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In Memoriam

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H. Ralph Schumacher, M.D.

Staff Member, Department of Medicine, Hospital of the University of PA, Philadelphia, PA
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Dept of Orthopaedic Surgery,University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Department: Medicine

Contact information
VETERANS ADMIN MED CNTR,151K
39TH & WOODLAND AVENUE
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19104
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-823-4244
Fax: 215-823-6032
Education:
BS
Ursinus College, 1955.
M.D. (Medicine)
University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, 1959.
Post-Graduate Training
Rotating Intern, Denver General Hospital, Denver, Colorado, 1959-1960.
Resident in Medicine, Wadsworth VA Hospital, Los Angeles, California, 1960-1962.
Fellow in Rheumatology, Wadsworth VA Hospital and University of California Los Angeles Medical Center, 1962-1963.
Research Fellow in Medicine and Pathology, Harvard Medical School, 1965-1967.
Fellow in Rheumatology, Robert B. Brigham Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 1965-1967.
Assistant in Medicine, Peter B. Brigham Hospital, Boston, Mass, 1965-1967.
Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine, 1966.
Subspecialty Board in Rheumatology, American Board of Internal Medicine, 1972.
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Selected Publications

Taylor WJ, Redden D, Dalbeth N, Schumacher HR, Edwards NL, Simon LS, John MR, Essex MN, Watson DJ, Evans R, Rome K, Singh JA: Application of the OMERACT Filter to Measures of Core Outcome Domains in Recent Clinical Studies of Acute Gout. J Rheumatol Page: epub ahead of print, 2014.

Li Q-H, Dai L, Li Z-X, Liu H-J, Zou C-J,Ou-Zhang X, Lu M, Li T, Li Y-H, Mo Y-Q, Schumacher HR: Questionnaire survey evaluating disease-related knowledge for 149 primary gout patients and 184 doctors in South China. Clin Rheumatol. 32(11): 1633-40, Nov. 2013.

Pessler F, Ogdie AR, Mayer CT, Kretzschmar WW, Dai L, Elsaman AM, Einhorn E, Krenn V, Schumacher HR: Amyloid arthropathy associated with multiple myeloma: polyarthritis without synovial infiltration of CD20+ or CD38+ cells. Amyloid Page: epub ahead of print, Nov. 2013.

Rhee RL, Von Feldt JM, Schumacher HR, Merkel P.: Readability and suitability assessment of patient education materials in rheumatic diseases. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). May 17, 2013 [Epub ahead of print] 2013 Oct;65(10):1702-6. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 65(10): 1702-6, Oct 2013.

Dalbeth N, Fransen J, Jansen TL, Neogi T, Schumacher HR, Taylor WJ: New classification criteria for gout: a framework for progress. Rheumatology (Oxford) 52(10): 1748-53, Oct. 2013.

Della Beffa, C, Slansky E, Pommerenke C, Klawonn F, Li J, Dai L, Schumacher, HR, Pessler F.: The relative composition of the inflammatory infiltrate as an additional tool for synovial tissue classification. PLoS One 8(8): e72494, Aug. 2013.

Schumacher HR, Pullman-Mooar S, Gupta SR, Dinnella JE, Kim R, McHugh MP: Randomized double-blind crossover study of the efficacy of a tart juice blend in treatment of osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee. Osteoarthritis Cartilage 21(8): 1035-41, Aug. 2013.

Mitha E, Schumacher HR, Fouche L, Luo S-F, Weinstein SP, Yancopoulos GD, Wang J, King-Davis S, Evans RR.: Rilonacept for gout flare prevention during initiation of uric acid-lowering therapy: results from the PRESURGE-2 international, phase 3, randomized, placebo-controlled trial. Rheumatology (Oxford) 52(7): 1285-92, Jul. 2013.

Robinson PC, Schumacher HR: A qualitative and quantitative analysis of the characteristics of gout patient education resources. Clin Rheumatol. 32(6): 771-8, Jun. 2013.

Terteltaub RA, Schumacher HR, Carter JD, Baraf HS, Evans RR, Wang J, King-Davis S, Weinstein SP. : Rilonacept in the treatment of acute gouty arthritis: a randomized, controlled clinical trial using indomethacin as the active comparator. Arthritis Res Ther 15: R25, Feb. 2013.

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