ABIM Announces Exam Dates The American Board of Internal Medicine will conduct the 1998 Certification Examination in Rheumatology on Nov. 4. The registration period is open until April 1. For an additional fee, registration is open until July 1. Subspecialty exams are offered annually. The Recertification Examinations in internal medicine and its subspecialties will also be held Nov. 4.
Registration is ongoing and continuous.
Spring Clinical Meetings ACR's Spring Clinical Meetings are here. These meetings were developed by ACR members using responses from several membership surveys. They are designed to provide an update of current knowledge of the broad field of clinical rheumatology. For more information, contact the Education Department at the ACR office. Obituary Charley J. Smyth, MD, professor emeritus at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and a past president and master of the ACR, died Dec. 20 after a heart attack.