Co-Chief, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology

Department / Division:
Pediatrics / Rheumatology

Address:
DUMC 3212
Durham, NC 27710

Appointment Telephone:
919-684-6575

Office Telephone:
919-684-6575

Fax Telephone:
919-684-6616

• MD, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, 1985

• Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, 1985-1988

• Pediatric Rheumatology, Duke University Medical Center/University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1988-1991
• Preventive Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, 1989-1991

• MPH, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1991

Clinical Interests:
Childhood rheumatic diseases, lupus, JRA, childhood osteoporosis, dermatomyositis, localized (linear) scleroderma, morphea

Research Interests:
Therapeutic agents for treatment of Juvenile Arthritis.
Childhood bone metabolism.
Pediatric inflammatory eye disease (uveitis).
Pediatric localized scleroderma.
Treatment of juvenile dermatomyositis.

Representative Publications:
Giannini EH, Ilowite NT, Lovell DJ, Wallace CA, Rabinovich CE, Reiff A, Higgins G, Gottlieb B, Singer NG, Chon Y, Lin SL, Baumgartner SW, . Long-term safety and effectiveness of etanercept in children with selected categories of juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Arthritis Rheum. 2009 Sep;60(9):2794-804. (2009) Abstract

Yildirim-Toruner C, Kimura Y, Rabinovich E. Hodgkin's lymphoma and tumor necrosis factor inhibitors in juvenile idiopathic arthritis. J Rheumatol. 2008 Aug;35(8):1680-1. (2008) Abstract

Rabinovich CE. Use of tumor necrosis factor inhibitors in uveitis. Curr Opin Rheumatol. 2007 Sep;19(5):482-6. (2007) Abstract

Ardoin SP, Kredich D, Rabinovich E, Schanberg LE, Jaffe GJ. Infliximab to treat chronic noninfectious uveitis in children: retrospective case series with long-term follow-up. Am J Ophthalmol. 2007 Dec;144(6):844-849. (2007) Abstract

Jones OY, Spencer CH, Bowyer SL, Dent PB, Gottlieb BS, Rabinovich CE. A multicenter case-control study on predictive factors distinguishing childhood leukemia from juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. Pediatrics. 2006 May;117(5):e840-4. (2006) Abstract

Sathornsumetee S, Schanberg L, Rabinovich E, Lewis D Jr, Weisleder P. Parry-Romberg syndrome with fatal brain stem involvement. J Pediatr. 2005 Mar;146(3):429-31. (2005) Abstract

Rabinovich CE. Osteoporosis: a pediatric perspective. Arthritis Rheum. 2004 Apr;50(4):1023-5. (2004) Abstract

Bowyer SL, Roettcher PA, Higgins GC, Adams B, Myers LK, Wallace C, Rennebohm R, Moore TL, Pepmueller PH, Spencer C, Wagner-Weiner L, Rabinovich E, Passo M, Lovell DJ, McCurdy D, Zemel L, Schikler KN, Szer I, Kurtin P, Lindsley C. Health status of patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis at 1 and 5 years after diagnosis. J Rheumatol. 2003 Feb;30(2):394-400. (2003) Abstract

Rabinovich CE. Bone metabolism in childhood rheumatic disease. Rheum Dis Clin North Am. 2002 Aug;28(3):655-67, vii-viii. (2002) Abstract

Rabinovich CE. Bone mineral status in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. J Rheumatol Suppl. 2000 Apr;58:34-7. (2000) Abstract

Bousvaros A, Marcon M, Treem W, Waters P, Issenman R, Couper R, Burnell R, Rosenberg A, Rabinovich E, Kirschner BS. Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis associated with chronic inflammatory bowel disease in children. Dig Dis Sci. 1999 Dec;44(12):2500-7. (1999) Abstract

Spencer CH, Fife RZ, Rabinovich CE. The school experience of children with arthritis. Coping in the 1990s and transition into adulthood. Pediatr Clin North Am. 1995 Oct;42(5):1285-98. (1995) Abstract

Mason T, Rabinovich CE, Fredrickson DD, Amoroso K, Reed AM, Stein LD, Kredich DW. Breast feeding and the development of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. J Rheumatol. 1995 Jun;22(6):1166-70. (1995) Abstract