Paul A. Monach, MD, PhD
Adjunct Associate Professor, Medicine
Biography
My research is focused on clinical and translational research in vasculitis: biomarkers, genetics, and clinical trials.
I have led studies aimed at identifying new markers that could improve diagnosis, staging, assessment of current disease activity, and predicting the future course of disease, using proteins detectable in the blood or urine and gene expression profiles in blood cells.
I have also led candidate genes studies in vasculitis and has been involved in the planning and recruitment for genome-wide association studies in multiple forms of vasculitis.
I have participated in most multi-center clinical trials conducted over the past 10 years in the US, in various vasculitides.
This work has been conducted through NIH-funded consortia: the Vasculitis Clinical Research Consortium and the RAVE/ITN Study Group. In addition, I have been a member of the Immunological Genome Project Consortium and contributed data on gene expression in mouse neutrophils to that effort.
Other Positions
- VA Boston Healthcare System
Education
- University of Chicago, MD
- University of Chicago, PhD
- Harvard University, AB
Publications
- Published on 11/1/2020
Gribbons KB, Ponte C, Carette S, Craven A, Cuthbertson D, Hoffman GS, Khalidi NA, Koening CL, Langford CA, Maksimowicz-McKinnon K, McAlear CA, Monach PA, Moreland LW, Pagnoux C, Quinn KA, Robson JC, Seo P, Sreih AG, Suppiah R, Warrington KJ, Ytterberg SR, Luqmani R, Watts R, Merkel PA, Grayson PC. Patterns of Arterial Disease in Takayasu Arteritis and Giant Cell Arteritis. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2020 11; 72(11):1615-1624. PMID: 31444857.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 2/1/2020
Moran SM, Monach PA, Zgaga L, Cuthbertson D, Carette S, Khalidi NA, Koening CL, Langford CA, McAlear CA, Moreland L, Pagnoux C, Seo P, Specks U, Sreih A, Wyse J, Ytterberg SR, Merkel PA, Little MA. Urinary soluble CD163 and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 in the identification of subtle renal flare in anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2020 02 01; 35(2):283-291. PMID: 30380100.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 12/1/2019
Quinn KA, Gelbard A, Sibley C, Sirajuddin A, Ferrada MA, Chen M, Cuthbertson D, Carette S, Khalidi NA, Koening CL, Langford CA, McAlear CA, Monach PA, Moreland LW, Pagnoux C, Seo P, Specks U, Sreih AG, Ytterberg SR, Merkel PA, Grayson PC. Subglottic stenosis and endobronchial disease in granulomatosis with polyangiitis. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2019 12 01; 58(12):2203-2211. PMID: 31199488.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 9/25/2019
Kronbichler A, Leierer J, Shin JI, Merkel PA, Spiera R, Seo P, Langford CA, Hoffman GS, Kallenberg CGM, St Clair EW, Brunetta P, Fervenza FC, Geetha D, Keogh KA, Monach PA, Ytterberg SR, Mayer G, Specks U, Stone JH. Association of Pulmonary Hemorrhage, Positive Proteinase 3, and Urinary Red Blood Cell Casts With Venous Thromboembolism in Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2019 11; 71(11):1888-1893. PMID: 31216123.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 9/16/2019
Wallace ZS, Fu X, Liao K, Kallenberg CGM, Langford CA, Merkel PA, Monach P, Seo P, Specks U, Spiera R, St Clair EW, Zhang Y, Choi H, Stone JH. Disease Activity, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody Type, and Lipid Levels in Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2019 11; 71(11):1879-1887. PMID: 31162829.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 9/1/2019
Rodriguez-Pla A, Warner RL, Cuthbertson D, Carette S, Khalidi NA, Koening CL, Langford CA, McAlear CA, Moreland LW, Pagnoux C, Seo P, Specks U, Sreih AG, Ytterberg SR, Johnson KJ, Merkel PA, Monach PA. Evaluation of Potential Serum Biomarkers of Disease Activity in Diverse Forms of Vasculitis. J Rheumatol. 2020 07 01; 47(7):1001-1010. PMID: 31474593.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 7/15/2019
Berti A, Warner R, Johnson K, Cornec D, Schroeder DR, Kabat BF, Langford CA, Kallenberg CGM, Seo P, Spiera RF, St Clair EW, Fervenza FC, Stone JH, Monach PA, Specks U, Merkel PA. The association of serum interleukin-6 levels with clinical outcomes in antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis. J Autoimmun. 2019 12; 105:102302. PMID: 31320177.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 3/1/2019
Tomasson G, Farrar JT, Cuthbertson D, McAlear CA, Ashdown S, Cronholm PF, Dawson J, Gebhart D, Lanier G, Luqmani RA, Milman N, Peck J, Robson JC, Shea JA, Carette S, Khalidi N, Koening CL, Langford CA, Monach PA, Moreland L, Pagnoux C, Specks U, Sreih AG, Ytterberg SR, Merkel PA. Feasibility and Construct Validation of the Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System in Systemic Vasculitis. J Rheumatol. 2019 08; 46(8):928-934. PMID: 30824648.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/14/2019
Pagnoux C, Nair P, Xi Y, Khalidi NA, Carette S, Cuthbertson D, Grayson PC, Koening CL, Langford CA, McAlear CA, Moreland LW, Monach PA, Seo P, Specks U, Sreih AG, Ytterberg SR, Tyrrell PN, Merkel PA. Serum cytokine and chemokine levels in patients with eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis, hypereosinophilic syndrome, or eosinophilic asthma. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2019 Mar-Apr; 37 Suppl 117(2):40-44. PMID: 30652675.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 10/22/2018
Sreih AG, Ezzedine R, Leng L, Fan J, Yao J, Reid D, Piecychna M, Carette S, Cuthbertson D, Dellaripa P, Hoffman GS, Khalidi NA, Koening CL, Langford CA, Mahr A, McAlear CA, Maksimowicz-Mckinnon K, Monach PA, Seo P, Specks U, St Clair EW, Stone JH, Ytterberg SR, Edberg J, Merkel PA, Bucala R. Role of Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor in Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2018 12; 70(12):2077-2086. PMID: 29953750.
Read at: PubMed
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