SPECIALIZATION
M.D., Rheumatology and Internal Medicine diplomas
MEDICAL DEGREE
Medical degree from Saint-Joseph University, Lebanon (2015)
TRAINING
- Rheumatology fellowship at Hotel-Dieu de France Hospital.
- European fellowship at the world-renowned Pitiรฉ-Salpรชtriรจre University Hospital, Paris, France.
- Clerkship at the Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, Department of Rheumatic Diseases and Immunology, reference center for Vasculitis in the United States (Oct. 2017).
- Interuniversity diploma in Polyarthritis and Systemic diseases diploma from Paris-Saclay University, France
- EULAR certified training courses (Epidemiology, Imaging, Ultrasound, Rheumatic diseases) in Berlin, Amsterdam and Madrid.
- Musculoskeletal Ultrasound diploma from Sorbonne University, Paris, France
- Master M2 in Public Health (MPH) and Science (MSc) from Paris-Saclay University, Paris, France
EXPERIENCE
- Experience in various inflammatory rheumatic diseases, osteoporosis, complex spine disorders and mechanical diseases.
- