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Jinoos Yazdany

@jyazdanymd.bsky.social
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Professor at UCSF, Chief of Rheumatology at SF General Hospital, using data analytics to improve the quality, safety, and equity of health care. Specialize in lupus.

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ACR Journals @acr-journals.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Arthritis & Rheumatology doi.org/10.1002/art.... @jyazdanymd.bsky.social
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Jinoos Yazdany @jyazdanymd.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Interesting: risk of #SLE seems to increase with age in men: Age‐specific Incidence of SLE in the United States: A Meta‐Analysis of Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Lupus Registries - Arthritis & Rheumatology acrjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Age‐specific Incidence of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in the United States: A Meta‐Analysis of Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Lupus Registries
Objective Epidemiologic estimates for age of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) diagnosis are limited, particularly for men and racial and ethnic subpopulations in the United States. Leveraging the .....
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Jinoos Yazdany @jyazdanymd.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
New real-world safety signal for avacopan: liver abnormalities were uncommon but severe DILI can occur. Using national RISE data, rheumatologists adjudicated potential cases in 238 patients, confirming 2 DILI cases, including one severe, biopsy-confirmed case. #RISE doi.org/10.1002/art....
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Hepatotoxicity of Avacopan: Real‐World Incidence and Confirmed Cases of Severe Drug‐Induced Liver Injury in a US National Rheumatology Registry
Introduction Avacopan, an oral C5a receptor inhibitor, approved for ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) in 2021. Following FDA reports of 76 worldwide drug induced liver injury (DILI) cases (66 in Japa.....
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ACR Journals @acr-journals.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
The Navajo Nation, the largest Native American reservation, faces high prevalence of RA & shortage of rheumatology providers. A 12-week, culturally grounded telementorship program improved primary care providers' knowledge, confidence, & self-reported clinical behaviors in RA diagnosis & management
PCPs’ self-reported clinical behavior changes, reported 1 year after completing the RA ECHO Curriculum for the Navajo Nation
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Jinoos Yazdany @jyazdanymd.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Improving RA care where it’s needed most. This study highlights a targeted training program for primary care providers on the Navajo Nation that builds capacity, expands access, and addresses disparities in rheumatology care. acrjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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A Rheumatoid Arthritis Training Program for Primary Care Providers on the Navajo Nation
Objective The Navajo Nation, the largest Native American reservation, faces a high prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and a critical shortage of rheumatology providers. To address this gap, we ...
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ACR Journals @acr-journals.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
What was the impact of the CVS formulary change preferring biosimilar adalimumab-adaz on prescribing in US community rheumatology practices? Arthritis Care & Research doi.org/10.1002/acr....
Interrupted time series analysis of the proportion of prescriptions written that were adalimumab-adaz and other adalimumab biosimilars by month stratified by insurance payor. Lines represent model-based predictions, dots represent observed proportions.
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Bob Wachter @bobwachter.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Thanks to noted futurist Jeff Goldsmith for his lovely and insightful review of A GIANT LEAP in today's Health Affairs journal. "... an island of calm and thoughtful commentary in the midst of an exhausting wave of hype.... Highly recommended." www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...
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A Voice Of Calm Amidst The AI Hype Storm | Health Affairs Forefront
Jeff Goldsmith reviews “A Giant Leap,” a thoughtful new book about how artificial intelligence is transforming health care, by Robert Wachter.
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Rachael Stovall MD MAS @restovall.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Our recent work on sex differences in treatment discontinuation in axSpA. @jyazdanymd.bsky.social @rheumcat.bsky.social @nasingh.bsky.social
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Marie Binvignat @mbinvignat.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Thrilled to share our new paper comparing different LLMs to extract TNFi reasons and treatment trajectories from UCSF de-identified EHR data with @bmeow19.bsky.social, A. Garcia-Agundez and @jyazdanymd.bsky.social published in JAMIA open. academic.oup.com/jamiaopen/ar... @ucsf-bchsi.bsky.social
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ACR Journals @acr-journals.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Cross-sectional study of adults with SLE in the US estimated 56.3% had polypharmacy (≥5 prescription or OTC meds). Arthritis Care & Research doi.org/10.1002/acr....
Polypharmacy in Adults with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Graphical abstract created using BioRender
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Lupus Foundation of America @lupus.org · 27/10/2025
🎉 We're honored to present the Evelyn V. Hess Award to Dr. Karen Costenbader for advancing #lupus research and care, and the Mary Betty Stevens Prize to Dr. Andrea Fava for innovative research driving progress in lupus science. Learn more about their research: buff.ly/cn8xViK
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Jinoos Yazdany @jyazdanymd.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Friends today but not tomorrow - come to the #ACR25 Great Debate Monday at 8:30 am on #AI in #Rheumatology!!!
