Dr. Timothy Edward Mcalindon MD MPH
Rheumatologist | Rheumatology
750 Washington St Tufts - New England Boston MA, 02111About
Timothy E. McAlindon, MD, MPH is a widely recognized expert in osteoarthritis. He has been supported by multiple grants including several from the National Institutes of Health. His research has been ...
Education and Training
University of Southampton / Faculty of Medicine Medicine
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Rheumatology
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Risk factors for the incidence and progression of radiographic knee osteoarthritis.
- Regional musculoskeletal pain. The knee.
- Microchimerism in a female patient with systemic lupus erythematosus.
- Indole-3-carbinol in women with SLE: effect on estrogen metabolism and disease activity.
- Smoking, alcohol consumption, and risk of systemic lupus erythematosus in the Black Women's Health Study.
- Assessment of strategies for identifying diagnosed cases of systemic lupus erythematosus through self-report.
- Glucosamine and chondroitin for osteoarthritis: to recommend or not to recommend?
- Considerations in the treatment of early osteoarthritis.
- Low levels of human serum glucosamine after ingestion of glucosamine sulphate relative to capability for peripheral effectiveness.
- Nutritional factors and osteoarthritis: recent developments.
- Radiographic patterns of osteoarthritis of the knee joint in the community: the importance of the patellofemoral joint.
- Nutraceuticals: do they work and when should we use them?
- Effects of oral glucosamine sulphate on serum glucose and insulin during an oral glucose tolerance test of subjects with osteoarthritis.
- Sulphate and osteoarthritis: decrease of serum sulphate levels by an additional 3-h fast and a 3-h glucose tolerance test after an overnight fast.
- Alcohol consumption as a trigger of recurrent gout attacks.
Awards
- 2012-2013 Top Doctor, Boston Magazine
- 2012 Top Doctor, U.S. News & World Report
- Masters in Public Health
- 2004 Internal Medicine Board Certification
- 2014 ACR RA Clinical Treatment Guidelines, Literature Review Team Leader
- 2011 OARSI Chair OA Treatment Guidelines Development Committee
- 2010 ACR Chair Musculoskeletal Appropriateness Committee
Treatments
- Osteoarthritis, Lupus
Fellowships
- Bristol Royal Infirmary, UK, Research Fellow:Rheumatology 1988
- St Thomas' hgospital, London, Fellow:Rheumatology/Int Med 1990
- Bu School Of Medicine, Research Fellow 1993
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