{"title":"Stephen A. Paget","description":"\u003cp\u003eSTEPHEN A. PAGET, M.D., FACP, FACR, MACR, is a rheumatologist with more than forty-five years on the staff of Hospital for Special Surgery. He is the co-author of \u003cem\u003eHospital for Special Surgery Manual of Rheumatology and Outpatient Orthopedic Disorders\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaget received his M.D. from Downstate Medical Center, completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Johns Hopkins Hospital, and served as a Clinical Associate at the National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases. He holds the Joseph P. Routh Professor of Medicine and Rheumatic Disease chair at Weill Medical College of Cornell University and served as Physician-in-Chief and Chairman of the Division of Rheumatology at Hospital for Special Surgery for fifteen years. He received the American College of Rheumatology’s Master designation and Distinguished Clinical Scholar award, and was named CreakyJoints' Physician of the Year in 2008.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStephen lives in New York, NY.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStephen A. Paget’s books are published by Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowse more: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/books-new-releases\"\u003eNew Releases\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/award-winning-books\"\u003eAward-Winning Books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-hospital-for-special-surgery-rheumatoid-arthritis-handbook","title":"The Hospital for Special Surgery Rheumatoid Arthritis Handbook: Everything You Need to Know","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\"This splendid volume is easily understandable, uses real-life situations as examples and is far more up-to-the-minute than other such books. 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