CURRICULUM VITAE David T. Felson, M.D., M.P.H. Date of Birth: September 16, 1952 Place of Birth: Cincinnati, Ohio Marital Status: Married Professional address: Boston University School of Medicine 715 Albany Street, X-200 Boston, MA 02118 Telephone: 617-638-5180 E-mail: dfelson@bu.edu Home Address: 66 Cedar Street Newton, MA 02459 Telephone: 617-969-7703 Current Appointments: Evans Scholar Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology Section Chief, Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit, Department of Medicine, Boston Medical Center Principal Investigator, Boston University N.I.H./N.I.A.M.S. Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Center Grant Director of Training, Boston University Clinical and Translational Science Institute Professor of Medicine and Public Health, University of Manchester, United Kingdom (part time) CAREER OUTLINE 1974 1978 1978-1981 1981 1981-1984 1984 1984 1984-1989 1989-1994 19942008- A.B., History and Biochemistry, Harvard College, Cambridge, MA Academic Honors: National Merit Scholar 1970-1971, Harvard College Scholar 1970-1974, Cum Laude general studies M.D., The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD Internship and residency in Internal Medicine, Case Western University Hospitals, Cleveland, OH Board Certified in Internal Medicine Clinical and Research Fellowship in Arthritis and Connective Tissue Disease, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA Master's Degree in Public Health (M.P.H.), Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA Board Certified in Rheumatology Assistant Professor of Medicine and Public Health (Epidemiology), Boston University School of Medicine Associate Professor of Medicine and Public Health (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), Boston University School of Medicine Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health Professor of Medicine and Public Health, University of Manchester, UK (part time) AWARDS, HONORS AND HONORIFIC LECTURESHIPS 1991 1993 1999 1999 1999 2000 2000 2001 2001 2002 2003 2004 2003 2003 2003 2004 2004 2004 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2010 2010 2011 Recipient, Henry Kunkel Young Investigator Award, American College of Rheumatology Elected, American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI) Recipient, Osteoarthritis Research Society Award for Clinical Science Chair, NIH Conference on Osteoarthritis (Stepping Away from OA) Annual Visiting Professor, Hospital for Special Surgery Recipient, Distinguished Alumnus Award, Boston University School of Public Health Guest Lecturer, Israel Rheumatology Society Engleman Lectureship, University of California, San Francisco Recipient, American College of Rheumatology Clinical Research Award Recipient, Henderson Lecture Award, American Geriatrics Society Boland Lectureship, Mayo Clinic Colegio Mexicano de Reumatologia, Profesor Invitado de 2003 Elected, Association of American Physicians (AAP) N. Paul Strottmann Lecture, Univ. of Iowa Chair, Novartis Foundation Symposium on Osteoarthritic Joint Pain Dunlop Dotteridge Lecturer (Canadian Rheumatology Association) Abbott Scholar Keynote Speaker Ogryzlo Day Merck Frosst Visiting Professor, University of Toronto Recipient, Howley Prize from the Arthritis Foundation Pfizer Visiting Professor, Univ. California, San Diego Cogen Lecture, Maine Medical Center Robert Dawson Evans Research Mentoring Award, Boston University Medical Center (inaugural) Evans Scholar Award, Boston University School of Medicine (inaugural) Knowles Lecture, Northern California Arthritis Foundation Marian Ropes Award, Massachusetts Arthritis Foundation Cutting Edge Rheumatology, Lund, Sweden Medical Societies: Fellow, American College of Rheumatology Member, Society for Epidemiologic Research Member, American Society for Clinical Investigation Member, Orthopaedic Research Society Member, Association of American Physicians (AAP) Editorial Boards: Arthritis and Rheumatism, 1989-1993 Arthritis Care and Research 1994-Current Osteoarthritis and Cartilage 1997-Current American Journal of Medicine 1998-2011 Journal of Rheumatology, 1998-Current 2 BMJopen, 2010-current COMMITTEE PARTICIPATION American College of Rheumatology (formerly American Rheumatism Association) 1985, 1986, 1992, 1995 Member, Abstract Selection committee, Health Services Research Subsection, A.R.A. National Meetings 1988 &1993 Chairman, Abstract Selection Committee, Epidemiology/Health Services Research Abstracts, A.C.R. National Meetings 1990 & 1994 Member, Manpower Committee 1990-1995 Member, Committee on Health Care Research 1991-1994 Chairman, Committee on Outcome Measures for Rheumatoid Arthritis Trials 1999 Member, Abstract Selection Committee, Cartilage and Osteoarthritis Pathogenesis, ACR National Meeting 2005 CoChair, Abstract Selection Committee, Clinical Osteoarthritis, ACR National Meeting 2003-4 Chair, Abstract Selection Committee, Clinical Osteoarthritis, ACR National Meeting 2003Chair, ACR Committee to Reevaluate Improvement Criteria in Rheumatoid Arthritis 2004-2005 Chair, Abstract Selection Committee, Epidemiology and Health Services Research, ACR National Meeting 2004Member, Classification and Response Criteria Subcommittee, ACR 2009CoChair, Classification and Response Critieria Committee, ACR Arthritis Foundation (A.F.) 1988-1990 1994-1995 2008 Member, Grants Subcommittee of the A.F. Research Committee Member, Research Committee Reviewer, A.F. National Grants Committee Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) 2010. 2011 Reviewer, OARSI international meetings National Arthritis Advisory Board - US Government 1987 Consultant on prevention of osteoarthritis National Institutes of Health 1985-1991 1991 Member, Multipurpose Arthritis Center Site Visit teams Chairman, Review panel for Minocycline in RA Coordinating Center 3 1993-1998 Member, Epidemiology Disease Control-1 AHC Study Section 1996-1997 Member, National Arthritis Data Workgroup 1997Chairman, National Arthritis Data Workgroup 1998 Member, Acupuncture in Osteoarthritis Review Panel 1998-2002 Member, Epidemiology Disease Control 1 Study Section 1999 Chair, Stepping Away from Osteoarthritis (1st Conference on OA prevention) 2000 Co-Chair, 2nd Biennial National Arthritis Research Conference 2001 Chair, RFA review, Preventing Disability in Osteoarthritis, NIAMS 2003Member. Osteoarthritis Initiative Steering Committee 2004-2008 Member, Skeletal Biology Skeletal Reconstruction Study Section American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) 2001-2002 Member, Committee on Practice Management in Osteoarthritis (representing American College of Physicians) Food and Drug Administration 1993-97 Member, Arthritis Advisory Committee Hospital and Department of Medicine 1991-1995 1995-1997 1997- 1998 