2025 Rheumatologists, In Memorium Save

In 2025, Rheumatology lost many of our greatest clinicians, compatriots, and mentors. This is an honor roll for those who cared, taught, advised and supported many patients, and many of us. In their careers, these clinicians were profoundly influential, life-changing and delightful to many.  Dr. Len Calabrese has said, “… many [listed here] have touched me directly or indirectly. Remember, rheumatology is the biggest small club in the world.”  

This is why these final listings affect so many of us.

These clinicians cared for hundreds of thousands, mentored and influenced as many and left an impressive legacy with their families and communities. Their diligent and painstaking devotion to d the most complex of patients and disorders was backed by genuine zeal, wonder and love for rheumatology.

Remember them, honor them, and invoke their names and memories often, as they are the foundation upon which we rheumatologists stand.

(Alphabetically)

• Albert Daniel Abrams, MD (March 16, 2025) from Dubois, PA. He was 76.
• Haddon Christopher Alexander III, MD (June 24, 2025) from Richmond, VA. He was 92.
• Frank Beier, PhD (July 18, 2025) from London, Ontario. He was 59.    
• John D. Clough, MD (January 26, 2025) from Cleveland, OH. He was 85.
• James Everett Crout, MD (October 26, 2025) from Shreveport, LA. He was 81.
• Dominic L. DeMello, MD (May 3, 2025) from Northampton, MA. He was 56.
• Gerald Marc Eisenberg, MD (Nov. 12, 2025) from Highland Park, IL. He was 75.
• Professor Steffen Gay (July 16, 2025) from Zurich, Switzerland. He was 77.   
• José Muñoz Gómez, MD (October 30, 2024) of Barcelona Spain. He was 85.
• Michael A. Gordon, MD (October 3, 2025) from Toledo, OH.  He was 74.
• Jimmy Graham, MD (June 26, 2025) from Atlanta, Georgia. He was 76.
• Germano Guadagnoli, MD (Dec. 21, 2025) from Trumbull, CT. He was 71.   
• Michael Henrickson, MD (Sept. 5, 2025) from Cincinnati, OH. He was 65.
• William H. Jackson MD (April 1, 2025) from  Phoenix, AZ. He was 78.
• Norman Kattwinkel, MD (April 3, 2025) of Natick, MA. He was 88.
• Robert Alan Kimelheim, DO (September 15, 2025) from Salisbury, MD. He was 70.
• James Helmut Leibfarth, MD (December 4, 2025) of Corpus Christi, TX. He was 79.
• Professor Klaus Machold (2025) from Vienna, Austria.
• Allen Hugh Mackenzie, MD (April 7, 2025) from Roebuck, SC. He was 94.
• Alfonse T. Masi, MD (March 19, 2025) from Genova, Italy (and Peoria, IL). He was 94.
• Angela McCain MD (Sept 21, 2025) from Sugarland, TX. She was 68.   
• Dr. Ada López Méndez (October 18, 2025) from Sioux Falls, SD. Ada was 70 years old.
• John Wesley Melton, III MD (January 8, 2025) from Reedville, VA. He was 83.
• Bruce McNeil Milburn, MD (Dec. 27, 2024) from Brevard, FL. He was 70.
• Dr. Haydon Moorman (May 18, 2025) from Michigan. He was 76.
• Sara L. Newell, MD (June 25, 2025) from Tulsa, OK. She was 77.
• Dr. Bernard Saccaro (May 1, 2025) from Hackensack, NJ. He was 89.
• David Martin Sagransky, MD (October 6, 2025) from Egg Harbor Township, NJ. He was 75.
• Dr. Gordon Craig Sharp (May 18, 2025) from Columbia, Missouri. He was 92.
• Dr. K. Narayan Shetty (July 3, 2025) from Florida. He was 88.
• Arthur Ray Snyder, MD (July 2, 2025) from Las Cruces, NM. He was 73.