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Medsky Moderation @moderation.medsky.network · 25/10/2025
Hey #Rheumsky! We heard you’ve got a conference this weekend! Wishing everyone in Chicago, IL this weekend for #ACR25 a wonderful conference experience! The conference hashtag will send posts directly to the Rheumatology feed, so you won’t miss the action!
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UCSF DoC-IT @ucsfdocit.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
@sarahpollet.bsky.social @jyazdanymd.bsky.social @julia-adler-mils.bsky.social @saramurray.bsky.social
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Bob Wachter @bobwachter.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Thrilled to see my book on healthcare Al available for preorder! sites.prh.com/preview/6f5c... I tried to cut through the hype, with stories & insights on everything from scribes to surgery, hallucinations to misinformation, med education to regulation. Plus "Will there be doctors?"@portfoliobooks
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Jinoos Yazdany @jyazdanymd.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
If the U.S. government wants to save $$$, they should read our article on #biosimilars: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Breaking Barriers: Essential Reforms for a Competitive and Affordable Biosimilars Market - Current Rheumatology Reports
Purpose of review This update examines the current policy landscape for biosimilars, particularly those approved for treating rheumatoid arthritis. We review recent literature and recommend policies t...
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ACR Journals @acr-journals.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
NEW Episode of the ACR Journals on Air podcast! 🎙️ Epidemiology meets clinical care—Laura Plantinga, PhD, shares insights from her research on #lupus & daily activity limitations 🎧 Listen → acr.tw/4dE1lHe Read the study → doi.org/10.1002/acr.... #Medsky
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UCSF CODEX @ucsfcodex.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Miss the conversation on bias in healthcare AI? 🎥 Catch Paige Nong, @ajh.bsky.social, and @ryan-levi.bsky.social as they unpack real-world risks—and what it takes to evaluate AI tools responsibly. See how the experts broke it down: codex.ucsf.edu/events/codex... @tradeoffs.org
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Ted Price @tedpricethepainguy.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Excellent career advice from Peter Hotez journals.plos.org/plosbiology/.... Also some good stuff here for universities to consider in the face of current challenges.
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Navigating your US bioscience career into the 2030s
The coming decade might see major cuts to US Government funding for biomedicine and the mainstreaming of pseudoscience. This Perspective highlights how your biosciences PhD gives you the problem-solvi...
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Jinoos Yazdany @jyazdanymd.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
I’m excited to take on this new role and do my small smart to make sure AI is safe, fair, and effective. Best part is getting to work with visionary leaders like @julia-adler-mils.bsky.social @saramurray.bsky.social @sarahpollet.bsky.social and many others
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UCSF DoC-IT @ucsfdocit.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
🚨 Big news in AI & healthcare! Jinoos Yazdany, MD, MPH, has been named Executive Director of AI Monitoring in Clinical Care at UCSF. She’ll lead efforts to ensure AI tools are evaluated and deployed safely and effectively. Read more: docit.ucsf.edu/news/jinoos-... @jyazdanymd.bsky.social
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Jinoos Yazdany @jyazdanymd.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
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Damage Control in the Wake of Political Action That Threatens the Integrity of Medical Research | Annals of Internal Medicine
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Jinoos Yazdany @jyazdanymd.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
I've been waiting for this one!!!
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Dr Craig R McClain @drcraigmc.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Somewhere in the U.S., there’s a scientist staring at their NSF/NIH grant application wondering why they bother. This post is for you. Science and society both need you. Hang in there and know there is a whole community supporting you.
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Emily Barkley-Levenson @emilybl.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Fantastic, super clear explanation by Dr. Choo of NIH grants process: takes “tens of thousands of reviewers annually on more than 1000 meetings with study sections like the one I should have been sitting in Thursday.” Even if/when the freeze ends, can’t just be restarted with a snap. 🧪
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Margot Kushel MD @mkushel.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Health Disparities are real & lethal. Research on ⬇️ health disparities & improving health among impacted pops is critical. The NIMHD (NIH Institute that focuses on ⬇️ disparities) website remains. But if you search NIH Health Disparities, the page is gone. Chilling.
