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Christopher T. Ritchlin

Christopher T. Ritchlin MD, MPH

Rheumatology, Internal Medicine
Rochester, New York, United States of America

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Christopher Ritchlin, MD, MPH, is a Professor of Medicine and Chief of Allergy, Immunology & Rheumatology at the University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester, New York. He attended medical school at Albany Medical College and completed his medical residency and chief residency at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. He trained as a fellow in rheumatology at the New York University Medical Center and remained as a postdoctoral fellow for 2 years, and then spent an additional year in the lab of Dr. Robin Poole in Montreal, Canada. Dr. Ritchlin joined the faculty of the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry in 1991 and in 2009 he earned an MPH degree at the University.

Dr. Ritchlin is engaged in translational research that is centered on mechanisms of bone resorption in psoriatic arthritis and on the role of the lymphatic system in joint flares observed in both rheumatoid and psoriatic arthritis. His laboratory has a number of ongoing projects including circulating osteoclast precursors in inflammatory joint disease and psoriasis, mechanisms of inflammatory osteolysis in psoriatic arthritis, and gene activation profiles in the blood and end organs of patients with immune-mediated inflammatory disorders. The lab is also examining the contribution of circulating dendritic cells to inflammation in rheumatoid and psoriatic arthritis. His research is funded by the NIH, National Psoriasis Foundation, Amgen, Centocor, and UCB.

Dr. Ritchlin is also a co-investigator in the IPART and CORRONA registries and leads an effort to identify arthritis biomarkers in psoriasis patients. He is a member of the ACR Division Directors Special Committee and is leading efforts to provide basic science online teaching modules to fellows in rheumatology. Dr. Ritchlin also directs the mentoring of junior investigators in the Group for Research and Assessment of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis (GRAPPA). He has published over 160 manuscripts on topics related to psoriatic arthritis, lymphatic mechanisms of joint flare, and bone remodeling.
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