Uknis Named 2013 President of American College of Rheumatology
WASHINGTON – Audrey B. Uknis, MD, a rheumatologist and professor at Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia, Pa., was named 2013 president of the American College of Rheumatology at the ACR's annual business meeting held this week in Washington, D.C.
Dr. Uknis is a professor of medicine and senior associate dean for admissions and strategy at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pa. She completed her undergraduate, medical education and postgraduate medical training in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology at Temple University School of Medicine. Dr. Uknis also completed a research fellowship at Temple's Sol Sherry Thrombosis Research Center.
Dr. Uknis' early career highlights include the ACR's Physician Scientist Development Award and a National Institutes of Health Clinical Scientist Development Award. She received the 2005 Joseph Lee Hollander Award from the Arthritis Foundation, Southeast Pennsylvania Chapter for excellence and achievement in the field of rheumatology. She has served as the physician secretary of the ABIM's subspecialty board on rheumatology, and is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society. She has served as president of the Philadelphia Rheumatism Society, and is listed in the professional directories Best Doctors in America and Who's Who of American Women.
Actively engaged throughout her career in patient care activities, Dr. Uknis serves as the co-director of Temple's Lupus Center. She has also held additional roles including director of the rheumatology fellowship program and co-course director for Temple's Doctoring course, the largest longitudinal component of the medical school's curriculum. In addition, Dr. Uknis has led program development activities that include both novel Post-Baccalaureate and International Medical Scholars Programs at Temple.
Dr. Uknis has held several volunteer positions at the ACR including founding member of ACR's Regional Advisory Council. Additional leadership positions within the ACR include serving as chair of the Continuous Professional Development Subcommittee, creating novel CME tools to meet the ABIM requirements for Maintenance of Certification for physicians. Dr. Uknis represented the ACR on the ABIM's Liaison Committee on Recertification, as well. Dr. Uknis has also served on the ACR board of directors and as co-chair of the ACR Strategic Planning Committee. Dr. Uknis served a two-year term as treasurer for both the ACR and the Rheumatology Research Foundation (formerly ACR Research and Education Foundation) and completed a one year term as president-elect for the ACR.
The American College of Rheumatology is an international professional medical society that represents more than 9,000 rheumatologists and rheumatology health professionals around the world. Its mission is to advance rheumatology. The ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting is the premier meeting in rheumatology. For more information about the meeting, visit www.acrannualmeeting.org or join the conversation on Twitter by using the official hashtag: #ACR2012.
