BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Academic and Professional Background

• B.S. 1975 - Illinois Benedictine College, Lisle, Illinois
• M.D. 1978 - Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois
• Residency (Internal Medicine) 1981 - Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois
• Fellowship (Rheumatology) 1983 - University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin

Current Research Interests

• Inflammatory Joint Disease
• Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Spondyloarthropathies

Selected Publications

Adams EM, Shin D. Heterotopic ossification and critical illness. J Rheumatol 27:2270-2271, 2001.

Adams EM, Hassan A, Kadanoff R. Does mechanical insult to cartilage trigger relapsing polychondritis? Scand J Rheumatol 30:311, 2001.

Panchal P, Adams E, Hsieh A. Calcific constrictive pericarditis. Arthritis and Rheumatism 39:347-350, 1996.

Clegg DO et al. Comparison of sulfasalazine and placebo in the treatment of Reactive Arthritis (Reiter's Syndrome). Arthritis and Rheumatism 39:2021-2027, 1996. A Department of Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study, EM Adams, Co-Investigator.

Clegg DO et al. Comparison of sulfasalazine and placebo in the treatment of psoriatic arthritis. Arthritis and Rheumatism 39:2013-2020, 1996. A Department of Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study, EM Adams, Co-Investigator.

Clegg DO et al. Comparison of sulfasalazine and placebo in the treatment of aikylosuay spondyulitis. Arthritis and Rheumatism 39:2004-2012, 1996. A Department of Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study, EM Adams, Co-Investigator.

Parachuri R, Adams EM. Entrapment Neuropathies: A guide to avoiding misdiagnosis. Postgraduate Medicine 94:39-51, 1993.

Merchut MP, Adams EM, Morrissey M. Sensory neuronapathy in autoimmune chronic active hepatitis. Neurology 43(11), 1993.

Adams EM, Lubrano TL, Gordon J. Fields JZ. Lack of 3 [H] quinuclidinyl bensylate binding to biologically relevant binding sites on mononuclear cells. Brain, Behavior and Immunity 6:307-313, 1992.

Projects Completed or Active (Selected)

• VA Cooperative Studies of Ankylosing Spondylities, Psoriatic Arthrita and Reiter's Syndrome

Research Funding Sources

• VA Cooperative Studies
• Pharmaceutical Companies

Research Methods Employed

• Clinical Studies

Professional Accomplishments

• Member, American College of Rheumatology
• Member, Chicago Rheumatism Society
• Member, American College of Physicians

Honors

• 1978 - A.O.A. President, Loyola Chapter
• Alpha Sigma Nu Honor Society