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Jean Liew, MD MS

Assistant Professor

Boston University School of Medicine

Dept of Medicine

Rheumatology

MD, University of Texas Medical Branch
MS, University of Washington

Pronouns: she/her/hers

Websites

	The COVID–19 Global Rheumatology Alliance Steering Committee
	SPARTAN
	ASAS

Dr. Jean Liew graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with degrees in Biology and English and went on to earn her MD at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, TX. She then relocated to the Pacific Northwest to complete an Internal Medicine residency at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, OR followed by rheumatology fellowship at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA. She concurrently earned an M.S. in Epidemiology through the University of Washington School of Public Health. During her fellowship, the primary focus of her research was in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA), specifically AS, and cardiovascular comorbidity.

As a member of the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance (GRA) and a member of its Steering Committee, she is involved in multiple projects relating to data collection, analysis, and dissemination of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on individuals with rheumatic disease. In addition to co-authorship on publications from the GRA provider-entered registry, she has co-led a literature review on acute viral respiratory adverse effects of commonly used anti-rheumatic medications, and several peer-reviewed or invited commentaries on data for the use of hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19.

Member
Boston University
Arthritis & Autoimmune Diseases Research Center

2019 ACR Distinguished Fellow

2018-2019 ACR Knowledge Bowl winner

2017 Housestaff Teaching Award

2017 Internal Medicine Excellence in Scholarship Award

2017 John A. Benson Humanism Award

2016 OHSU Golden ROSE Award

2016 OHSU President’s Award nominee

2016 Housestaff Teaching Award

2016 Thomas J. and Nancy Fitzgerald Stack Award

2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting Scholarship

2015 Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center PROMISE Award

2014 American Medical Women’s Association: Glasgow-Rubin Achievement Citation

2014 William L. Marr Award for Excellence in Internal Medicine

2013 Alpha Omega Alpha

2012 Scholarship for Disadvantaged Students

2008 Phi Beta Kappa

BU Research

The Impact of Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitor Use on Cardiovascular Events in Ankylosing Spondylitis
07/01/2020 - 06/30/2022 (PI)
SpondyloArthritis Research and Treatment Network

The impact of ankylosing spondylitis treatment on cardiovascular risk and events
06/10/2020 - 06/10/2022 (PI)
Pfizer, Inc.

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Liew JW, Kim SC, Peloquin C, Felson DT, Jin Y, Lii J, Neogi T. Knee osteonecrosis incidence from two real-world data sources. Osteoarthr Cartil Open. 2021 Jun; 3(2).View Related Profiles.

Felson, David
Liew, Jean
Neogi, Tuhina

PMID: 33959724

Putman M, Sattui SE, Sparks JA, Liew JW, Grainger R, Duarte-García A. Evidence in the Time of COVID-19. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2021 Mar 28. PMID: 33779057

Gianfrancesco MA, Leykina LA, Izadi Z, Taylor T, Sparks JA, Harrison C, Trupin L, Rush S, Schmajuk G, Katz P, Jacobsohn L, Hsu TY, D'Silva KM, Serling-Boyd N, Wallwork R, Todd DJ, Bhana S, Costello W, Grainger R, Hausmann JS, Liew JW, Sirotich E, Sufka P, Wallace ZS, Machado PM, Robinson PC, Yazdany J. Association of Race and Ethnicity With COVID-19 Outcomes in Rheumatic Disease: Data From the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance Physician Registry. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2021 03; 73(3):374-380. PMID: 33146001

Liew JW, Gianfrancesco MA, Heckbert SR, Gensler LS. The relationship between body mass index, disease activity, and exercise in ankylosing spondylitis. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2021 Jan 27. PMID: 33502113

