Division of Rheumatology and Immunology

John R. Rice, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine in the Department of Medicine

Department:
Medicine

Division:
Rheumatology and Immunology

Mailing Address:
DUMC 3383 Durham, NC 27710

Telephone:
919-668-7630

Office Telephone:
919-684-3313

Fax:
919-681-8298

Training:
MD, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine (Florida), 1968

Residency:
Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, 1968-1970, 1973-1974

Clinical Interests:
Rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, giant-cell arteritis, vasculitis, sarcoidosis, gout, spondyloarthritis, psoriatic arthritis

Research Interests:
Current reseach activities are focused on (FM).

In this context I participated by invitation in the 1994 international Consensus Conference, in Vancouver, British Columbia.  The resulting document from this body was published in the Journal of Rheumatology, March 1996 (see listing of representative publications below).

An active protocol, "A research study to assess the effectiness of behavioral insomnia therapy in  (FM).

Publications:
The fibromyalgia syndrome: a consensus report on fibromyalgia and disability. F. Wolfe and the Vancouver Fibromyalgia Consensus Group - M. Alen, R. M. Bennett, C. Bombardier, Norm Broadhurst (non-voting), R. S. Cameron (non-voting), S. Carette, A. Chalmers, M. Cohen, J. Crook, G. E. Erlich, A. Fam, J. Gilles, D. Goldenberg, K. G. Hendriksson, V. Janda, G. Littlejohn, G. A. McCain, P. Mease, H. Moldofsky, R. Olin, P. J. Pontinen, M. Puttick, H. Raspe, P. A. Reilly, J. Reynolds, J. R. Rice, T. J. Romano, T. Russell, I. J. Russell, S. Silverman, R. Simms, H. Smythe, E. Tunks, D. Uslan, and M. B. Yunus. J. Rheumatology 23:534-539, 1996.

Methotrexate-associated heptatoxicity: retrospective analysis of 210 patients with rheumatoid arthritis. W. J. Shergy, R. P. Polisson, D. S. Caldwell, J. R. Rice, D. S. Pisetsky, N. B. Allen. Amer J Med 85:771-774, 1988.

Anti-centromere antibody: clinical correlations and association with favorable prognosis in patients with scleroderma variants. G. A. McCarty, J. R. Rice, M. L. Bembe and F. A. Barada, Jr. Arth and Rheumatism 26:1-7, 1983.

Lymphocytic lymphoma and systemic lupus erythematosus: their coexistence with antibody to the Sm antigen. G. A. McCarty, J. R. Rice, B. F. Fetter and D. S. Pisetsky. Arch Pathol Lab Med 106:196-199, 1982.

Characterization and comparison of commercially available antinuclear antibody kits using high-titered, single-pattern index sera. G. A. McCarty and J. R. Rice. J. Rheumatology 7:339-347, 1980.