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NL Most Valuable Player Award in 1971. As a manager, he has guided five different teams in Major Leagues, won over 2,000 games, and ranks eighth place in all-time wins. The Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) and the Associated Press have twice named him Manager of the Year in recognition of his achievements. He is married to Ali, with whom he inaugurated the Joe Torre 'Safe at Home(R) ' Foundation in 2002 to aid in the awareness and prevention of domestic violence.
Michael H. Weisman, MD, is Director of the Division of Rheumatology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Professor of Medicine at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, and Professor Emeritus of Medicine at the UCSD School of Medicine. His academic and research interests involve the genetic risk, epidemiology, treatment and outcome of rheumatic diseases, including clinical trials, outcomes research and health services research and genetic susceptibility/severity studies of patients with chronic rheumatic disease. He currently is an investigator for National Institutes of Health-sponsored studies in systemic lupus erythematosus, osteoarthritis, ankylosing spondylitis and rheumatoid arthritis.
Dr. Weisman has published more than 200 peer-reviewed papers and four books. Born in Los Angeles, he attended medical school at the University of Chicago and completed his internship, residency and fellowship in rheumatology at UCSD School of Medicine.
About the Arthritis Foundation
Established in 1948, the Arthritis Foundation is the only national
voluntary organization that works on behalf of people with all forms of
arthritis. The Arthritis Foundation funds research to find cures and
improve care, issues up-to-date information about arthritis and its
treatment, offers exercise and self-help classes and sponsors support and
education groups. For more information, please call (800) 954-2873 (CURE)
or visit http://www.arthritis.org
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