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COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake and Reasons for Hesitancy in a Large Rheumatology Practice Network

Amy Mudano , Fenglong Xie , Patrick Stewart , Lesley Jackson , Maria Danila , Kelly Gavigan , William Benjamin NowelI5, Shilpa Venkatachalam6 and Jeffrey Curtis7, 1Illumination Health, Hoover, AL, 2Bendcare, Boca Raton, FL, 3University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 4Global Healthy Living Foundation, Upper Nyack, NY, 5Global Healthy Living Foundation, Nyack, NY, 6Global Healthy Living Foundation, New York, NY, 7Division of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

Validation of New Medication User Definitions in Single-Specialty EHR Data

Jeffrey Curtis1, Yujie Su2, Michael george , Cassie Clinton , Patrick Stewart , Tim Buekelman and Fenglong Xie2, 1Division of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 2University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 3UPENN, Philadelphia, PA, 4Bendcare, Boca Raton, FL, 5FASTER, Hoover, AL

Decreased Discontinuation and Switching of B/tsDMARD Therapy in RA Patients When Treatment Is Aligned with a Molecular Signature Response Classifier: An Analysis from the Study to Accelerate Information of Molecular
Signatures (AIMS)

Jeffrey Curtis , Emelly Rusli , Lixia Zhang , Christina Le-Short , Alix Arnaud , Johanna Withers and Sam Asgarian2, 1University of Alabama at Birmingham, Hoover, AL, 2Scipher Medicine Corporation, Waltham, MA, 3Scipher Medicine Corportaion, Waltham, MA

Primary Non-adherence to Biologics and Immunomodulatory Therapies for Rheumatoid Arthritis, Psoriatic Arthritis, and Spondyloarthritis Using Linked EHR and Pharmacy Claims Data

Jeffrey Curtis1, Yujie Su2, Cassie Clinton2, Patrick Stewart3, Bryant England4, Tim Buekelman5 and Fenglong Xie2, 1Division of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 2University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 3Bendcare, Boca Raton, FL, 4University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 5FASTER, Hoover, AL

Impact of COVID19 on Missed/Cancelled Rheumatology Office Visits and Parenteral Immunosuppressive Medications
Validation of an Algorithm to Identify Romosozumab in Health Plan Claims Data Shortly After FDA Licensure Licensure

Ye Liu1, Sandeep K Sodhi2, Tarun Arora3, Fenglong Xie3, Shawn Walker2, Nicole C Wright3 1, Jeffrey R Curtis1,3 1 University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL; 2 Illumination Health, Hoover, AL; FASTER Medicine, Hoover, AL

Waning Vaccine Response After Primary Vaccine Series: Results from the Covid19 Vaccine Response in Rheumatology Patients (COVER) Study

Amy Mudano1, Gary Cutter2, Ted Mikuls3, Geoffrey Thiele4, Mark Law4, Bart Hamilton4, Michael Zikry5 Kelly Y. Chun6 Monique Bastidas7, Michael George8 Lisa Williams9 Kevin Winthrop 10 Mark Busch11,Stanley Cohen12, Roman Czubatyj13, Rajesh Kataria14, Reshma Khan15, Saha Mousa16, Jose Pando17, Elizabeth Perkins18, Shanmugapriya Reddy19, Delfin Santos20,Joy Schechtman21, Frank Scott22, Sucharitha Shanmugam23, Atul Singha124, John Tesser25, John Tower26, Swamy Venuturupalli27, Sean Joseph Wollaston28, Conrad Ziembinski29 and Jeffrey Curtis30, 1Illumination Health, Hoover, AL, 2University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 3Division of Rheumatology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 4University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 5LabCorp, Burlington, NC, 6Labcorp, Calabasas, CA, 7LabCorp, Northridge, CA, 8University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 9IIIumination Heath, Hoover, AL, 10oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, 11Family Arthritis Center-Jupiter, Jupiter, FL, 12Metroplex Clinical Research Center, Pittsburgh, PA, 13Arthritis Physicians LLC, Rochester Hills, Ml, 14Southern Ohio, Wheelersburg, OH, 15Palm Beach Rheumatology and Wellness, Jupiter, FL, 16Arthritis and Rheumatology of Southwest Ohio, Liberty Township, OH, 17Rheumatology Consultants of DE, Lewes, DE, 18Rheumatology Care Center, Hoover, AL, 19Southwest Florida Rheumatology, Riverview, FL, 20Rochester Rheumatology, Rochester Hills, Ml, 21SunValley Arthritis Center, Peoria, AZ, 22Arthritis Medical Center, Arroyo Grande, CA, 23Rheumatology and Arthritis Care Center, Exton, PA, 24Southwest Rheumatology Research, Mesquite, TX, 25Arizona Arthritis & Rheumatology Associates, Phoenix, AZ, 26Arthritis Physicians LLC, Rochester, Ml, 27Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, 28Rheumatology Associates, North Hollywood, CA, 29CZ Rheumatology, Coral Springs, FL, 30Division of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

