Address:
Faculty Office Tower, Room 858B
35294-3400
Email: lwh410@uab.edu
Education
MD, Indiana University School of Medicine, 1973
Internship, Indiana University Hospitals
Residency, Indiana University Hospitals
Postdoctoral Training, Harvard Medical School
Research Interests
Pathogenesis and treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.
Selected Publications
Chaiamnuay S, Heck LW, Bell WC, Bastian HM. 2007. Acute granulomatous lupus pneumonitis: the first case report. Lupus. 16(3):201-4. Review. PMID: 17432106
Brandt KD, Mazzuca SA, Katz BP, Lane KA, Buckwalter KA, Yocum DE, Wolfe F, Schnitzer TJ, Moreland LW, Manzi S, Bradley JD, Sharma L, Oddis CV, Hugenberg ST, Heck LW. 2005. Effects of doxycycline on progression of osteoarthritis: results of a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial. Arthritis Rheum. 52(7):2015-25. PMID: 15986343
Moreland LW, Morgan EE, Adamson TC 3rd, Fronek Z, Calabrese LH, Cash JM, Markenson JA, Matsumoto AK, Bathon J, Matteson EL, Uramoto KM, Weyand CM, Koopman WJ, Heck LW, Strand V, Diveley JP, Carlo DJ, Nardo CJ, Richieri SP, Brostoff SW. 1998. T cell receptor peptide vaccination in rheumatoid arthritis: a placebo-controlled trial using a combination of Vbeta3, Vbeta14, and Vbeta17 peptides. Arthritis Rheum. 41(11):1919-29. PMID: 9811045
Moreland LW, Heck LW Jr, Koopman WJ. 1997. Biologic agents for treating rheumatoid arthritis. Concepts and progress. Arthritis Rheum. 40(3):397-409. Review. PMID: 9082924
Jaworski TM, Bradley LA, Heck LW, Roca A, Alarcón GS. 2005. Development of an observation method for assessing pain behaviors in children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Rheum. 38(8):1142-51. PMID: 7639812