DavidAMcLainMDFACP, MACR, FRCP(He/Him)

McLain Medical Associates, P.C., Symposium Director, Congress of Clinical Rheumatology, Destin , FL and Huntington Beach, CA

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Office
2229 Cahaba Valley DR
Birmingham, AL 35242
Phone+1 205-991-8996

Fax+1 205-991-8997

Summary

David McLain, a Birmingham, AL-based Rheumatologist, earned his MD from Tulane U. and completed his residency/fellowship at Wash. U./Barnes. He is Symposium Dir. for the Congress of Clinical Rheumatology, Exec. Dir. of the AL Soc. for Rheumatic Dis. , and at McLain Med Assoc. He has research work on low-dose naltrexone for chronic pain. Dr. McLain is a Fellow of the Royal Coll. of Physicians.

Clinical Expertise

Principal Investigator, Rheumatoid arthritis, Systemic lupus erythematosus, Sjogren's syndrome, Psoriatic arthritis, Gout, Fibromyalgia, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, Ankylosing spondylitis, Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis, Reactive arthritis, Systemic Scleroderma, Arthritis, Submersion injury

Education & Training

International Society for Clinical DensitometryC.C.D, Clinical, Densitometry, 2002 - 2002
Washington University/B-JH/SLCH ConsortiumFellowship, Rheumatology, 1977 - 1979
Washington University/B-JH/SLCH ConsortiumResidency, Internal Medicine, 1975 - 1977
Ochsner Clinic FoundationInternship, Internal Medicine, 1974 - 1975
Tulane University School of MedicineClass of 1974
Northwestern UniversityBA, Psychology, Premed, 1966 - 1970

Certifications & Licensure

AL State Medical License 1981 - 2025
LA State Medical License 1974 - 1977
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Rheumatology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Fellow Royal College of Physicians (London, England), 2023
Master (MACR) American College of Rheumatology
Patients’ Choice Award winner vitals.com, 2011-2018
Compassionate Doctor Recognition Vitals.com, 2010-2018
Super Doctor, Birmingham, AL B-Metro Magazine, 2012-2017
CMS Stage II Meaningful Use CMS, 2016
Top 10 Doctor, City and Metro Area Vitals.com, 2014
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification NextGen Ambulatory EHR, NextGen Healthcare, 2012-2013
Physicians' Recognition Award American Medical Association,1979, 1982, 1985, 1988, 1991, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2010
Marquis' Who's Who in America, 51st Edition 2009
Award for 20 years as Course Director of Rheumatology on the Beach Brookwood Medical Center, 2003
Marquis' Who's Who in Science and Engineering, 3rd edition 1996-1997, 2002-2003, 2003
Marquis' Who's Who in the World, 13th edition 2002
Listed in Marquis' Who's Who in the South and Southwest 2001
Marquis' Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare, First Edition 2001
Rheumatologist of the Year Arthritis Foundation, AL Chapter, 1999
Excellence in Teaching Award Medical Association State of Alabama, 1995
Award for Decade of Leadership of Rheumatology on the Beach Symposium presented by Alabama Chapter of the Arthritis Foundation 1992
Elected to Fellowship American College of Physicians, 1989
Award of Appreciation Alabama Chapter of the Arthritis Foundation, 1986
Award of Appreciation Alabama Podiatry Association, 1984
Order of the Gold-Tipped Stethoscope for Outstanding Performance as a Student of Medicine (Senior Medicine Award) 1974
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society Tulane University, 1973
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Clinical Trials

Study of Flavocoxid (Limbrel) Versus Naproxen in Subjects With Moderate-Severe Osteoarthritis of the Knee Start of enrollment: 2006 Mar 01
Completed
Not Applicable

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

3 citations
Missing the Mark? American College of Rheumatology 2019 Guidelines for Intraarticular Hyaluronic Acid Injection and Osteoarthritis Knee Pain.
Roy D Altman, Robert W Ike, Max I Hamburger, David A McLain, Michael J Daley
The Journal of Rheumatology. 2022-08-01
150 citations
The use of low-dose naltrexone (LDN) as a novel anti-inflammatory treatment for chronic pain
Jarred Younger, Luke Parkitny, David A. McLain
Clinical Rheumatology. 2014-02-15
4 citations
Cost analysis of flavocoxid compared to naproxen for management of mild to moderate OA
Surrey M. Walton, Glen T. Schumock, David A. McLain
Current Medical Research and Opinion. 2010-08-15