Chair, Boston City Hospital Department of Medicine Quality Improvement Committee Chair, Boston Medical Center Department of Medicine Quality Improvement Member, Research planning committee, Department of Medicine University Teaching 19931993- Coteach introductory course in Clinical Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health Coteach clinical epidemiology component of Essentials of Public Health course to Boston University Medical Students Industry 1997-2000 1997-2003 Chair, Data Safety Monitoring Board, ATTRACT trial (use of anti TNF in rheumatoid arthritis, Centocor) Chair, Data Safety Monitoring Board, Alexion Anti-C5 trial in rheumatoid arthritis Commonwealth of Massachusetts 2006- Member, Environmental Health Advisory Committee 4 PUBLICATIONS Articles in peer reviewed journals 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. Felson DT, Cupples LA, Meenan RF: Misuse of statistical methods in Arthritis and Rheumatism: Articles from 1982 compared to articles from 1967-68. Arthritis Rheum 27(9): 1018-1022, 1984. [PMID:6332629] Felson DT, Anderson JA: Evidence for the superiority of immunosuppressive drugs and prednisone over prednisone alone in lupus nephritis: results of a pooled analysis. N Engl J Med 311(24): 1528-1533, 1984. Felson DT, Meenan RF, Dayno S, Gertman P: Referral of musculoskeletal disease patients by family and general practitioners. Arthritis Rheum 28(10):1156-1162, 1985. Singer AM, Naimark A, Felson DT, Shapiro J: Comparison of overhead and cross-table lateral views for detection of knee joint effusions. Am J Roentgen 144: 973-975, 1985. Goldenberg DL, Felson DT, Dinerman H: A randomized, controlled trial of amitriptyline and naproxen in the treatment of patients with fibromyalgia, Arthritis Rheum 29(11):1371-1377, 1986. Dinerman H, Goldenberg DL, Felson DT: A prospective evaluation of 118 patients with the fibromyalgia syndrome - prevalence of Raynauds phenomenon, sicca symptoms, ANA, low complement and Ig deposition at the dermal-epidermal junction. J Rheumatol 13: 368-373, 1986. Felson DT, Goldenberg DL: The natural history of fibromyalgia. Arthritis Rheum 29: 15221526, 1986. Felson DT, Anderson JJ: The association of steroid dosage and bolus steroids with avascular necrosis of bone: an across study evaluation. Lancet 1:902-905, 1987. Felson DT, Naimark A, Anderson J, Kazis L, Castelli W, Meenan R: The prevalence of knee osteoarthritis in the elderly: The Framingham Knee Osteoarthritis Study. Arthritis Rheum 30:914-918, 1987. Varga J, Idelson BA, Felson DT, Skinner M, Cohen AS: Lack of amyloid in abdominal fat aspirates from patients undergoing long-term hemodialysis. Arch Intern Med 147:1455-1457, 1987. Kiel DP, Felson DT, Anderson JJ, Wilson PWF, Moskowitz MA: Hip fracture and the use of estrogens in postmenopausal women: the Framingham Study. N Engl J Med 317:11691174, 1987. Simms RW, Goldenberg DL, Felson DT, Mason J: Tenderness in 75 anatomic sites: distinguishing fibromyalgia patients from controls. Arthritis Rheum 31:182-187, 1988. Anderson JJ, Felson DT: Factors associated with osteoarthritis of the knee in the first National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (HANES I). Am J Epidemiol 128: 179189, 1988. Felson DT, Anderson JJ, Naimark A, Walker AM, Swift M, Meenan RF: Obesity and knee osteoarthritis: the Framingham Study. Ann Intern Med 109:18-24, 1988. Felson DT, Kiel DP, Anderson JJ, Kannel WB: Alcohol consumption and hip fractures: the Framingham Study. Am J Epidemiol 128:1102-1110, 1988. Felson DT: The epidemiology of knee and hip osteoarthritis. Epidemiol Reviews 10:1-28, 1988. 5 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. Felson DT: Epidemiologic research in fibromyalgia. In: Proceedings of Symposium on Fibromyalgia, Palm Springs, CA, March 1988. J Rheumatol 16 (suppl 19):7-11, 1989. Felson DT, Anderson JJ, Naimark A, Hannan MT, Kannel WB, Meenan RF: Does smoking protect against osteoarthritis? Arthritis Rheum 32:166-172, 1989. Felson DT, Anderson JJ, Hannan MT, Milton RC, Wilson PWF, Kiel DP: Impaired vision and hip fracture: The Framingham Study. J Am Geriatr Soc 37:495-500, 1989. Anderson JJ, Felson DT, Meenan RF, Williams HJ: Which traditional measures should be used in rheumatoid arthritis clinical trials? Arthritis Rheum 32:1093-1099, 1989. Felson DT, Anderson JJ, Naimark A, Kannel W, Meenan RF: The prevalence of chondrocalcinosis in the elderly and its association with osteoarthritis: The Framingham Study. J Rheumatol 16:1241-1245, 1989. Felson DT: Corticosteroids and avascular necrosis. In: Symposium: Clinical applications of meta-analysis. Annals RCPSC 22:453-454, 1989. Felson DT, Anderson JJ, Meenan RF: Time for changes in the design, analysis and reporting of rheumatoid arthritis clinical trials. Arthritis Rheum 33:140-149, 1990. Hannan MT, Felson DT, Anderson JJ, Naimark A, Kannel WB: Estrogen use and knee osteoarthritis in women: the Framingham Study. Arthritis Rheum 33:525532, 1990. Guccione AA, Felson DT, Anderson JJ: Defining arthritis and measuring functional status in elders: methodological issues in the study of disease and physical disability. Am J Public Health 80:945-949, 1990. Kiel DP, Felson DT, Hannan MT, Anderson JJ, Wilson PWF: Caffeine and the risk of hip fracture: the Framingham Study. Am J Epidemiol 132:675-684, 1990. Felson DT, Anderson JJ, Meenan RF: The comparative efficacy and toxicity of second line drugs in rheumatoid arthritis: results of two meta-analyses. Arthritis Rheum 33:1449-1461, 1990. Huckins D, Felson DT, Holick M: Treatment of psoriatic arthritis with oral 1,25dihydroxyvitamin D3: A pilot study. Arthritis Rheum 33:1723-1727, 1990. Felson DT: The epidemiology of knee osteoarthritis: results from the Framingham Osteoarthritis Study. Seminar Arthritis Rheum 20:3 (suppl 1):42-50, 1990. Felson DT, Sloutskis D, Anderson JJ, Anthony J, Kiel DP: Thiazide diuretics and the risk of hip fracture: results from the Framingham Study. JAMA 265:370-373, 1991. Simms RW, Felson DT, Goldenberg D: Development of preliminary criteria for response to treatment in fibromyalgia, J Rheumatol 18:1558-1563, 1991. Felson DT: Clinical trials in rheumatoid arthritis under attack: Are practice-based observational studies the answer? J Rheumatol 18:951-953, 1991. Anderson JJ, Felson DT, Meenan RF: Secular changes in published rheumatoid arthritis clinical trials. Arthritis Rheum 34:1304-1309, 1991. Felson DT, Hannan MT, Naimark A, et al: Occupational physical demands, knee bending and knee osteoarthritis: results from the Framingham Study. J Rheumatol 18:1587-1592, 1991. Marder WD, Meenan RF, Felson DT, et al: The present and future adequacy of rheumatology manpower: a study of health care needs and physician supply. Arthritis Rheum 34:1209-1217, 1991. Felson DT, Zhang Y, Anthony JM, Naimark A, Anderson JJ: Weight loss reduces the risk of symptomatic knee osteoarthritis in women: The Framingham Study. Ann Intern Med 116:535-539, 1992. 