Email

onome.whiteru@bcm.edu

Positions

Assistant Professor

Medicine-Immun, Allergy & Rheum
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

Education

MD from SUNY Downstate

06/2006 - Brooklyn, New York United States

Residency at SUNY Downstate

07/2006 - Brooklyn, New York United States

Fellowship at Albert Einstein Collegeof Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center

07/2011 - Bronx, New York United States

Certifications

American Board of Internal Medicine-Internal Medicine

American Board of Internal Medicine- Rheumatology

Professional Interests

• Diagnosis and treatment of autoimmune diseases

Professional Statement

I am a board certified rheumatologist. My interest is in the diagnosis and treatment of a wide variety of rheumatologic diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, systemic lupus, polymyositis, dermatomyositis, scleroderma, mixed connective tissue disease, gout, pseudogout, osteoarthritis and sjogren's syndrome.

Websites

Selected Publications

• Ursani MA, Appleyard J, Whiteru O. "Pyogenic Arthritis, Pyoderma Gangrenosum, Acne, Suppurative Hidradenitis (PA-PASH) Syndrome: An Atypical Presentation of a Rare Syndrome.." Am J Case Rep. 2016 Aug;17:587-591. Pubmed PMID: 27530224
• Shagroni T, Park C, Rouah E, Whiteru O. "Statin-associated autoimmune myopathy.." Rheumatology (Oxford). 2017 Jan; Pubmed PMID: 28115598

Memberships

American Collge of Rheumatology

American College of Physicians