Portrait: Kirkwood Johnston

Kirkwood Alexander Johnston

MD
Professional Focus Research papers in cartilage and vasculitis, educating students, residents, and, of course, PATIENTS! I believe that teaching and explaining often complicated diseases and treatments helps my patients and I work together more effectively to improve outcomes.
Honors & Awards Presented research at international conferences.
Research & Publications Selected publications:

Arthritis Rheum (suppl), Genetic predictors of disease damage and activity early in SLE among patients from three ethnic groups., Reveille JD, Johnston KA, Ahn C, Tan FK, Friedman AW, Goel N, Moulds JM, McGwinn G, Roseman J, Alarcon GS., Publication Date: 1998 , Volume: 41, Pages: S283

American Society of Human Genetics, Evidence of linkage with specific HLA Class II alleles and Alopecia Areata., de Andrade M, Jackow C, Johnston KA, Reveille JD, & Duvic M, Publication Date: 1997, Volume: [abstract]

Johnston KA and Simkin PA. The Tidemark of Cartilage: A Depot for Apoptotic
Debris? A Target for Autoimmune Diesase? 2008 World Congress on Osteoarthritis,
Rome, Italy. #207 [abstract]

Johnston KA and Simkin PA. The Tidemark of Cartilage Contains Antigenic Nuclear Debris. 2008 American College of Rheumatology Annual Scientific Meeting, San Francisco, California. #F13 [abstract]

Aslam M. and Johnston K. Use of Rituximab in End-Stage Renal Disease Caused By Cryoglobulinemic Vasculitis: A Case Report. 2011 EULAR Annual European Congress of Rheumatology, London, UK. EULAR11-1655 [abstract]
Conditions
Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome
Arthritis
Cranial arteritis
Fibromyalgia
Giant cell arteritis
Joint inflammation
Lupus anticoagulant
Osteoarthritis
Polymyalgia rheumatica ( PMR )
Raynaud's phenomenon
Reactive arthritis
Rheumatic fever
Rheumatoid arthritis ( RA )
Scleroderma
Sjogren's syndrome
Spondyloarthropathy
Systemic lupus erythematosus ( SLE )
Systemic sclerosis
Temporal arteritis
Vasculitis
Wegener's granulomatosis
Procedures
Antinuclear antibody test ( ANA )
Arthrocentesis
Biological therapy
C Reactive Protein test ( CRP )
Citrulline antibody test ( AntiCCP )
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate ( ESR )
Immunotherapy
Joint aspiration
Monoclonal antibody therapy
Rheumatoid factor ( RF )
Tumor necrosis factor
University College Cork FOM
Medical School
University of Texas Health Science Center, Internal Medicine, 2007
Residency
University of Washington, Rheumatology, 2008
Fellowship
Board Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine
Rheumatology
Place of Work
Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, Houston, Texas | Multi-specialty | Current
Languages
Spanish
English
German