6 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. Hannan MT, Anderson JJ, Pincus T, Felson DT: Educational attainment and osteoarthritis: differential associations with radiographic changes and symptom reporting. J Clin Epidemiol 45:139-147, 1992. Hannan MT, Felson DT, Anderson JJ: Bone mineral density in elderly men and women: results from the Framingham Osteoporosis Study. J Bone Miner Res 7:547-553, 1992. Simms RW, Zerbini CAF, Ferrante NB, Anthony J, Felson DT, Craven DE: Fibromyalgia syndrome in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus. Am J Med 92:368-374, 1992. Kiel DP, Baron JA, Anderson JJ, Hannan MT, Felson DT: Cigarette smoking eliminates the protective effect of oral estrogens on the risk of hip fracture among women. Ann Intern Med 116:716-721, 1992. Felson DT: Bias in meta-analytic research. J Clin Epidemiol 45:885-892, 1992. Felson DT, Anderson JJ, Meenan RF: Use of short-term efficacy/toxicity tradeoffs to select second-line drugs in rheumatoid arthritis: a meta-analysis of published clinical trials. Arthritis Rheum 35:1117-1125, 1992. Pope JE, Anderson JJ, Felson DT: A meta-analysis of the effects of non-steroidal antiinflammatory drugs on blood pressure. Arch Intern Med 153:477-484, 1993. Hannan MT, Felson DT, Anderson JJ, Naimark A: Habitual physical activity is not associated with knee osteoarthritis: the Framingham Study. J Rheumatol 20:704-709, 1993. Felson DT: Choosing a core set of disease activity measures for rheumatoid arthritis clinical trials. J Rheumatol 20:531-534, 1993. Felson DT, Zhang Y, Hannan MT, Anderson JJ: The effects of weight and body mass index on bone mineral density in men and women: the Framingham Study. J Bone Miner Res 8:567-573, 1993. Ginzler EM, Felson DT, Anthony J, Anderson JJ: Hypertension increases the risk of renal deterioration in systemic lupus erythematosus. J Rheumatol 20:1694-1700, 1993. Felson DT, Anderson JJ: Critique of meta-analysis of second-line antirheumatic drugs. J Clin Epidemiol 46:315-319, 1993. Felson DT, Anderson JJ, Boers M, et al: American College of Rheumatology preliminary core set of disease activity measures for use in rheumatoid arthritis clinical trials. Arthritis Rheum 36:729-740, 1993. Felson DT, Zhang Y, Hannan MT et al: The effect of postmenopausal estrogen therapy on bone density in elderly women. N Engl J Med 329:1141-1146, 1993. Felson DT: Occupation and knee osteoarthritis: evidence from two population-based studies. Acta Orthop Scand 64 (suppl 253):4-5, 1993. Chan KA, Felson DT, Yood RA, Walker AM: Incidence of rheumatoid arthritis in central Massachusetts. Arthritis Rheum: 36:1691-1696, 1993. Hannan MT, Anderson JJ, Felson DT: Bone mineral density and knee osteoarthritis in elderly men and women: the Framingham Study. Arthritis Rheum 36:1671-1680, 1993. Rochon PA, Gurwitz JH, Simms RW, Fortin PR, Felson DT, Minaker KL, Chalmers TC: A study of manufacturer supported trials of non-steroidal anti- inflammatory drugs. Arch Intern Med 154:157-163, 1994. Felson DT, Radin EL: What causes knee osteoarthrosis: are different compartments susceptible to different risk factors? J Rheumatol 21:181-183, 1994. Guccione AA, Felson DT, Anderson JJ, et al: Specific diseases and their effects on functional limitations in elders in the Framingham Study. Am J Public Health 84:351-358, 1994. 7 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74. Chan KA, Felson DT, Yood RA, Walker AM: The lag time between onset of symptoms and diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Rheum 37:814-820, 1994. Boers M, Tugwell P, Felson DT, et al: WHO and ILAR core endpoints for symptom modifying antirheumatic drugs in RA clinical trials. J Rheumatol 21 (41):86-89, 1994 Felson DT, Anderson JJ, Boers M, et al for the ACR Committee on Outcome Measures: Reduced joint counts in rheumatoid arthritis clinical trials. Arthritis Rheum, 37:463-464, 1994. Zantos D, Zhang Y, Felson D: The overall and temporal association of cancer with polymyositis and dermatomyositis. J Rheumatol 21:1855-1859, 1994. Felson DT, Anderson JJ, Meenan RF: The efficacy and toxicity of combination therapy in rheumatoid arthritis: A meta-analysis. Arthritis Rheum 37:1487-1491, 1994. Moher D, Felson D, Gotzsche P, Laupacis A, Pocock S, Sackett D, Tugwell P, Wells G: A proposal for structured reporting of randomized clinical trials. JAMA 272:1926-1931, 1994. Felson DT: Weight and osteoarthritis. Rheumatol 22 (43):7-9, 1995. Felson DT for the Rheumatoid Arthritis Clinical Trial Archive Group (RACTAG). The effect of age and renal function on the efficacy and toxicity of methotrexate in rheumatoid arthritis. J Rheumatol 22:218-223, 1995 Bergquist SR, Felson DT, Prashker MJ, Freedberg KA: The cost-effectiveness of liver biopsy in rheumatoid arthritis patients on methotrexate. Arthritis Rheum 38:326-333, 1995. Felson DT, Anderson JJ, Boers M, et al: American College of Rheumatology preliminary definition of improvement in rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Rheum 38:727-735, 1995. Dieppe P, Brandt KD, Lohmander S, Felson D: Detecting and measuring disease modification in osteoarthritis. The need for standardized methodology. J Rheumatol 22:201203, 1995. Chernoff MC, Wang M, Anderson JJ, Felson DT: Problems and suggested solutions in creating an archive of clinical trials data: an example of methotrexate trials in rheumatoid arthritis. Controlled Clin Trials 16:342-355, 1995. Felson DT, Zhang Y, Hannan MT, Kannel WB, Kiel DP: Alcohol intake and bone mineral density in elderly men and women: The Framingham Study. Am J Epidemiol 142:485492, 1995. Oliveria S, Felson DT, Reed JI, Cirillo PA, Walker AM: The incidence of symptomatic hand, hip and knee osteoarthritis in a health maintenance organization. Arthritis Rheum 38:11341141, 1995. Felson DT, Zhang Y, Hannan MT, Naimark A, Weissman B, Aliabadi P, Levy D. The incidence and natural history of knee osteoarthritis in the elderly: The Framingham Osteoarthritis Study. Arthritis Rheum 38:1500-1505, 1995. Felson DT: Validating markers in osteoarthritis. Acta Orthop Scand 66 (suppl 266): 205-207, 1995. McAlindon T, Zhang Y, Hannan M, Naimark A, Weissman B, Castelli W, Felson D: Are risk factors for patellofemoral and tibiofemoral knee osteoarthritis different? J Rheumatol 23:332337, 1996. McAlindon T, Jacques P, Zhang Y, Hannan MT, Aliabadi P, Weissman B, Rush D, Levy D, Felson D: Do antioxidant micronutrients protect against the development and progression of knee osteoarthritis? Arthritis Rheum 39:648-656, 1996. 8 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80. 81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. 90. 91. 