Rheumatology – Full-Time Faculty
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Rick Adachi
MD, FRCPC
Professor
Dr. Rick Adachi is a professor of medicine at McMaster University and a staff rheumatologist at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton. He is also the inaugural holder of the Alliance for Better Bone Health Chair in Rheumatology. He is a graduate of McMaster University and has received his fellowship in Internal Medicine and in Rheumatology. Dr. Adachi is a member of the Scientific Advisory Council of Osteoporosis Canada and is a member of the Council of Scientific Advisors of the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF). Recently he was re-elected to the IOF Board of Directors. Dr. Adachi has conducted many clinical trials and has published extensively on a wide variety of therapies for the prevention and treatment of postmenopausal and corticosteroid-induced osteoporosis. He has participated in epidemiologic research assisting in the development of large databases looking at a wide variety of risk factors and therapies in osteoporosis. Dr. Adachi has participated in the development of guidelines for the treatment of primary and corticosteroid-induced osteoporosis in Canada. Dr. Adachi was awarded the First Annual Phillip Rosen Award in Rheumatology when he completed his training in Rheumatology. More recently Dr. Adachi was awarded the Lindy Fraser Award by Osteoporosis Canada. In 2006, he was awarded the Alliance for Better Bone Health Chair in Rheumatology at McMaster University and received the North American Menopause Society award for Innovation in Osteoporosis Research.
Research Interests: The Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study (random sample of 10,000 subjects followed for 10 years to assess risk for osteoporosis and fractures); the structural analysis of bone and cartilage in bone and cartilage as measured by pQCT and pMRI; clinical trials in osteoporosis.
Noura Al Osaimi
Assistant Professor
Noura Al Osaimi
Assistant Professor
Michelle Batthish
Division Head, Pediatric Rheumatology
Associate Professor
Faculty
Michelle Batthish
Division Head, Pediatric Rheumatology
Associate Professor
Faculty
Michelle Batthish
Assistant Professor
Michelle Batthish
Assistant Professor
Nader Khalidi
MD, FRCPC
Professor; Director, Division of Rheumatology
AbbVie Chair in Education in Rheumatology, Vasculitis Fellowship Program Director
Nader Khalidi
MD, FRCPC
Professor; Director, Division of Rheumatology
AbbVie Chair in Education in Rheumatology, Vasculitis Fellowship Program Director
Maggie Larché
MD, FRCPC, MBChB, MRCP(UK), PhD
Professor
Scleroderma Fellowship Program Director
Musculoskeletal Ultrasonography Fellowship Program Director
Maggie Larché
MD, FRCPC, MBChB, MRCP(UK), PhD
Professor
Scleroderma Fellowship Program Director
Musculoskeletal Ultrasonography Fellowship Program Director
Arthur Lau
MD, FRCPC
Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology
Actavis Chair in Rheumatology for Better Bone Health
Arthur Lau
MD, FRCPC
Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology
Actavis Chair in Rheumatology for Better Bone Health
Kim Legault
MD, MSc, FRCPC
Associate Professor
Rheumatology Residency Program Director; Internal Medicine Residency Program Deputy Research Director
Co-Chair of the Medicine Subspecialty Residency Program Director
Kim Legault
MD, MSc, FRCPC
Associate Professor
Rheumatology Residency Program Director; Internal Medicine Residency Program Deputy Research Director
Co-Chair of the Medicine Subspecialty Residency Program Director
Konstantinos Tselios
Assistant Professor
Systemic Lupus Fellowship Program Director
Konstantinos Tselios
Assistant Professor
Systemic Lupus Fellowship Program Director
Rick Adachi
MD, FRCPC
Professor
Dr. Rick Adachi is a professor of medicine at McMaster University and a staff rheumatologist at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton. He is also the inaugural holder of the Alliance for Better Bone Health Chair in Rheumatology. He is a graduate of McMaster University and has received his fellowship in Internal Medicine and in Rheumatology. Dr. Adachi is a member of the Scientific Advisory Council of Osteoporosis Canada and is a member of the Council of Scientific Advisors of the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF). Recently he was re-elected to the IOF Board of Directors. Dr. Adachi has conducted many clinical trials and has published extensively on a wide variety of therapies for the prevention and treatment of postmenopausal and corticosteroid-induced osteoporosis. He has participated in epidemiologic research assisting in the development of large databases looking at a wide variety of risk factors and therapies in osteoporosis. Dr. Adachi has participated in the development of guidelines for the treatment of primary and corticosteroid-induced osteoporosis in Canada. Dr. Adachi was awarded the First Annual Phillip Rosen Award in Rheumatology when he completed his training in Rheumatology. More recently Dr. Adachi was awarded the Lindy Fraser Award by Osteoporosis Canada. In 2006, he was awarded the Alliance for Better Bone Health Chair in Rheumatology at McMaster University and received the North American Menopause Society award for Innovation in Osteoporosis Research.
