Hooked on Rheum with Susan M. Manzi, MD, MPH

There were three turning points in my early training that led me to rheumatology. The first was in medical school during didactic lectures in immunology. I was intrigued by the immune system and how it acts like the body’s army against external invaders, such as infectious agents, that don’t belong. In autoimmune and rheumatic disease conditions, the immune system starts to recognize