 Hi, my name is Bernadette Chiton. I am the program director for the Rheumatology Fellowship. I've been involved in undergraduate and graduate medical education since 2012. I previously served as the associate program director for this program and I took over the helm in July of 2020. I hope that you'll apply to this program and I look forward to meeting you this fall. Hello, my name is Raymond Flores. I'm an associate professor at the University of Maryland as well as associate program director. I've actually stepped down recently to APD as I was program director for 20 years up until this point. I've seen in my time at the University of Maryland a tremendous transformation in the University of Maryland medical system but also as well in the division of rheumatology. We're an ACGME program and accredited in successive years. Our trainees go on for the most part to be excellent clinicians and in some instances, clinician educators. We have a strong relationship with the state and actually our graduates comprise a significant number of practitioners within the state as well. I think our fellows thrive in our educational environment because of various factors. To attest to that, our board pass rate is 100% for the last decade. I think that the factors that make us especially strong clinically is our diverse patient population. We see patients of all socioeconomic status. We see patients of the inner city of the suburbs and we see a significant veteran population. We also have a very diverse faculty who have been with us for many years who are dedicated to strong supervision of our fellows, mentorship and didactic and clinical teaching. Our fellows also do extremely well in terms of their overall work health balance and that's also something that we stress in our program. I think the fellows are very happy with the training they get here. They're generally happy throughout their fellowship training and when they graduate they have a strong affection for our program and for the faculty that have served as mentors. Dr. Bernadette Chaton will be taking over as I mentioned as program director. She's an excellent, well-trained, highly educated physician who has a particular interest in education and I think that she will continue to provide excellent leadership over the next decade. Hello, I'm Afton Thomas. I'm a second year graduating rheumatology fellow and I will be joining the faculty this fall. I have enjoyed my time training here at Maryland, a large university academic medical center. I feel prepared for practice and supervision of trainees in the near future. I am ready to see both bread and butter rheumatology cases and also the complex vasculitis or lupus cases as well. The environment here is collegial and the faculty are always prepared to discuss a case or even offer their support. Overall, Maryland feels like a family and I have been grateful for the opportunity to train here and to have the ability and flexibility of a program that offers work-life balance. I'm excited to join the faculty this fall and to continue to develop our musculoskeletal ultrasound program. I hope to see you on campus and even better for our fellowship interviews. Good luck and take care.