Research Interests: The Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study (random sample of 10,000 subjects followed for 10 years to assess risk for osteoporosis and fractures); the structural analysis of bone and cartilage in bone and cartilage as measured by pQCT and pMRI; clinical trials in osteoporosis.
Rick Adachi
MD, FRCPC
Professor
Dr. Rick Adachi is a professor of medicine at McMaster University and a staff rheumatologist at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton. He is also the inaugural holder of the Alliance for Better Bone Health Chair in Rheumatology. He is a graduate of McMaster University and has received his fellowship in Internal Medicine and in Rheumatology. Dr. Adachi is a member of the Scientific Advisory Council of Osteoporosis Canada and is a member of the Council of Scientific Advisors of the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF). Recently he was re-elected to the IOF Board of Directors. Dr. Adachi has conducted many clinical trials and has published extensively on a wide variety of therapies for the prevention and treatment of postmenopausal and corticosteroid-induced osteoporosis. He has participated in epidemiologic research assisting in the development of large databases looking at a wide variety of risk factors and therapies in osteoporosis. Dr. Adachi has participated in the development of guidelines for the treatment of primary and corticosteroid-induced osteoporosis in Canada. Dr. Adachi was awarded the First Annual Phillip Rosen Award in Rheumatology when he completed his training in Rheumatology. More recently Dr. Adachi was awarded the Lindy Fraser Award by Osteoporosis Canada. In 2006, he was awarded the Alliance for Better Bone Health Chair in Rheumatology at McMaster University and received the North American Menopause Society award for Innovation in Osteoporosis Research.
Research Interests: The Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study (random sample of 10,000 subjects followed for 10 years to assess risk for osteoporosis and fractures); the structural analysis of bone and cartilage in bone and cartilage as measured by pQCT and pMRI; clinical trials in osteoporosis.
Noura Al Osaimi
Assistant Professor
Noura Al Osaimi
Assistant Professor
Michelle Batthish
Division Head, Pediatric Rheumatology
Associate Professor
Faculty
Michelle Batthish
Division Head, Pediatric Rheumatology
Associate Professor
Faculty
Michelle Batthish
Assistant Professor
Michelle Batthish
Assistant Professor
Nader Khalidi
MD, FRCPC
Professor; Director, Division of Rheumatology
AbbVie Chair in Education in Rheumatology, Vasculitis Fellowship Program Director
Nader Khalidi
MD, FRCPC
Professor; Director, Division of Rheumatology
AbbVie Chair in Education in Rheumatology, Vasculitis Fellowship Program Director
Maggie Larché
MD, FRCPC, MBChB, MRCP(UK), PhD
Professor
Scleroderma Fellowship Program Director
Musculoskeletal Ultrasonography Fellowship Program Director
Maggie Larché
MD, FRCPC, MBChB, MRCP(UK), PhD
Professor
Scleroderma Fellowship Program Director
Musculoskeletal Ultrasonography Fellowship Program Director
Arthur Lau
MD, FRCPC
Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology
Actavis Chair in Rheumatology for Better Bone Health
Arthur Lau
MD, FRCPC
Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology
Actavis Chair in Rheumatology for Better Bone Health
Kim Legault
MD, MSc, FRCPC
Associate Professor
Rheumatology Residency Program Director; Internal Medicine Residency Program Deputy Research Director
Co-Chair of the Medicine Subspecialty Residency Program Director
Kim Legault
MD, MSc, FRCPC
Associate Professor
Rheumatology Residency Program Director; Internal Medicine Residency Program Deputy Research Director
Co-Chair of the Medicine Subspecialty Residency Program Director
Konstantinos Tselios
Assistant Professor
