Current Appointments & Affiliations
Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine
·
2011 - Present
Medicine, Rheumatology and Immunology,
Medicine
Recent Publications
Race, Ethnicity, and Geographic Diversity in Pivotal Psoriatic Arthritis Clinical Trials: Further Progress Needed.
Journal Article Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) · November 2025 OBJECTIVE: We assessed race, ethnicity, and geographic diversity in pivotal trials of biologic and targeted synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs approved for psoriatic arthritis (PsA) in the United States. METHODS: We conducted a descriptive epi ... Full text Link to item CiteThe advocacy effect: a grounded theory study on the inclusion of caregivers or nearest support persons in research to better understand patient outcomes in rheumatoid arthritis.
Journal Article Rheumatol Int · August 8, 2025 OBJECTIVE: To apply grounded theory to generate a substantive theory that explains the roles adopted by caregivers or nearest support persons (CoNSP) and their added value when included as patient advocates in long-term outcomes research in rheumatoid arth ... Full text Link to item CiteExploring a novel outcome measure of symptom progression in knee osteoarthritis utilizing a large randomized trial.
Journal Article Osteoarthritis Cartilage · March 2025 OBJECTIVES: Explore a newly defined composite measure of symptom progression for knee osteoarthritis (KOA) in a large, randomized study of a potential disease-modifying osteoarthritis drug (DMOAD). DESIGN: Using longitudinal KOA studies, a potential compos ... Full text Link to item CiteEducation, Training & Certifications
Thomas Jefferson University, Sidney Kimmel Medical College ·
1990
M.D.