92. Chaisson CE, McAlindon TE, Felson DT, Naimark A, Wilson PWF, Sawin CT: Lack of association between thyroid status and chondrocalcinosis or osteoarthritis: The Framingham Osteoarthritis Study. J Rheumatol 23:711-715, 1996. Kennedy M, Felson D: A prospective long-term study of fibromyalgia syndrome. Arthritis Rheum 39: 682-685, 1996. Oliveria SA, Felson DT, Klein RA, Reed JI, Walker AM: Estrogen replacement therapy and the development of osteoarthritis. Epidemiology 7:415-419, 1996 Kiel DP, Zhang Y, Hannan MT, Anderson JJ, Baron J, Felson DT: The effect of smoking at different life stages on bone mineral density in elderly men and women. Osteopor Intl 6:240248, 1996. Felson DT: Does excess weight cause osteoarthritis and, if so, why? Ann Rheum Dis, 668670, 1996. Nevitt MC, Felson DT: Sex hormones and osteoarthritis: epidemiological evidence. Ann Rheum Dis 55: 673-676, 1996. Felson D: Weight and osteoarthritis. Am J Clin Nutr 63:430S-432S, 1996. Zhang Y, Glynn RJ, Felson DT: Musculoskeletal disease research: should we analyze the joint or the person? J Rheumatol 23:1130-1134, 1996. McAlindon T, Felson DT, Zhang Y, Hannan MT, Aliabadi P, Weissman B, Rush D, Wilson PWF, Jacques P: The relationship between intake and serum levels of vitamin D and progression of knee osteoarthritis among participants in the Framingham Study. Ann Intern Med 125: 353-359, 1996. Zhang Y, Kiel DP, Kreger BE, Cupples LA, Ellison RC, Dorgan JF, Schatzkin A, Levy D, Felson DT: Bone mass and risk of breast cancer among postmenopausal women: the Framingham Study. N Engl J Med 336:611-617, 1997. Felson DT, Zhang Y, Hannan MT, Naimark A, Weissman B, Aliabadi P, Levy D: Risk factors for incident radiographic knee osteoarthritis in the elderly: the Framingham Study. Arthritis Rheum 40:728-733, 1997. Lohmander LS, Felson DT: Defining the role of molecular markers to monitor disease, intervention, and cartilage breakdown in osteoarthritis. J Rheumatol 24: 782-785, 1997. Felson DT, McAlindon TE, Anderson JJ, Naimark A, Weissman BW, Aliabadi P, Evans S, Levy D, LaValley MP: Defining radiographic osteoarthritis for the whole knee. Osteoarthritis Cart 5:241-250, 1997. Chaisson CE, Zhang Y, McAlindon TE, Hannan MT, Aliabadi P, Naimark A, Levy D, Felson DT: Radiographic hand osteoarthritis: incidence, patterns and influence of preexisting disease in a population based sample. J Rheumatol 24:1337-1343, 1997. Kiel DP, Myers RH, Cupples LA, Kong XF, Zhu XH, Ordovas J, Schaefer EJ, Felson DT, Rush D, Wilson PWF, Eisman JA, Holick MF: The BsmI Vitamin D receptor restriction fragment length polymorphism (bb) influences the effect of calcium intake on bone mineral density. J Bone Miner Res 12:1049-1057, 1997. Giannini EH, Ruperto N, Ravelli A, Lovell D, Felson DT, Martini A: Preliminary definition of improvement in juvenile arthritis. Arthritis Rheum 40: 1202-1209, 1997. McAlindon T, Felson DT: Nutrition-risk factors for osteoarthritis. Ann Rheum Dis 56:397402, 1997. Kauppila LI, McAlindon T, Evans S, Wilson PWF, Kiel D, Felson DT: Disc degeneration, back pain and calcification of the abdominal aorta: a 25 year follow-up study in Framingham. Spine 22:1642-1647, 1997. 9 93. 94. 95. 96. 97. 98. 99. 100. 101. 102. 103. 104. 105. 106. 107. Jacques PF, Felson DT, Tucker KL, Mahnken B, Wilson PWF, Rosenberg IH, Rush D: Plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D and its determinants in an elderly population sample. Am J Clin Nutr 66:929-936, 1997. Cranney A, Tugwell P, Cummings S, Sambrook P, Adachi J, Silman AJ, Gillespie WJ, Felson DT, Shea B, Wells G: Osteoporosis clinical trials endpoints: candidate variables and clinimetric properties. J Rheumatol 24(6):1222-9, 1997. Lawrence RC, Helmick CG, Arnett FC, Deyo RA, Felson DT et al: Prevalence estimates of arthritis and selected musculoskeletal disorders in the United States. Arthritis Rheum 41:778799, 1998. [PMID:9588729] Fraenkel L, LaValley M, Felson D: The use of radiographs to evaluate shoulder pain in the emergency department. Am J Emer Med 16:560-563, 1998. [PMID:9786537] Visser M, Harris T, Langlois J, Hannan MT, Roubenoff R, Felson DT, Wilson PWF, Kiel DP: Body fat and skeletal muscle mass in relation to physical disability in very old men and women of the Framingham Heart Study. J Gerontol (Med Sci), 53A:M214-M221, 1998. [PMID:9597054] Sharma L, Felson DT: Studying how osteoarthritis causes disability: nothing is simple. J Rheumatol 25:1-4, 1998. [PMID:9458193] Felson DT, Couropmitree NN, Chaisson CE et al: Evidence for a Mendelian gene in a segregation analysis of generalized radiographic osteoarthritis: the Framingham Study. Arthritis Rheum 41:1064-1071, 1998. [PMID:9627016] Felson DT, Zhang Y: An update on the epidemiology of knee and hip osteoarthritis with a view to prevention. Arthritis Rheum 41:1343-1355, 1998. [PMID:9704632] Fraenkel L, Roubenoff R, LaValley M, McAlindon T, Chaisson C, Evans S, Harris T, Dinarello CA, Felson DT: The association of peripheral monocyte derived interleukin 1 beta, interleukin 1 receptor antagonist and tumor necrosis factor alpha with osteoarthritis in the elderly. J Rheumatol 25:1820-1826, 1998. [PMID:9733466] Felson DT, Anderson JJ, Lange MLM, Wells G, LaValley MP: Should improvement in rheumatoid arthritis clinical trials be defined as 50 or 70% improvement in core set measures, rather than 20%? Arthritis Rheum 41:1564-1570, 1998. [PMID:9751088] Kauppila LI, Eustace S, Kiel DP, Felson DT, Wright AM: Degenerative displacement of lumbar vertebrae: a 25 year follow-up in Framingham. Spine 23:1868-1873 1998. [PMID:9762744] Zhang Y, Hannan MT, McAlindon TE, LaValley MP, Evans S, Felson DT: Estrogen replacement therapy and worsening of radiographic knee osteoarthritis: the Framingham Study. Arthritis Rheum 41:1867-1873, 1998. [PMID:9778229] Felson DT: Preventing knee and hip osteoarthritis. Bull Rheum Dis 47:1-4, 1998. [PMID:9838735] Fraenkel L, Zhang Y, Trippel SB, McAlindon TE, LaValley MP, Assif A, Adams K, Evans S, Felson DT: Longitudinal analysis of the relationship between serum insulin-like growth factor-1 and radiographic knee osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis Cart 6:362-367, 1998. [PMID:10197171] Fraenkel L, Zhang Y, Chaisson CE, Evans SR, Wilson PWF, Felson DT: The association of estrogen replacement therapy and Raynaud’s phenomenon in postmenopausal women. Ann Intern Med, 129:208-211, 1998. [PMID:9696729] 10 108. Oliveria SA, Felson DT, Cirillo PA, Reed JI, Walker AM: Body weight, body mass index and incident symptomatic osteoarthritis of the hand, hip and knee. Epidemiology 10:161-166, 1998. [PMID:10069252] 109. Visser M, Kiel DP, Langlois J, Hannan MT, Felson DT, Wilson PW, Harris TB: Muscle mass and fat mass in relation to bone mineral density in very old men and women: the Framingham Heart Study. Appl Rad Isotopes 49:745-747, 1998. [PMID:9569599] 110. Felson