Dr. Kissin serves as the program director for the rheumatology fellowship program and has a shared focus in medical education and in musculoskeletal ultrasound development. He helped found and leads the training program for USSONAR, the preeminent group for musculoskeletal ultrasound education in North America. He was selected to the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Core Expert Panel for appropriateness criteria for musculoskeletal ultrasound use in rheumatology as well as the ACR musculoskeletal ultrasound task force and RhMSUS Development Project for musculoskeletal ultrasound certification. In addition, he directs the elective and ambulatory rotations for the medical students and residents at Boston University Medical Center.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility
As the rheumatology fellowship program director, I have strived to improve diversity and equity in the fellowship program by creating a standardized interview process to minimize implicit bias. We have also moved to a internet based interview process to help prevent financial consideration from becoming barriers to potential applicants to our program. We have had substantially increased the number of URM applicants who match with us as fellows over the past five years in comparison to the years before.
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Bethina NK, Torralba KD, Choi KS, Fairchild RM, Cannella AC, Salto L, Kissin EY, Yinh J, Aggarwal M, Thiele R, Nishio MJ. North American musculoskeletal ultrasound scanning protocol of the shoulder, elbow, wrist, and hand: update of a Delphi Consensus Study. Clin Rheumatol. 2022 Dec; 41(12):3825-3835. PMID: 36008579
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Desai N, Baker JF, Bucci J, Kissin EY. Ultrasound evaluation of the Achilles enthesis in inflammatory and non-inflammatory processes: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2023 Jan; 41(1):24-31. PMID: 35238759
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Yinh J, Torralba KD, Choi KS, Fairchild RM, Cannella A, Salto L, Kissin EY, Thiele R, Oberle EJ, Marston B, Nishio MJ. North American musculoskeletal ultrasound scanning protocol of the hip, knee, ankle, and foot: update of a Delphi consensus study. Clin Rheumatol. 2021 Oct; 40(10):4233-4242. PMID: 33821367
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Pilitsi E, Kissin E. Heel fat pad involvement in rheumatoid arthritis: a review and case series. Clin Rheumatol. 2021 Nov; 40(11):4373-4377. PMID: 33813621
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Sinha P, Jafarzadeh SR, Assoumou SA, Bielick CG, Carpenter B, Garg S, Harleen S, Neogi T, Nishio MJ, Sagar M, Sharp V, Kissin EY. The Effect of IL-6 Inhibitors on Mortality Among Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients: A Multicenter Study. J Infect Dis. 2021 02 24; 223(4):581-588.View Related Profiles. PMID: 33216906; PMCID: PMC7717300; DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiaa717;
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Christiansen SN, Filippou G, Scirè CA, Balint PV, Bruyn GA, Dalbeth N, Dejaco C, Sedie AD, Filippucci E, Hammer HB, Iagnocco A, Keen HI, Kissin EY, Koski J, Mandl P, Martin J, Miguel E, Möller I, Naredo E, Pineda C, Schmidt WA, Stewart S, Antonietta D'Agostino M, Terslev L. Consensus-based semi-quantitative ultrasound scoring system for gout lesions: Results of an OMERACT Delphi process and web-reliability exercise. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2021 06; 51(3):644-649. PMID: 33468347
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Naredo E, Canoso JJ, Yinh J, Salomon-Escoto K, Kalish RA, Pascual-Ramos V, Martínez-Estupiñán L, Kissin E. Dynamic changes in the infrapatellar knee structures with quadriceps muscle contraction. An in vivo study. Ann Anat. 2021 May; 235:151663. PMID: 33387611
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Law ST, Jafarzadeh SR, Govender P, Sun X, Sanchorawala V, Kissin EY. Comparison of Ultrasound Features of Major Salivary Glands in Sarcoidosis, Amyloidosis, and Sjögren's Syndrome. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2020 10; 72(10):1466-1473.View Related Profiles. PMID: 31309727
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Torralba KD, Choi KS, Salto LM, Fairchild R, Cannella AC, Kissin EY, Thiele R, Evangelisto A, Nishio MJ. Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Scanning Protocol Consensus Statements on Scanning Conventions and Documentation in the US. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2020 08; 72(8):1177-1184. PMID: 31199596
