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Office
535 E 70th St
New York, NY 10021Phone+1 203-705-0715Fax+1 646-714-6304
Summary
- Dr. Karmela Chan is an assistant attending rheumatologist at Hospital for Special Surgery and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and an assistant professor of medicine at Weill Cornell Medical. Her areas of interest are checkpoint inhibitor-associated arthritis and autoimmune eye disease.
Education & Training
- UMass Chan Medical SchoolFellowship, Rheumatology, 2007 - 2009
- University of ConnecticutResidency, Internal Medicine, 2004 - 2007
- University of Santo TomasClass of 2001
Certifications & Licensure
- NY State Medical License 2016 - 2025
- CT State Medical License 2020 - 2024
- RI State Medical License 2009 - 2018
- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Rheumatology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Regional Top Doc 2015-2016
- Fellow (FACR) American College of Rheumatology
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Incidence of checkpoint inhibitor-associated inflammatory arthritis, immunomodulation and mortality in cancer patients on immunotherapy: a retrospective cohort study.Anne R Bass, Fenglong Xie, Deanna Jannat-Khah, Nilasha Ghosh, Karmela K Chan
Rheumatology. 2024-06-18 - 1 citationsImpact of Non-steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs, Glucocorticoids, and Disease-Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drugs on Cancer Response to Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy.Karmela K Chan, Anne R Bass
Rheumatic Diseases Clinics of North America. 2024-05-01 - Disease response upon cessation of methotrexate in a patient with Hodgkin lymphoma treated with pembrolizumab.Robert Stuver, Santosha A Vardhana, Akshay Bedmutha, Karmela Kim Chan, Rosna Mirtcheva-Trocheva
Leukemia & Lymphoma. 2023-12-01
Press Mentions
- 6 Signs Your Rheumatoid Arthritis Is ProgressingMay 4th, 2021
- How Twitter Amplifies My Doctor and Human VoiceDecember 3rd, 2020
- Investigators Discover Unique Immune Cells in Patients with Checkpoint Inhibitor-Induced ArthritisNovember 8th, 2020
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