Ali Guermazi, MD, PhD, MSc
Professor
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Radiology
Musculoskeletal Radiology

MD, University of Sfax
PhD, Jikei University School of Medicine
MSc, Pierre and Marie Curie University (Paris VI)



Ali Guermazi, MD, PhD, MSc is a Professor of Radiology and Medicine, Director of the Quantitative Imaging Center, and Assistant Dean of Diversity and Inclusion at Boston University School of Medicine. He is the Chief of Radiology at the VA Boston Healthcare System. Prior to joining Boston University, he was Director of the Osteoporosis and Arthritis Research Group (OARG) at University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) and then Director of Clinical Research at Synarc, Inc. in San Francisco. Before that, Prof. Guermazi spent 12 years in Paris and worked mainly at the prestigious Saint-Louis University Hospital. Prof. Guermazi obtained his MD from Sfax University (Tunisia), then his specialty from Rene Descartes University in Paris (France) and his PhD from Jikei University in Tokyo (Japan). He is Visiting Professor at Jikei University in Tokyo and the Prefectorial University in Kyoto, Japan.

Prof. Guermazi was Deputy Editor of Radiology for almost 7 years (2013-2019). He is currently Editor-in-Chief of Skeletal Radiology, the official journal of the International Skeletal Radiology and also the President of the International Society of Osteoarthritis Imaging since 2019.

Prof. Guermazi’s interest is in musculoskeletal diseases. Of particular note are his scientific contributions in the diagnosis, incidence and disease progression assessment of osteoarthritis using MRI. His work has focused on identifying structural risk factors for developing and worsening osteoarthritis. Prof. Guermazi has been involved as an MRI reader for the past 25 years in several large U.S. studies including the Health Aging and Body Composition (Health ABC) study, the Boston Osteoarthritis Knee study (BOKS), the Multi-center Osteoarthritis STudy (MOST), the Framingham study, Osteoarthritis Initiative (OAI), and other large NIH-funded studies, as well as several Pharmaceutical-sponsored clinical trials.

Prof. Guermazi is also interested in Interventional nonvascular radiology and imaging in Sports Medicine where he is The Expert Radiologist to the International Olympics Committee and Paris Saint-Germain Football team. Prof. Guermazi is the author of over 670 peer-reviewed PubMed publications, 12 books, over 50 chapters and Investigator on numerous research grants related to MRI reading for Osteoarthritis. His h-index is 111. He is the recipient of many awards among these the OARSI Excellence in Clinical Research in 2018 and the RSNA Margulis Award for the Best Paper in 2022. He has been invited to lecture in more than 70 countries world-wide.

Chief
VA Boston Healthcare System
Radiology


Assistant Dean
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Diversity & Inclusion


Professor
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Medicine
Rheumatology



Partial Meniscectomy vs. Nonoperative Mgmt. in Meniscal Tear with OA: an RCT
09/05/2020 - 08/31/2024 (Subcontract PI)
The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. NIH NIAMS
5R01AR055557-13

Effect of statin intake on Non-traumatic Generalized Knee Osteoarthritis
01/01/2022 - 08/31/2023 (Subcontract PI)
Johns Hopkins University NIH NIAMS
5R01AR079620-02

Gadolinium Distribution in Rat Brain After Systemic Administration of Gadolinium-Based Contrast Agents
10/01/2016 - 10/01/2019 (Co-Investigator)
PI: Lee E. Goldstein, MD, PhD
GE Healthcare, Inc.


Characterizing Electrostatic Interactions Between Glycosaminoglycans and Cationic Small Molecules
03/05/2012 - 01/31/2017 (Multi-PI)
PI: Ali Guermazi, MD, PhD, MSc
NIH/National Institutes of Health
5R01GM098361-04

Evaluation of Feasibility of Volume Rad X-Ray Versus Conventional X-Ray and 3.0T MRI in Bi-Lateral Knees in With and Without Osteoarthritis
02/01/2009 - 04/30/2010 (PI)
General Electric Company



Tracking Treatable Tissues: Change in qMRI Biomarkers and Future Cartilage Loss
09/15/2017 - 06/30/2022 (PI)
University of Arizona National Institutes
1R01AR071409-01

Risk of Incident Knee OA and Clinical Outcomes Based on Imaging Biomarkers
09/15/2014 - 08/01/2019 (PI)
University of Arizona National Institute o

Partial Meniscectomy vs Nonoperative Management in Meniscal Tear with OA: a RCT
08/01/2012 - 07/31/2017 (PI)
Brigham & Women's NIH-NIAMS

