Kenneth E. Sack MD
Cardiologist | Cardiovascular Disease
400 Parnassus Ave 405 Irving Street San Francisco CA, 94143About
Dr. Kenneth Sack is a renowned expert in rheumatology at UCSF Medical Center. In addition to caring for patients, he conducts research on rheumatological disorders. His work is widely published in medical ...
Education and Training
Tufts Univ Sch of Med, Boston Ma 1968
Tufts University School of Medicine 1968
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Rheumatology
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- When to try COX-2-specific inhibitors. Safer than standard NSAIDs in some situations.
- Treatment of ankylosing spondylitis by inhibition of tumor necrosis factor alpha.
- Imaging of the hand and wrist in RA.
- Osteoarthritis. What therapies for this disease of many causes?
- Eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome: the aftermath.
- Pulmonary manifestations of the eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome associated with tryptophan ingestion.
- Is glucosamine MSM effective for osteoarthritis?
- Eosinophilia and L-tryptophan ingestion.
- Drs criswell and sack respond.
- Tryptophan-induced eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome.
- Taking away the diagnosis.
- Update on NSAIDS in the elderly.
- The day I ran without my watch.
- Wegener's granulomatosis.
- Prepatellar calcifications from repeated kneeling.
Awards
- San Francisco Super Doctors 2012
Treatments
- Arthritis
- Lupus
Fellowships
- University of Alabama Health Sciences, Rheumatology 1978
- University of Alabama Health Sciences 1978
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