Dr Claude Arnaud, Professor Emeritus of Medicine and Psychology at UCSF is appropriately called one of the pioneers in the understanding of Bone Mineral metabolism. From the early measurements of PTH by RIA to the present understanding of osteoporosis and complicated cytokine interactions, Dr Arnaud has been a major scientific investigator. His voluminous publications, including numerous reviews, and his scientific honors place him in the center of osteoporosis research.
Dr Lane, Associate of Medicine and Rheumatology at the University of California, San Francisco will head this clinical and review. Dr Lane is well recognized as a leader in clinical bone metabolism research and has presented and moderated many ACR panels dealing with various aspects of Osteoporosis. Active in the American Society of Bone and Mineral Research and numerous NIH/NIAMS study sections, Dr Lane promises to bring us the latest in clinical and cutting edge insights into Osteoporosis. Other sessions include a "Thieves Market" of interesting and exotic clinical cases moderated by Dr. William Maier (contact him in Eugene if you have something unique). Bringing us into the 21st century will be a session on Epocrates and the Palm Pilot where you will learn to "beam" the latest clinical references to your colleagues. Epocrates in partnership with Centocor, will be providing ORA with an opportunity to be part of a pilot project with palm pilot technology. There is a possibility of obtaining a free palm pilot as a part of the project. Anita Goel Joins Northwest Rheumatology Associates
One wonders how Dr Anita Goel found time to go to medical school what with all her other interests and skills. She attended the Ashford School for Girls in Great Britain, were she was winner of the National British Schools Squash Tournament. She later Captained the University of Wales Squash Team and was president of the University of Wales Debating Society. Continuing her medical training at the University Hospital of Wales, she had various House Officer Appointments at the Cardiff Royal Infirmary. While earning a Distinction in Pharmacology she managed to volunteer for clinics that treated the indigenous Amerindian tribes of the Guyanese rainforests. She eventually presented her experiences to the Guyanese Association of Physicians In Georgetown, Guyana.
Goel has also volunteered in traveling eye clinics in rural India and in General Medicine in the Georgetown Public hospital. She finished her Internship and Residency in Internal Medicine at the Mercy Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA and her Fellowship in Rheumatology at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Until 1999, Dr Goel was a full time Rheumatologist at the Davis County Hospital in Bloomfield, IA. In August of 2001, Dr Goel joined the Northwest Rheumatology Associates, in Portland, Oregon and is a new a member of the Oregon Rheumatology Alliance. She has been published in A & R and presented papers at the ACR on "Treatment resistant JRA" and "Autoantibodies in Childhood Myositis." In her free time, Dr Goel’s interests are salsa dancing, running, literature and of coarse, squash.