Rick is a PA teacher, professor, author, workshop leader and advocate for patients with rheumatic diseases for the last 33+ years. He recently retired clinically from the Department of Rheumatology at Danbury Hospital in CT. Rick continues to share his knowledge as he serves as a clinical professor at several PA programs in CT and has taught for the last two years at the DNP program at the University of California Irvine. He is the founder and past president of the Society of PAs in Rheumatology (SPAR). He presently serves as an editor for the Bone Health and National Osteoporosis Foundation (BHOF) and has written on rheumatic subjects for many educational and professional organizations. He is the lead author of PA clinics publication on Osteoporosis Diagnosis and Management which was published in January 2021. He was chosen as PA of the year in 2020 by the CT PA Association. He is married with three adult children and lives with his wife of 38 years in Oxford CT.
Today Rick will present on skin manifestations of rheumatic diseases