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Office
1600 7th Ave. S., Birmingham, AL
CPP #M210
Birmingham, AL 35233Phone+1 205-996-9191Fax+1 205-996-9545
Education & Training
- David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLAClass of 1991
- University of ChicagoPhD, 1990
- University of California at RiversideBS, Biomedical Sciences (with Honors), 1985
Certifications & Licensure
- CA State Medical License 1993 - Present
- AL State Medical License 2007 - 2025
- PA State Medical License 1999 - 2008
- American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Rheumatology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Department of Pediatrics Excellence in Medical Education Award 2014
- Cum Laude Award Society for Pediatric Radiology Annual Meeting, 2013
- Top Rheumatologist in Birmingham, AL Internat. Assoc. of Health Care Profess., 2013
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 522 citations2011 American College of Rheumatology Recommendations for the Treatment of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Initiation and Safety Monitoring of Therapeutic Agents for th...Timothy Beukelman, Nivedita M. Patkar, Kenneth G. Saag, Sue Tolleson-Rinehart, Randy Q. Cron
Arthritis Care & Research. 2011-04-01 - 93 citationsGenetic Defects in Cytolysis in Macrophage Activation SyndromeMingce Zhang, Edward M. Behrens, T. Prescott Atkinson, Bita Shakoory, Alexei A. Grom
Current Rheumatology Reports. 2014-08-03 - 49 citationsAge and fecal microbial strain-specific differences in patients with spondyloarthritisMatthew L. Stoll, Pamela F. Weiss, Jennifer E. Weiss, Peter A. Nigrovic, Barbara Edelheit
Arthritis Research & Therapy. 2018-01-30
Journal Articles
- Kinase Control of Latent HIV-1 Infection: PIM-1 Kinase as a Major Contributor to HIV-1 ReactivationDuverger, A., Wolschendorf, F., Anderson, J.C., Wagner, F., Bosque, A., Shishido, T., Jones, J., Planelles, V., Willey, C., Cron, R.Q., and Kutsch, O., J. Virol., 1/1/2014
- Imaging of the Temporomandibular Joint in Juvenile Idiopathic ArthritisVaid, Y.N., Dunnavant, D.F., Royal, S.A., Beukelman, T., Stoll, M.L. and Cron, R.Q., Arthritis Care Res, 1/1/2014
- Changes in Body Mass Index in Children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Treated with Tumor Necrosis Factor InhibitorsShafferman, A., Fontaine, K.R., Cron, R.Q., and Beukelman, T., J. Rheumatol., 1/1/2014
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Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- Recombinant IL-1 Receptor Antagonist Improves Mortality in a Severe Sepsis Subset with Clinical Characteristics of Reactive Hemophagocytic Syndrome: Anakinra RevisitedShakoory, B., Carcillo, J.A., Zhao, H., Cron, R.Q., Dinarello, C.A., and Opal, S.M., Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) Congress, San Francisco, CA, 1/1/2014
- Regulatory CD4 T Cells Differentially Modulate HIV-1 Infection of Polarized M1 and M2 MacrophagesRobinson, T., Zhang, M., Lowe, R.M., and Cron, R.Q. Inocencio, J., Enciso, S., Gallizzi, R., Griffin, T., Hennon, T., Horneff, G., Ioseliani, M.,, 3rd Annual Southeastern Immunology Symposium, 20th International AIDS Conference, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 2014; Melbourne, Australia, 2014, 1/1/2014
- Dissecting the Heterogeneity of Macrophage Activation SyndromeMinoia, F., Davi, S., Horne, A., Bovis, F., Demirkaya, E., Consolaro, A., Akikusa, J., Ayaz, N.A., Barone, P., Bica, B., Bolt, I., Breda, L., Davidsone, Z., De Cunto, ..., Pediatr. Rheumatol. Online J, PRES, Arthritis Rheum, ACR 2014, Belgrade, Serbia, 1/1/2014
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Lectures
- FOXP3 and HIVUAB Comprehensive Musculoskeletal and Autoimmunity Center, Birmingham, AL - 1/1/2014
- Intraarticular Infliximab Therapy of the TMJ in Children with JIA: Safety and EfficacyTampere, Finland - 1/1/2014
- TMJ Arthritis in Children with JIA - A Common NuisanceRoyal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia - 1/1/2014
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Other
- 5 Years Later, The Vision is Realized: Solidifying Pediatric Rheumatology in AlabamaArthritis Foundation National Annual Meeting and Volunteer Leadership Conference
Colorado Springs, CO - 1/1/2012 - Shock Syndrome, or Macrophage Activation Syndrome, in Children with Kawasaki DiseaseCron, R.Q., Pediatrics
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/eletters/123/5/e783
1/13/2009 - Interferon' with LupusCron, R.Q.
http://arthritis-research.com/paperreport/ar-2002-74050
1/1/2002 - Join now to see all
Press Mentions
- I Wrote About the Health-Care Maze for Years. Then My Toddler Got SickJanuary 30th, 2023
- Stopping JIA Drugs? Many Can Regain Control After a FlareAugust 10th, 2022
- Two New Clinical Practice Guidelines for JIA ReleasedApril 20th, 2022
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