Current Appointments

• Distinguished Professor of Medicine
• Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
• Division Chief of Rheumatology
• Co-Director, MD/PhD Program

Hospital Campus

• Downtown

Clinic/Unit

• Rheumatology Clinic
  Upstate Health Care Center
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  2nd Floor, Firm C, 90 Presidential Plaza
  Syracuse, NY 13202
  315 464-3836
  

Education & Fellowships

• Fellowship: University of Rochester Medical Center, 1988, Rheumatology/Immunology
• PhD: Semmelweis Medical University, Budapest, Hungary, 1984
• Residency: Semmelweis Medical School, Budapest, 1982
• MD: Semmelweis Medical University, Budapest, Hungary, 1979

Clinical Trials

• A Phase 2, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of CC-220 in Subjects With Active Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
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• A Phase II Multicenter, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Dose-range Finding Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of ALX-0061 Administered Subcutaneously in Subjects with Moderate to Severe Active Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
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• A Phase II, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Dose-Ranging Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of M2951 in Subjects with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
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• Molecular Biology and Pathology of Transaldolase
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• ROLE of HTLVS and related endogenous sequences in autoimmune diseases and human cancers
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Specialties & Certification

• Rheumatology
• Internal Medicine

Diseases & Conditions Treated

• Arthritis
• Autoimmune Disease
• Immune Abnormalities
• Nervous System Vascular Lesions
• Osteoarthritis
• Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
• Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Scleroderma
• Systemic Lupus Erythematosis (SLE)
• Tendonitis
• Tennis Elbow
• Transverse myelitis

Treats

• Adults

Treatments/Services

• Joint Aspiration

Associations/Memberships

• American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• Henry Kunkel Society
• Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies Center of Excellence, Director
• American Association of Immunologists (AAI)
• American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB)
• American College of Rheumatology (ACR), Fellow
• American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD)

Current Hospital Privileges

• Upstate University Hospital

HealthLink on Air Radio Interview

• 8/10/17 Planned research center will focus on autoimmune, inflammatory diseases including lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis
• 4/30/15 Outlook improves for lupus treatment

Publications

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