Strangfeld A, Schäfer M, Gianfrancesco MA, Lawson-Tovey S, Liew JW, Ljung L, Mateus EF, Richez C, Santos MJ, Schmajuk G, Scirè CA, Sirotich E, Sparks JA, Sufka P, Thomas T, Trupin L, Wallace ZS, Al-Adely S, Bachiller-Corral J, Bhana S, Cacoub P, Carmona L, Costello R, Costello W, Gossec L, Grainger R, Hachulla E, Hasseli R, Hausmann JS, Hyrich KL, Izadi Z, Jacobsohn L, Katz P, Kearsley-Fleet L, Robinson PC, Yazdany J, Machado PM. Factors associated with COVID-19-related death in people with rheumatic diseases: results from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance physician-reported registry. Ann Rheum Dis. 2021 Jan 27. PMID: 33504483

Liew JW, Bhana S, Costello W, Hausmann JS, Machado PM, Robinson PC, Sirotich E, Sufka P, Wallace ZS, Yazdany J, Grainger R. The COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance: evaluating the rapid design and implementation of an international registry against best practice. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2021 01 05; 60(1):353-358. PMID: 32789449

Chang YM, Liew JW, Gallego DF, Compton N, Hughes GC, Limaye AP. Disseminated Mycobacterium haemophilum With Tenosynovitis in a Liver Transplant Recipient. J Clin Rheumatol. 2021 Jan 01; 27(1):e36-e37. PMID: 31880608; DOI: 10.1097/RHU.0000000000001232;

Egeli BH, Sparks JA, Kim AHJ, Liew JW. Hydroxychloroquine for the treatment of COVID-19 and its potential cardiovascular toxicity: Hero or villain? Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol. 2021 03; 35(1):101658. PMID: 33483287

Sattui SE, Graef ER, Liew JW, Sparks JA, Kim AHJ. Reply to 'Taking a stand against the politicization of medical research: how "swinging the pendulum" poses a hazard to clinical trials, study participants, and the progress of science'. Expert Rev Clin Immunol. 2021 01; 17(1):105-107. PMID: 33290667

Robinson PC, Liew DFL, Liew JW, Monaco C, Richards D, Shivakumar S, Tanner HL, Feldmann M. The Potential for Repurposing Anti-TNF as a Therapy for the Treatment of COVID-19. Med (N Y). 2020 Dec 18; 1(1):90-102. PMID: 33294881

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Putman M, Chock YPE, Tam H, Kim AHJ, Sattui SE, Berenbaum F, Danila MI, Korsten P, Sanchez-Alvarez C, Sparks JA, Coates LC, Palmerlee C, Peirce A, Jayatilleke A, Johnson SR, Kilian A, Liew J, Prokop LJ, Murad MH, Grainger R, Wallace ZS, Duarte-García A. Antirheumatic Disease Therapies for the Treatment of COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2021 01; 73(1):36-47. PMID: 32741139

Liew JW, Ward MM, Reveille JD, Weisman M, Brown MA, Lee M, Rahbar M, Heckbert SR, Gensler LS. Nonsteroidal Antiinflammatory Drug Use and Association With Incident Hypertension in Ankylosing Spondylitis. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2020 11; 72(11):1645-1652. PMID: 31529687; DOI: 10.1002/acr.24070;

Huang IJ, Bays AM, Liew JW. Frequency of Allopurinol Dose Reduction in Hospitalized Patients With Gout Flares. J Rheumatol. 2020 Oct 15. PMID: 33060310

Liew JW, Castillo M, Zaccagnino E, Katz P, Haroon N, Gensler LS. Patient-reported Disease Activity in an Axial Spondyloarthritis Cohort during the COVID-19 Pandemic. ACR Open Rheumatol. 2020 Sep; 2(9):533-539. PMID: 32893508

Sattui SE, Liew JW, Graef ER, Coler-Reilly A, Berenbaum F, Duarte-García A, Harrison C, Konig MF, Korsten P, Putman MS, Robinson PC, Sirotich E, Ugarte-Gil MF, Webb K, Young KJ, Kim AHJ, Sparks JA. Swinging the pendulum: lessons learned from public discourse concerning hydroxychloroquine and COVID-19. Expert Rev Clin Immunol. 2020 07; 16(7):659-666. PMID: 32620062; DOI: 10.1080/1744666X.2020.1792778;

