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BORENSTEIN NAMED PRESIDENT-ELECT OF AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RHEUMATOLOGY

ATLANTA – David G. Borenstein, MD, clinical professor of medicine, division of rheumatology at The George Washington University Medical Center, D.C.; in private practice at Arthritis and Rheumatism Associates was appointed president-elect of the American College of Rheumatology during the ACR's annual business meeting, held Tuesday, October 20 in Philadelphia, Pa.

Dr. Borenstein is board certified in internal medicine and rheumatology and is a fellow of the American College of Physicians and the American College of Rheumatology. He is a member of the 250 physician International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine and of the Rheumatism Society of the District of Columbia.

Dr. Borenstein is an author of Low Back and Neck Pain: Comprehensive Diagnosis and Management, 3rd Edition, a textbook for physicians. He is also author of Back in Control! A Conventional and Complementary Prescription For Eliminating Back Pain, a book released in June 2001 and is written for the lay population. His primary clinical interests are low back pain, neck pain, spinal disorders, and osteoarthritis. Dr. Borenstein has earned the recognition and praise of the medical community by being named as an outstanding specialist in Rheumatology in Washingtonian magazine, Washington Consumers' Checkbook, Best Doctors in America, Who's Who in Medicine and Health, Who’s Who in America, and Who’s Who in the World.

The ACR is an organization of and for physicians, health professionals, and scientists that advances rheumatology through programs of education, research, advocacy and practice support that foster excellence in the care of people with or at risk for arthritis and rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases. For more information about the ACR, see www.rheumatology.org.

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