Rheumatology: Current Research
Open Access
ISSN: 2161-1149 (Printed)
ISSN: 2161-1149 (Printed)
Ali D Askari
Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatic Diseases, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals Case Medical Center,Cleveland, Ohio 44016, USA
Ali D. Askari, MD, is Chief of the Division of Rheumatology, Professor, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and Director of the Fellowship Program. Dr. Askari founded the division’s Sjögren’s Syndrome Center to improve treatment, build awareness and increase clinical research for future treatments. With a special interest in the treatment of muscle diseases, Dr. Askari published the landmark study on steroid-induced myopathy in 1976; the landmark study on cardiac involvement in polymyositis and dermatomyositis; and later a study on phosphofructokinase, a metabolic myopathy. He also pioneered the innovative treatment of relapsing polychondritis with colchicines. He is President of the National Sjögren’s Syndrome Association and a founding fellow of the American College of Rheumatology.
Internal Medicine, Rheumatology, Arthritis, Fibromyalgia, Hip Osteoarthritis, Knee Osteoarthritis, Osteoarthritis (Hand and Wrist), Patient Care Rheumatic Diseases, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Rheumatology.