative)
Kevin Deane, MD, Denver, CO (Young Investigator Representative)
Rohit Aggarwal, MD, Chicago, IL (Fellows Subcommittee Representative)
Staff Contact: ,

Committee on Rheumatologic Care  
Karen Kolba, MD, Chair, Santa Maria, CA (2011)
Matthew Bunyard, MD, Cleveland, OH (2011)
C. Lee Colglazier, MD, Crestview Hills, KY (2011)
Rajiv Dixit, MD, Walnut Creek, CA (2009)
Gerald Eisenberg, MD, Morton Grove, IL (2010)
Raymond Hong, MD, MBA, Orange Village, OH (2010)
Tim Laing, MD, Ann Arbor, MI (2009)
Michael Maricic, MD, Tucson, AZ (2010)
Cynthia Weaver, MD, Rapid City, SD (2011)
Gail McIlvain-Simpson, MSN, RN, CS, Wilmington, DE (ARHP Representative)
Elizabeth L. Perkins, MD, Birmingham, AL (Fellows Subcommittee Representative)
Chad Deal, MD, Cleveland, OH (ACR Board Liaison)
Staff Contact:

Committee on Rheumatology Training and Workforce Issues  
David I. Daikh, MD, PhD, Chair, San Francisco, CA (2009)
Abby Abelson, MD, Cleveland, OH (2009)
Anne Bass, MD, New York, NY (2011)
Marcy B. Bolster, MD, Charleston, SC (2010)
W. Winn Chatham, MD, Birmingham, AL (2009)
John Fitzgerald, MD, Los Angeles, CA (2010)
David Sherry, MD, Philadelphia, PA (2011)
Gale Mason, MPH, MSN, Sunderland, MA (ARHP Representative)
Raphael Hirsch, MD (ACR BOD Liaison)
Alexandru F. Kimel, MD, New Brunswick, NJ (Fellows Subcommittee Representative)
Staff Contact: ,

RheumPAC  
Gary Bryant, MD, Chair, Minneapolis, MN (2011)
Melvin Britton, MD, Vice Chair, Atherton, CA (2010)
Fred Dietz, MD, Treasurer, Rockford, IL (2010)
James Engelbrecht, MD, Rapid City, SD (2011)
Lisa Imundo, MD, New York, NY (2010)
Timothy Laing, MD, Ann Arbor, MI (2011)
Maura Iversen, PT, DPT, SD, MPH, Boston, MA (ARHP Representative)
Edward Herzig, MD (GAC Liaison)
Paul Romain, MD, Cambridge, MA (ACR BOD Liaison)
Staff Contact:

Section on Pediatric Rheumatology Executive Committee  
Suzanne L. Bowyer, MD, Chair, Indianapolis, IN (2009)
Marisa S. Klein-Gitelman, MD, MPH, Chair-Elect, Chicago, IL (2012)
Beth S. Gottlieb, MD, MS, New Hyde Park, NY (2009)
Michael Henrickson, MD, Oklahoma City, OK (2011)
Kathleen M. O’Neil, Oklahoma City, OK (2010)
Carlos D. Rose, MD, Wilmington, DE (2009)
Emily von Scheven, MD, San Francisco, CA (2010)
Anne M. Stevens, MD, PhD, Seattle, WA (2011)
Karla B. Jones, MS, RN, CPNP, Columbus, OH (ARHP Representative)
Christy Sandborg, MD, Stanford, CA (ACR BOD Liaison)
Katie Stewart, MD, Dallas, TX (Fellows Subcommittee Representative)
Staff Contact: TBD, specialist, professional meetings & meeting planner

Section on Rehabilitative Rheumatology Executive Committee  
J. Carter Thorne, MD, Chair, Newmarket, Ontario (2010)
Helen Emery, MD, Vice-Chair, Seattle, WA (2010)
Kenneth O’Rourke, MD, Past Chair, Winston-Salem, NC
Doreen Stiksal, PT, PhD, South Orange, NJ (2009)
Pamela Degotardi, PhD, Flushing, NY (ACR Board Liaison)