AntonioAugustoLazzariMDMD FACR

Rheumatology

Associate Professor of Medicine Boston University School of Medicine Lecturer on Medicine, HarvardUniversity Medical School , Attending Physician VA Boston Jamaica Plain Campus VFW Parkway WestRox

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Office
150 S Huntington Ave
Suite F 2-29
Boston, MA 02130
Phone+1 857-364-4418

Fax+1 857-364-6547
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Education & Training

Boston VA Healthcare System (Brockton-West Roxbury)Residency, Internal Medicine, 1988 - 1989
Boston University Medical CenterFellowship, Rheumatology, 1986 - 1987
Paulista School of MedicineClass of 1973

Certifications & Licensure

MA State Medical License 1990 - 2025

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Fellow (FACR) American College of Rheumatology

Clinical Trials

FES-Rowing Versus Zoledronic Acid to Improve Bone Health in Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Start of enrollment: 2011 Feb 01
Terminated
Phase 2, Phase 3

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

1 citations
Pilot Study of Low-dose Naltrexone for the Treatment of Chronic Pain Due to Arthritis: A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Crossover Clinical Trial.
Britte Beaudette-Zlatanova, Robert A Lew, John D Otis, Westyn Branch-Elliman, Eugene Bacorro, Maureen Dubreuil, Caroline Eyvazzadeh, Maneet Kaur, Antonio A Lazzari, Ca...> ;Clinical Therapeutics. 2023 May 1
3 citations
Physical Activity, Exercise Capacity, and Body Composition in U.S. Veterans with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
Emily S Wan, Madeline Polak, Rebekah L Goldstein, Antonio A Lazzari, Ana Kantorowski, Eric Garshick, Marilyn L Moy> ;Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 2022 Oct 1
8 citations
Performance of bioelectrical impedance analysis compared to dual X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) in Veterans with COPD.
Paola N Cruz Rivera, Rebekah L Goldstein, Madeline Polak, Antonio A Lazzari, Marilyn L Moy, Emily S Wan> ;Scientific Reports. 2022 Feb 4
3 citations
High prevalence of vertebral fractures in seizure patients with normal bone density receiving chronic anti-epileptic drugs
Philip Dussault, D. McCarthy, S.A. Davis, M. Thakore-James, Antonio A. Lazzari> ;Osteoporosis International. 2021 Apr 6
4 citations
Plasma vitamin D, past chest illness, and risk of future chest illness in chronic spinal cord injury (SCI): a longitudinal observational study.
Kristopher Clark, Rebekah L Goldstein, Jaime E Hart, Merilee Teylan, Antonio A Lazzari, David R Gagnon, Carlos G Tun, Eric Garshick> ;Spinal Cord. 2020 Apr 1
Authors' response to letter to the editor by Zhiqiang Wu, Jiazhang Wu, and Zhibin Lan.
Kristopher Clark, Rebekah L. Goldstein, Jaime E. Hart, Merilee Teylan, Antonio A. Lazzari, David R. Gagnon, Carlos G. Tun, Eric Garshick> ;Spinal Cord. 2020 Mar 24
1 citations
Correction: Plasma vitamin D, past chest illness, and risk of future chest illness in chronic spinal cord injury (SCI): a longitudinal observational study.
Kristopher Clark, Rebekah L Goldstein, Jaime E Hart, Merilee Teylan, Antonio A Lazzari, David R Gagnon, Carlos G Tun, Eric Garshick> ;Spinal Cord. 2020 Apr 1
3 citations
Associations between vitamin D and pulmonary function in chronic spinal cord injury.
Eric Garshick, Palak Walia, Rebekah L. Goldstein, Merilee Teylan, Antonio A. Lazzari, Carlos G. Tun, Jaime E. Hart> ;The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine. 2019 Mar 1
7 citations
Vitamin D, diet, and lifestyle in a chronic SCI population
Nicholas E. Koutrakis, Rebekah L. Goldstein, Palak Walia, Madeline Polak, Antonio A. Lazzari, Carlos G. Tun, Jaime E. Hart, Eric Garshick> ;Spinal Cord. 2019 Feb 1
14 citations
Epilepsy and osteoporosis risk.
Philip Dussault, Antonio A. Lazzari> ;Current Opinion in Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Obesity. 2017 Dec 1
5 citations
Associations between vitamin D, adiposity, and respiratory symptoms in chronic spinal cord injury.
