At ACR Convergence 2024, the ACR honored clinical and research fellows in programs from New York to California and points between.
How to Write an Effective Fellowship Application Essay
I read a lot of essays and, believe it or not, I’ve been known to write a few on occasion as well. The majority of them kind of linger in the back of my mind and are slowly forgotten. The ones that stick with me tend to be the application essays that I scrutinize every…
Advice for New Rheumatology Fellows: Construct Winner’s Triangles
June is always a bittersweet month, at least in academic medicine. We get to look forward to a new fresh set of faces coming into our training programs, but we also have to say goodbye to those once-fresh faces that have progressed through their medical education journeys. These transitions are never easy, neither for the…
RheumMadness 2023: The Results Are In
RheumMadness is an online tournament in which a bracket of teams, representing key learning concepts in rheumatology, compete against each other in a series of head-to-head matchups, much like basketball teams in the NCAA’s March Madness. The 2023 tournament theme was The All Star Season. Each team represented one all star article competing to be…
Fellows in Training Learn & Network at ACR Convergence
PHILADELPHIA—The fellows-in-training (FIT) programs at ACR annual meetings are highly valued educational sessions that also offer a forum for fellows to meet and connect with trainees from other programs. Fellows who were not able to meet in person during the pandemic years, particularly those who were in their second or third year of training, welcomed…
Case Report: GPA or IgG4-Related Disease in an 11-Year-Old Girl?
Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) is a type of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) associated small vessel vasculitis that typically affects the kidneys, lungs and sinuses.1 Due to an overlap in signs and symptoms, GPA may initially be difficult to distinguish from IgG4-related disease, another condition that can affect multiple tissues and has variable presentations. Further complicating…
Case Report: World Trade Center Dust Stokes a Foreign Body Reaction
The terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers at the World Trade Center (WTC) that led to their destruction on Sept. 11, 2001, as well as the subsequent year-long cleanup of the site (i.e., Ground Zero) in 2001 and 2002, not only had immediate implications for the lives and health of thousands of individuals at the…
RheumMadness 2023: the All-Star Season
RheumMadness is back for its third season, and everyone who is crazy about rheumatology is welcome to play. That includes practicing rheumatologists, fellows, residents, medical students, advanced practice providers, other healthcare professionals and patients. Basically, if you are reading this article, you can play RheumMadness. RheumMadness is an online tournament in which a bracket of…
Case Report: Lupus Nephritis or a Mimic?
Syphilis, an ancient disease caused by the spirochete Treponema pallidum, has been historically referred to as the great mimicker given its heterogenous presentation. Both systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and syphilis can have multi-systemic involvement. Both parvovirus B19 and syphilis have been reported to cause histologic features similar to those seen in lupus nephritis. We present…
ACR Honors Distinguished Fellows at ACR Convergence 2022
Editor’s note: This has been extended from the print version to include additional background information on each recipient. Each year, the ACR honors up to 10 clinical and research fellows who have performed meritoriously. Meet this year’s Distinguished Fellows, who are bridging the gap between research and patient care, and who were recognized at ACR…
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