Education

Division of Rheumatology:
EDUCATION

The Rheumatology Fellowship Program, fresh from a successful review in 2013 by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), combines a rich and rigorous clinical experience with both basic science and clinical research opportunities.

The comprehensive training program is designed to develop rheumatologists who will be successful in a variety of fields and settings, whether academic medicine (basic science, clinical research, clinical education) or in private practice. The two-year program, directed by Donald Kimpel, is offered to those who have completed a three-year internal medicine residency program; upon completion of the program, fellows are eligible for the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) certification examination in rheumatology.

Highlight: Fellow Kalpita Hatti

During the academic year 2013-2014, the division’s fellows were:

Second year:

• Mariam Ameri
• Kalpita Hatti

First year:

• Shriram Lokare
• Shailendra Singh

For FY 2015, the first-year fellows are Gitanjali Khurana and Diana Mosteanu.

In September 2013, the division hosted a joint conference of the Virginia Society of Rheumatologists (VSR) and the Virginia Rheumatology Allied Health Professionals Association at the Wintergreen Conference Center in Wintergreen, Virginia. The meeting was chaired by division faculty member Donald Kimpel, currently serving as president of the VSR; this is the second time he has hosted the annual meeting since being elected president.

Featured speakers included division chief Janet Lewis and Mary Lee Jensen of the Department of Radiology. Rheumatology fellows Kalpita Hatti and Shriram Lokare presented cases for the “Thieves Market” portion of the meeting.