Dr. Gerald F Falasca MD
Rheumatologist | Rheumatology
303 MED TECH PKWY JOHNSON CITY TN, 37604About
Dr. Gerald Falasca is a rheumatologist practicing in Camden, NJ. Dr. Falasca 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. Falasca 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
Umdnj-New Jersey Med Sch- Newark Nj 1984
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Rheumatology
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Musculoskeletal manifestations of osteomalacia: report of 26 cases and literature review.
- Do we really need to pay attention to the less common crystals?
- Supravital staining of synovial fluid with Testsimplets.
- Further validation of a questionnaire to identify women likely to have low bone density.
- Viscosupplementation for degenerative joint disease of shoulder and ankle.
- A study of musculoskeletal manifestations in 12 patients with SAPHO syndrome.
- Metabolic diseases: gout.
- Practical use of bone densitometry.
- New and improved strategies for the treatment of gout.
- The spectrum of myositis and rhabdomyolysis associated with bacterial infection.
- Familial spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia tarda, brachydactyly, and precocious osteoarthritis associated with an arginine 75-->cysteine mutation in the procollagen type II gene in a kindred of Chiloe Islanders. I. Clinical, radiographic, and pathologic f
- Superoxide anion production and phagocytosis of crystals by cultured endothelial cells.
- Practical use of bone densitometry.
- Disability and physician-assisted suicide.
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