Ronald Messner, M.D.

Dr. Ronald Messner is a Professor of Medicine, and past Director of Rheumatology. He plays a major role in the clinical activities of the division, attending in three half-day clinics per week and on the inpatient consult service 2.5 months of the year. He directs the second-year medical school curriculum in rheumatology, and is the director of the Department of Medicine's annual Review Course for physician education, as well as the Medical Grand Rounds program. He is a principal investigator on one NIH-funded research project and co-investigator on another that are focused on the mechanism through which virus infection may trigger autoimmunity. He is also principal investigator on an NIH-funded grant that explores the possibility of using stem cell transplantation in combination with specific immunotherapy to induce immune self-tolerance as a treatment of collagen induced arthritis in mice.

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