Megan Curran, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, received the Clinician Scholar Educator (CSE) Award from the Rheumatology Research Foundation in 2012.

At the beginning of her academic career, Sharon L. Kolasinski, MD, was able to mentor a medical student thanks to the support of a clinical preceptorship from the Rheumatology Research Foundation.

About 150 of the Rheumatology Research Foundation’s largest supporters gathered at the Fairmont San Francisco on Saturday night for the Donors of Merit recognition event. In celebration of the Foundation’s 30th anniversary, the event reflected on the journey to advance treatments and improve patient care.

The ACR provided travel scholarships to rheumatologists from Central and South America to attend the 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting.

ACR President E. William St.Clair, MD, welcomed attendees to the 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting on Saturday, and Daphne Koller, PhD, one of the creators of the massive online open courses, or MOOC, movement, delivered this year’s Opening Lecture.

Research shows that taking part in activities such as fitness walking and aquatic exercise for as little as 15 to 30 minutes three times a week can reduce symptoms of OA, said Karen Huisinga, MN, ARNP, FNP.

Lisa Mandl, MD, MPH, said that joint replacement would be an option for a growing portion of patients with either rheumatic disease or osteoarthritis.

Rheumatologists see patients on direct oral anticoagulants on a regular basis, but management of these medications is still a bit outside their specialty and comfort zone, said Kerry Stone, MD.