
Dr. Terence W Starz MD
Rheumatologist | Rheumatology
3500 5th Ave 4th Floor Pittsburgh PA, 15213About
Dr. Terence Starz is a rheumatologist practicing in Pittsburgh, PA. Dr. Starz 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. Starz 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
Jefferson Med Coll-Thos Jefferson Univ, Philadelphia Pa 1971
Thomas Jefferson University Medical College, Philadelphia, Pa
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Rheumatology
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Task independence, safety, and adequacy among nondisabled and osteoarthritis-disabled older women.
- Concordance of four methods of disability assessment using performance in the home as the criterion method.
- Quadriceps activation failure as a moderator of the relationship between quadriceps strength and physical function in individuals with knee osteoarthritis.
- Gauging patients' interest in an arthritis Web site.
- Analgesic usage for low back pain: impact on health care costs and service use.
- Older spouses' perceptions of partners' chronic arthritis pain: implications for spousal responses, support provision, and caregiving experiences.
- Heterogeneity within the fibromyalgia population: theoretical implications of variable tender point severity ratings.
- Couple-Oriented Education and Support Intervention for Osteoarthritis: Effects on Spouses' Support and Responses to Patient Pain.
- Assessing for risk and progression of osteoarthritis: the nurse's role.
- Assessing for risk and progression of osteoarthritis: the nurse's role: understanding pathophysiology, epidemiology, and risk will aid nurses who are seeking to expand their role in management.
- Recurrence of adult Still's disease after pregnancy.
- Agreement of Physicians and Nurses Performing Tender and Swollen Joint Counts in Rheumatoid Arthritis.
- Efficacy of combined therapy with plasmapheresis and immunosuppressants in rheumatoid vasculitis.
- Diagnosis and treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.
- Pain, disability, and physical functioning in subgroups of patients with fibromyalgia.
Fellowships
- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine,Pittsburgh, Pa, United States
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