Editorial

“Let us temper our criticism with kindness. None of us comes fully equipped.”– Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World

This month, our featured roundtable explores the evolution and progress of a rapidly emerging interdisciplinary clinical model — the cardio-rheumatology clinic. In these collaborative settings, rheumatologists, cardiologists and other cardiovascular specialists work together to deliver integrated care, advance research and foster education.

The field of rheumatology is constantly in flux.

Over the past decade, I have been fortunate to have a platform on which to reflect about the varying dimensions of empathy as it applies to medical practice, and in particular its relevancy to the field of rheumatology.

I have just returned and am recovering from #ACR24, and although there is a universe of things happening in our field, I want to focus for a moment on a rare, marginalized disease with a patient population desperately seeking effective care.

I am thrilled to introduce a guest editorial that explores the humanity of our field, written by Mike Schweitz, MD.

This month’s cover story is both enlightening and distressing.

This month’s roundtable features a group of budding rheumatologists, still in training, who share their thoughts on how to sort out, define and achieve their goals in the workplace.

On June 11, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine issued the result of their lengthy deliberations to develop a consensus definition for long COVID.

Nearly 1 year ago, I wrote my first editorial about the emergence and excitement surrounding the early experience with CAR T cells — CAR T Cells in Autoimmunity: A Potential Therapy About to Explode.