DT, Lafyatis R, Korn J: Rheumatoid arthritis: Biological agents: is the promise realized? Lancet 352 (IV):25, 1998. [PMID:9872172] 111. Chaisson CE, Zhang Y, Sharma L, Kannel W, Felson DT: Grip strength and the risk of developing radiographic hand osteoarthritis: results from the Framingham Study. Arthritis Rheum 42:33-38, 1999. [PMID:9920011] 112. Sharma L, Hayes KW, Felson DT, Buchanan TS, Kirwan-Mellis BS, Congrong L et al: Does laxity alter the relationship between strength and physical function in knee osteoarthritis? Arthritis Rheum 42:25-32, 1999. [PMID:9920010] 113. Gestel AM, Anderson JJ, van Riel, PLCM, Boers M, Haagsma CJ, Rich W, Wells G, Wells G, Lange MLM, Felson DT: ACR and EULAR improvement criteria have comparable validity in rheumatoid arthritis trials. J Rheumatol 26:705-711, 1999. [PMID:10090187] 114. Fraenkel L, Zhang Y, Brand F, Maricq H, Felson DT: Different factors influencing the expression of Raynaud’s Phenomenon in men and women. Arthritis Rheum 42:306-310, 1999. [PMID:10025925] 115. McAlindon TE, Aliabadi P, Weissman B, Wilson PWF, Felson DT: Level of physical activity and risk of incident radiographic and symptomatic knee osteoarthritis in an elderly sample: the Framingham Study. Am J Med 106:151-157, 1999. [PMID:10230743] 116. Sharma L, Lou C, Felson DT, Dunlop DD, Hayes KW, Kirwan-Mellis G, Buchanan TW: Laxity in healthy and osteoarthritic knees. Arthritis Rheum 42:861-870, 1999. [PMID:10323441] 117. Molenaar ETH, Boers M, van der Heide DMFM, Felson D et al.: Strand V: Imaging in rheumatoid arthritis: results of group discussions (OMERACT 4). J Rheumatol 26:749-751, 1999. [PMID:10090196] 118. Felson DT, Nevitt MC: Estrogen and osteoarthritis: how do we explain conflicting study results? Preventive Med 28:445-448, 1999. [PMID:10329332] 119. Amin S, LaValley MP, Simms RW, Felson DT: The role of vitamin D in corticosteroidinduced osteoporosis: a meta-analytic approach. Arthritis Rheum 42:1740-1751, 1999. [PMID:10446876] 120. LaValley MP, Felson DT: Early stopping of clinical trials in lupus and other rare rheumatologic diseases. Lupus 8:698-703, 1999. [PMID:10568909] 121. Allaire SH, LaValley MP, Evans SR, O’Connor GT, Meenan RF, Levy D, Felson DT: Evidence for decline in disability and improved health among persons aged 55 to 70 years: the Framingham Study. Am J Public Health 89:1678-1683, 1999. [PMID:10553388] 122. Felson DT, LaValley MP, Baldassare AR, Block JA, Caldwell JR, Cannon GW, et al: A randomized double blind sham-controlled trial of the Prosorba Column for treatment of refractory rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Rheum 42:2153-2159, 1999. [PMID:10524687] 123. Gale DR, Chaisson CE, Totterman SM, Schwartz RK, Gale ME, Felson D: Meniscal subluxation: association with osteoarthritis and joint space narrowing. Osteoarthritis Cart 7:526-532, 1999. [PMID:10558850] 11 124. Fraenkel L, Shearer P, Mitchell P, LaValley M, Feldman J, Felson DT: Improving the selective use of plain radiographs in the initial evaluation of shoulder pain. J Rheumatol 27:200-204, 2000. [PMID:10648039] 125. Edmond S, Felson DT: Prevalence of back symptoms in elders. 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Javaid MK, Lynch JA, Tolstykh I, Guermazi A, Roemer F, Aliabadi P, McCullough C, Curtis J, Felson D, et al. Pre-radiographic MRI findings are associated with onset of knee symptoms: the MOST Study, Osteoarthritis Cart 18: 323-28, 2010. [PMID:19919856] 351. Segal NA, Glass NA, Torner J, Yang M, Felson DT, et al. Quadriceps weakness predicts risk for knee joint space narrowing in women in the MOST cohort. Osteoarthritis Cart; 18(6):769-75, 2010. [PMID:20188686] 352. Englund M, Guermazi A, Roemer FW…Felson DT. Meniscal pathology on MRI increases the risk for both incident and enlarging subchondral bone marrow lesions of the knee: the MOST Study, Ann Rheum Dis 69:1796-1802, 2010. [PMID:20421344] 353. Sled EA, Sheehy LM, Felson DT, Costigan PA, Lam M, Cooke TDV. Reliability of lower limb alignment measures using an established landmark-based method with a customized computer software program. Rheumatol Int 31:71-77, 2011. [PMID:19882339] 354. 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Varus and valgus alignment and incident and progressive knee osteoarthritis. Ann Rheum Dis 69:1940-1945, 2010. [PMID:20511608] 366. Crema MD, Roemer FW, Zhu Y, Marra MD, Niu J, Zhang Y, Lynch JA, Javaid MK, Lewis CE, El-Khoury GY, Felson DT, Guermazi A. Subchondral cystlike lesions develop longitudinally in areas of bone marrow edema-like lesions in patients with or at risk for knee osteoarthritis: Detection with MR Imaging—The MOST Study. Radiology 256(3):855-62, 2010. [PMID:20530753] 367. Lynch JA, Roemer FW, Nevitt MC, Felson DT, et al. Comparison of BLOKS and WORMS scoring systems Part I. Cross sectional comparison of methods to assess cartilage morphology, meniscal damage and bone marrow lesions on knee MRI: Data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative, Osteoarthritis Cart 18:1393-1401, 2010. [PMID:20816979] 368. Felson DT, Lynch J, Guermazi A et al. Comparison of BLOKS and WORMS scoring systems Part II. 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[PM:21068099] Guermazi A, Hayashi D, Roemer FW, Niu J, Yang M, Lynch JA, Torner JC, Lewis CE, Sack B, Felson DT, Nevitt MC: Cyst-like lesions of the knee joint and their relation to incident knee pain and development of radiographic osteoarthritis: the MOST study. Osteoarthritis Cart 18:1386-1392. 2010. [PM:20816978] Kerkhof HJ, Meulenbelt I, Akune T, … Felson DT … van Meurs JB: Recommendations for standardization and phenotype definitions in genetic studies of osteoarthritis: the TREAT-OA consortium. Osteoarthritis Cart 1-11, 2010. [PM:21059398] Neogi T, Aletaha D, Silman AJ, Felson DT, Hawker G: The 2010 American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism classification criteria for rheumatoid arthritis: Phase 2 methodological report. Arthritis Rheum 62:2582-2591, 2010. [PM:20872596] Panoutsopoulou K, Southam L, Elliott KS, Felson DT, Loughlin J: Insights into the genetic architecture of osteoarthritis from stage 1 of the arcOGEN study. Ann Rheum Dis, 70:864867, 2010. [PM:21177295] Roemer FW, Lynch JA, Niu J, Zhang Y, Crema MD, Tolstykh I, El-Khoury GY, Felson DT, Lewis CE, Nevitt MC, Guermazi A: A comparison of dedicated 1.0 T extremity MRI vs large-bore 1.5 T MRI for semiquantitative whole organ assessment of osteoarthritis: the MOST study. Osteoarthritis Cart 18:168-174, 2010. [PM:19766580] Guermazi A, Roemer FW, Hayashi D,....Felson DT. Assessment of synovitis with contrastenhanced MRI using a whole joint semiquantitative scoring system in persons with or at high risk of knee osteoarthritis - The MOST Study. Ann Rheum Dis, 70:805-811, 2011 [PMID:21187293] Sheehy L, Felson D, Zhang Y, et al. Does measurement of the anatomic axis consistently predict hip-knee-ankle (HKA) for knee alignment studies in osteoarthritis? Analysis of long limb radiographs from the MOST Study. Osteoarthritis Cart 19:58-64, 2011. [PMID:20950695] Gross KD, Felson DT, Niu J, et al. Flat feet are associated with knee pain and cartilage damage in older adults. Arthritis Care Res, 63(4): 937-944, 2011. [PMID:21717597] van Vollenhoven RF, Felson D, Strand V, et al. American College of Rheumatology hybrid analysis of certolizumab pegol plus methotrexate in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis: data from a 52-week phase III trial. Arthritis Care Res. 63:128-134, 2011. [PM:20799264] Felson DT, Smolen JS, Wells G, Zhang B, et al. American College of Rheumatology/ European League Against Rheumatism provisional definition of remission in rheumatoid arthritis for clinical trials. Arthritis Rheum. 