The REF is the 501 (c)(3) charitable foundation of the American College of Rheumatology.
2011-2012 Board of Directors
David Daikh, MD, PhD, President
David R. Karp, MD, PhD, Vice President
Joseph Flood, MD, Secretary
E. William St.Clair, MD, Treasurer
Anne Davidson, MB, FRACP, Chair, Scientific Advisory Council
Emily Isaacs, MD, Chair, Development Advisory Council
William Arnold, MD, Member-At-Large
Leigh Callahan, PhD, Member-At-Large
Liana Fraenkel, MD, MPH, Member-At-Large
Alan Friedman, MD, Member-At-Large
Stuart Kassan, MD, Member-At-Large
Gregg Silverman, MD, Member-At-Large
Abby Abelson, MD, ACR Training & Workforce Representative
Bruce Cronstein, MD, ACR Research Representative
Maura Iversen, PT, DPT, SD, MPH, ARHP Representative
Gregory Keenan, MD, IRT Representative
Ex Officio Members:
James R. O’Dell, MD, ACR President
Audrey Uknis, MD, ACR President Elect
Development Advisory Council
The current charge of the Development Advisory Council includes reviewing, modifying and implementing the individual giving program adopted by the REF; and promoting the individual giving program.
2011-2012 Development Advisory Council
Emily M. Isaacs, MD, Chair
Diana L. Anderson, PhD
Kathleen Bos, MD
Jeffrey Lawson, MD
Peter Looram
John and Betsy McLinden
Fred Murphy, DO, FACP
Robert W. Richardson, PT, Med
Eric S. Schned, MD
David Daikh, MD, PhD, Ex Officio
Scientific Advisory Council
The current charge of the Scientific Advisory Council includes serving as an advisory resource to the REF Board on issues regarding the scope and benefit of established and future award programs; and developing and implementing policies and methods for reviewing and making recommendations to the REF Board of Directors on grants, scholarships and awards.
2011-2012 Scientific Advisory Council
Anne Davidson, MBBS, Chair
Abby G. Abelson, MD
Paul Anderson, MF, PhD
Susan A. Boackle, MD
Bruce N. Cronstein, MD
Gary Gilkeson, MD
Mariana J. Kaplan, MD
Patricia P. Katz, PhD
Julie Keysor, PhD, PT
Mehrdad Matloubian, MD, PhD
Susan L. Murphy, ScD, OTR
John J. O'Shea, MD
Elizabeth A. Schlenk, PhD, RN
Carol Wallace, MD