Publications

COVID-19 vaccine uptake and vaccine hesitancy in rheumatic disease patients receiving immunomodulatory therapies in community practice settings

Stephanie S Ledbetter 1, Fenglong Xie 1, Gary Cutter 1, Kenneth G Saag 1, Lesley Jackson 1, Maria I Danila 1, Patrick Stewart 2, Michael George 3, William Benjamin Nowell 4, Ted Mikuls 5, Kevin Winthrop 6, Jeffrey R Curtis 1

Disruptions in Rheumatology Care and the Rise of Telehealth in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in a Community Practice–Based Network

Michael D. George,1 Maria I. Danila,2 Daniel Watrous,3 Shanmugapriya Reddy,4 Jeffrey Alper,5 Fenglong Xie,2 W. Benjamin Nowell,6 Joel Kallich,7 Cassie Clinton,2 Kenneth G. Saag,2 and Jeffrey R. Curtis2

Complement activation products vs standard ANA testing: Treatment outcomes, diagnosis, and economic impact (CAPSTONE) in systemic lupus erythematosus

Tyler O'Malley 1, Fenglong Xie 2, Yujie Su 2, Cassie Clinton 2, Debra J Zack 1, Chung Haechung 3, Michael Grabner 3, Jeffrey R Curtis 4

Social Distancing, Health Care Disruptions, Telemedicine
Use, and Treatment Interruption During the COVID-19
Pandemic in Patients With or Without Autoimmune
Rheumatic Disease

Michael D. George,1 Joshua F. Baker,1 Shubhasree Banerjee,1 Howard Busch,2 David Curtis,3 Maria I. Danila,4 Kelly Gavigan,3 Daniel Kirby,2 Peter A. Merkel,1 George Munoz,2 William Benjamin Nowell,3 Patrick Stewart,2 William Sunshine,2 Shilpa Venkatachalam,3 Fenglong Xie,4 and Jeffrey R. Curtis4

Using Electronic Health Records and Linked Claims Data to Assess New Medication Use and Primary Nonadherence in Rheumatology Patients

Timothy Beukelman 1, Yujie Su 2, Fenglong Xie 2, Michael D George 3, Bryant R England 4, Christian Curtis 2, Cassie Clinton 5, Patrick Stewart 2, Jeffrey R Curtis 6

Adherence to EULAR Recommendations and Sub-optimal Management of Systemic Lupus
Erythematosus in a Network of Community-Based Rheumatology Practices in the United States

Jeffrey R. Curtis MD MS MPH1-3, Emily E. Holladay MPH1, Amy S. Mudano MPH3, Emily Smitherman MD MS1, Fenglong Xie PhD1,3, Shanette G. Daigle MPH2, Yujie Su MS3, Mawuena Binka PhD MPH4, Gelareh Atefi MD4, Rana Muhammad Qasim
Khan MBBS4, Tope Olufade PhD MPH4
1. University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA; 2. Foundation for Advancing Science, Technology, Education, and Research, Birmingham AL, USA; 3. Illumination Health, Hoover, AL, USA; 4. AstraZeneca, Wilmington, DE, USA

The Economic Benefit of Remission for Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Jeffrey R Curtis 1, Kathleen M Fox 2, Fenglong Xie 1, Yujie Su 1, David Collier 3, Cassie Clinton 1, Hafiz Oko-Osi 4

COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake, Hesitancy, and Flare in a Large Rheumatology Practice Network

Emily E Holladay 1, Amy S Mudano 2, Fenglong Xie 2, Patrick Stewart 2, Lesley E Jackson 1, Maria I Danila 1 3, Kelly Gavigan 4, W Benjamin Nowell 4, Shilpa Venkatachalam 4, Jeffrey R Curtis 1 2

Characteristics, treatments, and outcomes of patients with dermatomyositis
from two large, nationwide US cohorts

Michael George1, Thomas Riley, IV1, Ellen Romich1, Bryant England2, Jessica Chung3, Karim Masri3, Shanette Daigle4, Emily Holladay5, Yujie Su6, Fenglong Xie6, Jeffrey R. Curtis4-6
1University of Pennsylvania | 2University of Nebraska Medical Center | 3Pfizer | 4FASTER | 5 University of Alabama at Birmingham | 6 Illumination Health