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Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Centers

Updated September 19, 2007

The Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Center (MCRC) (P60) focuses on assessment and improvement of clinical outcomes for patients with arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases. Patient-oriented research is derived from many disciplines, and the center director is a clinician/scientist.

Richard A. Deyo, M.D., M.P.H.
University of Washington
University of Washington Medical Center
Department of Medicine & Health Services
1959 Northeast Pacific, Room B3527
Seattle, WA 98195
Phone: 206-616-5365
Fax: 206-523-2567

Research Focus: Carpal tunnel syndrome; lumbar spinal surgery rates, treatment of back pain

David T. Felson, M.D., M.P.H.
Boston University School of Medicine
Arthritis Center
715 Albany Street, Room A203
Boston, MA 02118
Phone: 617-638-5180
Fax: 617-638-5239

Research Focus: Rheumatoid arthritis, arthritis and work disability, wedged insoles for QA

Joanne M. Jordan, M.D.
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Department of Medicine/Thurston Arth. Res. Ct.
CB# 7280, 3330 Thurston Bldg.
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7280
Phone: 919-966-0559
Fax: 919-966-1739

Research Focus: Metals and OA; social determinants of arthritis outcomes; social support, perceived control and psychological adjustment in vasculitis patients and partners

Jeffrey N. Katz, M.D.
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Department of Medicine, Rheumatology and Immunology
75 Francis Street
Boston, MA 02115
Phone: 617-732-5356
Fax: 617-732-5505

Research Focus: Total knee replacement, atherosclerosis in lupus, arthritis education

Robert P. Kimberly, M.D.
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Department of Medicine/Rheumatology
1530 3rd Avenue, THT 429
Birmingham, AL 35294-0006
Phone: 205-934-5306
Fax: 205-934-1564

Research Focus: Quality of care for steroid induced osteoporosis; sex-related determinants of pain in fibromyalgia; phamacogenetics of methotrexate in RA

Richard M. Pope, M.D.
Northwestern University
Division of Rheumatology
303 E. Chicago Avenue, Ward 3-315
Chicago, IL 60611
Phone: 312-503-8003
Fax: 312-503-0994

Research Focus: SES disparities in Arthritis; progression of OA; vascular & bone complications of lupus

Richard M. Silver, M.D.
Medical University of South Carolina
Department of Medicine - Rheumatology
96 Jonathan Lucas St/POB 250623
Charleston, SC 29425
Phone: 843-792-3484
Fax: 843-792-7121

Research Focus: Genetic and environmental influences for lupus nephritis; sphigosine kinase in scleroderma; cognitive behavioral intervention for African-American adolescents with lupus

James N. Weinstein, D.O., M.S.
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Professor and Chair.
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
One medical Center Dr.
Lebanon, NH 03756
Phone: 603-653-3580
Fax: 603-653-3581

Research Focus: Prognostic value of lumbar spine MRI; heal disparities and musculoskeletal diseases; disability outcomes in intervertebral disc herniation

Edward H. Yelin, Ph.D.
University of California-San Francisco
Department of Medicine
Box 0920
San Francisco, CA 94143
Phone: 415-476-9027
Fax: 415-476-9030

Research Focus: Improve outcomes for persons with various forms of rheumatic diseases by discovery of the medical, demographic, and contextual factors affecting those outcomes