Duarte-García A, Graef ER, Liew JW, Konig MF, Kim AH, Sparks JA. Response to: 'Correspondence on 'Festina lente: hydroxychloroquine, COVID-19and the role of the rheumatologist' by Graef et al' by Lo et al. Ann Rheum Dis. 2020 Aug 07. PMID: 32769149

Monga K, Liew J. Response to: 'Correspondence to 'Gender gap in rheumatology: speaker representation at annual conferences' by Monga and Liew-gender discrepancies at annual EULAR congresses: towards the gap narrowing' by Conigliaro et al. Ann Rheum Dis. 2020 Aug 04. PMID: 32753418

Monga K, Liew J. Response to: 'Women's journey in Mexican rheumatology. Comment on 'Gender gap in rheumatology: speaker representation at annual conferences' by Monga et al' by Colunga-Pedraza et al. Ann Rheum Dis. 2020 Aug 04. PMID: 32753422

Kilian A, Chock YP, Huang IJ, Graef ER, Upton LA, Khilnani A, Krupnikova SDS, Almaghlouth I, Cappelli LC, Fernandez-Ruiz R, Frankel BA, Frankovich J, Harrison C, Kumar B, Monga K, Vega JAR, Singh N, Sparks JA, Sullo E, Young KJ, Duarte-Garcia A, Putman M, Johnson S, Grainger R, Wallace ZS, Liew JW, Jayatilleke A. Acute respiratory viral adverse events during use of antirheumatic disease therapies: A scoping review. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2020 10; 50(5):1191-1201. PMID: 32931985

Hausmann JS, Sufka P, Bhana S, Liew JW, Machado PM, Wallace ZS, Costello W, Robinson PC, Yazdany J, Grainger R, Sirotich E. Conducting research in a pandemic: The power of social media. Eur J Rheumatol. 2020 Aug; 7(Suppl 2):S85-S88. PMID: 32716838

Liew JW, Graef ER. Rheumatic disease and COVID-19. Ann Rheum Dis. 2020 Jul 10. PMID: 32651196; DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-217674;

Liew JW, Graef ER, Sparks JA, Kim AH. Response to: 'Emergency arising from patients' fear of taking antimalarials during these COVID-19 times: are antimalarials as unsafe for cardiovascular health as recent reports suggest?' by Santos-Moreno et al. Ann Rheum Dis. 2020 Jul 09. PMID: 32647030; DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-218432;

Liew JW, Reveille JD, Castillo M, Sawhney H, Naovarat BS, Heckbert SR, Gensler LS. Cardiovascular Risk Scores in Axial Spondyloarthritis Versus the General Population: A Cross-sectional Study. J Rheumatol. 2020 Jul 01. PMID: 32611668; DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.200188;

Liew JW, Cannon CA, Ji Y, Littman AJ, Hawes SE. Association of Arthritis and Antihypertensive Medication Use Among Individuals With Hypertension: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of the 2017 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. J Clin Rheumatol. 2020 Jun 12. PMID: 32541614; DOI: 10.1097/RHU.0000000000001426;

Huang IJ, Pugh T, Xu H, Collins BF, Gardner GC, Liew JW. Refractory, Recurrent Idiopathic Pulmonary Capillaritis Successfully Treated With Tacrolimus. J Clin Rheumatol. 2020 Jun 10. PMID: 32530867; DOI: 10.1097/RHU.0000000000001429;

Gianfrancesco M, Hyrich KL, Al-Adely S, Carmona L, Danila MI, Gossec L, Izadi Z, Jacobsohn L, Katz P, Lawson-Tovey S, Mateus EF, Rush S, Schmajuk G, Simard J, Strangfeld A, Trupin L, Wysham KD, Bhana S, Costello W, Grainger R, Hausmann JS, Liew JW, Sirotich E, Sufka P, Wallace ZS, Yazdany J, Machado PM, Robinson PC. Characteristics associated with hospitalisation for COVID-19 in people with rheumatic disease: data from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance physician-reported registry. Ann Rheum Dis. 2020 07; 79(7):859-866. PMID: 32471903; DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-217871;

