BarriJFesslerMDMSPH

Rheumatology • Birmingham, AL

Lupus & Related, Myositis, Scleroderma & Related, Vasculitis

Associate Professor, Medicine, University of Alabama School of Medicine

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Office
510 20th Street South
Birmingham, AL 35294
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Education & Training

Stony Brook Medicine/University HospitalFellowship, Rheumatology, 1991 - 1993
Graduate HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 1988 - 1991
Stony Brook University Health Sciences Center School of MedicineClass of 1988

Certifications & Licensure

AL State Medical License 1999 - 2014

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014
Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2012
Fellow (FACP) American College of Physicians, 2007
Fellow (FACR) American College of Rheumatology
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Clinical Trials

International Prospective Study on Adherence to Treatment in Patients With Active Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Start of enrollment: 2013 Jan 01
Completed

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

21 citations
Gene-level association analysis of systemic sclerosis: A comparison of African-Americans and White populations.
Olga Y. Gorlova, Yafang Li, Ivan P. Gorlov, Jun Ying, Wei V. Chen, Shervin Assassi, John D. Reveille, Frank C. Arnett, Xiaodong Zhou, Lara Bossini-Castillo, Elena Lópe...> ;Plos One. 2018 Jan 2
12 citations
Interstitial Immunostaining and Renal Outcomes in Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Glomerulonephritis
Duvuru Geetha, Sanjeev Sethi, An S. De Vriese, Ulrich Specks, Cees G. M. Kallenberg, Noha Lim, Robert Spiera, E. William St. Clair, Peter A. Merkel, Philip Seo, Paul A...> ;American Journal of Nephrology. 2017 Sep 1
31 citations
A Longitudinal Analysis of Outcomes of Lupus Nephritis in an International Inception Cohort Using a Multistate Model Approach
, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , > ;Arthritis & Rheumatology. 2016 Aug 1
90 citations
Enhanced Pain Sensitivity Among Individuals With Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis: Potential Sex Differences in Central Sensitization
Emily J. Bartley, Christopher D. King, Kimberly T. Sibille, Yenisel Cruz-Almeida, Joseph L. Riley, Toni L. Glover, Burel R. Goodin, Adriana Sotolongo, Matthew S. Herbe...> ;Arthritis Care & Research. 2016 Apr 1
318 citations
The frequency and outcome of lupus nephritis: results from an international inception cohort study
John G. Hanly, Aidan G. O'Keeffe, Li Su, Murray B. Urowitz, Juanita Romero-Diaz, Caroline Gordon, Sang Cheol Bae, Sasha Bernatsky, Ann E. Clarke, Daniel J. Wallace, Jo...> ;Rheumatology. 2016 Feb 1
14 citations
Genetic susceptibility loci of idiopathic interstitial pneumonia do not represent risk for systemic sclerosis: a case control study in Caucasian patients
Minghua Wu, Shervin Assassi, Gloria Salazar, Claudia Pedroza, Olga Y. Gorlova, Wei V. Chen, Julio Charles, Miranda L. Taing, Kelley Liao, Fredrick M. Wigley, Laura K. ...> ;Arthritis Research & Therapy. 2016 Jan 20
15 citations
A Cross-Sectional Examination of Vitamin D, Obesity, and Measures of Pain and Function in Middle-Aged and Older Adults with Knee Osteoarthritis
Toni L. Glover, Burel R. Goodin, Christopher D. King, Kimberly T. Sibille, Matthew S. Herbert, Adriana Sotolongo, Yenisel Cruz-Almeida, Emily J. Bartley, Hailey W. Bul...> ;The Clinical Journal of Pain. 2015 Dec 1
56 citations
Impact of early disease factors on metabolic syndrome in systemic lupus erythematosus: data from an international inception cohort
Ben Parker, Murray B. Urowitz, Dafna D. Gladman, Mark Lunt, Rachelle Donn, Sang Cheol Bae, Jorge Sanchez-Guerrero, Juanita Romero-Diaz, Caroline Gordon, Daniel J. Wall...> ;Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 2015 Aug 1
78 citations
Mood Disorders in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Results From an International Inception Cohort Study
John G. Hanly, Li Su, Murray B. Urowitz, Juanita Romero-Diaz, Caroline Gordon, Sang Cheol Bae, Sasha Bernatsky, Ann E. Clarke, Daniel J. Wallace, Joan T. Merrill, Davi...> ;Arthritis & Rheumatology. 2015 Jul 1
52 citations
Antinuclear antibody-negative systemic sclerosis
Gloria Salazar, Shervin Assassi, Fredrick M. Wigley, Laura K. Hummers, John Varga, Monique Hinchcliff, Dinesh Khanna, Elena Schiopu, Kristine Phillips, Daniel E. Furst...> ;Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism. 2015 Jun 1
30 citations
Disrupted sleep is associated with altered pain processing by sex and ethnicity in knee osteoarthritis.
Megan E. Petrov, Burel R. Goodin, Yenisel Cruz-Almeida, Christopher D. King, Toni L. Glover, Hailey W. Bulls, Matthew S. Herbert, Kimberly T. Sibille, Emily J. Bartley...> ;The Journal of Pain. 2015 May 1
105 citations
Rituximab Versus Cyclophosphamide for ANCA-Associated Vasculitis with Renal Involvement
