Physician Profile

Education/Training                                                                                                                          

2005-2008  Rheumatology Fellowship, Northwestern Memorial Hospital

2001-2004  Internship and Residency in Internal Medicine, Northwestern Memorial Hospital

1997-2001  Doctorate of Medicine, State University of New York Upstate Medical University at Syracuse

1993-1997  BA Economics, Summa Cum Laude, State University of New York at Buffalo

 

Professional Interests

 

Use of musculoskeletal ultrasound in Rheumatology.

Research trials in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Spondyloarthropathies.

Osteoporosis and cardiovascular disease in Lupus.

  

Publications                                                                                                                                    

Original Research

Pending Publication: “SLE, Osteoporosis, OPG, and RANK Ligand.”

 

Review Articles

Ruderman EM, Tambar S.  Psoriatic arthritis: prevalence, diagnosis, and review of therapy for the dermatologist.  Dermatol Clin. 2004 Oct;22(4):477-86.

Tambar S and Ruderman EM.  Using the newer RA therapies effectively and safely.  The Journal of Musculoskeletal Medicine.  Nov 2006, Supp: S15-S23.

Tambar S and Ruderman EM.  New therapies for Rheumatoid Arthritis.  Managed Care Interface.  July 2007, 20 (7).

 

Book Chapters

Tambar S and Ruderman EM.  "Rheumatoid Arthritis: Diagnosis and Therapy".  Ch 22.  Contemporay Perspective on Clinical Pharmacotherapeutics.  ed Kamlesh Kohli, Madhur Gupta, and Sheela Tejwani.  2006.

 

Case Reports

Babafemi Taiwo, Chin Lee, Deepak Venkat, Siddharth Tambar, Sarah H. Sutton.  “Can tumor necrosis factor-alpha blockade predispose to severe babesiosis?”  Arthritis Care & Research.  Feb 2007, Vol 57, 1: 179-181.

 

Poster Presentations

“SLE, Osteoporosis, OPG, and RANK Ligand”- American College of Rheumatology Annual meeting 2007.

Pending- SLE, Cardiovascular disease, and OPG/RANKL- American College of Rheumatology Annual meeting, 2008

 

 

Awards/Honors                                                                                                                              

2001  Alpha Omega Alpha, State University of New York at Syracuse

2000  Commendation Department of Internal Medicine, Upstate Medical University.

1998  Commendation from the Committee on Academic Promotion, Upstate Medical University.

1997  Summa Cum Laude, State University of New York at Buffalo

1997  Phi Beta Kappa, State University of New York at Buffalo.

1997  Dean’s Departmental Award, Economics Department, State University of New York at Buffalo.

1997  Golden Key Honor Society, State University of New York at Buffalo.

1995  Grace Capen Award, State University of New York at Buffalo.

1993-1997  State University of New York at Buffalo Honors Program