Sharon L. Kolasinski, M.D.
Sharon L. Kolasinski, M.D.
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Department: Medicine
Contact information
Division of Rheumatology
Penn Musculoskeletal Center
3737 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Penn Musculoskeletal Center
3737 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-662-2789
Email:
sharonk@mail.med.upenn.edu
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.
Permanent linkBA (Biology)
University of Pennsylvania, 1978.
MRP (Regional Planning)
University of Pennsylvania, 1981.
MD (Medicine)
New York University School of Medicine, 1985.
Description of Research Expertise
Complementary and Alternative MedicineOsteoarthritis
Description of Clinical Expertise
Rheumatoid ArthritisSystemic Lupus Erythematosus
Osteoarthritis
Description of Other Expertise
Medical EducationSelected Publications
Kuzyshyn H, Eid H, Feinstein D, Kolasinski SL.: Osseous Sarcoidosis: A Case Series. Rheumatology International 2015.Basnyat S, Kolasinski SL: Ayurvedic Medicine for Rheumatoid Arthritis. Current Rheumatology Reports 16(8): 435, August 2014.
Kolasinski SL. : Food, Drink and Herbs: Alternative Therapies for Gout. Current Rheumatology Reports 16(4): 409, April 2014.
Oddis CV, Reed AM, Aggarwal R, Rider LG, Ascherman DP, Levesque MC, Barohn RJ, Feldman BM, Harris-Love MO, Koontz DC, Fertig N, Kelley SS, Pryber SL, Miller FW, Rockette HE: Rituximab in Myositis (RIM) Study Group: Rituximab in the treatment of refractory adult and juvenile dermatomyositis and adult polymyositis: A randomized, placebo-phase trial. Arthritis Rheum 65(2): 314-324, 2013.
Han BK, RBhatia, Traisak P, Milcarek B, Hunter K, Schorr C, Kolasinski SL: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) Patients with Infection Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit had a Higher Mortality but their White Blood Cell (WBC) Count was not Different Compared To SLE Patients with Non-Infectious Causes. Presented at the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) Meeting, Madrid, Spain, June 2013. 2013 Notes: oral.
Yachoui R, Kolasinski SL and Feinstein D: Mycoplasma pneumoniae with atypical Stevens-Johnson syndrome: A diagnostic challenge. Case Rep Infect Dis 2013: 457161, 2013.
Yachoui R, Kolasinski SL, Han BK: Intractable vomiting as the initial presentation of lupus-related neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder. J Clin Rheum 19(3): 154-55, 2013.
Han K, Traisak P, Bhatia R, Milcarek B, Hunter K, Schorr C, Eid H, Feinstein D, Cronin P, Kolasinski S: Clinical presentations and outcomes in systemic lupus erythematosus patients admitted to the intensive care unit. Lupus 22(7): 690-6, 2013.
Yachoui R, Han BK, Kolasinski SL. : Posterior spondylitis of costovertebral joints in a patient with psoriatic arthritis. J Clin Rheum 18(8): 450, December 2012.
Aggarwal R, Bandos A, Reed AM, Ascherman DP, Barohn RJ, Feldman BM, Miller FW, Rider LG, Harris-Love MO, Levesque MC; the RIM Study Group, Oddis CV: Predictors of clinical improvement in rituximab-treated refractory adult and juvenile dermatomyositis and adult polymyositis. Arthritis Rheum Nov 2012 Notes: doi: 10.1002/art.38270 [Epub ahead of print]