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James F. Fries
Academic Appointments
- Emeritus (Active) Professor, Medicine - Immunology & Rheumatology
- Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council, Medicine - Immunology & Rheumatology
Contact Information
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Clinical Offices
Immunology & Rheumatology Clinic 300 Pasteur Dr A175 MC 5309 Stanford, CA 94305 Tel Work (650) 723-6961 Fax (650) 725-8418
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Academic Offices
Personal Information EmailAdministrative Contact Leslie Lindzey Administrative Associate Email Tel Work 725-4612Not for medical emergencies or patient use
Professional Snapshot
Clinical Focus
- Immunology and Rheumatology
- Rheumatology
Honors and Awards
- ISI Highly Cited, Web of Science (2009)
- Research Hero, Arthritis Foundation (2000)
- Cinical Research Award, American College of Rheumatology (2005)
- Master of Rheumatology, American College of Rheumatology (2003)
Professional Education
| Board Certification: | Rheumatology, American Board of Internal Medicine (1974) |
| Board Certification: | Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine (1970) |
| Residency: | SUMC - Graduate Medical Education, CA (1969) |
| Fellowship: | Johns Hopkins University, MD (1968) |
| Residency: | Johns Hopkins University, MD (1966) |
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Scientific Focus
Research Interests
My research uses large longitudinal data banks of patients with chronic diseases, particularly rheumatic diseases, and senior individuals undergoing the aging process and related infirmities to perform studies of natural history of disease, toxicity of medications, identification of subsets of patients with special characteristics, prediction of high risk individuals, elaboration of treatment strategies, computation and the costs of care for chronic diseases, development of risk factor models for osteoarthritis and musculoskeletal aging, and other clinical epidemiologic subjects. The central resource is ARAMIS (Arthritis Rheumatism and Aging Medical Information System) which involves 17 centers in the United States and Canada and has just been refunded by the National Institutes of Health for years 26-30. Fellows are trained for academic positions in rheumatology or clinical epidemiology. Approximately 60 projects are underway at any given time and an excess of 900 peer reviewed publications have been published from the ARAMIS group of investigators. Related to the ARAMIS endeavors is the Post-Marketing Surveillance Program, which works with the AHCPR, the FDA, and industry to provide information on drug toxicities and drug benefits which were not well-documented or understood at the time of drug release. The studies employ pharmacoeconomic and pharmacoepidemiologic techniques. Information science applications are pursued by a technical computer programming staff. The ARAMIS staff include clinicians, epidemiologists, biostaticians, health economists, and health service researchers.
Publications
- What constitutes progress in assessing patient outcomes? J Clin Epidemiol. 2009; (8): 779-80
- Progress in assessing physical function in arthritis: PROMIS short forms and computerized adaptive testing. J Rheumatol. 2009; (9): 2061-6
- Rheumatologist perceptions of sources of health care disparities in minority rheumatoid arthritis patients. J Clin Rheumatol. 2009; (3): 145-7
- Regular vigorous physical activity and disability development in healthy overweight and normal-weight seniors: a 13-year study. Am J Public Health. 2008; (7): 1294-9
- Reduced disability and mortality among aging runners: a 21-year longitudinal study. Arch Intern Med. 2008; (15): 1638-46
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