I am a rheumatologist working at UTHealth in Houston, Texas.

Joined April 2019
Ryan’s first ever 10k run! UTHealth Houston 10k today. Wonderful weather and so much positive energy.
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Dr. Assassi attended the CONQUER Investigators Capillaroscopy Workshop in Nashville. Many thanks to Dr. Tracy Frech for organizing this event. #scleroderma
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Dr. Yvette Farran (2nd year fellow) challenging the rheumatology crowd with an unusual case of Takayasu's disease at the Thieves Market session during the ACR Convergence Meeting 2022.
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Proud of Nancy Wareing (MD/PhD candidate) who gave a wonderful presentation on long-term blood gene expression changes in scleroderma patients undergoing myeloablation followed by autologous stem cell transplantation at the ACR Convergence Meeting 2022
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Congratulations to the 2022 Rheumatology Fellowship Class!
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Congrats to Nancy Wareing for defending her PhD thesis on the role of SIX-1 in systemic sclerosis on World Scleroderma Day #scleroderma
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Peripheral blood gene expression profiling can help identify systemic sclerosis-ILD patients who are likely responders to mycophenolate - Dr. Assassi and colleagues' recently published manuscript in ARD: ard.bmj.com/content/early/20…
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Drs. Wu and Assassi's review article on type I interferon pathway as a potential therapeutic target in systemic sclerosis: #scleroderma #systemic sclerosis #interferon rdcu.be/czPvb
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Congratulations to Dr. Mark Hwang for receiving Spondylitis Association of America/Bruckel Early Career Investigator Award. med.uth.edu/blog/2021/10/25/…
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Congrats to Dr. John Reveille for receiving the Anibal Ruiz Moreno Award from Pan American League of Associations for Rheumatology.
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Our immense gratitude to Dr. Jammie Barnes for her service as UTHealth Rheumatology Program Director (2016-21). Excited to welcome Dr. Courtney McCray as our next Program Director. She will take our fellowship program to new heights.
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@UTHealthRheum would like to welcome Yvette Farran, Amy Le, and Karim Doughem to our fellowship program. We are excited to have matched such a talented group of fellows! @McGovernMed @UTHealthHouston
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Congratulations to our graduating @UTHealthRheum fellows! We are so proud of you! Best wishes for your next adventure. @McGovernMed @UTHealth
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Despite these unusual times, our Division knows how to have fun together. #Holiday Party
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Congratulations to @patti_katz!
Congratulations to Patricia Katz, PhD, recipient of the 2020 Master Designation! @UCSFRheum #ACR20
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Congrats to Dr. Maureen Mayes for receiving the UTHealth President's Research Scholar Award for her important contribution to understanding the molecular and clinical aspects of systemic sclerosis (scleroderma). bit.ly/35rUWw8 #scleroderma
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