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2016 ACR Masters Award Winners Recognized for Excellence in Scholarly Achievement, Service to Rheumatology
Recognition as a Master of the American College of Rheumatology is one of the highest honors the College bestows. The designation of Master is conferred on ACR members, age 65 or older by Oct. 1 of the year in which they are nominated, who have made outstanding contributions to the ACR and the field of rheumatology through scholarly achievement and/or service to their patients, students and profession. The 2016 class is listed below, for additional reading, see 2016 ARHP Award Winners Discuss Their Contributions to Rheumatology & The 2016 ACR Award Winners Discuss Their Contributions to Rheumatology Research, Education, Patient Care.
Olufemi O. Adelowo, MD, FRCP
Professor of Medicine and Consultant Rheumatologist, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital and Lagos University Teaching Hospital
Lagos, Nigeria
Johannes (Hans) W.J. Bijlsma, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center
Utrecht, The Netherlands
Lenore M. Buckley, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, Conn.
Jeffrey P. Callen, MD
Chief of the Division of Dermatology, University of Louisville
Louisville, Ky.
Luis J. Catoggio, MD, PhD
Physician and Former Chief, Rheumatology Section, Medical Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Argentina, Associate Professor of Medicine, Instituto Universitario Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Director, PhD Program, Instituto Universitario Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Joseph E. Craft, MD
Paul B. Beeson Professor of Medicine
Professor of Immunobiology, Chief, Section of Rheumatology, Chief of Rheumatology, Yale-New Haven Hospital
Director, Investigative Medicine Program, Yale University
New Haven, Conn.
Bruce Cronstein, MD
The Paul R. Esserman Professor of Medicine, Director of the NYU-H+H Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Director of the Division of Translational Medicine, NYU School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology
New York
Chad Deal, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Head, Section of Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Disease, Staff Physician, Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland
James A Engelbrecht, MD, FACP
Rheumatologist, Private Practice (retired), Clinical Professor of Medicine, USD Sanford School of Medicine, Associate Medical Director, Dakotacare
Rapid City, S.D.
Peter K. Gregersen, MD
Center Head for the Robert S. Boas Center for Genomics and Human Genetics, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research at Northwell Health
Manhasset, N.Y.
John B. Harley, MD, PhD
David Glass Chair and Professor, Director, Center for Autoimmune Genomics and Etiology (CAGE), Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati