Osvaldo Hubscher

Osvaldo Hubscher of Buenos Aires, Argentina, is Associate Professor of Medicine at CEMIC Medical School. He graduated cum laude in medicine from the University of Buenos Aires in 1964 and completed specialist certification in internal medicine and rheumatology at CEMIC where he has remained as a faculty member. At present he is Consultant Rheumatologist of the Section of Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of Medicine.

Dr Hubscher served or is still serving on the editorial boards of several journals including Arthritis & Rheumatism, Current Opinion in Rheumatology, LUPUS, Osteoarthritis & Cartilage and Clinical Rheumatology and has authored or co-authored 53 articles in peer-reviewed journals. He has also authored 19 chapters of rheumatology textbooks in Argentina, Spain and the United Kingdom. Dr Hubscher is a founding member of the patients support groups ASSA (Asociacion Sindrome de Sjogren Argentina) and of ALUA (Asociacion Lupus Argentina) one of the international chapters of the Lupus Foundation of America.

He served as President of the Argentine Society of Rheumatology from 1981 to 1983 and was designated Master of Rheumatology in 1992 by the Society. A member of the Argentine Society of Clinical Investigation, Dr Hubscher is honorary member of the Brazilian, Chilean and Colombian societies of rheumatology. He also served as Vice President of PANLAR from 1990 to 1994.

In 1986 Dr Hubscher became Fellow of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) and has been a member of the International Advisory Committee from 1997 to 2000 and of the Annual Meeting Planning Committee for the period 2001-2004. In 2005 he became Master of the ACR.