Dr. Maria Suarez-Almazor, MD

• Rheumatology

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• Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena Escuela De Medicina

  Medical School, 1979

• Interactions and Perceptions of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Participating in an Online Support Group, 2020-01-31

• Checkpoint inhibitor therapy for cancer in solid organ transplantation recipients: an institutional experience and a systematic review of the literature, 2019-04-16

• New directions for patient-centred care in scleroderma: the Scleroderma Patient-centred Intervention Network (SPIN), 2012-05-29

• Marine Oil Supplements for Arthritis Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials, 2017-01-06

• Association of Serum Folate Levels With Cardiovascular Mortality Among Adults With Rheumatoid Arthritis Serum Folate and Cardiovascular Mortality Among Adults With Rheumatoid Arthritis, 2020-02-26

• Validation of ICD-9-CM codes for identification of acetaminophen-related emergency department visits in a large pediatric hospital, 2013-02-21

• Evidence that Swimming May be Protective of Knee Osteoarthritis: Data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative, 2019-12-04

• Systolic and Pulse Pressure Associate with Incident Knee Osteoarthritis: Data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative, 2017-06-01

• Low Rates of Bone Mineral Density Measurement in Medicare Beneficiaries with Prostate Cancer Initiating Androgen Deprivation Therapy, 2013-10-22

• A systematic review with meta-analysis of the effects of smoking cessation strategies in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, 2022-12-15

• A Qualitative Analysis of Decision-Making for Total Knee Replacement in Patients with Osteoarthritis, 2010-04-28

• Individualized decision aid for diverse women with lupus nephritis (IDEA-WON): A randomized controlled trial, 2019-05-08

• Development of a Draft Core Set of Domains for Measuring Shared Decision Making in Osteoarthritis: An OMERACT Working Group on Shared Decision Making, 2015-04-15

• A comprehensive scoping review to identify standards for the development of health information resources on the internet, 2019-06-20

• Recurrent pseudogout after therapy with immune checkpoint inhibitors: a case report with immunoprofiling of synovial fluid at each flare, 2019-05-14

• Overall Survival in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Solid Malignancies Receiving Biologic Disease-Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Therapy, 2020-08-15

• A Qualitative Study of Late Effects and Healthcare Needs of Survivors of Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation, 2012-08-03

• Immune-related adverse events of checkpoint inhibitors, 2020-05-07

• Randomized feasibility trial of the Scleroderma Patient-centered Intervention Network Self-Management (SPIN-SELF) Program, 2022-02-26

• Association of Bone Mineral Density Testing With Risk of Major Osteoporotic Fractures Among Older Men Receiving Androgen Deprivation Therapy to Treat Localized or Regional Prostate Cancer Bone Density Testing and Fractures After Androgen Deprivation Therapy, 2022-04-01

• Distinct molecular and immune hallmarks of inflammatory arthritis induced by immune checkpoint inhibitors for cancer therapy, 2022-04-12

• Mediated by Self-Efficacy Status, Positive Clinician Conveyed Expectations of Treatment Effect Reduces Pain in Knee Osteoarthritis, 2016-01-29

• Systematic Review of Case Reports of Antiphospholipid Syndrome Following Infection, 2016-04-07

• Editorial: Multidisciplinary management of cancer patients with immune-related adverse events from checkpoint inhibitors, 2023-01-05

• Knowledge, beliefs, and concerns about bone health from a systematic review and metasynthesis of qualitative studies, 2020-01-15

• Attitudes toward Hepatitis B Virus among Vietnamese, Chinese and Korean Americans in the Houston Area, Texas, 2017-02-15

• The Scleroderma Patient-centered Intervention Network Self-Management (SPIN-SELF) Program: protocol for a two-arm parallel partially nested randomized controlled feasibility trial with progression to full-scale trial, 2021-11-27

• Low rate of cervical cancer screening among women with hematologic malignancies after stem cell transplant, 2018-02-09

• The effects of glucocorticoids and immunosuppressants on cancer outcomes in checkpoint inhibitor therapy, 2022-08-23

• Strategies to Identify Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Patients Receiving Anticancer Therapy: A Cross-Sectional Study, 2020-04-20

• A Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating the Effects of Social Networking on Chronic Disease Management in Rheumatoid Arthritis, 2022-07-16

• Immune checkpoint inhibitor related myasthenia gravis: single center experience and systematic review of the literature, 2019-11-21

• Radiomics to predict immunotherapy-induced pneumonitis: Proof of concept, 2017-10-27

• Bisphosphonates in the Treatment of Patients with Lung Cancer and Metastatic Bone Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis, 2012-09-07

• Exploring communication pathways to better health: Clinician communication of expectations for acupuncture effectiveness, 2012-07-31

• Trends in hepatitis B virus screening at the onset of chemotherapy in a large US cancer center, 2013-11-09

• Incidence of immune-related adverse events and its association with treatment outcomes: The MD Anderson Cancer Center experience, 2017-11-21

• Cost-utility analysis of treatment options after initial tumor necrosis factor inhibitor therapy discontinuation in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, 2021-01-01

• Corrections to: Checkpoint inhibitor therapy for cancer in solid organ transplantation recipients: an institutional experience and a systematic review of the literature, 2019-06-24

• The Scleroderma Patient-Centered Intervention Network Self-Management Program: Protocol for a Randomized Feasibility Trial, 2020-04-24

• Expert Clinical Management of Severe Immune-Related Adverse Events: Results from a Multicenter Survey on Hot Topics for Management, 2022-10-11

• Adverse Events Associated with Immune Checkpoint Blockade in Patients with Cancer: A Systematic Review of Case Reports, 2016-07-29

• Towards the development of a core set of outcome Domains to assess shared decision making interventions in rheumatology: results from an OMERACT Delphi survey and consensus meeting, 2017-08-01

• Development of an "Impact of HIV” Instrument for HIV Survivors, 2015-08-14

• Running Does Not Increase Symptoms or Structural Progression in People with Knee Osteoarthritis: Data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative, 2018-05-04

• Impact of Educational and Patient Decision Aids on Decisional Conflict Associated with Total Knee Arthroplasty, 2012-06-26

• Quality and content evaluation of websites with information about immune checkpoint inhibitors: An environmental scan, 2022-10-10

• Improving treatment adherence in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: what are the options?, 2015-10-01

• History of Running is Not Associated with Higher Risk of Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis: A Cross-Sectional Study from the Osteoarthritis Initiative, 2016-05-24

• Problems in transition and quality of care: perspectives of breast cancer survivors, 2010-12-09

• Safety and Efficacy of Influenza Vaccination in Patients Receiving Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors. Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis, 2022-07-27

• Learning Needs of Patients with Cancer and a Pre-Existing Autoimmune Disease Who Are Candidates to Receive Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors, 2023-08-07

• Effect of a clinic-wide social marketing campaign to improve adherence to antiretroviral therapy for HIV infection, 2012-10-04

• Passive Transfer of Hepatitis B Core Antibody after Intravenous Immunoglobulin Administration in Patients with Cancer: Retrospective Chart Review, 2018-10-30