Systemic Lupus Fellowship Program Director
Konstantinos Tselios
Assistant Professor
Systemic Lupus Fellowship Program Director
Rheumatology – Part-Time & Affiliated Faculty
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Rajendra Carmona
MD, FRCPC
Associate Clinical Professor
Rajendra Carmona
MD, FRCPC
Associate Clinical Professor
Andrew Chow
MD
Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct)
Andrew Chow
MD
Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct)
Rajwinder Dhillon
MD
Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct)
Rajwinder Dhillon
MD
Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct)
Sandeep Dhillon
MD
Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct)
Sandeep Dhillon
MD
Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct)
Derek Haaland
MD, FRCPC
Associate Clinical Professor
Derek Haaland
MD, FRCPC
Associate Clinical Professor
Matthew Jessome
MD
Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct)
Matthew Jessome
MD
Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct)
Gabriel Jeyasingham
MD
Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct)
Gabriel Jeyasingham
MD
Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct)
Sabrina Lue
MD
Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct)
Sabrina Lue
MD
Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct)
Julian Mathoo
MD, FRCPC
Associate Clinical Professor
Julian Mathoo
MD, FRCPC
Associate Clinical Professor
Alexandra Papaioannou
BScN, MD, MSc, FRCPC, FACP
Professor, Divisions of Geriatric Medicine and Rheumatology
Executive Director of the GERAS Centre, Eli Lilly Canada Chair in Osteoporosis, Chair, Regional Geriatric Program (central); Canada Research Chair in Geriatric Medicine and Healthy Aging (Tier 1)
Dr. Alexandra Papaioannou is a professor in the Department of Medicine and a geriatrician at Hamilton Health Sciences. She is Executive Director of the Geriatric Education and Research in Aging Sciences (GERAS) Centre at Hamilton Health Sciences. She holds an Eli Lilly Research Chair at McMaster University. She has a joint appointment in the Division of Rheumatology, and is past Director, Division of Geriatric Medicine, McMaster. Dr Papaioannou is an Associate Member in the Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, and a faculty member in the Medical Sciences, Physiology & Pharmacology Graduate Studies Program. She is a member of the Gilbrea Centre Advisory Board, and McMaster Institute for Research on Aging (MIRA). She is past chair of the Scientific Advisory Council of Osteoporosis Canada (OC) and past Chair of the Board. She is a member of the Scientific Advisors of Osteoporosis Canada, and the International Osteoporosis Foundation. Dr. Papaioannou was lead author on the Osteoporosis Canada Guidelines published in Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) October 2010 and 2015. Dr. Papaioannou was awarded an Ontario Career Scientist Award. She is author of more than 300 peer reviewed publications with a focus on frailty, falls and fractures. She is the project lead for the Ontario Osteoporosis Strategy for Fracture Prevention in Long-term Care, and Co-Director of the Hamilton Canadian Multi-Centre Osteoporosis Study (CaMos).
Dr. Papaioannou has received a number of awards including the Ronald Cape Distinguished Service Award, to recognize an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the health care of older adults in Canada, the Service Award for Geriatric Excellence (SAGE), Category: Executive/Senior Leadership, awarded by the Regional Geriatric Program central (RGPc), the McMaster Department of Medicine Teaching Award for Postgraduate Teaching, the Ontario College of Family Physicians Certificate of Recognition for her contributions to primary care, the YWCA Hamilton Women of Distinction Award – Health & Wellness, and the Lindy Fraser Award from Osteoporosis Canada.
