Steven Goldring Named Master of American College of Rheumatology
ATLANTA – Steven R. Goldring, MD; chief scientific officer and St. Giles Chair at the Hospital for Special Surgery and professor of medicine at the Weill Cornell Medical College in New York, N.Y., was named a Master of the American College of Rheumatology at a session of the American College of Rheumatology Annual Scientific Meeting, on November 7 in Atlanta.
The member designation of Master is conferred by the board of directors of the College on ACR members, age 65 or older, who have made outstanding contributions to the field of rheumatology through scholarly achievement and/or service to their patients, students and profession.
Dr. Goldring is a graduate of Williams College and Washington University School of Medicine. He completed his medical residency in internal medicine at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital and his rheumatology training at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Upon completion of his fellowship training, he became a member of the faculty of Harvard Medical School and—in 2000—was appointed to the rank of professor of medicine. He served as chief of rheumatology at the New England Deaconess Hospital from 1986 until 1996 and subsequently was appointed chief of rheumatology at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. He began his research career as a member of the rheumatology division at the Massachusetts General Hospital in 1976 and in 1996 moved to the Harvard Institutes of Medicine as the director of the New England Baptist Bone and Joint Institute. In 2006, he moved to the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City to oversee the basic and clinical research programs as chief scientific officer and professor of medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College.
Dr. Goldring is a longstanding member of the ACR where he has served in many leadership roles, including co-chair of the Annual Basic Science Conference, member and chair of the Annual Meeting Basic Science Symposia Planning Committee, and member of the Committee on Nominations and Appointments. He is the past recipient of the ACR Research and Education Foundation Oscar Gluck, MD, Memorial Lectureship Award and has been the recipient of an REF Innovative Research Grant.
The American College of Rheumatology is an international professional medical society that represents more than 8,000 rheumatologists and rheumatology health professionals around the world. Its mission is to advance rheumatology. The ACR/ARHP Annual Scientific Meeting is the premier meeting in rheumatology. For more information about the meeting, visit www.rheumatology.org/education. Follow the meeting on twitter by using the official hashtag: #ACR2010.
