“Advocates for Arthritis”

The 2009 ACR “Advocates for Arthritis” Capitol Hill fly-in is scheduled for March 9-10, in Washington, D.C. The program was created to engage ACR members, health professionals and patients in political advocacy as well as to increase awareness of rheumatologist and rheumatic diseases on Capitol Hill. During this event, participants meet with members of Congress and their staff to discuss current legislative issues that would benefit physicians and advance research, prevention and care for patients with arthritis and other rheumatic diseases, as well as encourage them to support our concerns and most importantly, establish valuable relationships so that the legislators might support our issues in the future.

The ACR encourages any members that are interested to please contact Government Affairs Specialist, Aiken Hackett at .

Applications for the 2009 event will be available this fall. .

ACR “Advocate(s) of the Month”

The ACR will now post its “Advocate(s) of the Month” to recognize those who go above and beyond advocating for the promotion and awareness of rheumatic diseases and other issues that affect rheumatologists and their patients. Please email to inform the ACR staff of your advocacy efforts. Click here to view the 2008 Advocate(s) of the Month.

If you would like to nominate an ACR/ARHP member as “Advocate of the Month”, please e-mail Aiken Hackett, Specialist, Government Affairs, at .

Archived “Advocate of the Month”

Click here for the complete listing of '07 & '08 Advocate(s) of the month.