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Office
1400 Jackson St
National Jewish Health
Denver, CO 80206Phone+1 303-388-4461- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- Dr. Richard Meehan is a rheumatologist in Denver, CO and is affiliated with National Jewish Health. He received his medical degree from McGovern Medical School at UTHealth and Internal Medicine Residency and Rheumatology fellowship from the University of Iowa. He worked in the Biomedical Research Branch at NASA JSC with multiple shuttle medical experiments. He is a retired USN CAPT Reserve Medical Office with combat deployments to the Gulf War and Iraq in 2008 as a Seebee Battalion Surgeon. He has been in practice 43 years. He is experienced in systemic autoimmune illnesses, arthritis, and interstitial and deployment related lung disease. He has more than 100 publications and over 500 citings.
Clinical Expertise
- Lupus erythematosus, Arthritis, Interstitial Lung Diseases
Education & Training
- University of Iowa Hospitals and ClinicsFellowship, Rheumatology, 1980 - 1984
- University of Iowa Hospitals and ClinicsResidency, Internal Medicine, 1974 - 1977
- McGovern Medical School at UTHealthClass of 1974
- University of TexasB.A., With Honors, 1967 - 1971
Certifications & Licensure
- OR State Medical License 1978 - Present
- CO State Medical License 1989 - 2025
- TX State Medical License 1974 - 1995
- IA State Medical License 1975 - 1985
- WA State Medical License 1977 - 1981
- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Rheumatology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014
- America's Top Doctors US News and World Report, 2011
- Top Doc 5280 Denver Magazine, 2006
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Clinical Trials
- Synovial Fluid Biomarkers Pre and Post Hymovis Knee Injection Start of enrollment: 2019 Jan 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 506 citationsToll-like receptor 7 (TLR7)–driven accumulation of a novel CD11c+ B-cell population is important for the development of autoimmunityAnatoly V. Rubtsov, Kira Rubtsova, Aryeh Fischer, Richard T. Meehan, Joann Zell Gillis
Blood. 2011-08-04 - 98 citationsClinically Significant Interstitial Lung Disease in Limited Scleroderma: Histopathology, Clinical Features, and SurvivalAryeh Fischer, Jeffrey J. Swigris, Steve D. Groshong, Carlyne D. Cool, Hakan Sahin
Chest. 2008-09-01 - 251 citationsMycophenolate Mofetil Improves Lung Function in Connective Tissue Disease-associated Interstitial Lung DiseaseEvans R. Fernandez-Perez, Aryeh Fischer, Kevin K. Brown, Roland M. du Bois, Stephen K. Frankel
The Journal of Rheumatology. 2013-05-01
Journal Articles
- Mycophenolate Mofetil Improves Lung Functions in Connective Tissue Disease-associated Interstitial Lung DiseaseFischer A, Brown K,Du Bois R, Frankel S, Cosgrove GG, Fernandez-Perez E, Huie T, Krishnamoorthy M, Meehan RT, Olson A, Solomon J and Swigris J, J Rheumatology, 1/1/2013
- FEV1 over time in patients with connective tissue disease-related bronchiolitisFernandez- Perez ER, Krishnamoorthy M, Brown KK, Huie TJ, Fischer A, Solomon JJ, Meehan RT, Olson AL, Achcar RD, Swigris J, Respiratory Medicine, 1/1/2013
- Dyspnea in a Patient With Raynaud's Phenomenon: The Uncovering of Interstitial Lung DiseaseAnne Coates MD, Richard Meehan MD and Carlos Milla MD, Pediatr Pulmonol, 1/29/2012
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Books/Book Chapters
Lectures
- Lunch and LearnUCD, Aurora, CO - 1/23/2012
- Respiratory Health Effects of Deployment to SWA1/20/2012
- Medical Surveillance Prior to, During and Following Potential Environment ExposuresUniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD - 1/19/2012
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Other
- Infectious disease risks associated with exposure to stressful environments.Meehan RT, Smith M, Sams C, SAE technical paper 932140; 23rd Int. Conf. Environ. Systems
Colorado Springs, CO - 1/12/1993 - Flow cytometric analysis of peptide hormone receptor regulation on circulating human monocytes and lymphocytes.Meehan RT, Cintron N, Stuart C, Neale L, Kraus E, Smith M, Sams C, NASA Technical Memorandum 100463, Research and Technology Annual Report
Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX - 1/1/1988 - Quantitation of cerebral edema by digital image analysis of tomographic imaging scans.Hamilton A, Meehan RT, Sams CF, NASA Technical Memorandum 100463, Research and Technology Annual Report
Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX - 1/1/1987 - Join now to see all
Hospital Affiliations
- National Jewish HealthDenver, Colorado
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