Journal Articles

The use of low-dose naltrexone (LDN) as a novel anti-inflammatory treatment for chronic pain
Jarred Younger, Luke Parkitny, David McLain, Clinical Rheumatology, 2/2014
Medicine does not exist in a Vacuum.
McLain, DA, MASA Review, 1: 23-25
Current trends in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Chronic Neuromuscular Pain Syndromes: Myofascial Pain Syndrome, Chronic Tension-Type Headache, and Fibromyalgia.
Jay, GW, Krusz, JC, Longmire, DR, McLain, DA, The American Academy of Pain Management
Echocardiography is not sufficient to diagnose pulmonary arterial hypertension in systemic sclerosis.
Wigley FM, Lima JAC, Mayes M, McLain D, Chapin JL, Ward-Able C, Arthritis & Rheumatism 54: 380-381
An Open Label, Dose Finding Trial of Tizanidine (Zanaflex™) for Treatment of Fibromyalgia.
McLain, DA, J. Musculoskel. Pain, 10:7-18
Detection of Patients at Risk for Spondyloarthropathy with an Antibody to an HLA Public Antigenic Determinant.
McLain, DA, Luehrman, LK, Rodey, GE, Schwartz, BD, Clinical Research, 28:142A
The effects of Tizanidine HCl (Zanaflex®) in patients with fibromyalgia.
McLain, DA, Pain Medicine 1:207
Trait-like catastrophizing mediates elevated pain affect ratings in patients with Knee Osteoarthritis (OA) during suprathreshold pressure stimulation.
DeBerry, JJ, Fry, RB, Kersh, BC, Bradley LA, Alarcon, GS, McLain, DA, Rumble, M, Arthritis and Rheumatism, 46: S408
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Books/Book Chapters

Pain Management Secrets
Chapter: Fibromyalgia and Myofascial Pain Syndrome
David McLain, MDEditors: Argoff MD, Charles E., Dubin MD MS, Andrew, Pilitsis MD PhD, Julie.ElsevierEdition 4th,2018
Diseases of the Thyroid, Parathyroid, and Adrenal Glands
McLain, DA, McLain, PF, Lindsey, ES, and Ryan, RFEditors: Ryan, RF.Tulane University Press, New OrleansEdition 1st,1975
Chapter: Lessons from fibromyalgia: abnormal pain sensitivity in knee osteoarthritis
Bradley LA, Kersh BC, DeBerry JJ, Deutsch G, Alarcon GA, McLain DAEditors: Derek J. Chadwick, Jamie Goode.Novartis Found Symp. 2004;260:258-70; discussion 270-9

Abstracts/Posters

Colchicine and Pseudogout
McLain, DA, Spilberg, l, Berney, S. Simchowitz, L, Arthritis and Rheumatism, 23: 718
An HLA Public Antigen is More Common than HLA B27 in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis.
McLain, DA, Luehrman, LK, Rodey, GE, Schwartz, BD, Arthritis and Rheumatism, 23: 718
HLA Public Antigen is More Common than HLA B27 in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitisn, in Preud'Homme and Hawken.
McLain, DA, Luehrman, LK, Rodey, GE, Schwartz, BD, 4th International Congress of Immunology, Paris
A Comprehensive Out-Patient Program for the Rheumatology Patien.
Cassady, J. Darden, L, Brodie, B. Sledge, E, McLain, D, Tenth Southeastern Regional Meeting, Allied Health Professions Association and ...
An Alabama Family with Severe Osteoarthritis of the Hips,Mild Spondyloepiphyseal Dysplasia & Precocious Osteoarthritis in other sites has a Point Mutation in one allel...
McLain, DA, Murphy, WA, Prockop, DJ, Williams, CJ, 38:(Supplement) R25
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Authored Content

A Vast Array of Eye-Opening Studies Were Featured at ACR 2022November 2022
Commentary on Manzi Lupus articleJuly 2019
Commentary on Filgotinib in RA articleJuly 2019
Commentary on EULAR Gout guidelinesJuly 2019
Commentary on Ankylosing Spondylitis and use of OpioidsJune 2019
Commentary on Stem Cell ClinicsJune 2019
Commentary on Steroid use in GCA and PMR and infection riskJune 2019
Commentary on Barriers to control of RAJune 2019
Commentary on when to stop medications in unplanned pregnanciesJune 2019
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Press Mentions

Quick Facts About Fibromyalgia and Related DiseasesJanuary 14th, 2017

Research History

Principal Investigator, Achieve Clinical Research, LLC--rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, lupus, psoriatic arthritis, fibromyalgia2008 - 2014