The Arthritis Foundation is proud to present Marc C. Hochberg, MD, MPH of the University of Maryland School of Medicine with the Art Modell President’s Award. The  award is presented in honor of a Dr. Hochberg’s major contributions and achievements in research that have advanced the mission of the Arthritis Foundation.  Dr. Hochberg's research focuses on the clinical epidemiology of musculoskeletal disorders, particularly osteoarthritis and osteoporosis.

Marc C. Hochberg, MD, MPH, received his undergraduate degree (A.B. cum laude in Chemistry) from Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He received his M.D. from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and M.P.H. from The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland. He completed residency training in internal medicine and fellowship training in rheumatology at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, and he was a member of the full-time faculty of The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine from 1977 to 1991. Since 1991, Dr. Hochberg has been Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Since 1995, he has been the Head of the Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology in the Department of Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.

We congratulate Dr. Hochberg for his great contributions to the arthritis community.