First issue of The Rheumatologist will be published in November 2006 to coincide with 70th annual meeting of the ACR and 41st annual meeting of the Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals
John Wiley and Sons and the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) have announced an agreement to launch The Rheumatologist, a new controlled-circulation newsmagazine that will provide breaking news and information to rheumatology and rheumatologist health professionals in a unique and visually compelling format.
The scientific meeting will be held November 10-15, 2006 in Washington, DC.
"Wiley has a longstanding relationship with the ACR to publish their two peer-reviewed journals, Arthritis and Rheumatism and Arthritis Care and Research," said Vickie Thaw, vice president and publisher for medical science journals, John Wiley and Sons.
"This new agreement is an exciting opportunity for us to enhance our existing partnership with the ACR by creating an entirely new publication through which we both can further serve the rheumatology community." David Pisetsky will be the physician editor for the publication.
He is professor of medicine and immunology at Duke University Medical Center and the former editor of Arthritis and Rheumatism.
Pisetsky has served the field for 28 years and is widely considered to be one of the most prominent rheumatologists in the USA.
He will be supported by an editorial board comprising leading rheumatologists and rheumatology health professionals in areas of practice, research, and academia.
After the inaugural issue in November 2006, The Rheumatologist will publish monthly beginning in January 2007.
Each issue will report on general research topics and clinical trends in rheumatology, and will include: keys to interpreting research for clinical practitioners; general medicine topics of relevance to rheumatologists; people- focused content (eg profiles of key leaders in the field, roundtable discussions about critical topics, and one-on-one interviews with newsmakers); public policy and legislative trends; career development and practice management issues; and college news and events.
The Rheumatologist will be distributed for free to all ACR members as part of their membership, and will also be sent to other select audiences.
"I am very honoured and excited to be the first physician editor of The Rheumatologist," said Pisetsky.
"This publication will represent a very important venue of communication for members of the American College of Rheumatology and the Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals.
"As a newsmagazine, The Rheumatologist will provide accessible, engaging and authoritative articles on a broad range of topics relevant to rheumatology practice.
"Since The Rheumatologist is a publication of the American College of Rheumatology, it will be a unique source of information and ideas."
