This week we welcome ACR Master Herbert S. Baraf, MD, FACP, MACR. Dr. Baraf is the founder and, up until his retirement this year, managing partner of Arthritis & Rheumatism Associates (one of the largest private rheumatology practices in America). Today, Dr. Baraf shares with us why he went into private practice, the risks and benefits, and his invaluable lifetime experience for those looking to enter and those within private practice. Currently, Dr. Baraf is a Special Volunteer at the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases. He holds appointments as Clinical Professor of Medicine at George Washington University and is an Associate Clinical Professor at The University of Maryland.
Herbert S. Baraf, MD, FACP, MACR - Herbert S. Baraf, MD, FACP, MACR, is a Master of the American College of Rheumatology. He is the former managing partner and a founder of Arthritis and Rheumatism Associates in the Washington, D.C. area. He retired from practice earlier this year. He is currently a Special Volunteer at the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases. He holds appointments as Clinical Professor of Medicine at George Washington University and Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Maryland. Dr. Baraf earned his medical degree from the State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, completed his internal medicine training at the George Washington University Hospital and did his fellowship in rheumatology at Duke University. As the founder of the Center for Rheumatology and Bone Research, a division of his medical practice, Dr. Baraf served as an investigator on over 400 clinical trials of treatments for gout, rheumatoid arthritis, Sjogren’s syndrome, osteoarthritis, systemic lupus and other disorders. He has authored or coauthored more than 30 peer-reviewed papers and 70 abstracts.
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