Alexandra Papaioannou
BScN, MD, MSc, FRCPC, FACP
Professor, Divisions of Geriatric Medicine and Rheumatology
Executive Director of the GERAS Centre, Eli Lilly Canada Chair in Osteoporosis, Chair, Regional Geriatric Program (central); Canada Research Chair in Geriatric Medicine and Healthy Aging (Tier 1)
Rolf Sebaldt
MD, CM, FRCPC, FACP
Associate Clinical Professor
Rolf Sebaldt
MD, CM, FRCPC, FACP
Associate Clinical Professor
Saeed Shaikh
MD
Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct)
Saeed Shaikh
MD
Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct)
Shahna Tariq
MD
Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct)
Shahna Tariq
MD
Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct)
Mary-Clair Yelovich
Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct)
Mary-Clair Yelovich
Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct)
Rajendra Carmona
MD, FRCPC
Associate Clinical Professor
Rajendra Carmona
MD, FRCPC
Associate Clinical Professor
Andrew Chow
MD
Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct)
Andrew Chow
MD
Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct)
Rajwinder Dhillon
MD
Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct)
Rajwinder Dhillon
MD
Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct)
Sandeep Dhillon
MD
Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct)
Sandeep Dhillon
MD
Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct)
Derek Haaland
MD, FRCPC
Associate Clinical Professor
Derek Haaland
MD, FRCPC
Associate Clinical Professor
Matthew Jessome
MD
Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct)
Matthew Jessome
MD
Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct)
Gabriel Jeyasingham
MD
Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct)
Gabriel Jeyasingham
MD
Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct)
Sabrina Lue
MD
Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct)
Sabrina Lue
MD
Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct)
Julian Mathoo
MD, FRCPC
Associate Clinical Professor
Julian Mathoo
MD, FRCPC
Associate Clinical Professor
Alexandra Papaioannou
BScN, MD, MSc, FRCPC, FACP
Professor, Divisions of Geriatric Medicine and Rheumatology
Executive Director of the GERAS Centre, Eli Lilly Canada Chair in Osteoporosis, Chair, Regional Geriatric Program (central); Canada Research Chair in Geriatric Medicine and Healthy Aging (Tier 1)
Dr. Alexandra Papaioannou is a professor in the Department of Medicine and a geriatrician at Hamilton Health Sciences. She is Executive Director of the Geriatric Education and Research in Aging Sciences (GERAS) Centre at Hamilton Health Sciences. She holds an Eli Lilly Research Chair at McMaster University. She has a joint appointment in the Division of Rheumatology, and is past Director, Division of Geriatric Medicine, McMaster. Dr Papaioannou is an Associate Member in the Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, and a faculty member in the Medical Sciences, Physiology & Pharmacology Graduate Studies Program. She is a member of the Gilbrea Centre Advisory Board, and McMaster Institute for Research on Aging (MIRA). She is past chair of the Scientific Advisory Council of Osteoporosis Canada (OC) and past Chair of the Board. She is a member of the Scientific Advisors of Osteoporosis Canada, and the International Osteoporosis Foundation. Dr. Papaioannou was lead author on the Osteoporosis Canada Guidelines published in Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) October 2010 and 2015. Dr. Papaioannou was awarded an Ontario Career Scientist Award. She is author of more than 300 peer reviewed publications with a focus on frailty, falls and fractures. She is the project lead for the Ontario Osteoporosis Strategy for Fracture Prevention in Long-term Care, and Co-Director of the Hamilton Canadian Multi-Centre Osteoporosis Study (CaMos).
Dr. Papaioannou has received a number of awards including the Ronald Cape Distinguished Service Award, to recognize an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the health care of older adults in Canada, the Service Award for Geriatric Excellence (SAGE), Category: Executive/Senior Leadership, awarded by the Regional Geriatric Program central (RGPc), the McMaster Department of Medicine Teaching Award for Postgraduate Teaching, the Ontario College of Family Physicians Certificate of Recognition for her contributions to primary care, the YWCA Hamilton Women of Distinction Award – Health & Wellness, and the Lindy Fraser Award from Osteoporosis Canada.
Alexandra Papaioannou
BScN, MD, MSc, FRCPC, FACP
Professor, Divisions of Geriatric Medicine and Rheumatology
Executive Director of the GERAS Centre, Eli Lilly Canada Chair in Osteoporosis, Chair, Regional Geriatric Program (central); Canada Research Chair in Geriatric Medicine and Healthy Aging (Tier 1)
Dr. Alexandra Papaioannou is a professor in the Department of Medicine and a geriatrician at Hamilton Health Sciences. She is Executive Director of the Geriatric Education and Research in Aging Sciences (GERAS) Centre at Hamilton Health Sciences. She holds an Eli Lilly Research Chair at McMaster University. She has a joint appointment in the Division of Rheumatology, and is past Director, Division of Geriatric Medicine, McMaster. Dr Papaioannou is an Associate Member in the Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, and a faculty member in the Medical Sciences, Physiology & Pharmacology Graduate Studies Program. She is a member of the Gilbrea Centre Advisory Board, and McMaster Institute for Research on Aging (MIRA). She is past chair of the Scientific Advisory Council of Osteoporosis Canada (OC) and past Chair of the Board. She is a member of the Scientific Advisors of Osteoporosis Canada, and the International Osteoporosis Foundation. Dr. Papaioannou was lead author on the Osteoporosis Canada Guidelines published in Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) October 2010 and 2015. Dr. Papaioannou was awarded an Ontario Career Scientist Award. She is author of more than 300 peer reviewed publications with a focus on frailty, falls and fractures. She is the project lead for the Ontario Osteoporosis Strategy for Fracture Prevention in Long-term Care, and Co-Director of the Hamilton Canadian Multi-Centre Osteoporosis Study (CaMos).