63:573-586, 2011. [PM:21294106] Felson DT, Smolen JS, Wells G, et al. American College of Rheumatology/ European League Against Rheumatism provisional definition of remission in rheumatoid arthritis for clinical trials. Ann Rheum Dis 70:404-413. 2011. [PM:21292833] 29 387. Hunter DJ, Harvey W, Gross KD, Felson D, et al. A randomized trial of patellofemoral bracing for treatment of patellofemoral osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis Cart 19:792-800, 2011. [PM:21232620]. 388. Hayashi D, Roemer FW…Felson DT et al. Imaging of synovitis in osteoarthritis: Current status and outlook. Semin Arthritis Rheum (in press) , 2011 [PM:21295331]. 389. Vlad S, Neogi T, Aliabadi P, Fontes JDT, Felson DT. No association between markers of inflammation and osteoarthritis of the hands and knee. J Rheumatol 38:1665-1670, 2011 [PM:21572158]. 390. Haugen IK, Niu J, Aliabadi P, Felson DT, Englund M. The association between finger length pattern and osteoarthritis, knee injury and meniscal lesions: the Framingham Community Cohort. Arthritis Rheum 63:2284-2288, 2011 [PM:21506096]. 391. Haugen IK, Englund M, Aliabadi P…Felson DT. Prevalence, incidence and progression of hand osteoarthritis in the general population: the Framingham Osteoarthritis Study. Ann Rheum Dis 70:1581-1586, 2011 [PM:21622766]. 392. Dudda M, Kim Y-J, Zhang Y…Felson DT. Morphological differences between Chinese and Caucasian female hips: could they account for the ethnic difference in hip osteoarthritis? Arthritis Rheum (in press), 2011 [PM:21647861]. 393. Englund M, Felson DT, Guermazi A…Nevitt MC. Risk factors for medial meniscal pathology on MRI in middle aged and elderly persons: a multicenter prospective cohort study in the U.S. Ann Rheum Dis 70: 1733-1739, 2011 [PM:21646417]. 394. Roemer FW, Guermazi A, Felson DT….Zhang Y. Presence of MRI detected joint effusion and synovitis increases the risk of cartilage loss in knees without osteoarthritis at 30 month follow-up: the MOST Study. Ann Rheum Dis 18:168-174, 2011 [PM:21791448] 395. Stefanik JJ, Roemer FW, Zumwalt AC…Felson DT. Association between measures of trochlear morphology and structural features of patellofemoral joint osteoarthritis on MRI: the MOST Study. J Orthop Res (in press), 2011 [PMID:21710542]. 396. Collins NJ, Misra D, Felson DT…Roos EM. Patient reported outcomes of knee function. Arthritis Care Res (in press), 2011. 397. Felson DT, Niu JB, Guermazi A, Sack B, Aliabadi P. Defining radiographic incidence and progression of knee osteoarthritis: suggested modifications of the Kellgren and Lawrence scale. Ann Rheum Dis (in press), 2011. 398. Gibson N, Guermazi A, Clancy M,…Felson DT. Relation of hand enthesophytes with knee enthesopathy: is osteoarthritis related to a systemic enthesopathy? J Rheumatol (in press), 2011. 399. Wise BL, Felson DT, Clancy M et al. Consistency of knee pain and risk of knee replacement: the multicenter osteoarthritis study. J Rheumatol 38:1390-1395, 2011 [PMID: 21498481] 400. Misra D, Booth SL, Crosier MD, Ordovas JM, Felson DT, Neogi T. Matrix Gla Protein polymorphism, but not concentration, is associated with radiographic hand osteoarthritis. J Rheumatol 38:1960-1965, 2011 [PMID: 21724703] 401. Van Tuyl LHD, Britsemmer K, Wells G….Felson DT, Boers M. Remission in early rheumatoid arthritis defined by 28 joint counts: limited consequences of residual disease activity in the forefeet on outcome. Ann Rheum Dis (in press) 2011. 402. McWalter EJ, Hunter DJ, Harvey WF, McCree P, Hirko KA, Felson DT, Wilson DR. The effect of a patellar brace on three-dimensional patellar kinematics in patients with lateral patellofemoral osteoarthritis. OA Cart 19:801-808, 2011. [PM:21397707] 30 403. Nguyen UDT, Zhang Y, Zhu Y, Niu J, Zhang B, Aliabadi P, Felson DT. Increasing prevalence of knee pain and symptomatic knee osteoarthritis. Ann Intern Med, in press. 404. Dixon WG, Felson DT. Is antiTNF therapy safer than previously thought? JAMA, in press. 405. White DK, Felson DT, Niu J et al. Reasons for functional decline despite reductions in knee pain: the Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study. Phys Ther, 2011, in press. 406. Roemer FW, Guermazi A, Niu J, Zhang Y, Mohr A, Felson DT. Prevalence of MRIdefined atrophic and hypertrophic phenotypes of knee osteoarthritis in a population-based cohort. Arthritis Rheum 2012. 407. Baker KR, Matthan NR, Lichtenstein A…Felson DT. Association of Plasma n-6 and n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids with synovitis in the knee: the MOST Study. Osteoarthritis Cart 2012, in press. 408. Gross KD, Niu J, Stefanik JJ…Felson DT. Breaking the Law of Valgus: the surprising and unexplained prevalence of medial patellofemoral cartilage damage. Ann Rheum Dis, 2012, in press. 409. Xu L, Hayashi D, Roemer FW, Felson DT, Guermazi A. Magnetic resonance imaging of subchondral bone 1 marrow lesions in association with osteoarthritis. Seminars Arthritis Rheum, in press. Book Chapters and Invited Non-peer reviewed Review Articles 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Read M, Felson D: Malnutrition, Learning, and Behavior. Washington, DC: DHEW Pub No (NIH), 76-1036, 1976. Felson D: Soft Tissue Rheumatism. In: Heffernan JJ, Witzburg RA, Cohen AS, eds. Clinical Problems in Acute Care Medicine, 1st ed. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, 590-595, 1989. Felson D: Acute Low Back Pain. In: Heffernan JJ, Witzburg RA, Cohen AS, eds. Clinical Problems in Acute Care Medicine, 1st ed. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, 596-600, 1989. Felson D: Crystal-Induced Arthritis. In: Heffernan JJ, Witzburg RA, Cohen AS, eds. Clinical Problems in Acute Care Medicine, 1st ed. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, 614-618, 1989. Felson D: Approach to patient with Acute Rheumatic Disease. In: Heffernan JJ, Witzburg RA, Cohen AS, eds. Clinical Problems in Acute Care Medicine, 1st ed. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, 585-589, 1989. Felson DT: The epidemiology of osteoarthritis. Rheum Dis Clin N Am 16:499-512, 1990. Felson DT: Obesity and osteoarthritis of the knee. Bull Rheum Dis 41:6-7, 1992. Felson DT: The course of osteoarthritis and factors that affect it. Rheum Dis Clin N Am 19:607-615, 1993. Felson D: Epidemiology of the Rheumatic Diseases. In: McCarty D & Koopman W, eds. Arthritis and Allied Conditions - A Textbook of Rheumatology, 12th ed., Malvern, PA: Lea & Febiger, 1993, 17-48. Felson DT: Epidemiology of rheumatic diseases. Curr Opin Rheum 2:301-308, 1990. Felson DT: Invited commentary: outcome measures in rheumatoid arthritis. In: Biologic Agents in Autoimmune Diseases, Proceedings: Early Decisions in DMARD Development III, Arthritis Foundation, 1994, 129-132. Felson DT: Do occupation-related physical factors contribute to arthritis? Bailliere's Clin Rheumatol 8:63-77, 1994. 31 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. Felson D: Second Line Anti-Rheumatic Therapies. In: Wolfe F & Pincus T, eds. Rheumatoid Arthritis: Critical Issues in Etiology, Assessment, Prognosis and Therapy, New York: Marcel Dekker, Inc., 1994, pp 341-356 Felson D: The epidemiology of osteoarthritis: prevalence and risk factors. In: Osteoarthritic Disorders. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, pp. 13-24, 1994. Dieppe P, Altman RD, Buckwalter JA, Felson DT, Hascall V, Lohmander LS, Peterfy CG, Roos H, Kuettner KE: Standandization of methods used to assess the progression of osteoarthritis of the hip or knee joints. In: Osteoarthritic Disorders. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, pp. 481-496, 1994. Felson DT, Anderson JJ: Methodologic and statistical approaches to criteria development in rheumatic diseases. Bailliere's Clin Rheumatol 9:253-266, 1995. Boers M, van Riel P, Felson DT, Tugwell P: Assessing the activity of rheumatoid arthritis. Bailliere's Clin Rheumatol 9:305-318, 1995. Felson DT, Chaisson CE: Understanding the relationship between body weight and osteoarthritis. Bailliere’s Clin Rheumatol 11:671-682, 1997. Felson D: Osteoarthritis. In: Conn RB, Borer WZ, Snyder JW, eds., Current Diagnosis 9, 986-988, 1997. Felson D: Epidemiology of the rheumatic diseases. In: Koopman W, ed., Arthritis and Allied Conditions, 13th edition, 1997, pp 3-34. Felson DT: Non-medicinal therapies for osteoarthritis. Bull Rheum Dis 47:5-8, 1998. [PMID:9557365] Felson D: Epidemiology of osteoarthritis. In: Brandt K, Lohmander S and Doherty M, eds., Osteoarthritis, 1998, pp 13-22. Lohmander LS, Felson DT: Defining and validating the clinical role of molecular markers in osteoarthritis. In: Brandt K, Lohmander S, and Doherty M eds., Osteoarthritis, 1998, pp. 519530. Felson DT, Nevitt M: The effects of estrogen on osteoarthritis. Curr Opin Rheumatol 10:269272, 1998. [PMID:9608332] Felson DT: Occupation-related physical factors and osteoarthritis. In: Kaufman LD, Varga J, eds., Rheumatic Diseases and the Environment, 1999, pp. 189-196 Meenan RF, Felson DT: Clinical Epidemiology. In: Armitage P and Colton T, eds. Encyclopedia of Biostatistics. Felson DT: Epidemiology of the rheumatic diseases. In: Koopman W., ed., Arthritis and Allied Conditions, 14th Edition, 2001, pp. 3-38. Amin S, Felson DT: Osteoporosis in men. Rheum Dis Clin N Am, 17:19-48, 2001. [PMID:11285995] Felson DT, Edmond SL: Obesity: Musculoskeletal Complications. In: Eckel RH ed., Obesity: Mechanisms and Clinical Management, 2003, pp. 399-414. Felson DT: Musculoskeletal Disorders. In: Encyclopaedia of Public Health (in press). Felson DT: Epidemiology of Osteoarthritis. In: Brandt K, Lohmander S, Doherty M, eds. Osteoarthritis, 2nd edition, 2003, pp 9-16. Fraenkel L, Felson DT: Osteoarthritis. In: Hazzard WR, Blass JP, Halter JB, Ouslander JG, Tinetti ME, Principles of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology 5th edition, 2003, pp 961-972. Felson DT: An update on the pathogenesis and epidemiology of osteoarthritis. In Weissman B editor, Arthritis Imaging. Radiol Clin N Am 42: 1-9, 2004. [PMID:15049520] Felson DT, Nevitt MC: Epidemiologic studies for osteoarthritis: new versus conventional 32 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. study design approaches. Rheum Dis Clin N Am 30: 783-798, 2004. [PMID:15488693] Felson DT: The sources of pain in knee osteoarthritis. Curr Opin Rheumatol 17: 624-628, 2005. [PMID:16093843] Felson DT. Glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate in knee osteoarthritis: where now? Nature Clinical Practice Rheumatology. 2(7):356-7, 2006. [PMID:16932718] Felson DT: Osteoarthritis. In Current Diagnosis & Treatment in Rheumatology, 2nd Edition, 339-344, 2007. Felson DT: Osteoarthritis. In Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine, eds Fauci, Braunwald, Kasper, Hauser, Longo, Jameson, Loscalzo. 17th Edition, 2158-2165, 2008. Felson DT: New evidence on Glucosamine Efficacy. Nature Clin Practice Rheumatol, in press Oldfield V, Felson DT: Exercise therapy and orthotic devices in rheumatoid arthritis: evidence based review. Curr Opin Rheumatol 20: 353-359, 2008. [PMID:18388530] Felson DT. Toward optimal health: managing arthritis in women. An interview with David T. Felson by Jodi R. Godfrey. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2008 Jun; 17(5): 729-34. [PMID:18481922] Felson DT: Developments in the clinical understanding of osteoarthritis. In: The Scientific Basis of Rheumatology: A Decade of Progress. Eds Lipsky, Maini, in press. Felson DT: Clinical Trials in Rheumatology. In: 75th Anniversary of the American College of Rheumatology. Ed by Pisetsky, in press. Felson DT: Osteoarthritis. In Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine, eds. Fauci, Kasper, Hauser, Longo, Jameson, Loscalzo, 18th Edition, 2011. Felson DT: Osteoarthritis. In Current Diagnosis & Treatment in Rheumatology, 3rd Edition, in press. Felson, DT. Arthroscopy as a treatment for knee osteoarthritis. Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol; 24(1):47-50, 2010. [PMID:20129199] Felson DT, Zhang YQ: Local and systemic risk factors for incidence and progression of osteoarthritis. In Rheumatology, 5th Edition. Eds. Hochberg, Silman, Smolen, Weinblatt, and Weisman; 1717-1723, 2010. Felson DT: Imaging abnormalities that correlate with joint pain. Br J Sports Med 2011, in press. Felson DT. Osteoarthritis in 2010: New takes on treatment and prevention. Nat. Rev. Rheumatol. 