Rheumatologists should be better compensated, in part, due to the revenue they bring to the hospital system from their procedures, argue D’Anna et al., who found that clinical academic rheumatologists bring significant downstream revenue to the healthcare system.
Laura Cappelli, MD, MHS, shares her tips for growing her academic rheumatology research career while building a family…
The State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook was founded in 1957, and is currently known as Stony Brook University. In the 1970s, when the Health Sciences Center was still in the cocoon stages of its metamorphosis, the School of Medicine, under the brilliant stewardship of Marvin Kuschner, MD, was already on a mission…
Rheumatologists need to be aware of the fine art of negotiating contracts when seeking employment. Here are some tips.
Physicians walk a fine line between informed consent and patient trust
With every decade of life, I am increasingly grateful for the advances that research has produced. These advances go much further than microwave ovens and cell phones. We have seen major strides in treatment of patients with rheumatic diseases.
The size of the rheumatology patient population is projected to increase dramatically over the next decade, and there is an urgent need to recruit and train the next generation of rheumatologists. The ACR Research and Education Foundation (REF) is committed to funding the necessary training and education programs to help combat the negative workforce trend, but it is up to you—today’s academic rheumatologist—to attract and train new clinicians and researchers.