Name: Jacob Karsh

Division: Rheumatology

Rank and Status: Professor GFT

Phone Number: 613-737-8167

Mailing Address:

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The Ottawa Hospital, General Campus

501 Smyth Road

Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L6

E-Mail Address: jkarsh@ogh.on.ca

RESEARCH-GRANTS, PUBLICATIONS , CAREER SUPPORT AND GRADUATE STUDENTS:

Peer-Reviewed:

HETENYI Jr G, KARSH J: Cortisone therapy: A challenge to academic medicine in 1949 - 1952. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine 40: 426-439, 1997.

CRANNEY A, MARKMAN S, LACH B, KARSH J: Polymyositis in a patient with thymoma and T cell lymphocytosis, J Rheumatol 24: 1413-16, 1997.

YANG WH, DROUIN MA, HERBERT M, MAO Y, KARSH J: The MSG symptom complex: Assessment in a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized study. J Allergy Clin Immunol 99: 757-762, 1997.

HILL M, KARSH J: Invasive soft-tissue infections with Streptococcus pneumoniae in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Arthritis Rheum 40: 1716-1719, 1997.

KARSH J, HETENYI G Jr.: An historical view of rheumatoid treatment: 1948-1952. Arthritis Rheum 27: 57-65, 1997.

VISENTIN DE, YANG WH, KARSH J: C1-esterase inhibitor transfusions in patients with hereditary angioedema. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 80: 457-61, 1998.

CANNONS JL, KARSH J, BIRNBOIM HC, GOLDSTEIN R: HPRT mutent T-cells in the peripheral blood and synovial tissue of patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Rheum 41: 1772-1782, 1998.

Non Peer-Reviewed (Journals, Books, CD, Technical Reports, etc.):

KARSH J: Sensitivity to acetylsalicylic acid. Allergy 11:36-40, 1998.

Chapters and Abstracts:

KARSH J: The Immune System. A CD-ROM published and distributed by Corel Corporation, 1997.

Grants

1997 - 1999. Physician Services Incorporated. Co-PI with A Cranney, CD Smith, N Kanigsberg, G Wells, and R McKendry. The effect of low dose methotrexate on bone metabolism. $48 500.

1999 - 2002. The Arthritis Society. Co-PI with R Goldstein and H Birnbaum. Studies of lymphoid and synovial cells in RA. $237 000.

1999 - 2001. Merck-Frosst Canada Inc. PI: MK-0966 VIGRO STUDY. Co-PI CD Smith and R Goldstein. $120 000.

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