7:75-76, 2011. [PM:21289610] Felson DT. Virtual joint replacement as an outcome measure in OA. Nat Rev Rheumatol, in press, 2012 Books 1. Felson DT, Schaible HG, eds, Pain in Osteoarthritis, Wiley Blackwell, 2009 33 SCIENTISTS WHO TRAINED PRIMARILY WITH DR. FELSON AND THEIR CURRENT POSITIONS Douglas Kiel, MD, MPH; Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Director, Framingham Osteoporosis Study Janet E. Pope, MD, MPH; Professor of Medicine, University of Western Ontario Liana Fraenkel, MD, MPH; Associate Professor of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine Timothy McAlindon, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine and Director of the Division of Rheumatology, Tufts-New England Medical Center Marian T. Hannan, DSc, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Director, Framingham Foot Study Shreyasee Amin, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic School of Medicine Elizabeth Samelson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Ram R. Miller, MD, MSc., Assistant Professor of Medicine, U. of Maryland Grace H. Lo, MD, MSc., Assistant Professor of Medicine, Tufts University Tuhina Neogi, MD, DSc, Associate Professor of Medicine, Boston University Catherine L. Hill, MBBS, MSc, MD Senior Lecturer in Medicine, University of Adelaide Kristin Baker, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University Steven Vlad, MD, MSc, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University K. Douglas Gross, DPT, Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy, MGH Institute of Health Professions Barton Wise, MD, MSc, Assistant Professor of Medicine, U. California, Davis Martin England, MD, MSc, Associate Professor of Orthopedics, Lund University Julie Keysor, PT, PhD, Associate Professor, Sargent College, Boston University Dan K. White, PT, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, Sargent College, Boston University 34 GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS N.I.H. AND FOUNDATION GRANTS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. Medical Foundation Fellowship, 1984, for study of osteoarthritis of the knee. Arthritis Foundation Arthritis Investigator Award 1984-87 for study of osteoarthritis of the knee. Co-Principal Investigator of Framingham Heart Study Knee Osteoarthritis Study. Funded by N.I.H. through Multipurpose Arthritis Center Grant, 1984-1987. Principal Investigator of Framingham Heart Study evaluation of the risk factors for Hip Fracture. Funded by R.W. Johnson Foundation, 1986-89. Principal Investigator of Framingham Osteoporosis Study, funded by N.I.H. through Multipurpose Arthritis Center Grant, 1987-1992. Principal Investigator of Meta-analysis in Rheumatology grant funded by N.I.H. through Multipurpose Arthritis Center Grant, 1987-1992. Principal Investigator of Study of Osteoarthritis and Physical Disability in the Elderly. RO1 funded by N.I.H., 1988-1992. Principal Investigator of Study of Habitual Physical Activity as a Cause of Knee Osteoarthritis, Arthritis Foundation Clinical Project Grant, 1989-1992. Principal Investigator of Study of Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug Therapy in the Elderly. RO1 funded by N.I.A.M.S./N.I.H., 1991-1994. Principal Investigator of Longitudinal Study of Osteoarthritis in an Elderly Cohort. RO1 funded by N.I.A./N.I.H., 1991-1996. Co-Principal Investigator of Study on Risk Factors for Vertebral Fracture and Bone Loss. RO1 funded by N.I.A.M.S./N.I.H. 1991-1996 Principal Investigator of Study on the Heritability of Osteoarthritis, funded through Multipurpose Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases Center Grant 1992-1997. Principal Investigator of Multipurpose Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Disease Center Grant funded by N.I.A.M.S., 1993-2001 (two funding cycles). Co-Principal Investigator of Study on Whether Rheumatologists affect patient outcomes, funded by American College of Rheumatology, 1994-1995. Principal Investigator of Study of the effect of alcohol consumption on change in bone density, funded by Alcohol Beverage Medical Research Foundation, 1996. Principal Investigator of Study of Knee MRI in subjects with and without osteoarthritis. Arthritis Foundation Clinical Sciences Grant, 1996-1999. Principal Investigator of Study of Osteoarthritis in Chinese vs. Caucasian populations. RO-1 funded by N.I.A.M.S. 1996-2001. Principal Investigator of Boston University Clinical Research Training Program NIH-K30 funded 1999-2009. Principal Investigator of Framingham Osteoarthritis Study, RO-1 funded by N.I.A., 20012006. Principal Investigator of Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Center Grant. P60 funded by N.I.A.M.S. 2001-2006. Principal Investigator of Grant on Correlates of Articular Cartilage Volume and Thickness in Framingham Subjects. Arthritis Foundation Clinical Sciences Grant, 2001-2006. 35 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 30. 31. 32. Principal Investigator of Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study (MOST). U-01 funded by N.I.A., 2001-2008. Principal Investigator of OA Biomarkers Grant. U-01 funded by NIAMS, 2003-2007. Principal Investigator of Clinical Research Training Program (K30). Funded by NCRR/NIH 2005-2008. Principal Investigator, Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Center Grant (P60). Funded by NIAMS/NIH 2006-2011. Principal Investigator of Grant on Structural Correlates of Knee Pain. R01 funded by NIAMS/NIH 2006-2010. Principal Investigator of Grant to examine Relation of Mechanical Alignment to other risk factors in knee osteoarthritis. R01 funded by NIAMS/NIH 2006-2012. Principal Investigator, Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study (MOST) renewal U01. NIA/NIH 2008-2014. CoDirector of Trainin, Boston University CTSA grant, 2008-2011 Director of Training, Boston University CTSA grant, 2011-2013 Co-investigator on 2 NIH funded grants as of 2008 Principal Investigator of Osteoarthritis Programme Grant from Arthritis Research UK through the University of Manchester (2009-2013). CoInvestigator/CoLead, Biomedical Research Unit in Musculoskeletal Disease, University of Manchester, UK INDUSTRY GRANTS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Principal Investigator of Study on Estrogen and Osteoarthritis at Fallon Clinic. Funded by Wyeth Ayerst, 1992-1994. Principal Investigator of Study of Estrogen and Osteoarthritis in Framingham Study, funded by Wyeth Ayerst, 1995. Principal Investigator of Study of MRI Use in Detecting Progression of Knee Osteoarthritis. Funded by Bayer, 1995-1999. Principal Investigator of Analytic Center for Multicenter Trial of Prosorba treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, funded by Cypress Biosciences, 1996-1998. Principal Investigator, Factors affecting response to treatment in rheumatoid arthritis, funded by Cypress Biosciences, 1998. Co-Principal Investigator of HERS WALK, Clinical trial of the effect of estrogen on knee symptoms in postmenopausal women, funded by Wyeth Ayerst, 1998-1999. Principal Investigator, Osteophytes and Alendronate Treatment, funded by Merck, 20042005. 36