ACR Convergence 2025| Video: Rheuminations on Milestones & Ageism

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Precision Medicine on a Population Level

Daniel H. Solomon, MD, MPH, & Andrew Concoff, MD, FACR  |  

Guest columnists Dr. Daniel Solomon & Dr. Andrew Concoff discuss the potential of technology, such as mobile health apps, to enhance remote care & improve access for underserved patients.

Rheuminations: How to Counteract Patients’ Eroding Trust in Healthcare

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At first, there was an incomprehensibly loud explosion. And out of that explosion, about 4.5 billion years afterward, emerged the world’s first rheumatologist. Only a few notable things have happened between these two events, but the most important dynamic has been the continuous expansion of our universe. If the speculations of many cosmologists are correct,…

Precision Medicine on a Population Level: Can Digital Health Technology Improve Access to Rheumatologic Care?

Daniel H. Solomon, MD, MPH, & Andrew Concoff, MD, FACR  |  

Over our 25 years as rheumatologists, care has advanced greatly. We each completed our rheumatology training in the late 1990s when both infliximab and etanercept first arrived on the U.S. market, ushering in the era of biologics in rheumatology. Since this time, our greater understanding of the immunologic basis of many rheumatic diseases has translated…

In Memoriam: Dr. Bruce McNeil Milburn Sr.

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We recently learned that Bruce McNeil Milburn, MD (70), passed away Dec. 27, 2024, from complications of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). He was diagnosed with ALS just a year ago. Dr. Milburn was a practicing rheumatologist in Brevard County, Fla., for more than 30 years. Born on March 23, 1954, Dr. Milburn dedicated his life…

Rheuminations: The Tenacity of Hope

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It’s dark. It’s cold. And it’s 5 p.m. here in Iowa. If that sounds rather bleak to you, I wouldn’t blame you. But to Stella, my 12-year-old canine companion, it’s a wonderland. She’s half-Shetland sheepdog and half-American Eskimo, so the colder and snowier it is, the more she feels at home. And although I do…