Professor Roy D Altman, age 85, passed away on Wednesday November 30, 2022. For ICRS and its members, he is known as the first editor in Chief of Journal CARTILAGE. However, Roy Altman is also known as legendary person in the development of different therapies of osteoarthritis. Roy Altman received his medical education and training in internal medicine and rheumatology at the University of Miami in Florida where he also was a Professor of Medicine and Orthopedics and Chief of Rheumatology at the University of Miami as well as Chief of Rheumatology and Clinical Director of the Geriatric Center at the Miami Veterans Administration Medical Center.