Dr. Papaioannou has received a number of awards including the Ronald Cape Distinguished Service Award, to recognize an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the health care of older adults in Canada, the Service Award for Geriatric Excellence (SAGE), Category: Executive/Senior Leadership, awarded by the Regional Geriatric Program central (RGPc), the McMaster Department of Medicine Teaching Award for Postgraduate Teaching, the Ontario College of Family Physicians Certificate of Recognition for her contributions to primary care, the YWCA Hamilton Women of Distinction Award – Health & Wellness, and the Lindy Fraser Award from Osteoporosis Canada.
Rolf Sebaldt
MD, CM, FRCPC, FACP
Associate Clinical Professor
Rolf Sebaldt
MD, CM, FRCPC, FACP
Associate Clinical Professor
Saeed Shaikh
MD
Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct)
Saeed Shaikh
MD
Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct)
Shahna Tariq
MD
Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct)
Shahna Tariq
MD
Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct)
Mary-Clair Yelovich
Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct)
Mary-Clair Yelovich
Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct)
Rheumatology – Leadership
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Nader Khalidi
MD, FRCPC
Professor; Director, Division of Rheumatology
AbbVie Chair in Education in Rheumatology, Vasculitis Fellowship Program Director
Nader Khalidi
MD, FRCPC
Professor; Director, Division of Rheumatology
AbbVie Chair in Education in Rheumatology, Vasculitis Fellowship Program Director
Maggie Larché
MD, FRCPC, MBChB, MRCP(UK), PhD
Professor
Scleroderma Fellowship Program Director
Musculoskeletal Ultrasonography Fellowship Program Director
Maggie Larché
MD, FRCPC, MBChB, MRCP(UK), PhD
Professor
Scleroderma Fellowship Program Director
Musculoskeletal Ultrasonography Fellowship Program Director
Kim Legault
MD, MSc, FRCPC
Associate Professor
Rheumatology Residency Program Director; Internal Medicine Residency Program Deputy Research Director
Co-Chair of the Medicine Subspecialty Residency Program Director
Kim Legault
MD, MSc, FRCPC
Associate Professor
Rheumatology Residency Program Director; Internal Medicine Residency Program Deputy Research Director
Co-Chair of the Medicine Subspecialty Residency Program Director
Nader Khalidi
MD, FRCPC
Professor; Director, Division of Rheumatology
AbbVie Chair in Education in Rheumatology, Vasculitis Fellowship Program Director
Nader Khalidi
MD, FRCPC
Professor; Director, Division of Rheumatology
AbbVie Chair in Education in Rheumatology, Vasculitis Fellowship Program Director
Maggie Larché
MD, FRCPC, MBChB, MRCP(UK), PhD
Professor
Scleroderma Fellowship Program Director
Musculoskeletal Ultrasonography Fellowship Program Director
Maggie Larché
MD, FRCPC, MBChB, MRCP(UK), PhD
Professor
Scleroderma Fellowship Program Director
Musculoskeletal Ultrasonography Fellowship Program Director
Kim Legault
MD, MSc, FRCPC
Associate Professor
Rheumatology Residency Program Director; Internal Medicine Residency Program Deputy Research Director
Co-Chair of the Medicine Subspecialty Residency Program Director
Kim Legault
MD, MSc, FRCPC
Associate Professor
Rheumatology Residency Program Director; Internal Medicine Residency Program Deputy Research Director
Co-Chair of the Medicine Subspecialty Residency Program Director