Assistant Professor of Medicine

Address:  

UAB Highlands (HGLD), Room 501
1201 11th Avenue South
Birmingham, AL 35205

Telephone: (205) 930-8347
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Education
 

BSc (Microbiology), The University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa, 1991 Summa Cum Laude
MD, The University of Alabama School of Medicine – Birmingham, AL, 1995
Internship, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School - Dallas, TX, 1996
Residency (Internal Medicine), The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School - Dallas, TX, 1998
Fellowship (Rheumatology), The University of Alabama School of Medicine – Birmingham, AL, 2005
Fellowship (Dermatology-Rheumatology), Brigham and Women’s Hospital – Boston, MA, 2011

Clinical Interests

Prevention and treatment of dermatological manifestations of rheumatological diseases. 

Publications

Townsend HB, Saag, KG. 2010.Glucocorticoid use in rheumatoid arthritis: benefits, mechanisms, and risks. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 22(5 Suppl 35):S77-82. PMID: 15552519