Dr. Simon M Helfgott MD
Rheumatologist | Rheumatology
Arthritis Center Brigham And Womens H Boston MA, 02115Rating
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Dr. Simon Helfgott is a rheumatologist practicing in Boston, MA. Dr. Helfgott specializes in the treatment of musculoskeletal diseases and systematic autoimmune conditions that can affect the bones, muscles or bones. Eventually, if not treated, these illnesses can also impact the skin, eyes, nervous system and internal organs. Dr. Helfgott treats diseases similar to orthopedists but does not perform surgery. Often times, research is conducted to find potential alternatives for the patients illness.
Education and Training
Mc Gill Univ- Fac Of Med- Montreal- Que- Canada 1977
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Stiff-man syndrome: from the bedside to the bench.
- Patterns of medication use before and after bone densitometry: factors associated with appropriate treatment.
- Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Weekly clinicopathological exercises. Case 21-2002. A 21-year-old man with arthritis during treatment for hyperthyroidism.
- Sensible approach to low back pain.
- Scapholunate dissociation associated with crystal induced synovitis.
- Serum sickness following treatment with rituximab.
- Clinical problem-solving. A joint venture.
- Unusual digital sparing in rheumatoid arthritis a case of neuropsychoimmunologic involvement.
- Diclofenac-associated hepatotoxicity.
- Cricoarytenoid synovitis in ankylosing spondylitis.
- Neurologic complications of systemic lupus erythematosus, sjögren syndrome, and rheumatoid arthritis.
- Total lymphoid irradiation.
- Calcium Pyrophosphate Crystal Inflammatory Arthritis (Pseudogout) with Myelodysplastic Syndrome: A New Paraneoplastic Syndrome?
- Unusual features of iliopsoas bursitis.
- Cooccurrence of rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis.
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