
Jeffrey Sparks MD MMSc
@jeffsparks
Rheumatologist | Associate Professor of Medicine | @BrighamWomens | @harvardmed | Investigating rheumatoid arthritis susceptibility, RA-ILD, and outcomes | ⚡️⚡️
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https://connects.catalyst.harvard.edu/Profiles/display/Person/101478 23-06-2009 17:10:24
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Great table re:side effects of even low dose steroids in RA Likely generalizes to other diseases ie PMR, SLE P in prednisone stands for poison! #ACR24 Dr. John Cush


#ACR24 I greatly enjoyed moderating this session and discussing comorbidities in #RA with my co-moderator #MaioDanila and three excellent speakers Jeffrey Sparks MD MMSc, Christina #CarlesSchoeman and Arthur #Kavanaugh Great memories from the #ACR24 American College of Rheumatology



#ACR24 Thanks to The Lancet Rheumatology for the warm reception. It was great to see everyone Dr. Fabian Proft André Ribeiro Jeffrey Sparks MD MMSc @SattuiSEMD Mike Putman #ElizabethVolkmann


🚨 #ACR24 data: Among patients with systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases, circulating IL-18 levels were lower in those with long #COVID 📉 More from investigator Jeffrey Sparks MD MMSc Brigham and Women's Hospital ⬇️ healio.com/news/rheumatol…

Hot off the press in @ARD_BMJ: new gene-respiratory disease endotypes that may drive #rheumatoidarthritis. This includes top genes to test in people with #ild for RA risk. Special thanks to mentors Jeffrey Sparks MD MMSc John M. Davis III, MD MS. Check it out here! pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39486873/


The road from post COVID autoAbs and IMIDS is not linear more clinical curation needed Jeffrey Sparks MD MMSc Kim @EBR Max Konig Michael Peluso, MD Eric Topol Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, MD Autoantibodies present in long COVID, but not a ‘smoking gun’ for new autoimmune disease healio.com/news/rheumatol…


Incredibly grateful to collaborate on this The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute #VOICE trial with #pain #pragmatic trial leaders #ErinKrebs #WillBecker #Karen Seal. I was lucky to lead a team of incredibly talented PCPs, clinical psychologists and PharmDs. VA North Texas Health Care System UTSW Internal Medicine JAMA Internal Medicine

Thrilled to see the ACR/CHEST ILD 🫁 Guidelines were in the top 10 widely viewed articles in A&R and AC&R in 2024! Thank you to everyone who worked on the paper! Ashima Makol MD Jeffrey Sparks MD MMSc Assassi Didem Saygin, MD @NamrataRheum Zsuzsanna McMahan Schroeder Arthritis Institute

Happy holidays everyone! We are late this year but here is the link to the 5th international symposium on ILDs in rheumatic diseases. Registration is open and free. January 17-19th 1400 CET. Click on internationalild2025.virtualevent.it World Scleroderma Foundation Toby Maher Vincent Cottin @PhilippeDieude


‘Chasing variants’ may not be the optimal COVID-19 vaccination strategy healio.com/news/rheumatol… Highly rational discussion on the influx of boosters by. Cassandra Calabrese and Kevin Winthrop - must read for rheumatologists. - Alfred Kim (moving to Bluesky as alhkim) Jeffrey Sparks MD MMSc Bharat Kumar Mike Putman Adam Cifu

Tumour necrosis factor inhibitor safety in rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease Linked Comment by Gregory C McDermott & Jeffrey Sparks MD MMSc thelancet.com/journals/lanrh…






Case Record of the MGH (MassGeneral News): A 41-year-old man was evaluated for swelling in the ankles and syncope. CT of the chest showed bilateral mediastinal and hilar lymphadenopathy, as well as an 8-mm nodule in the right lower lobe. A diagnosis was made. Read the full case


Our take on the strengths and weakness of the IOM criteria through the lens of autoimmunity Prof. Akiko Iwasaki Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, MD Michael Peluso, MD Mike Putman Alfred Kim (moving to Bluesky as alhkim) Jeffrey Sparks MD MMSc Zach Wallace Cassandra Calabrese Healio Rheumatology Dr. John Cush Puja Mehta 🧩 🌻 Jinoos Yazdany doi.org/10.1002/art.43…


🗣️ “A one-size-fits-all approach to increase #vaccine uptake may have had some unintended consequences,” Jeffrey Sparks MD MMSc Harvard Medical School Brigham and Women's Hospital #COVID_19 💉🥼 Feature Healio Rheumatology ⬇️ healio.com/news/rheumatol…