Theodore Pincus
Dr. Theodore Pincus graduated from Columbia College and Harvard Medical School, trained at Massachusetts General Hospital, National Institutes of Health, Stanford University, and Cornell University, and was a Professor at Vanderbilt University from 1980 to 2007 before moving to the NYU-Hospital for Joint Diseases. Research accomplishments have included immunochemical characterization of antibodies in experimental immune-complex nephritis, a radioimmunoassay for DNA antibodies as a clinical test for systemic lupus erythematosus outside research laboratories, identification of genes which control experimental retrovirus infection, recognition of premature mortality in rheumatoid arthritis, recognition that mortality in rheumatoid arthritis patients is predicted more significantly by a patient questionnaire and formal education level than by laboratory or radiographic measures, and recognition that people with rheumatoid arthritis are substantially better in 2000 than in 1985 associated with aggressive treatment and routine patient measurement. Primary current activities involve further dissemination of quantitative measurement in routine care to improve treatment, documentation and outcomes for patients with rheumatic diseases, and further development of a biopsychosocial model to reduce socioeconomic disparities in health for 21st century medicine.
