Rheumatology

About

We conduct clinical research on rheumatic illnesses to improve care and support the community.

Affiliation

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Faculty Position
  • Gertner, Elie, MD, Research Investigator
  • Schousboe, John T., MD, PhD, Research Investigator
  • Publications While At HealthPartners

    selected publications

    Journal Article
  • Automated abdominal aortic calcification and major adverse cardiovascular events in people undergoing osteoporosis screening: the Manitoba Bone Mineral Density Registry
    Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 2025
  • Changing trends in bisphosphonate therapy: a twenty-five-year surveillance in a single US integrated healthcare system
    Osteoporosis International. 2025
  • Circumstances of clinical fracture events with advancing age in older men
    JBMR plus. 2025
  • Incremental healthcare costs of dementia and cognitive impairment in community-dwelling older adults: a prospective cohort study
    Journals of Gerontology. Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences. 2025
  • Marked exacerbation of resolving macrophage activation syndrome in a patient with adult-onset Still's disease following one dose of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor
    BMJ Case Reports. 2025
  • Editorial Article
  • Accurate estimation of vertebral fracture prevalence on lateral spine imaging requires use of validated ascertainment methods [editorial]
    Osteoporosis International.  33. 2022
  • Opportunistic osteoporosis screening using low-dose computed tomography (LDCT): promising strategy, but challenges remain [editorial]
    Journal of Bone and Mineral Research.  36. 2021
  • COVID-19 trial co-enrolment and subsequent enrolment [editorial]
    Lancet (London, England).  396. 2020
  • Delayed denosumab injections and fracture risk [editorial]
    Annals of Internal Medicine.  173. 2020
  • Pharmacovigilance in the real world [editorial]
    Annals of Internal Medicine.  170. 2019
  • Review
  • Updated practice guideline for dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) [review]
    European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. 2025
  • Cost-effectiveness of newer pharmacologic treatments in adults with type 2 diabetes: a systematic review of cost-effectiveness studies for the American College of Physicians [systematic review]
    Annals of Internal Medicine. 2024
  • Abdominal aortic calcification, bone mineral density, and fractures: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies [meta-analysis, systematic review]
    Journals of Gerontology. Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences. 2023
  • Recent sarcopenia definitions-prevalence, agreement and mortality associations among men: findings from population-based cohorts [meta-analysis]
    Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle. 2023
  • Prognostic value of abdominal aortic calcification: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies [systematic review, meta-analysis]
    Journal of the American Heart Association. 2021
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