Dr. Kuchinad
Kamini Kuchinad, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, Ore.
“I am greatly honored to receive the ACR Distinguished Fellow Award and humbled to be recognized within the community of exceptional and deserving rheumatology fellows,” says Dr. Kuchinad. “The award speaks to the incredible support and guidance within the Johns Hopkins Medicine Division of Rheumatology and the Johns Hopkins Scleroderma Center, Baltimore. I am especially grateful for my mentors, including Ami Shah, MD, MHS, Myma Albayda, MD, and Phil Seo, MD, for their inspiration and encouragement. I am excited to continue this journey in rheumatology with the goal of improving care for individuals with complex rheumatic disease through excellent clinical care, research and education.”
Dr. Nestor
Jacquelyn Nestor, MD, PhD
Rheumatologist, Assistant in Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, and Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston
“It is an incredible honor to receive the ACR Distinguished Fellow Award, and to follow in the footsteps of prior awardees,” says Dr. Nestor. “This award recognizes the tremendous mentorship and support system within the Division of Rheumatology at Massachusetts General Hospital, especially our program director, Marcy Bolster, MD. I am thrilled to have the opportunity to continue to practice rheumatology in this wonderful environment.”
Dr. Wobma
Holly Wobma, MD, PhD
Pediatric Rheumatology Fellow, Boston Children’s Hospital, and Stem Cell Transplantation/Advanced Cellular Therapies Fellow, Boston Children’s Hospital/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston
“This award speaks to the joy I feel from finding pediatric rheumatology as a field of medicine,” says Dr. Wobma. “I am honored to have this recognition and am deeply grateful to all my mentors who guided me along this path and who helped me to develop as a clinician and researcher.”
Patrice Fusillo is a writer and editor based in Oakland, Calif.
