Chris T Derk - Faculty Biosketch

Chris T Derk, MD, MS

Professor of Clinical Medicine (Rheumatology)

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Department: Medicine

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Division of Rheumatology
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Philadelphia, PA 19104

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13 Education:
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3a Harrisburg Area Community College, 1988.
21 7 BS 19 (Pre-Medicine) c
36 Pennsylvania State University, 1990.
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34 Thomas Jefferson University, 1994.
21 7 MS 19 (Pharmacology) c
34 Thomas Jefferson University, 2006.
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1f Post-Graduate Training
24 58 Intern, Medicine, Abington Memorial Hospital, Abington, PA, 1994-1995.
24 5a Resident, Medicine, Abington Memorial Hospital, Abington, PA, 1995-1997.
24 63 Fellow, Rheumatology, , Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, 2001-2003.
24 9f NIH Research Postdoctoral Fellow in Molecular Rheumatology and Orthopedic Research, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, 2001-2003.
24 8a K30 Clinical Research Pharmacology MS degree, Thomas Jefferson College of Graduate Studies, Philadelphia, PA, 2002-2006.
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28 25 Rheumatology, 2003.
28 25 Rheumatology, 2013.
28 25 Rheumatology, 2023.
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Selected Publications

148 Mehmetoglu E, Mummadisetty A, Chatzitofis A, Parperis K, Sandorfi N, Derk CT: A systematic review of prevalence and predictors of depression in systemic sclerosis based on the CES-D, BDI and PHQ-9 self-assessment questionnaires. Clin Rheumatol April 2025.

133 Hajnoczky N, Levin LS, Sandorfi N, Derk CT: Long-term outcomes of vascular grafting of medium-sized vessels of wrist and hand in systemic sclerosis patients with medication refractory Raynaud's. J Scleroderma Relat Disord April 2025.

11a Parperis K, Papachristodoulou M, Derk C, Psarelis S, Voskarides K, Chatzittofis A. : Post-traumatic stress disorder and systemic lupus erythematosus: insights from a systematic review. Rheumatology April 2025.

f3 Aguila T, Madan R, Palmer MB, Derk CT: Zebra bodies in kidney biopsy: Drug-induced phospholipidosis in patient with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. J Rheumatol March 2025.

107 Papchristodoulou E; Kakkoulis L; Chopra R; Derk CT, Parperis K: Clinical Features and Treatment Outcomes in Aseptic Abscess Syndrome: A Systematic Review of 104 Cases. ACR Convergence 2025.

c3 GRASP study group: Functional NOTCH4 Variants Drive Vasculopathy and Fibrosis in Systemic Sclerosis. ACR Convergence 2025.

116 Parperi K, Costi E, Philippou S, Hadi M, Derk CT: Efficacy of disease modifying antirheumatic drugs in the treatment of granulomatous mastitis: a systematic review. Rheumatol Int 44(11): 2371-79, Nov 2024.

123 GRASP study group: Rare variants in the IL1RAP gene implicate the IL-1 signaling pathway in the pathogenesis of systemic sclerosis in African and European ancestries. ACR annual scientific meeting, Washington DC 2024.

135 GRASP study group: Admixture mapping and gene-based analysis identifies rare variants in genes in the IL-13 and TGF beta signaling pathways in African Americans with systemic sclerosis. ACR annual scientific meeting, Washington DC 2024.

df GRASP study Group: TCR motifs identify unique clones in African Americans with systemic sclerosis ACR annual Scientific meeting, Washington DC 2024.

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