Dr. Rosenthal is the Will and Cava Ross Professor of Medicine in the Division of Rheumatology at the Medical College of Wisconsin, and is the Chief of the Rheumatology Division. She recently became Associate Chief of Staff for Research and Development at the Zablocki VA Medical Center. Dr. Rosenthal received her MD from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and completed a residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Rochester. She received her rheumatology training at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Her principal research interests revolve around the pathogenesis of calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease (also known as pseudogout). This work has been funded by the VA and the NIH since 1991. Other research interests include other types of inflammatory arthritis, osteoarthritis and gout as well as musculoskeletal complication of diabetes. She is the author of over 100 original publications, numerous chapters and invited reviews, and has spoken at many national and international meetings. She is currently a standing member of the Skeletal Biology Development and Disease panel for NIH. She is an active mentor for the US Bone and Joint Decade Young Investigators Initiative and has a strong interest in faculty development. She maintains an active clinical practice, has been elected a fellow in the American College of Physicians, and is the winner of several teaching awards.