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James-Goulbourne T, Murugesan V, Kissin EY. Sonographic Features of Salivary Glands in Sjögren's Syndrome and its Mimics. Curr Rheumatol Rep. 2020 06 19; 22(8):36.View Related Profiles. PMID: 32562049
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Torralba KD, Cannella AC, Kissin EY, Bolster MB, Salto LM, Higgs J, Samuels J, Nishio MJ, Kaeley GS, Evangelisto A, De Marco P, Kohler MJ. Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Instruction in Adult Rheumatology Fellowship Programs. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2020 06; 72(6):859-870. PMID: 28777891
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Aslam F, England BR, Cannella A, Sharp V, Kao L, Arnason J, Albayda J, Bakewell C, Sanghvi S, Fairchild R, Torralba KD, Evangelisto A, DeMarco PJ, Bethina N, Kissin EY. Ultrasound Doppler and tenosynovial fluid analysis in tenosynovitis. Ann Rheum Dis. 2020 07; 79(7):908-913. PMID: 32213497
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Widener BB, Cannella A, Martirossian L, Kissin EY. Modern Landscapes and Strategies for Learning Ultrasound in Rheumatology. Rheum Dis Clin North Am. 2020 02; 46(1):61-71. PMID: 31757287
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Martirossian L, Bujor AM, Kissin E. Basic Calcium Phosphate Crystal Periarthritis Involving the Distal Interphalangeal Joints in a Patient with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Am J Case Rep. 2019 Aug 01; 20:1132-1137.View Related Profiles. PMID: 31366882; PMCID: PMC6690217; DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.916118;
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Naidu H, Szeto W, Kissin E, Farraye FA. MAGIC Syndrome in a Patient With Crohn's Disease. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2018 02 15; 24(3):664-665.View Related Profiles. PMID: 29462377
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Ward IM, Kissin E, Kaeley G, Scott JN, Newkirk M, Hildebrand BA, Lospinoso J, Kohler MJ, Higgs JB. Ultrasound Features of the Posterior Tibialis Tendon and Peroneus Brevis Tendon Entheses: Comparison Study Between Healthy Adults and Those With Inflammatory Arthritis. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2017 Oct; 69(10):1519-1525. PMID: 27998042; DOI: 10.1002/acr.23180;
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Kissin EY, Pillinger MH. Editorial: The Sound and the Fury: Musculoskeletal Ultrasound in the Diagnosis of Gout. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2017 02; 69(2):249-252. PMID: 27748075; DOI: 10.1002/art.39958;
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Terslev L, Gutierrez M, Schmidt WA, Keen HI, Filippucci E, Kane D, Thiele R, Kaeley G, Balint P, Mandl P, Delle Sedie A, Hammer HB, Christensen R, Möller I, Pineda C, Kissin E, Bruyn GA, Iagnocco A, Naredo E, D'Agostino MA. Ultrasound as an Outcome Measure in Gout. A Validation Process by the OMERACT Ultrasound Working Group. J Rheumatol. 2015 Nov; 42(11):2177-81. PMID: 26329333; DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.141294;
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Smith J, Maida E, Murthy NS, Kissin EY, Jacobson JA. Sonographically guided posterior subtalar joint injections via the sinus tarsi approach. J Ultrasound Med. 2015 Jan; 34(1):83-93. PMID: 25542943; DOI: 10.7863/ultra.34.1.83;
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Miloslavsky EM, Specks U, Merkel PA, Seo P, Spiera R, Langford CA, Hoffman GS, Kallenberg CG, St Clair EW, Tchao NK, Viviano L, Ding L, Iklé D, Villarreal M, Jepson B, Brunetta P, Allen NB, Fervenza FC, Geetha D, Keogh K, Kissin EY, Monach PA, Peikert T, Stegeman C, Ytterberg SR, Stone JH. Rituximab for the treatment of relapses in antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2014 Nov; 66(11):3151-9.View Related Profiles. PMID: 25047592; PMCID: PMC4229846; DOI: 10.1002/art.38788;
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Evangelisto AM, Nishio MJ, Higgs JB, Kissin EY, Kaeley GS. Musculoskeletal ultrasound and anatomy: comment on the article by Navarro-Zarza et al. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2014 Sep; 66(9):1432-3. PMID: 24729557; DOI: 10.1002/acr.22344;
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Kissin EY. The "dirty little secret" exposed in the 2013 EULAR recommendations for rheumatoid arthritis therapy. Clin Ther. 2014 Jul 1; 36(7):1114-6. PMID: 24996488; DOI: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2014.06.012;
