REF Preceptorship Award Recipients

Of the numerous training and research opportunities the REF offers, it is the Preceptorship Awards that best illustrate its commitment to ensuring the future of rheumatology.

By connecting a medical student with a mentor (preceptor) for a hands-on, real-world learning experience focused on rheumatology, the REF Preceptorship Awards give rheumatology professionals and medical students an opportunity to improve rheumatology’s future. Visit www.rheumatology.org/ref/awards for information about REF award and grant opportunities.

Please join use in congratulating the 2007–2008 Preceptorship Award Recipients, who began their award terms in July.

Medical Student Research Preceptorship

• Aimee K. Angle-Zahn, Preceptor: Jane E. Salmon, MD, Hospital of Special Surgery
• Christopher P. Deibert, Preceptor: Joseph M. Ahearn, MD, University of Pittsburgh
• James M. Kelley, Preceptor: Robert P. Kimberly, MD, University of Alabama at Birmingham
• Robert W. Koschik II, Preceptor: Thomas A. Medsger, Jr., University of Pittsburgh
• Eleni Nackos, Preceptor: Joan M. Von Feldt, MD, University of Pennsylvania
• Thomas M. Penoyar, Preceptor: Peter A. Simkin, MD, University of Washington, School of Medicine
• Balvinder Rehal, Preceptor: Nancy E. Lane, MD, University of California, Davis
• Robert Lee Salazar, Preceptor: Barry L. Myones, MD, Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor
• Xueyuan Shelly Wang, Preceptor: Joan M. Von Feldt, MD, University of Pennsylvania
• Daniel M. Wells, Preceptor: Leonard L. Dragone, MD, PhD, National Jewish Medical and Research Center
• Sophie L. Woolston, Preceptor: David Sherry, MD, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
• Daniel C. Windels, Preceptor: Susan A. Boackle, MD, University of Colorado HSC
• Jeremy J. Zimmermann, Preceptor: Calvin B. Williams, MD, Midwestern University

Medical Student Clinical Preceptorship

• David R. Carrier, Preceptor: David George, MD, Reading Hospital and Medical Center
• Jennifer C. Cooper, PharmD, Preceptor: Robert V. Janson, MD, Denver VA Medical Center
• Brandi D. Eastman, Preceptor: Marcy Bolster, MD, Medical University of South Caroline
• Brian H. Horner, Preceptor: David H. Collier, MD, University of Colorado School of Medicine
• Erin E. Meschter, Preceptor: Thomas M. Harrington, MD, Geisinger Medical Center
• Marisa C. Mizus, Preceptor: Joan M. Bathon, MD, Johns Hopkins University
• Elizabeth G. Riccardi, Preceptor: Hom Neupane, MD, Upstate Medical Center
• Megan L. Shparago, Preceptor: R. Deaver Collins, Jr., MD, Arthritis Associates of MS
• An T. Tran, Preceptor: Daniel George Arkfeld, MD, University of Southern California

Health Professional Graduate Student Preceptorship

• Steffany Haaz, MFA, Preceptor: Susan J. Bartlett, PhD, Johns Hopkins University
• Cynthia W. Karlson, Preceptor: Michael Rapoff, PhD, University of Kansas
• Deepak Kumar, PT, Preceptor: Katherine T. Rudolph, PhD, University of Delaware
• Mei Yang, MA, Preceptor: Yuqing Zhang, DSc, MPH, Boston University School of Medicine
• Haoyang Zhuang, Preceptor: Westley H. Reeves, MD, University of Florida

Resident Research Preceptorship

• Shannon M. Rylee, MD, Preceptor: Ram Raj Singh, MD, University of California, Los Angeles
• Korey L. Ullrich, MD, Preceptor: John D. Reveille, MD, University of Texas HSC