2015 ACR Masters

Recognition as a Master of the American College of Rheumatology is one of the highest honors the ACR bestows on a member. This distinction is given to members age 65 or older who have made outstanding contributions to the field of rheumatology through scholarly achievement and/or service to their patients, students, and profession. Since 1987, the ACR has honored more than 300 exceptional leaders in the field of rheumatology as Masters.

	Mary-Carmen Amigo, MD Head, Rheumatology Service The American British Cowdray (ABC) Medical Center Mexico City, Mexico		Ferdinand Breedveld, MD Professor of Rheumatology Head, Department of Rheumatology Head, Division of Internal Medicine Head, Leiden University Medical Centre Leiden University Leiden, The Netherlands
	Leonard H. Calabrese, DO RJ Fasenmyer Chair of Clinical Immunology RJ Fasenmyer Center for Clinical Immunology Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cleveland		Stanley Cohen, MD Medical Director Rheumatology Division Presbyterian Hospital Clinical Professor Department of Internal Medicine Texas Southwestern Medical School Co-Medical Director Metroplex Clinical Research Center Dallas
	James Curran, MD Professor of Clinical Medicine Pritzker School of Medicine University of Chicago Chicago		Robin K. Dore, MD Rheumatologist Robin K. Dore MD, Inc. Tustin, Calif.
	N. Lawrence Edwards, MD Professor of Medicine Vice Chairman Department of Medicine University of Florida Gainesville, Fla.		Prof. Dr. Med. Steffen Gay Professor of Experimental Rheumatology University of Zurich University Hospital, Switzerland Zurich, Switzerland
	Philip Helliwell, MD, PhD Senior Lecturer in Rheumatology Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine University of Leeds Leeds, United Kingdom		Gloria Higgins, MD, PhD Professor Emeritus The Ohio State University Department of Pediatrics Division of Rheumatology Nationwide Children’s Hospital Columbus, Ohio
	Bruce Hoffman, MD Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine Drexel University College of Medicine Chief, Division of Rheumatology Aria Health System Philadelphia		Robert Inman, MD Professor of Medicine and Immunology University of Toronto Deputy Physician in Chief, Research University Health Network Director, Spondylitis Program Toronto Western Hospital Senior Scientist Toronto Western Research Institute Toronto, Ontario, Canada
	Tore Kvien, MD, PhD Head, Department of Rheumatology Diakonhjemmet Hospital Professor, University of Oslo Oslo, Norway		Ingrid Lundberg, MD, PhD Full Professor of Rheumatology, Senior Consultant Rheumatology Unit Department of Medicine Karolinska University Hospital, Solna Karolinska Institutet Stockholm, Sweden
	Jose Maldonado-Cocco, MD Consulting Professor of Rheumatology University of Buenos Aires School of Medicine Buenos Aires, Argentina		Girish M. Mody, MD Aaron Beare Family Professor of Rheumatology School of Clinical Medicine College of Health Sciences University of KwaZulu-Natal Durban, South Africa
	Kiem Oen, MD Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Child Health University of Manitoba Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada		Murray H. Passo, MD, MEd Professor of Pediatrics Medical University of South Carolina Charleston, S.C.
	Pamela E. Prete, MD, FACP Section Chief of Rheumatology Long Beach Veterans Administration Hospital Professor Emerita of Medicine, Recalled University of California, Irvine Irvine, Calif.		Paul Romain, MD Deputy Editor UpToDate Waltham, Mass. Division of Rheumatology Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Harvard Medical School Boston
	Alan Rosenberg, MD, FRCPC Professor, Department of Pediatrics College of Medicine University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada		Barry Schimmer, MD Clinical Professor of Medicine Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania Chief, Section on Rheumatology Pennsylvania Hospital Philadelphia
	Eric Schned, MD Rheumatologist Park Nicollet Clinic Minneapolis		Josef Smolen, MD Professor of Medicine Chairman, Department of Medicine 3 Division of Rheumatology Medical University of Vienna Chairman, 2nd Department of Medicine Hietzing Hospital Vienna, Austria
	Vibeke Strand, MD Adjunct Clinical Professor Division of Immunology/Rheumatology Stanford University School of Medicine Biopharmaceutical Consultant Stanford, Calif.		Sjef van der Linden, MD Professor Emeritus Department of Internal Medicine Division of Rheumatology Maastricht University Medical Center Maastricht, The Netherlands
	Daniel Wallace, MD Clinical Professor of Medicine Associate Director of Rheumatology Fellowship Program Cedars-Sinai Medical Center David Geffen School of Medicine University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles		Michael E. Weinblatt, MD R. Bruce and Joan M. Mickey Distinguished Chair in Rheumatology Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy Brigham and Women’s Hospital John R. and Eileen K. Riedman Professor of Medicine Harvard Medical School Boston
	Sterling West, MD, MACP Professor of Medicine University of Colorado School of Medicine Aurora, Colo.		Robert A. Yood, MD Chief of Rheumatology Reliant Medical Group and Saint Vincent Hospital Clinical Professor of Medicine University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester, Mass.
	Pierre Youinou, MD, DSc Professor Emeritus Department of Immunopathology European University of Brittany Brest, France