Dr. Katherine P Liao MD
Rheumatologist | Rheumatology
15 Parkman St Wacc 5 Boston MA, 02114About
Dr. Katherine Liao is a rheumatologist practicing in Boston, MA. Dr. Liao specializes in the treatment of musculoskeletal diseases and systematic autoimmune conditions that can affect the bones, muscles or bones. Eventually, if not treated, these illnesses can also impact the skin, eyes, nervous system and internal organs. Dr. Liao treats diseases similar to orthopedists but does not perform surgery. Often times, research is conducted to find potential alternatives for the patients illness.
Education and Training
State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine 2004
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Rheumatology
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- All that glitters is not gold--standardizing diagnosis in rheumatoid arthritis studies.
- Psychiatric co-morbidity is associated with increased risk of surgery in Crohn's disease.
- Similar risk of depression and anxiety following surgery or hospitalization for Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.
- Improving case definition of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis in electronic medical records using natural language processing: a novel informatics approach.
- Normalization of plasma 25-hydroxy vitamin D is associated with reduced risk of surgery in Crohn's disease.
- Association between reduced plasma 25-hydroxy vitamin D and increased risk of cancer in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases.
- Serum inflammatory markers and risk of colorectal cancer in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases.
- Mortality and extraintestinal cancers in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis and inflammatory bowel disease.
- Thromboprophylaxis is associated with reduced post-hospitalization venous thromboembolic events in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases.
- Higher plasma vitamin D is associated with reduced risk of Clostridium difficile infection in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases.
- Colonoscopy is associated with a reduced risk for colon cancer and mortality in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases.
- Sparse kernel machine regression for ordinal outcomes.
- Mode of childbirth and long-term outcomes in women with inflammatory bowel diseases.
- Clinical characteristics of RA patients with secondary SS and association with
- Diabetes and the risk of infections with immunomodulator therapy in inflammatory bowel diseases.
Treatments
- Arthritis
Dr. Katherine P Liao MD's Practice location
Practice At 75 Francis St Pbb-B3
75 Francis St Pbb-B3 -Boston, MA 02115Get Direction
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