Selected Publications

Montes D, Weerasiri SD, Suarez MG.: 60-Year-Old Man With Low Hemoglobin and Elevated Creatinine Levels. Mayo Clin Proc 100(5): 895-899, May 2025.

Montes D, Schmitz JJ, Paisansinsup T, Warrington KJ, Koster MJ.: Use of occipital artery ultrasound to diagnose and monitor response to therapy in a patient with giant cell arteritis. Clin Exp Rheumatol 43(4): 762-763, Apr 2025.

Kalantari K, Sullivan MM, Herrera Hernandez LP, Bu L, Cornell LD, Nasr SH, Fervenza FC, Montes D, Mangaonkar AA, Go RS, Kusne YN, Patnaik MM, Lasho TL, Olteanu H, Reichard KK, Warrington KJ, Koster MJ.: Acute kidney injury, an underrecognized feature of VEXAS syndrome. Rheumatology (Oxford) 64(4): 2027-2033, Apr 2025.

Montes D, Bohrer NE, Warrington KJ, Koster MJ.: Large-vessel imaging in patients with giant cell arteritis with scalp involvement: A commentary on giant cell arteritis associated with scalp, tongue or lip necrosis in a French multi-center case control study. Semin Arthritis Rheum 68: 152512, Oct 2024.

Montes D, Hanson A, Langenfeld H, Crowson C, Patnaik M, Go R, Hines A, Kalantari K, Kusne Y, Lasho T, Mangaonkar A, Olteanu H, Reichard K, Sullivan M, Viswanatha D, Warrington K, Koster M.: Developing Predictive Models for the Diagnosis of VEXAS Syndrome. Arthritis Rheumatol. ACR Convergence 2024 – Oral Presentation 76(9), 2024.

Fernandez JA, Kusne Y, Gutierrez-Rodrigues F, Patel BA, Finke C, Groarke EM, Koster MJ, Mangaonkar AA, Gangat N, Warrington K, Reichard KK, Olteanu H, Viswanatha D, He R, Sullivan M, Kalantari K, Hines A, Montes D, Young NS, Beck DB, Mohammed WI, Gaspar-Maia A, Lasho TL, Patnaik MM: DNMT3A Mutant Clonal Hematopoiesis in Vexas Syndrome Epigenetically Potentiates IL-13 and IL-15 Inflammatory Pathways and Is Associated with Increased Mortality. Blood 2024 144(1): 2686, 2024.

Sullivan M, Kalantari K, Mead-Harvey C, Kusne Y, Patnaik M, Mangaonkar A, Go R, Montes D, Reichard K, Olteanu H, Bois M, Hines A, Sartori-Valinotti J, Warrington K, Koster M.: Vasculitis Associated with VEXAS Syndrome. Arthritis Rheumatol. ACR Convergence 2024 – Oral Presentation 76(9), 2024.

Montes D, Myasoedova E, Kodishala C, George R, Hanson A, Kronzer V, Davis J, Crowson C.: Increased Social Vulnerability Index Predicts Lower Likelihood of Remission in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients. Arthritis Rheumatol. ACR Convergence 2024. Poster Presentation 76(9), 2024.

Montes D, Bohrer N, Koster MJ.: Not off the top of my head: A case of Giant Cell Arteritis Presenting as Inflammatory Scalp Nodules. 10th Annual Mayo Clinic Annual Rheumatology Review for Primary Care, Poster Presentation 2024.

Kneeland R, Montes D, Endo J, Shields B, Bartels CM, Garg S.: Improvement in Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus After Twenty Weeks of Belimumab Use: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 75(8): 1838-1848, Aug 2023.