JoelABlockMD

The Willard L Wood MD Professor and Chief, Division of Rheumatology;Co-Director Rush Arthritis and Orthopaedics Institute, Biochemistry,InternalMedicine, Rush University Medical Center

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Office
1611 W Harrison St
Ste 510
Chicago, IL 60612
Phone+1 312-942-8268

Fax+1 312-563-2075

Education & Training

University of ChicagoResidency, Internal Medicine, 1982 - 1985
Washington University in St. Louis School of MedicineClass of 1982

Certifications & Licensure

IL State Medical License 1983 - 2026
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Rheumatology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Master (MACR) American College of Rheumatology
Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

36-40% of Routine Care Patients With Osteoarthritis or Rheumatoid Arthritis Screen Positive for Anxiety, Depression, and/or Fibromyalgia on a Single MDHAQ.
Juan Schmukler, Anne-Marie Malfait, Joel A Block, Theodore Pincus
ACR Open Rheumatology. 2024-10-01
1 citations
Reflections on 30 years of publishing osteoarthritis research: Where we've been and where we're going.
Michelle S Yau, Stephanie R Filbay, Joel A Block, L Stefan Lohmander
Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 2024-04-01
Interrater reliability of RheuMetric checklist scales for physician global assessment, inflammation, damage and patient distress.
Juan Schmukler, Isabel Castrejon, Tengfei Li, Joel A Block, Theodore Pincus
Rheumatology Advances in Practice. 2024-01-01

Journal Articles

Discordance of Global Assessment by Patients and Physicians Is Higher in Osteoarthritis Than in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Cross-Sectional Study from Routine Care
Najia Shakoor, Jacquelin R Chua, Joel A Block, Rheumatology International
Somatosensation in OA: Exploring the Relationships of Pain Sensitization, Vibratory Perception and Spontaneous Pain
Joel A Block, Anisha B Dua, Najia Shakoor, BioMed Central