Dimitrios Pappas, MD

Rheumatology
Internal Medicine
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Overview

Dr. Pappas has an expertise in the diagnosis and management of inflammatory arthritis. He is using musculoskeletal ultrasound technology for diagnostic and interventional purposes in patient care. He holds an adjunct faculty appointment with Columbia University. He covers our inpatient consult service once a year.  

Areas of Expertise / Conditions Treated

  • Resident Education

Academic Appointments

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine at CUMC

Hospital Affiliations

  • NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Gender

  • Male

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Insurance Accepted

Aetna

  • Aetna Signature Administrators
  • EPO
  • HMO
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • NY Signature
  • POS
  • PPO
  • Student Health

Cigna

  • EPO
  • Great West (National)
  • HMO
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • POS
  • PPO

Emblem/GHI

  • Medicare Managed Care
  • PPO

Emblem/HIP

  • ConnectiCare
  • EPO
  • Essential Plan
  • HMO
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • POS
  • PPO
  • Select Care (Exchange)
  • Vytra

Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield

  • EPO
  • HMO
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • PPO

Fidelis Care

  • Essential Plan

Local 1199

  • Local 1199
  • NYP Employee Plan

MagnaCare (National)

  • MagnaCare

Medicare

  • Railroad
  • Traditional Medicare

Multiplan

  • Multiplan

UnitedHealthcare

  • Compass (Exchange)
  • Empire Plan
  • HMO
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • Oxford Freedom
  • Oxford HMO
  • Oxford Liberty
  • POS
  • PPO

WellCare

  • Medicare Managed Care

World Trade Center Health Plan

  • World Trade Center Health Plan

*Before your appointment, please contact the doctor’s office or your insurance provider to verify that your insurance is accepted. This list of insurances can change, and the insurance plans listed may not be accepted at all office locations for this provider.

Credentials & Experience

Education & Training

  • Aristotelian University, Greece
  • Internship: 2004 Albany Medical Center
  • Residency: Albany Medical College
  • Fellowship: Johns Hopkins Hospital

Committees, Societies, Councils

  • American College of Rheumatology (ACR)
  • American College of Physicians (ACP)

Board Certifications

  • Rheumatology
  • Internal Medicine

Research

Research Interests

  • Cardiovascular and respiratory disease in rheumatoid arthritis

Selected Publications

Original, Peer Reviewed Articles

  • Pappas DA, Taube JM, Bathon JM, Giles JT. A 73 Year-Old Woman with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Shortness of Breath. Arthritis Rheum. 2008 Jun 15;59(6):892-9
  • Pappas DA, Gelber CA. An emerging imitator. Am J Med. 2008 Nov;121(11):952-5
  • Pappas DA, Giles JT, Connors G, Wise RA, Lectzin N, Bathon JM, Danoff SK. Respiratory symptoms and disease characteristics as predictors of pulmonary function abnormalities in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: an observational cohort study. Arthritis Res Ther. 2010 May 27; 12(3):R104.
  • Pappas DM, Kremer JM, Greenberg JD, Curtis JR. Design Characteristics of the CORRONA CERTAIN Study: A Comparative Effectiveness and Biomarker Study of Rheumatoid Arthritis Biologic Agents. (In preparation)

Case Reports

Reviews, Chapters and Editorials

  • Pappas DM, Bathon JM. (2008) Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis: Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors. In Hohcberg MC, Silman AJ, Smolen JS, Weniblatt ME, Weisman MH 9Eds), Rheumatoid Arthritis (pp 337-349). Philadehia: Mosby

Abstracts

  • Pappas D. When vertigo turns out to be Sarcoidosis. American College of Physicians, 2005 Annual Scientific meeting, San Francisco, California, April 2005
  • Pappas D, Pappa C, Kremer JM. Fiant Cell Artertitis presenting as aortitis and subsequent aortic dissection. American College of Physicians, 2005 Annual New York Chapter Upstate Scientific Meeting, Rochester, New York, October 2005/
  • Pappas DA, Stevens C, Greenberg JD, Reed G, Greenstein N, Kremer JM, Flaherty L. Identification Of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms In The Mm3 And Scgb1a1 Genes Associated With RA Susceptibility In A Caucasian Population. Arthritis and Rheumatism Abstract Supplement 2005; 52(9):S147
  • Pappas DA, Greenberg JD, Stevens C, Reed G, Greenstein N, Flaherty L, Kremer JM,. Polymorphisms of The Uteroglobin Gene As A Marker Of Disease Activity In Rheumatoid Arthritis. Arthritis and Rheumatism Abstract Supplement 2005; 52(9):S120
  • Pappas DA, Greenberg JD, Stevens C, Reed G, Greenstein N, Flaherty N, Kremer JM. Identification Of A Single Nucleotide Polymorphism In MIF Gene Associated with Erosive Radiographic Damage in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis. Arthritis and Rheumatism Abstract Supplement 2005; 52(9):S146
  • Pappas DA, Rodriquez-Pla A, Bathon JM, Giles, JT. Glucocorticoid Treatment is Associated with Increased Prevalence of Insulin Resistance in Subjects with Rheumatoid Arthritis. Arthritis and Rheumatism Abstract Supplement 2007; 56(9):S411
  • Danoff SK, Pappas DA, Bathon JM. Prevalence Of PFT Abnormalities and Respiratory Symptoms In An RA Patient Cohort. American Thoracic Society, 2008 International meeting, Toronto, Canada, May 2008
  • Pappas DM, Giles JT, Connors G, Lectzin N, Bathon JM, Danoff SK. Respiratory symptoms and disease characteristics as predictors of Pulmonary Function Abnormalities (PFT) in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). Arthritis and Rheumatism Abstract Supplement 2009; 60(10):S359

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