Palak Walia, Rebekah L. Goldstein, Merilee Teylan, Antonio A. Lazzari, Jaime E. Hart, Carlos G. Tun, Eric Garshick> ;The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine. 2018 Nov 1
5 citations
Plasma Leptin and Reduced FEV1 and FVC in Chronic Spinal Cord Injury.
Eric Garshick, Palak Walia, Rebekah L. Goldstein, Merilee Teylan, Antonio A. Lazzari, Carlos G. Tun, Jaime E. Hart> ;PM & R. 2018 Mar 1
10 citations
FEV1 and FVC and systemic inflammation in a spinal cord injury cohort.
Jaime E. Hart, Rebekah L. Goldstein, Palak Walia, Merilee Teylan, Antonio A. Lazzari, Carlos G. Tun, Eric Garshick> ;BMC Pulmonary Medicine. 2017 Aug 15
5 citations
Ultrasound-guided intravenous catheter insertion in a prone patient using a T probe in emergency setting.
Antonio A. Lazzari, Roberto Bini, Roberto Bertucci, Antonio Coletti, Paolo Voghera> ;The Journal of Vascular Access. 2017 Nov 17
11 citations
Clinical factors associated with C-reactive protein in chronic spinal cord injury.
Rebekah L. Goldstein, Palak Walia, Merilee Teylan, Antonio A. Lazzari, Carlos G. Tun, Jaime E. Hart, Eric Garshick> ;Spinal Cord. 2017 Aug 1
16 citations
Adiponectin is associated with bone strength and fracture history in paralyzed men with spinal cord injury
Can Ozan Tan, Ricardo A. Battaglino, Ashley L. Doherty, Rajiv Gupta, Antonio A. Lazzari, Eric Garshick, Ross Zafonte, Leslie R. Morse> ;Osteoporosis International. 2014 Jul 1
19 citations
Analysis of skeletal muscle gene expression patterns and the impact of functional capacity in patients with systolic heart failure
Daniel E. Forman, Karla Daniels, Lawrence P. Cahalin, Alexandra Zavin, Kelly Allsup, Peirang Cao, Mahalakshmi Santhanam, Jacob Joseph, Ross Arena, Antonio A. Lazzari, ...> ;Journal of Cardiac Failure. 2014 Jun 1
25 citations
Adiponectin Is a Candidate Biomarker of Lower Extremity Bone Density in Men With Chronic Spinal Cord Injury
Ashley L. Doherty, Ricardo A. Battaglino, Jayne Donovan, David R. Gagnon, Antonio A. Lazzari, Eric Garshick, Ross Zafonte, Leslie R. Morse> ;Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 2014 Jan 1
Serum adiponectin in non-cachectic heart failure patients
Karla Daniels, Alexandra Zavin, Kelly Allsup, Jacob Joseph, Ross Arena, Antonio A. Lazzari, P. Christian Schulze, Stewart H. Lecker, Jonathan D. Brown, Daniel E. Forman> ;International Journal of Cardiology. 2013 Oct 9
52 citations
Prevention of bone loss and vertebral fractures in patients with chronic epilepsy--antiepileptic drug and osteoporosis prevention trial.
Antonio A. Lazzari, Philip Dussault, Manisha Thakore-James, David R. Gagnon, Errol Baker, Samuel Davis, Antoun Houranieh> ;Epilepsia. 2013 Nov 1
25 citations
Adiposity facilitates increased strength capacity in heart failure patients with reduced ejection fraction
Alexandra Zavin, Karla Daniels, Ross Arena, Kelly Allsup, Antonio A. Lazzari, Jacob Joseph, P. Christian Schulze, Stewart H. Lecker, Daniel E. Forman> ;International Journal of Cardiology. 2013 Sep 10
15 citations
Validation of the Osteoporosis Self-Assessment Tool in US Male Veterans
J. Steuart Richards, Antonio A. Lazzari, Denise A. Teves Qualler, Sameer Desale, Robert Howard, Gail S. Kerr> ;Journal of Clinical Densitometry. 2014 Jan 1
32 citations
Sclerostin: a candidate biomarker of SCI-induced osteoporosis
Leslie R. Morse, Supreetha Sudhakar, Antonio A. Lazzari, Carlos G. Tun, Eric Garshick, Ross Zafonte, Ricardo A. Battaglino> ;Osteoporosis International. 2013 Mar 1
79 citations
Spinal Cord Injury-Induced Osteoporosis: Pathogenesis and Emerging Therapies
Ricardo A. Battaglino, Antonio A. Lazzari, Eric Garshick, Leslie R. Morse> ;Current Osteoporosis Reports. 2012 Sep 16
40 citations
Circulating sclerostin is elevated in short-term and reduced in long-term SCI☆
Ricardo A. Battaglino, Supreetha Sudhakar, Antonio A. Lazzari, Eric Garshick, Ross Zafonte, Leslie R. Morse> ;Bone. 2012 Sep 1
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