Perelman School of Medicine/ Faculty Search/ Sharon L. Kolasinski

Sharon L. Kolasinski, M.D.

Adjunct Professor of Medicine

Department: Medicine

Contact information

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Division of Rheumatology
8 Penn Tower
34th Street and Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283

Office: 215-662-2789
Fax: 215-662-4500

Email:
sharonk@mail.med.upenn.edu

Education:
BA (Biology)
University of Pennsylvania, 1978.
MRP (Regional Planning)
University of Pennsylvania, 1981.
MD (Medicine)
New York University School of Medicine, 1985.

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Description of Research Expertise

Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Osteoarthritis

Description of Clinical Expertise

Rheumatoid Arthritis
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Osteoarthritis

Selected Publications

Bhangle Samir, Kolasinski Sharon L: Fish oil in rheumatic diseases. Rheum Dis Clin North Am. 37(1): 77-84, Feb 2011.

Kolasinski, SL: Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Rheumatology. Preface. Rheum Dis Clin North Am. 37(1): ix-x, Feb 2011.

Kolasinski SL: Dietary Supplements in Rheumatologic Disorders. Integrative Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology. Horwitz R, Muller D (eds.). New York NY: Oxford University Press, Oct 2010.

Mishra R and Kolasinski SL: Yoga for the Management of Knee Osteoarthritis. Lower Extremity Review May 2010.

Bronstein Jason, Cohen Justine, Sehgal Supriya, Kolasinski Sharon: Hepatic artery aneurysm: an unusual case of biliary obstruction. Vascular Medicine 15(1): 75-7, Feb 2010.

Theresa Y. Wang, Joseph M. Serletti, Sharon Kolasinski, David W. Low, Benjamin Chang, Stephen J. Kovach, Liza C. Wu : Connective Tissue Disorders: To Flap or Not to Flap? Presented at the Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons, Charleston, SC Sep 2009.

Kang J, Kolasinski SL: Vitamin D and Osteoarthritis. Alternative Medicine Alert 11: 85-90, Aug 2008.

Garnero P, Aronstein WS, Cohen SB, Conaghan PG, Cline GA, Christiansen C, Beary JF, Meyer JM, Bingham CO 3rd: Relationships between biochemical markers of bone and cartilage degradation with radiological progression in patients with knee osteoarthritis receiving risedronate: the Knee Osteoarthritis Structural Arthritis randomized clinical trial. Osteoarthritis Cartilage 16(6): 660-666, Jun 2008 Notes: Epub 2007 Nov 13.

Krathen MS, Dunham J, Gaines E, Junkins-Hopkins J, Kim E, Kolasinski SL, Kovarik C, Kwan-Morley J, Okawa J, Propert K, Rogers N, Rose M, Thomas P, Troxel AB, Van Voorhees A, Von Feldt J, Weber AL, Werth VP: The Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity and Severity Index: Expansion for Rheumatology and Dermatology. Arthritis Rheum 59(3): 338-344, Mar 2008.

Albert D, Dunham J, Khan S, Stansberry J, Kolasinski S, Tsai D, Pullman-Mooar S, Barnack F, Striebich C, Looney RJ, Luning Prak ET, Kimberly R, Zhang Y, Eisenberg R: Variability in the biological responses to anti-CD 20 B cell depletion in systemic lupus erythematosus. Ann Rheum Dis 67(12): 1724-1731, Feb 2008.