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Cannella AC, Kissin EY, Torralba KD, Higgs JB, Kaeley GS. Evolution of musculoskeletal ultrasound in the United States: implementation and practice in rheumatology. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2014 Jan; 66(1):7-13. PMID: 24115730; DOI: 10.1002/acr.22183;
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Kissin EY, Grayson PC, Cannella AC, Demarco PJ, Evangelisto A, Goyal J, Al Haj R, Higgs J, Malone DG, Nishio MJ, Tabechian D, Kaeley GS. Musculoskeletal ultrasound objective structured clinical examination: an assessment of the test. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2014 Jan; 66(1):2-6. PMID: 23925978; DOI: 10.1002/acr.22105;
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Kissin EY, Garg A, Grayson PC, Dubreuil M, Vradii D, York M, Simms RW. Ultrasound assessment of subcutaneous compressibility: a potential adjunctive diagnostic tool in eosinophilic fasciitis. J Clin Rheumatol. 2013 Oct; 19(7):382-5.View Related Profiles. PMID: 24048117; DOI: 10.1097/RHU.0000000000000020;
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Kissin EY, Niu J, Balint P, Bong D, Evangelisto A, Goyal J, Higgs J, Malone D, Nishio MJ, Pineda C, Schmidt WA, Thiele RG, Torralba KD, Kaeley GS. Musculoskeletal ultrasound training and competency assessment program for rheumatology fellows. J Ultrasound Med. 2013 Oct; 32(10):1735-43.View Related Profiles. PMID: 24065254; DOI: 10.7863/ultra.32.10.1735;
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Strazzula L, Brown KK, Brieva JC, Camp BJ, Frankel HC, Kissin E, Mahlberg MJ, Mina MA, Pomeranz MK, Brownell I, Kroshinsky D. Levamisole toxicity mimicking autoimmune disease. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2013 Dec; 69(6):954-9. PMID: 24075227; DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2013.07.037;
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Miloslavsky EM, Specks U, Merkel PA, Seo P, Spiera R, Langford CA, Hoffman GS, Kallenberg CG, St Clair EW, Tchao NK, Viviano L, Ding L, Sejismundo LP, Mieras K, Iklé D, Jepson B, Mueller M, Brunetta P, Allen NB, Fervenza FC, Geetha D, Keogh K, Kissin EY, Monach PA, Peikert T, Stegeman C, Ytterberg SR, Stone JH. Clinical outcomes of remission induction therapy for severe antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis. Arthritis Rheum. 2013 Sep; 65(9):2441-9.View Related Profiles. PMID: 23754238; PMCID: PMC4949954; DOI: 10.1002/art.38044;
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Specks U, Merkel PA, Seo P, Spiera R, Langford CA, Hoffman GS, Kallenberg CG, St Clair EW, Fessler BJ, Ding L, Viviano L, Tchao NK, Phippard DJ, Asare AL, Lim N, Ikle D, Jepson B, Brunetta P, Allen NB, Fervenza FC, Geetha D, Keogh K, Kissin EY, Monach PA, Peikert T, Stegeman C, Ytterberg SR, Mueller M, Sejismundo LP, Mieras K, Stone JH. Efficacy of remission-induction regimens for ANCA-associated vasculitis. N Engl J Med. 2013 Aug 1; 369(5):417-27.View Related Profiles. PMID: 23902481; PMCID: PMC5953195; DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1213277;
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McAlindon T, Kissin E, Nazarian L, Ranganath V, Prakash S, Taylor M, Bannuru RR, Srinivasan S, Gogia M, McMahon MA, Grossman J, Kafaja S, FitzGerald J. American College of Rheumatology report on reasonable use of musculoskeletal ultrasonography in rheumatology clinical practice. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2012 Nov; 64(11):1625-40. PMID: 23111854; DOI: 10.1002/acr.21836;
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Hunter DJ, Pike MC, Jonas BL, Kissin E, Krop J, McAlindon T. Phase 1 safety and tolerability study of BMP-7 in symptomatic knee osteoarthritis. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2010; 11:232. PMID: 20932341; PMCID: PMC2958989; DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-11-232;
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Stone JH, Merkel PA, Spiera R, Seo P, Langford CA, Hoffman GS, Kallenberg CG, St Clair EW, Turkiewicz A, Tchao NK, Webber L, Ding L, Sejismundo LP, Mieras K, Weitzenkamp D, Ikle D, Seyfert-Margolis V, Mueller M, Brunetta P, Allen NB, Fervenza FC, Geetha D, Keogh KA, Kissin EY, Monach PA, Peikert T, Stegeman C, Ytterberg SR, Specks U. Rituximab versus cyclophosphamide for ANCA-associated vasculitis. N Engl J Med. 2010 Jul 15; 363(3):221-32.View Related Profiles. PMID: 20647199; PMCID: PMC3137658; DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa0909905;