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Cristina Lanata @cristinalanata.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Extremely pleased to see this published! It takes a whole division of rheumatology to be on the look out for active SLE patients in the clinics/hospital with an active flare to enroll them in research and follow them over time clinicalepigeneticsjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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Changes in DNA methylation are associated with systemic lupus erythematosus flare remission and clinical subtypes - Clinical Epigenetics
Background Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) has numerous symptoms across organs and an unpredictable flare-remittance pattern. This has made it challenging to understand drivers of long-term SLE out...
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Natalia Vasquez Canizares @nataliavasca.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
We have 2 fellowship positions available (1 pediatric rheumatology, 1 med-peds rheumatology) at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY. We welcome #IMG and sponsor both J1 and H1b visas. You will never regret being part of this outstanding team! See information below if interested!
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Jinoos Yazdany @jyazdanymd.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Dr. Jenny Mandal's Rheumatology Access Expansion (RAE: raeinitiative.org) has trained 111 primary care clinicians on Native American reservations around the U.S. to care for people with #RA. Read about her inspiring work at the link below. #rheumsky #UCSFrheum
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Jinoos Yazdany @jyazdanymd.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
This trial is very interesting - we need ways to prevent LN before it happens! Early MMF helps but for how long should rx continue? Also need to further define who will benefit. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Mycophenolate Mofetil and New-Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
This randomized clinical trial investigates whether early application of mycophenolate mofetil improves long-term outcomes in patients with newly diagnosed systemic lupus erythematosus with a high tit...
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Jinoos Yazdany @jyazdanymd.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
#ACR24 Older patients, those in low nSES areas, and certain racial/ethnic groups less likely to get b/tsDMARDs, trends that did not change over last decade.#RISE-registry. www.heal.com/news/rheumat...
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Age, racial gaps in b/tsDMARD use for rheumatoid arthritis show ‘surprising’ stability
WASHINGTON — Disparities in the use of biologic and targeted synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs for rheumatoid arthritis, including among older, Black and Asian patients, have not c...
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Rheum Cat @rheumcat.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
For the second year, @ACRheum’s Global Engagement Committee along with @rheum_covid leaders were able to review over 60 applications and provide travel awards to these accomplished individuals to attend #ACR24
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Rheum Cat @rheumcat.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
And I found this old tweet from @philipcrobinson from the first @ACRheum I attended in 2016, and it reminds me of why we do what we do, and what this program is about @jyazdanymd.bsky.social @profbeckyg.bsky.social @nicoladalbeth.bsky.social
Phil Robinson tweeting at ACR staff Donna Hoyne in 2016 about the success of #ACR16
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Jinoos Yazdany @jyazdanymd.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Thank you to all the people who worked over many months to put on #ACR24. Exciting to witness the renaissance of cellular therapies for #rheumatic diseases and fun to catch up with old friends. See you next year!
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Jinoos Yazdany @jyazdanymd.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
#ACR24 lupus nephritis guideline puts nickel down on choosing CNI if proteinuria >3 grams based on post-hoc analysis of BLISS-LN. Hopefully a head-to-head comparison of adding BEL or CNI or OBI will happen at some point
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Rheum Cat @rheumcat.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
We are going to ferry all the rheumatologists over to bluesky 💜 @jyazdanymd.bsky.social #ACR24
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Jinoos Yazdany @jyazdanymd.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Congratulations Brad and Ali on your #LFA awards at #ACR24. Two amazing lupus researchers.
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Jinoos Yazdany @jyazdanymd.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Woah! Patient got pregnant (I think couple months) after CAR-T therapy. Mom and baby did ok. Baby had normal CD19 numbers. #ACR24 #SLE
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Jinoos Yazdany @jyazdanymd.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Plenary 2: Dr. Schmajuk shows that #RISE-registry data results in improvements in performance on several quality measures before and after joining registry in interrupted time series analysis. #ACR24.
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Jinoos Yazdany @jyazdanymd.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Plenary 2 #ACR24 Fava presenting 14 biomarker #LN panel that predicts histology, outperforms traditional biomarkers like dsdna, complement, proteinuria. Persistent elevation of biomarker predicts renal decline. Promising!
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Kristen @kristenyoung.bsky.social · 07/11/2024
Looking to gather a list of all rheumatologists and rheumatology professionals! Comment if I missed you! #ACR24 #rheum go.bsky.app/CEj2dcZ
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Jinoos Yazdany @jyazdanymd.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Discussing bringing more #AI tools @ACRheum #RISE-registry - so exciting to envision the registry of our future! #ACR24
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Jinoos Yazdany @jyazdanymd.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Hello #ACR24!
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