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Office
619 19th St S
Birmingham, AL 35233Phone+1 205-934-6600
Education & Training
- Stony Brook Medicine/University HospitalFellowship, Rheumatology, 1991 - 1993
- Graduate HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 1988 - 1991
- Stony Brook University Health Sciences Center School of MedicineClass of 1988
Certifications & Licensure
- AL State Medical License 1999 - 2014
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014
- Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2012
- Fellow (FACP) American College of Physicians, 2007
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Clinical Trials
- International Prospective Study on Adherence to Treatment in Patients With Active Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Start of enrollment: 2013 Jan 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 1569 citations2013 classification criteria for systemic sclerosis: an American college of rheumatology/European league against rheumatism collaborative initiativeFrank H J van den Hoogen, Dinesh Khanna, Jaap Fransen, Sindhu R Johnson, Murray Baron
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 2013-11-01 - 341 citationsThe frequency and outcome of lupus nephritis: results from an international inception cohort studyJohn G. Hanly, Aidan G. O'Keeffe, Li Su, Murray B. Urowitz, Juanita Romero-Diaz
Rheumatology. 2016-02-01 - 3109 citationsDerivation and validation of the Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics classification criteria for systemic lupus erythematosus.Michelle Petri, Ana Maria Orbai, Graciela S. Alarcón, Caroline Gordon, Joan T. Merrill
Arthritis and Rheumatism. 2012-08-01
Press Mentions
- Study of New Drug for VasculitisAugust 26th, 2013
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
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