Like all good things, my year of service to the ACR as president comes to an end. I wish to thank you all for allowing me to serve you and the ACR. The ACR will continue to empower rheumatology professionals to excel in their specialty.
Sharad Lakhanpal, MBBS, MD, is in private practice at Rheumatology Associates and a clinical professor of internal medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, both in Dallas, where he has lived and worked since 1986. He is also the 80th president of the ACR (2016–17).