Rosie Scuccimarri, MD

Primary Axis: 
Musculoskeletal Disorders
Secondary Axis: 
Health Outcomes
Research Focus: 

Research focuses on outcomes in Kawasaki Disease and Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, and in vertebral fractures and steroid-induced osteoporosis in children with chronic rheumatic diseases.

Keywords: 
Clinical research, pediatric rheumatology, Kawasaki disease, juvenile arthritis, juvenile dermatomyositis, systemic lupus erythematosus
Location: 
Montreal Children's Hospital
Publications:
Nahkla M, Scuccimarri R, Watanabe Duffy K, Chédeville G, Campillo S, Duffy C, Azouz M, Shenouda N, Sharma A and Rodd C. Prevalence of Vertebral Fractures in Children with Chronic Rheumatic Diseases at Risk for Osteopenia. J Pediatr 154(3):438-443, 2009
Chedeville G, Scuccimarri R, Duffy CM. Methotrexate Use by Pediatric Rheumatologists in Canada. J Rheumatol 34(4):818-822, 2007
Zappitelli M, Duffy C, Bernard CM, Scuccimarri R, Watanabe Duffy KN, Kagan R, Gupta I. Clinicopathologic Study of the WHO classification in Childhood Lupus Nephritis. Pediatr Nephrol 19(5):503-10, 2004