Steven C. Vlad
Assistant Professor
Education:
MD, PhD (in progress)
General field of research:
Pharmacoepidemiology
Affiliations other than medicine:
Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research
Center for Heath Quality, Outcomes, and Economic Research, Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital, Bedford, MA
Division of Rheumatology, Boston VA Healthcare System, Boston, MA
Contact information:
Office
650 Albany St. Suite X200
Phone: (617)-638 5180
Keywords:
Pharmacoepidemiology; Rheumatology; Veterans; Glucocorticoids; Osteonecrosis; Bisphosphonates
Summary of research interest:
Investigating unexpected useful and adverse effects of medications used to treat the rheumatic diseases.
Recent publications:
Vlad SC, LaValley MP, McAlindon TM, Felson DT. 2007. Glucosamine for Pain in Osteoarthritis: Why do Trial Results Differ? Arthritis & Rheumatism; 56(7):2267-2277.
Johnson SR*, Goek ON*, Singh-Grewal D*, Vlad SC*, Feldman BM, Felson DT, Hawker GA, Singh JA, Solomon DH. 2007. Classification Criteria in Rheumatic Diseases: A Systematic Review. Arthritis Care & Research;57(7):1119-1133. (*Co-principal authors)
Vlad SC, Miller DR, Kowall NW, Felson DT. 2008. Protective Effects of NSAIDs on the Development of Alzheimer’s Disease. Neurology; 70:1672-1677.
Aletaha D, Landewe R, Karonitsch T, Bathon J, Boers M, Bombardier C, Bombardieri S, Choi H, Combe B, Dougados M, Emery P, Gomez-Reino J, Keystone E, Koch G, Kvien TK, Martin-Mola E, Matucci-Cerinic M, Michaud K, O’Dell J, Paulus J, Pincus T, Richards P, Simon L, Siegel J, Smolen JS, Sokka T, Strand V, Tugwell P, van der Heijde D, van Riel P, Vlad S, van Vollenhoven R, Ward M, Weinblatt M, Wells G, White B, Wolfe F, Zhang B, Zink A, Felson D. 2008. Reporting disease activity in clinical trials of patients with rheumatoid arthritis: EULAR/ACR collaborative recommendations. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases;67:1360-1364.
van Tuyl LHD*, Vlad SC*, Felson DT, Wells G, Boers M. 2009. Defining remission in rheumatoid arthritis: results of an initial American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism consensus conference. Arthritis Care & Research; 61(5):704-710. (*Co-principal authors)
Vlad SC, Felson DT, Miller DR. 2009. Can healthcare databases be used to identify incident cases of osteonecrosis? Arthritis Research & Therapy; 11:R89.