Mechanisms and Clinical Importance of Hyperkyphosis: The Framingham Study
09/30/2011 - 08/31/2016 (PI)
Hebrew Rehab C Aged NIH-NIA

Partial meniscectomy vs. nonperative management in meniscal tear with OA: an RCT
09/28/2009 - 09/27/2013 (PI)
Brigham & Women's NIH-NIAMS

Central Reading of Knee MRI in Osteroarthritis Patients
11/01/2008 - 10/31/2011 (PI)
Arthritis Centre of Canada

Osteoartritis Initiave WORMS - BLOKS Comparison Study
04/01/2008 - 10/14/2009 (PI)
Univ of California, San Francisco NIH-NIAMS

Development for a model for the MRI progression of knee osteoarthritis
03/01/2007 - 02/28/2009 (PI)
Arthritis Centre of Canada University of Britis


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  1. Guermazi A, Hayashi D, Jarraya M, Roemer FW. The role of imaging in disentangling the enigma of osteoarthritis. Skeletal Radiol. 2023 Nov; 52(11):2005-2006. PMID: 37712981
     
  2. Lanois CJ, Collins N, Neogi T, Guermazi A, Roemer FW, LaValley M, Nevitt M, Torner J, Lewis CE, Stefanik JJ. Associations between Anterior Knee Pain and 2-year Patellofemoral Cartilage Worsening: The MOST Study. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2023 Sep 30.View Related Profiles. PMID: 37783341
     
  3. Rosenthal DI, Link TM, Palmer WE, Guermazi A. Obituary for Professor Murali Sundaram, MD, MBBS, SFCR, FACR. Skeletal Radiol. 2023 Sep 26. PMID: 37749414
     
  4. Kasaeian A, Roemer FW, Ghotbi E, Ibad HA, He J, Wan M, Zbijewski WB, Guermazi A, Demehri S. Subchondral bone in knee osteoarthritis: bystander or treatment target? Skeletal Radiol. 2023 Nov; 52(11):2069-2083. PMID: 37646795
     
  5. Carrino JA, McAlindon TE, Schnitzer TJ, Guermazi A, Hochberg MC, Conaghan PG, Brown MT, Burr A, Fountaine RJ, Pixton GC, Viktrup L, Verburg KM, West CR. Characterization of adverse joint outcomes in patients with osteoarthritis treated with subcutaneous tanezumab. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2023 Aug 29. PMID: 37652258
     
  6. Wáng YXJ, Blake GM, Xiao BH, Guglielmi G, Su Y, Jiang Y, Guermazi A, Kwok TCY, Griffith JF. East Asians' T-scores for the diagnosis of osteoporosis should be calculated using ethnicity- and gender-specific BMD reference ranges: justifications. Skeletal Radiol. 2023 Aug 11. PMID: 37566149
     
  7. Wáng YXJ, Guglielmi G, Guermazi A, Kwok TCY, Griffith JF. Much lower prevalence and severity of spine degenerative changes among older Chinese women than among older Caucasian women and its implication for the interpretation of lumbar spine BMD T-score for Chinese women. Skeletal Radiol. 2023 Aug 08. PMID: 37552249
     
  8. Hayashi D, Roemer FW, Tol JL, Heiss R, Crema MD, Jarraya M, Rossi I, Luna A, Guermazi A. Emerging Quantitative Imaging Techniques in Sports Medicine. Radiology. 2023 Aug; 308(2):e221531.View Related Profiles. PMID: 37552087
     
  9. Demehri S, Baffour FI, Klein JG, Ghotbi E, Ibad HA, Moradi K, Taguchi K, Fritz J, Carrino JA, Guermazi A, Fishman EK, Zbijewski WB. Musculoskeletal CT Imaging: State-of-the-Art Advancements and Future Directions. Radiology. 2023 Aug; 308(2):e230344. PMID: 37606571; PMCID: PMC10477515; DOI: 10.1148/radiol.230344;
     
  10. Katz JN, Collins JE, Brophy RH, Cole BJ, Cox CL, Guermazi A, Jones MH, Levy BA, MacFarlane LA, Mandl LA, Marx RG, Selzer F, Spindler KP, Wright RW, Losina E, Chang Y. Radiographic Changes Five Years After Treatment of Meniscal Tear and Osteoarthritic Changes. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2023 Jul 20.View Related Profiles. PMID: 37474452
     
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