Physician Profile

Siddharth Tambar, MD

My specific professional interests include the following:

1) Musculoskeletal ultrasound for diagnosis of various joint/tendon/nerve conditions, and for guided injections.

2) Newer treatments for autoimmune diseases, including for rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, gout, lupus, and others.

3) Newer regenerative medicine treatments for chronic musculoskeletal problems, including chronic tendinitis, arthritis, and nerve entrapment syndromes.

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Board Certifications

Rheumatology 2008

Internal Medicine 2004

Professional Interests

Diagnostic and Interventional musculoskeletal ultrasound in Rheumatology.

New treatments for tendinitis and carpal tunnel syndrome.

Research trials in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Spondyloarthropathies.

Osteoporosis and cardiovascular disease in Lupus.

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 Affiliations

American College of Rheumatology

American Institute of Ultrasound Medicine

Chicago Medical Society

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.

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

Presentations

“Cryoglobulinemia”, Rheumatology Grand Rounds- Northwestern Memorial Hospital, March 2008.

“Cardiovascular disease in Lupus Nephritis”, MCRC Conference- Northwestern Memorial Hospital, May 2007.

“Dermatomyositis”, Rheumatology Grand Rounds- Northwestern Memorial Hospital, March 2007. 

“Churg Strauss”, Rheumatology Grand Rounds- Northwestern Memorial Hospital, April 2006.

“Oral Contraceptive use in SLE- Is it safe?”- Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Feb 2006.

"Lung disease in Scleroderma”, Internal Medicine Resident talk- Northwestern Memorial Hospital, 2004.

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