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Biography
Dr. Elizabeth R. Graef is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine and a Rheumatologist at Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA. Additionally, Dr. Graef is a Selected Member of the Clinical and Scientific Committee and the Northeastern US Regional Site Lead at the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance, San Francisco, CA. Her research and clinical interests include gout, connective tissue disease, rheumatoid arthritis, patient safety, and health disparities.
Education
Medical Education, DO, University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine, 2014
Molecular Biology, BS, Haverford College, 2006
Publications
Papachristodoulou E, Graef E, Magliulo D, Kyttaris V. Prevalence and clinical significance of lymphadenopathy and its histological subtypes in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: a retrospective cohort study. Rheumatol Int. 2023 Jul; 43(7):1277-1286. PMID: 37097329.
Published on 12/31/2022Coler-Reilly A, Graef ER, Kim AHJ, Liew JW, Putman MS, Sattui SE, Young KJ, Sparks JA. Social Media for Research Discourse, Dissemination, and Collaboration in Rheumatology. Rheumatol Immunol Res. 2022 Dec; 3(4):169-179. PMID: 36879836.
Published on 9/1/2022DiIorio M, Kennedy K, Liew JW, Putman MS, Sirotich E, Sattui SE, Foster G, Harrison C, Larché MJ, Levine M, Moni TT, Thabane L, Bhana S, Costello W, Grainger R, Machado PM, Robinson PC, Sufka P, Wallace ZS, Yazdany J, Gore-Massy M, Howard RA, Kodhek MA, Lalonde N, Tomasella LA, Wallace J, Akpabio A, Alpízar-Rodríguez D, Beesley RP, Berenbaum F, Bulina I, Chock EY, Conway R, Duarte-García A, Duff E, Gheita TA, Graef ER, Hsieh E, El Kibbi L, Liew DF, Lo C, Nudel M, Singh AD, Singh JA, Singh N, Ugarte-Gil MF, Hausmann JS, Simard JF, Sparks JA. Prolonged COVID-19 symptom duration in people with systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases: results from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance Vaccine Survey. RMD Open. 2022 09; 8(2). PMID: 36104117.
Published on 8/24/2022Jatuworapruk K, Montgomery A, Gianfrancesco M, Conway R, Durcan L, Graef ER, Jayatilleke A, Keen H, Kilian A, Young K, Carmona L, Cogo AK, Duarte-García A, Gossec L, Hasseli R, Hyrich KL, Langlois V, Lawson-Tovey S, Malcata A, Mateus EF, Schafer M, Scirè CA, Sigurdardottir V, Sparks JA, Strangfeld A, Xavier RM, Bhana S, Gore-Massy M, Hausmann J, Liew JW, Sirotich E, Sufka P, Wallace Z, Machado PM, Yazdany J, Grainger R, Robinson PC. Characteristics and Outcomes of People With Gout Hospitalized Due to COVID-19: Data From the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance Physician-Reported Registry. ACR Open Rheumatol. 2022 Nov; 4(11):948-953. PMID: 36000538.
Published on 3/28/2022Conway R, Grimshaw AA, Konig MF, Putman M, Duarte-García A, Tseng LY, Cabrera DM, Chock YPE, Degirmenci HB, Duff E, Egeli BH, Graef ER, Gupta A, Harkins P, Hoyer BF, Jayatilleke A, Jin S, Kasia C, Khilnani A, Kilian A, Kim AHJ, Lin CMA, Low C, Proulx L, Sattui SE, Singh N, Sparks JA, Tam H, Ugarte-Gil MF, Ung N, Wang K, Wise LM, Yang Z, Young KJ, Liew JW, Grainger R, Wallace ZS, Hsieh E. SARS-CoV-2 Infection and COVID-19 Outcomes in Rheumatic Diseases: A Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Analysis. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2022 May; 74(5):766-775. PMID: 34807517.
Published on 2/21/2022Young K, Yeoh SA, Putman M, Sattui S, Conway R, Graef E, Kilian A, Konig M, Sparks J, Ugarte-Gil M, Upton L, Berenbaum F, Bhana S, Costello W, Hausmann J, Machado P, Robinson P, Sirotich E, Sufka P, Yazdany J, Liew J, Grainger R, Wallace Z, Jayatilleke A. The impact of COVID-19 on rheumatology training-results from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance trainee survey. Rheumatol Adv Pract. 2022; 6(1):rkac001. PMID: 35392427.
Published on 11/17/2021Yeoh SA, Young K, Putman M, Sattui S, Conway R, Graef E, Kilian A, Konig M, Sparks J, Ugarte-Gil M, Upton L, Berenbaum F, Bhana S, Costello W, Hausmann J, Machado P, Robinson P, Sirotich E, Sufka P, Yazdany J, Liew J, Grainger R, Wallace Z, Jayatilleke A. Rapid Adoption of Telemedicine in Rheumatology Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic Highlights Training and Supervision Concerns Among Rheumatology Trainees. ACR Open Rheumatol. 2022 Feb; 4(2):128-133. PMID: 34791821.
Published on 2/21/2021Conway R, Konig MF, Graef ER, Webb K, Yazdany J, Kim AHJ. Inflammatory arthritis in patients with COVID-19. Transl Res. 2021 06; 232:49-59. PMID: 33626415.
Published on 12/22/2020Sattui SE, Graef ER, Liew JW, Sparks JA, Kim AHJ. Reply to 'Taking a stand against the politicization of medical research: how "swinging the pendulum" poses a hazard to clinical trials, study participants, and the progress of science'. Expert Rev Clin Immunol. 2021 01; 17(1):105-107. PMID: 33290667.
Published on 8/11/2020Sattui SE, Liew JW, Graef ER, Coler-Reilly A, Berenbaum F, Duarte-García A, Harrison C, Konig MF, Korsten P, Putman MS, Robinson PC, Sirotich E, Ugarte-Gil MF, Webb K, Young KJ, Kim AHJ, Sparks JA. Swinging the pendulum: lessons learned from public discourse concerning hydroxychloroquine and COVID-19. Expert Rev Clin Immunol. 2020 07; 16(7):659-666. PMID: 32620062.