ChristyC.ParkMD

Rheumatology • Knoxville, TN

Rheumatoid Arthritis & Related

UT Rheumatology Associates

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Office
1932 Alcoa Hwy
Suite C-550
Knoxville, TN 37920
Phone+1 865-305-6543

Fax+1 865-305-2694
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Summary

Dr. Christy Park is a rheumatologist in Knoxville, TN and is affiliated with University of Tennessee Medical Center. She received her medical degree from University of Tennessee College of Medicine and has been in practice 22 years. She specializes general rheumatology, including rheumatoid arthritis & psoriatic arthritis.

Education & Training

University of Arizona College of Medicine-TucsonFellowship, Arizona Center For Integrative Medicine, 2008 - 2009
McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern UniversityFellowship, Rheumatology, 1998 - 2001
McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern UniversityResidency, Internal Medicine, 1995 - 1998
University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of MedicineClass of 1995

Certifications & Licensure

TN State Medical License 2007 - 2024
IL State Medical License 1995 - 2008
American Board of Internal Medicine Rheumatology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2012
Fellow American College of Rheumatology

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

30 citations
Interleukin-18 as an in vivo mediator of monocyte recruitment in rodent models of rheumatoid arthritis.
Jeffrey H. Ruth, Christy C. Park, M. Asif Amin, Charles Lesch, Hubert Marotte, Shiva Shahrara, Alisa E. Koch> ;Arthritis Research & Therapy. 2010 Jun 16
82 citations
Inhibition of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 ameliorates rat adjuvant-induced arthritis.
Shiva Shahrara, Amanda E. I. Proudfoot, Christy C. Park, Michael V. Volin, G. Kenneth Haines, James M. Woods, Christopher H. Aikens, Tracy M. Handel, Richard M. Pope> ;Journal of Immunology. 2008 Mar 1
32 citations
RANTES Modulates TLR4-Induced Cytokine Secretion in Human Peripheral Blood Monocytes
Shiva Shahrara, Christy C. Park, Vladislav Temkin, Jared W. Jarvis, Michael V. Volin, Richard M. Pope> ;Journal of Immunology. 2006 Oct 15
95 citations
CXCL16-mediated cell recruitment to rheumatoid arthritis synovial tissue and murine lymph nodes is dependent upon the MAPK pathway.
Jeffrey H. Ruth, Christian S. Haas, Christy C. Park, M. Asif Amin, Rita J. Martinez, G. Kenneth Haines, Shiva Shahrara, Phillip L. Campbell, Alisa E. Koch> ;Arthritis and Rheumatism. 2006 Mar 1
92 citations
Amelioration of rat adjuvant-induced arthritis by Met-RANTES.
Shiva Shahrara, Amanda E. I. Proudfoot, James M. Woods, Jeffrey H. Ruth, M. Asif Amin, Christy C. Park, Christian S. Haas, Richard M. Pope, G. Kenneth Haines, Yuan Yua...> ;Arthritis and Rheumatism. 2005 Jun 1
29 citations
A novel function for a glucose analog of blood group H antigen as a mediator of leukocyte-endothelial adhesion via intracellular adhesion molecule 1.
Kui Zhu, M. Asif Amin, Michael J. Kim, Kenneth J. Katschke, Christy C. Park, Alisa E. Koch> ;The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2003 Jun 13
108 citations
Role of Macrophage Inflammatory Protein-3α and Its Ligand CCR6 in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Jeffrey H. Ruth, Shiva Shahrara, Christy C. Park, Jacques Morel, Pawan Kumar, Shixin Qin, Alisa E. Koch> ;Laboratory Investigation; a Journal of Technical Methods and Pathology. 2003 Apr 1
94 citations
Signal transduction pathways involved in rheumatoid arthritis synovial fibroblast interleukin-18-induced vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 expression.
Jacques Morel, Christy C. Park, Kui Zhu, Pawan Kumar, Jeffrey H. Ruth, Alisa E. Koch> ;The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2002 Sep 20
71 citations
Interleukin-18 induces rheumatoid arthritis synovial fibroblast CXC chemokine production through NFkappaB activation.
Jacques Morel, Christy C. Park, Pawan Kumar, Alisa E. Koch> ;Laboratory Investigation; a Journal of Technical Methods and Pathology. 2001 Oct 1
218 citations
Evidence of IL-18 as a Novel Angiogenic Mediator
Christy C. Park, Jacques Morel, Mohammad A. Amin, Matthew A. Connors, Lisa A. Harlow, Alisa E. Koch> ;Journal of Immunology. 2001 Aug 1
130 citations
A novel role for interleukin-18 in adhesion molecule induction through NF kappa B and phosphatidylinositol (PI) 3-kinase-dependent signal transduction pathways.
Jacques Morel, Christy C. Park, James M. Woods, Alisa E. Koch> ;The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2001 Oct 5
195 citations
Fractalkine, a novel chemokine in rheumatoid arthritis and in rat adjuvant-induced arthritis.
Jeffrey H. Ruth, Michael V. Volin, G. Kenneth Haines, Drew C. Woodruff, Kenneth J. Katschke, James M. Woods, Christy C. Park, Jacques Morel, Alisa E. Koch> ;Arthritis and Rheumatism. 2001 Jul 1
239 citations
Differential expression of chemokine receptors on peripheral blood, synovial fluid, and synovial tissue monocytes/macrophages in rheumatoid arthritis
Kenneth J. Katschke, James B. Rottman, Jeffrey H. Ruth, Shixin Qin, Lijun Wu, Gregory J. LaRosa, Paul Ponath, Christy C. Park, Richard M. Pope, Alisa E. Koch> ;Arthritis and Rheumatism. 2001 May 1
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