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Dr. Robert G. Lahita, MD
Rheumatologist | Rheumatology
201 Lyons Ave L4 Newark NJ, 07112About
Doctor Lahita is Professor of Medicine at University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and an adjunct Professor at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and the Chairman of Medicine and Vice President ...
Education and Training
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University 1973
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Rheumatology- 1997
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- A critical evaluation of enzyme immunoassays for detection of antinuclear autoantibodies of defined specificities. I. Precision, sensitivity, and specificity.
- Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) for serious disease, a possibility?
- Emerging concepts for sexual predilection in the disease systemic lupus erythematosus.
- The role of sex hormones in systemic lupus erythematosus.
- Rheumatoid arthritis. New disease-modifying and anti-inflammatory drugs.
- Sex hormone binding globulins and atherosclerotic risk in systemic lupus.
- Studies on the specificity and clinical correlation of antiribosomal antibodies in systemic lupus erythematosus sera.
- Studies on the specificity and clinical correlation of antiribosomal antibodies in systemic lupus erythematosus sera.
- SR proteins are autoantigens in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Importance of phosphoepitopes.
- Hormonal contraception and replacement and the use of androgens in the antiphospholipid syndrome.
- Sex hormones and systemic lupus erythematosus.
- Gender and the immune system.
- Increased prevalence of autoantibodies to ku antigen in African American versus white patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.
- Neuroendocrine immune mechanisms in rheumatic diseases.
- Altered neuroendocrine immune (NEI) networks in rheumatology.
Treatments
- Peripheral Neuropathy
- Arthritis
- Neuropathy
- Fibromyalgia
- Gout
- Osteoarthritis
- Hashimoto's Thyroiditis
- Lupus
- Sarcoidosis
- Scleroderma
- Pain
Professional Memberships
- Member NEW YORK ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION :
- Member NEW YORK RHEUMATISM ASSOCIATION
- Member AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RHEUMATIOGY
- Member NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
- Chairman VICE CHAIRMAN BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES SECTION, CONFERENCE COMMITTEE, NEW YORK
- Member AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE
- Member AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF IMMUNOLOGISTS
- Member AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS
- Member AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR CLINICAL RESEARCH
- Member AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
- Member AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MICROBIOLOGY
- Member AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR LABORATORY IMMUNOLOGISTS
- Member THE ENDOCRINE SOCIETY
- Member THE HARVEY SOCIETY
- Member SIGMA
- Member ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE
- Member ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS
Internships
- New York Hospital-Cornell Internal Medicine
Fellowships
- Rockefeller Insti Hosp
What do you attribute your success to?
- Undying curiosity in science
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- Dr. Vivian P. Bykerk VIVIAN BYKERK MD535 East 70th Street New York New York 10021
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- Dr. Michael P. Lewko MD871 ALLWOOD RD CLIFTON NJ 07012
Nearest Hospitals
NEWARK BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTERl
201 LYONS AVE NEWARK NJ 7112CAREPOINT HEALTH-CHRIST HOSPITALl
176 PALISADE AVE JERSEY CITY NJ 7306CAREPOINT HEALTH-HOBOKEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTERl
308 WILLOW AVE HOBOKEN NJ 7030JERSEY CITY MEDICAL CENTERl
355 GRAND STREET JERSEY CITY NJ 7302