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Office
2000 Pepperell Pkwy
Opelika, AL 36801Phone+1 334-528-6610Fax+1 334-528-6628
Education & Training
- University of Alabama Medical CenterFellowship, Rheumatology, 2000 - 2003
- Physicians Medical Center CarrawayResidency, Internal Medicine, 1996 - 2000
- University of Alabama School of MedicineClass of 1996
Certifications & Licensure
- AL State Medical License 2000 - 2024
- American Board of Internal Medicine Rheumatology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2012
- Fellow (FACR) American College of Rheumatology
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 707 citationsDefining inflammatory cell states in rheumatoid arthritis joint synovial tissues by integrating single-cell transcriptomics and mass cytometry.Fan Zhang, Kevin Wei, Kamil Slowikowski, Chamith Y. Fonseka, Deepak A. Rao
Nature Immunology. 2019-05-06 - 47 citationsDeconstruction of rheumatoid arthritis synovium defines inflammatory subtypes.Fan Zhang, Anna Helena Jonsson, Aparna Nathan, Nghia Millard, Michelle Curtis
Nature. 2023-11-01 - 238 citationsRelation of synovitis to knee pain using contrast-enhanced MRIsKristin Baker, Andrew J. Grainger, Jingbo Niu, Margaret Clancy, Ali Guermazi
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 2010-10-01
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- Fellow
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