Graef ER, Liew JW, Kim AH, Sparks JA. Response to: 'Case series of acute arthritis in COVID-19 admission' by López-González et al. Ann Rheum Dis. 2020 May 29. PMID: 32471896; DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-217989;

Graef ER, Liew JW, Kim AH, Sparks JA. Response to: 'Antimalarial use and arrhythmias in COVID-19 and rheumatic patients: a matter of dose and inflammation?' by Erre et al. Ann Rheum Dis. 2020 May 18. PMID: 32424027; DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-217923;

Monga K, Liew J. Gender gap in rheumatology: speaker representation at annual conferences. Ann Rheum Dis. 2020 May 13. PMID: 32404339; DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-217673;

Konig MF, Kim AH, Scheetz MH, Graef ER, Liew JW, Simard J, Machado PM, Gianfrancesco M, Yazdany J, Langguth D, Robinson PC. Baseline use of hydroxychloroquine in systemic lupus erythematosus does not preclude SARS-CoV-2 infection and severe COVID-19. Ann Rheum Dis. 2020 10; 79(10):1386-1388. PMID: 32381561; DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-217690;

Liew JW, Dubreuil M. Treat to Target in Axial Spondyloarthritis: Pros, Cons, and Future Directions. Rheum Dis Clin North Am. 2020 05; 46(2):343-356.View Related Profiles.

Liew, Jean
Dubreuil, Maureen

PMID: 32340706

Liew JW, Huang IJ, Louden DN, Singh N, Gensler LS. Association of body mass index on disease activity in axial spondyloarthritis: systematic review and meta-analysis. RMD Open. 2020 05; 6(1). PMID: 32434828; DOI: 10.1136/rmdopen-2020-001225;

Gianfrancesco MA, Hyrich KL, Gossec L, Strangfeld A, Carmona L, Mateus EF, Sufka P, Grainger R, Wallace Z, Bhana S, Sirotich E, Liew J, Hausmann JS, Costello W, Robinson P, Machado PM, Yazdany J. Rheumatic disease and COVID-19: initial data from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance provider registries. Lancet Rheumatol. 2020 May; 2(5):e250-e253. PMID: 32309814; DOI: 10.1016/S2665-9913(20)30095-3;

Graef ER, Liew JW, Putman MS, Simard JF, Sirotich E, Berenbaum F, Duarte-García A, Grainger R, Harrison C, Konig MF, Korsten P, Proulx L, Richards DP, Robinson PC, Sattui SE, Ugarte-Gil MF, Young KJ, Kim AH, Sparks JA. Festina lente: hydroxychloroquine, COVID-19 and the role of the rheumatologist. Ann Rheum Dis. 2020 06; 79(6):734-736. PMID: 32295786; DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-217480;

Gehring C, Starkebaum GA, Voelzke BB, Liew JW. Immunoglobulin G4-related disease of the urinary bladder. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2020 04 01; 59(4):907-908. PMID: 31598708; DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kez459;

Liew JW, Struthers SA, Cormack FC, Bays AM, Han BK. Spinal Tophi Causing Cord Compression and Mimicking Epidural Abscess in a Young Man With Lesch-Nyhan Variant. J Clin Rheumatol. 2020 Apr; 26(3):e64. PMID: 30222628; DOI: 10.1097/RHU.0000000000000894;

Kim AHJ, Sparks JA, Liew JW, Putman MS, Berenbaum F, Duarte-García A, Graef ER, Korsten P, Sattui SE, Sirotich E, Ugarte-Gil MF, Webb K, Grainger R. A Rush to Judgment? Rapid Reporting and Dissemination of Results and Its Consequences Regarding the Use of Hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19. Ann Intern Med. 2020 06 16; 172(12):819-821. PMID: 32227189; DOI: 10.7326/M20-1223;