Duvuru Geetha, Ulrich Specks, John H. Stone, Peter A. Merkel, Philip Seo, Robert Spiera, Carol A. Langford, Gary S. Hoffman, Cees G. M. Kallenberg, E. William St. Clai...> ;Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 2015 Apr 1
342 citations
Factors associated with damage accrual in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: results from the Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics (SLICC) Incep...
Ian N. Bruce, Aidan G. O'Keeffe, Vernon T. Farewell, John G. Hanly, Susan Manzi, Li Su, Dafna D. Gladman, Sang Cheol Bae, Jorge Sanchez-Guerrero, Juanita Romero-Diaz, ...> ;Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 2015 Mar 20
32 citations
Electrocardiographic findings in systemic lupus erythematosus: Data from an international inception cohort.
Josiane Bourré-Tessier, Murray B. Urowitz, Ann E. Clarke, Sasha Bernatsky, Mori J. Krantz, Thao Huynh, Lawrence Joseph, Patrick Bélisle, Sang Cheol Bae, John G. Hanly,...> ;Arthritis Care & Research. 2015 Jan 1
80 citations
Anti-C1q Antibodies in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Ana Maria Orbai, Lennart Truedsson, Gunnar Sturfelt, Ola Nived, Hong Fang, Graciela S. Alarcón, Caroline Gordon, Joan T. Merrill, Paul R. Fortin, Ian N. Bruce, David A...> ;Lupus. 2015 Jan 1
40 citations
Changes in Quality of Life in the First 5 Years of Disease in a Multicenter Cohort of Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
M Urowitz, Dafna D. Gladman, Dominique Ibañez, Jorge Sanchez-Guerrero, Sang Cheol Bae, Caroline Gordon, Paul R. Fortin, Alexandra M. Clarke, Sasha Bernatsky, JG Hanly,...> ;Arthritis Care & Research. 2014 Sep 1
37 citations
Pain hypervigilance is associated with greater clinical pain severity and enhanced experimental pain sensitivity among adults with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis.
Matthew S. Herbert, Burel R. Goodin, Samuel T. Pero, J. Schmidt, Adriana Sotolongo, Hailey W. Bulls, Toni L. Glover, Christopher D. King, Kimberly T. Sibille, Yenisel ...> ;Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 2014 Aug 1
98 citations
Racial and Ethnic Differences in Older Adults With Knee Osteoarthritis
Yenisel Cruz-Almeida, Kimberly T. Sibille, Burel R. Goodin, Megan E. Petrov, Emily J. Bartley, Joseph L. Riley, Christopher D. King, Toni L. Glover, Adriana Sotolongo,...> ;Arthritis & Rheumatology. 2014 Jul 1
48 citations
Multicriteria decision analysis methods with 1000Minds for developing systemic sclerosis classification criteria
Sindhu R. Johnson, Raymond P. Naden, Jaap Fransen, Frank J. A. van den Hoogen, Janet E. Pope, Murray Baron, Alan Tyndall, Marco Matucci-Cerinic, Christopher P. Denton,...> ;Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 2014 Jun 1
60 citations
Temporal summation of pain as a prospective predictor of clinical pain severity in adults aged 45 years and older with knee osteoarthritis: ethnic differences.
Burel R. Goodin, Hailey W. Bulls, Matthew S. Herbert, J. Schmidt, Christopher D. King, Toni L. Glover, Adriana Sotolongo, Kimberly T. Sibille, Yenisel Cruz-Almeida, Ro...> ;Psychosomatic Medicine. 2014 May 1
20 citations
American College of Rheumatology Criteria at Inception, and Accrual over 5 Years in the SLICC Inception Cohort.
Murray B. Urowitz, Dafna D. Gladman, Dominique Ibañez, Jorge Sanchez-Guerrero, Juanita Romero-Diaz, Caroline Gordon, Sang Cheol Bae, A E Clarke, Sasha Bernatsky, Paul ...> ;The Journal of Rheumatology. 2014 May 1
107 citations
Age and race effects on pain sensitivity and modulation among middle-aged and older adults
Joseph L. Riley, Yenisel Cruz-Almeida, Toni L. Glover, Christopher D. King, Burel R. Goodin, Kimberly T. Sibille, Emily J. Bartley, Matthew S. Herbert, Adriana Sotolon...> ;The Journal of Pain. 2014 Mar 1
147 citations
Immunochip Analysis Identifies Multiple Susceptibility Loci for Systemic Sclerosis
Maureen D. Mayes, Lara Bossini-Castillo, Olga Y. Gorlova, Jose Ezequiel Martin, Xiaodong Zhou, Wei V. Chen, Shervin Assassi, Jun Ying, Filemon K. Tan, Frank C. Arnett,...> ;American Journal of Human Genetics. 2014 Jan 2
1921 citations
2013 classification criteria for systemic sclerosis: an American college of rheumatology/European league against rheumatism collaborative initiative
Frank H J van den Hoogen, Dinesh Khanna, Jaap Fransen, Sindhu R Johnson, Murray Baron, Alan Tyndall, Marco Matucci-Cerinic, Raymond P. Naden, Thomas A. Medsger, Patric...> ;Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 2013 Nov 1
2323 citations
2013 classification criteria for systemic sclerosis: An american college of rheumatology/European league against rheumatism collaborative initiative
Frank H J van den Hoogen, Dinesh Khanna, Jaap Fransen, Sindhu R Johnson, Murray Baron, Alan Tyndall, Marco Matucci-Cerinic, Raymond P. Naden, Thomas A. Medsger, Patric...> ;Arthritis and Rheumatism. 2013 Nov 1
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