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Kissin EY, Schumacher HR. Epidermal inclusion cyst crystals. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2011 Sep; 63(9):1350-1. PMID: 20506215; DOI: 10.1002/acr.20238;
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Busquets J, Del Galdo F, Kissin EY, Jimenez SA. Assessment of tissue fibrosis in skin biopsies from patients with systemic sclerosis employing confocal laser scanning microscopy: an objective outcome measure for clinical trials? Rheumatology (Oxford). 2010 Jun; 49(6):1069-75. PMID: 20202926; PMCID: PMC2869342; DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keq024;
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Kissin EY, Nishio J, Yang M, Backhaus M, Balint PV, Bruyn GA, Craig-Muller J, D'Agostino MA, Feoktistov A, Goyal J, Iagnocco A, Ike RW, Moller I, Naredo E, Pineda C, Schmidt WA, Swen N, Tabechian D, Wakefield RJ, Wells AF, Kaeley GS. Self-directed learning of basic musculoskeletal ultrasound among rheumatologists in the United States. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2010 Feb; 62(2):155-60. PMID: 20191513; DOI: 10.1002/acr.20063;
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Lafyatis R, Kissin E, York M, Farina G, Viger K, Fritzler MJ, Merkel PA, Simms RW. B cell depletion with rituximab in patients with diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis. Arthritis Rheum. 2009 Feb; 60(2):578-83.View Related Profiles. PMID: 19180481; PMCID: PMC2637937; DOI: 10.1002/art.24249;
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Codriansky KA, Rünger TM, Bhawan J, Kantarci A, Kissin EY. Multicentric reticulohistiocytosis: a systemic osteoclastic disease? Arthritis Rheum. 2008 Mar 15; 59(3):444-8.View Related Profiles. PMID: 18311766; DOI: 10.1002/art.23320;
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Kissin EY, Merkel PA, Lafyatis R. Myofibroblasts and hyalinized collagen as markers of skin disease in systemic sclerosis. Arthritis Rheum. 2006 Nov; 54(11):3655-60.View Related Profiles. PMID: 17075814
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Kissin EY, Schiller AM, Gelbard RB, Anderson JJ, Falanga V, Simms RW, Korn JH, Merkel PA. Durometry for the assessment of skin disease in systemic sclerosis. Arthritis Rheum. 2006 Aug 15; 55(4):603-9.View Related Profiles. PMID: 16874783
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Lemaire R, Farina G, Kissin E, Shipley JM, Bona C, Korn JH, Lafyatis R. Mutant fibrillin 1 from tight skin mice increases extracellular matrix incorporation of microfibril-associated glycoprotein 2 and type I collagen. Arthritis Rheum. 2004 Mar; 50(3):915-26.View Related Profiles. PMID: 15022335
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Kissin EY, Corbo JC, Farraye FA, Merkel PA. Colchicine myopathy in a patient with familial Mediterranean fever and normal renal function. Arthritis Rheum. 2003 Aug 15; 49(4):614-6.View Related Profiles. PMID: 12910572
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Kissin EY, Korn JH. Fibrosis in scleroderma. Rheum Dis Clin North Am. 2003 May; 29(2):351-69. PMID: 12841299
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Kissin EY, Lemaire R, Korn JH, Lafyatis R. Transforming growth factor beta induces fibroblast fibrillin-1 matrix formation. Arthritis Rheum. 2002 Nov; 46(11):3000-9.View Related Profiles. PMID: 12428243
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Kissin E, Korn JH. Apoptosis and myofibroblasts in the pathogenesis of systemic sclerosis. Curr Rheumatol Rep. 2002 Apr; 4(2):129-35. PMID: 11890878
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Kissin E, Tomasi M, McCartney-Francis N, Gibbs CL, Smith PD. Age-related decline in murine macrophage production of nitric oxide. J Infect Dis. 1997 Apr; 175(4):1004-7. PMID: 9086170
This graph shows the total number of publications by year, by first, middle/unknown,
or last author.
| Year | Publications |
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| 1997 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 |
| 2003 | 2 |
| 2004 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 |
| 2006 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 |
| 2010 | 5 |
| 2012 | 1 |
| 2013 | 6 |
| 2014 | 5 |
| 2015 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2 |
| 2018 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 |
| 2020 | 8 |
| 2021 | 4 |
| 2022 | 2 |
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