Liew JW, Thomason JL. Erosive Gouty Arthropathy Resulting in a Telescoping Digit. J Clin Rheumatol. 2019 Dec; 25(8):e133. PMID: 31764501; DOI: 10.1097/RHU.0000000000000793;

Liew JW, Jones BL, Hunter AJ. Disseminated Herpes Simplex Masquerading as Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis: A Case Report. Perm J. 2019; 23. PMID: 31167703; DOI: 10.7812/TPP/18-202;

Huang IJ, Liew JW, Morcos MB, Zuo S, Crawford C, Bays AM. Pharmacist-managed titration of urate-lowering therapy to streamline gout management. Rheumatol Int. 2019 Sep; 39(9):1637-1641. PMID: 31147732; DOI: 10.1007/s00296-019-04333-5;

Liew JW, Starkebaum G. Bone Lesions in Erdheim-Chester Disease. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2019 07; 71(7):1206. PMID: 30688414; DOI: 10.1002/art.40845;

Huang IJ, Pugh T, Liew J. Early Initiation of Tocilizumab in Clinically Isolated Aortitis. Cureus. 2019 Apr 16; 11(4):e4479. PMID: 31249756; DOI: 10.7759/cureus.4479;

Liew JW, Ramiro S, Gensler LS. Cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in ankylosing spondylitis and psoriatic arthritis. Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol. 2018 06; 32(3):369-389. PMID: 31171309; DOI: 10.1016/j.berh.2019.01.002;

Liew JW, Gardner GC. Use of Anakinra in Hospitalized Patients with Crystal-associated Arthritis. J Rheumatol. 2019 10; 46(10):1345-1349. PMID: 30647192; DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.181018;

Baker R, Liew JW, Simonson PD, Soma LA, Starkebaum G. Macrophage activation syndrome in a patient with axial spondyloarthritis on adalimumab. Clin Rheumatol. 2019 Feb; 38(2):603-608. PMID: 30535729; DOI: 10.1007/s10067-018-4387-5;

Mantilla B, Liew JW. Avoiding a Rash Diagnosis: Rituximab-Induced Serum Sickness. J Clin Rheumatol. 2018 Oct 23. PMID: 30363002; DOI: 10.1097/RHU.0000000000000918;

Liew J, Stevens J, Slatore C. Refractory Hypoxemia in a Patient with Submassive Pulmonary Embolism and an Intracardiac Shunt: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Perm J. 2018; 22:17-061. PMID: 29616915; DOI: 10.7812/TPP/17-061;

Liew J, Lundblad J, Obley A. Local Anesthetic Systemic Toxicity Complicating Thyroid Biopsy. Cureus. 2017 Dec 16; 9(12):e1955. PMID: 29487769; DOI: 10.7759/cureus.1955;

Liew J, Xu TH, Chu CQ. Synovitis acne pustulosis hyperostosis osteitis (SAPHO) - paradoxical reactions and different responses to tumour necrosis factor inhibitors. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2017 Dec 01; 56(12):2239-2241. PMID: 28977552; DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kex309;

Liew J, Lucas Williams J, Dobscha S, Barton JL. Posttraumatic stress disorder and correlates of disease activity among veterans with ankylosing spondylitis. Rheumatol Int. 2017 Oct; 37(10):1765-1769. PMID: 28840348; DOI: 10.1007/s00296-017-3801-7;

Wessel AK, Liew J, Kwon T, Marcotte EM, Whiteley M. Role of Pseudomonas aeruginosa peptidoglycan-associated outer membrane proteins in vesicle formation. J Bacteriol. 2013 Jan; 195(2):213-9. PMID: 23123904; DOI: 10.1128/JB.01253-12;

This graph shows the total number of publications by year, by first, middle/unknown, or last author.

Bar chart showing 51 publications over 6 distinct years, with a maximum of 29 publications in 2020

Bar chart showing 51 publications over 6 distinct years, with a maximum of 29 publications in 2020

Year	Publications
2012	1
2017	3
2018	3
2019	7
2020	29
2021	8

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