H. Ralph Schumacher - Faculty Biosketch

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

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Department: Medicine

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13 Education:
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28 Ursinus College, 1955.
21 9 M.D. 15 (Medicine) c
47 University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, 1959.
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Links
76 Abstract: Ankylosing Spondylitis, May 2003
a6 Unique resource for descriptions of synovium, synovial fluid analysis and arthrocentesis.
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1f Post-Graduate Training
24 58 Rotating Intern, Denver General Hospital, Denver, Colorado, 1959-1960.
24 62 Resident in Medicine, Wadsworth VA Hospital, Los Angeles, California, 1960-1962.
24 83 Fellow in Rheumatology, Wadsworth VA Hospital and University of California Los Angeles Medical Center, 1962-1963.
24 6b Fellow in Rheumatology, Robert B. Brigham Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 1965-1967.
24 5f Research Fellow in Medicine and Pathology, Harvard Medical School, 1965-1967.
24 5c Assistant in Medicine, Peter B. Brigham Hospital, Boston, Mass, 1965-1967.
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17 Certifications
28 3c American Board of Internal Medicine, 1966.
28 60 Subspecialty Board in Rheumatology, American Board of Internal Medicine, 1972.
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Selected Publications

164 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.

14c 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.

156 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.

fe 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.

168 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.

145 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.

13a 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.

194 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.

f2 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.

15e 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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