MartinJKafinaMD

Clinical Instructor in Medicine, New England Baptist Hospital/HMS.

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59 Old Road To 9 Acre Cor
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Concord, MA 01742
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I'm a Clinical Rheumatologist on Faculty at Harvard Medical School specializing in Lupus, Lyme Arthritis, Scleroderma, Giant Cell Arteritis, Autoimmunity, and Polymyositis.

YaleFellowship, 1985 - 1987
New York Medical College at St Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center of New YorkResidency, Internal Medicine, 1983 - 1985
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences UniversityInternship, Internal Medicine, 1982 - 1983
State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of MedicineClass of 1982

Clinician of the year. Massachusetts Medical Society., 2022
35 year Alumni Achievement Award in Immunology. Downstate/ Kings County Hospital, 2017
Fellow American College of Rheumatology

PubMed

29 citations
Self reactive repertoire of tight skin mouse : immunochemical and molecular characterization of anti-topoisomerase I autoantibodies
Tai Muryoi, Kuppuswamy N. Kasturi, Martin J. Kafina, Yukiko Saitoh, Osamu Usuba
Autoimmunity. 1991-01-01
3 citations
Resonance Raman investigation of β-(2-furyl)-acryloyl-glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase
Jack Schmidt, Michael Benecky, Martin Kafina, Kenneth L. Watters, James T. McFarland
FEBS Letters. 1978-12-15

Lectures

Research Associate; Mt Sinai School of MedicineDept of Immunology & Microbiology. Constantin Bona Lab. Topoisomerase & Scleroderma.1987 - 1991
University of Wisconsin; Biochemistry & EnzymologyResonance Raman Spectra, Active Site of Glyceraldehyde Dehydrogenase1975 - 1977