Krishna Chaganti, MD, MS

Professor

Associate Professor

Arthritis & Joint Replacement

Orthopaedic Institute - Arthritis & Joint Replacement

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San Francisco CA 94158

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Publications

Jafri K, Zahed H, Wysham KD, Patterson S, Nolan AL, Bucknor MD, Chaganti RK. Antimalarial myopathy in a systemic lupus erythematosus patient with quadriparesis and seizures: a case-based review. Clin Rheumatol. 2017 Jun; 36(6):1437-1444. PMID: 28236156
Yu WY, Manrriquez E, Bhutani T, Chaganti RK, Ruben BS, Schwartz BS, Fox LP. Sweet heart: A case of pregnancy-associated acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis with myopericarditis. JAAD Case Rep. 2015 Jan; 1(1):12-4. PMID: 27075127
Chaganti RK, Lane NE, Nevitt MC. Response to Letter to the Editor: "Food frequency questionnaire is an effective method for measuring micronutrient intake.". Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2014 Nov; 22(11):1949-50. PMID: 25168364
Chaganti RK, Purdue E, Sculco TP, Mandl LA. Elevation of serum tumor necrosis factor α in patients with periprosthetic osteolysis: a case-control study. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2014 Feb; 472(2):584-9. PMID: 24307062
Chaganti RK, Tolstykh I, Javaid MK, Neogi T, Torner J, Curtis J, Jacques P, Felson D, Lane NE, Nevitt MC, Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study Group (MOST). High plasma levels of vitamin C and E are associated with incident radiographic knee osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2014 Feb; 22(2):190-6. PMID: 24291351
Chaganti RK, Lane NE. Risk factors for incident osteoarthritis of the hip and knee. Curr Rev Musculoskelet Med. 2011 Sep; 4(3):99-104. PMID: 21808997
Chaganti RK, Parimi N, Cawthon P, Dam TL, Nevitt MC, Lane NE. Association of 25-hydroxyvitamin D with prevalent osteoarthritis of the hip in elderly men: the osteoporotic fractures in men study. Arthritis Rheum. 2010 Feb; 62(2):511-4. PMID: 20112402
Chaganti RK, Parimi N, Lang T, Orwoll E, Stefanick ML, Nevitt M, Lane NE, Osteoporotic Fractures in Men (MrOS) Study Group. Bone mineral density and prevalent osteoarthritis of the hip in older men for the Osteoporotic Fractures in Men (MrOS) Study Group. Osteoporos Int. 2010 Aug; 21(8):1307-16. PMID: 20101493
Lynch JA, Parimi N, Chaganti RK, Nevitt MC, Lane NE, Study of Osteoporotic Fractures Research Group. The association of proximal femoral shape and incident radiographic hip OA in elderly women. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2009 Oct; 17(10):1313-8. PMID: 19427402

Awards and Honors

Ira M. Goldstein Award for Outstanding Teaching in Rheumatology
2019
Ira M. Goldstein Award for Outstanding Teaching in Rheumatology, UCSF, 2019
UCSF
ACR Physician Scientist Development Award
2004
ACR Physician Scientist Development Award, Hospital for Special Surgery/NYP Weill Cornell Hospital, 2004-2007
Hospital for Special Surgery/NYP Weill Cornell Hospital

Education

Organization	Year
RhMSUS	American College of Rheumatology	2019
M.S.	Columbia University	2009
Postdoctoral Studies	University of California, San Francisco	2008
Fellowship	Hospital for Special Surgery/Weill Cornell Hospital	2006
Residency	Temple University	2003
M.D.	Temple University	1999
A.B.	Princeton University	1994

About Krishna Chaganti, MD, MS

Dr. Chaganti earned a medical degree and completed an internal medicine residency at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia. She completed a rheumatology fellowship at the Hospital for Special Surgery / New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical College. She also completed a masters degree at Columbia University's School of Public Health. During her fellowship, she received an ACR Physician-Scientist Development Award to support her research of risk factors associated with hip osteoarthritis development.

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