Dr. Richard Furie, Chief of the Division of Rheumatology at Northwell Health, is a rheumatologist focused on patient care, physician education, and clinical research in anti-rheumatic drug development. He directs The Program in Novel Therapeutics, the Health System’s clinical research program in musculoskeletal disease. He directs the Hospital’s SLE and Autoimmune Disease Treatment Center, which is internationally recognized in the development of new therapies for SLE. Regarded as one of the senior rheumatologists in the New York area, he has served as a volunteer for the Arthritis Foundation, the Lupus Foundation of America, the Lupus Research Alliance, and Lupus Therapeutics. For over twenty years he served on many committees of the American College of Rheumatology and was named a Master of the College in 2018. Although often featured as a speaker at national and international conferences, Dr. Furie’s favorite educational venue is at home with his colleagues and trainees.