Can You Fiddle or Keep a Beat?
Dr. Isenberg is well known in his department for asking job candidates at the end of interviews, “Oh, by the way, can you sing?” As of now, he says the band could use a violinist or drummer from time to time. If your family doesn’t make up excuses to leave the house when you practice or play, Dr. Isenberg encourages you to contact him.
“I’ve enjoyed my job enormously,” says Dr. Isenberg, who own three guitars. “But music helps me relax and is a nice antidote to the hardest parts of my work.”
Carol Patton is a freelance writer based in Las Vegas.
Professional & Academic Background
1973: Received medical degree from St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London. Trained in general medicine, rheumatology, neurology, psychiatry and gastroenterology
1979: Served as research fellow, University College & Middlesex School of Medicine (UCMSM), London
1982–83: Attended Tufts Medical Center, Boston (formerly New England Medical Center); studied autoantibody structure/function and origin
1984: Awarded an MD thesis based on his studies of myositis; appointed consultant rheumatologist at UCMSM
1991: Appointed professor of rheumatology, University College London (UCL)
1996: Named the arthritis research campaign (now called Versus Arthritis) Diamond Jubilee Professor of Rheumatology, UCL
2004–06: Elected president of the British Society for Rheumatology (BSR)
2006–11: Chaired the BSR’s Biologics Register Committee
2010: Received the Evelyn Hess award from the Lupus Foundation of America
2013–2021: Non-executive board member, Versus Arthritis
2015–present: Chairs the Research Committee for Lupus UK
2016: Designated a Master by the ACR
2016–19: Co-chaired Division 5 of north London’s local clinical trials
2012–20: Served as non-executive director for the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore, England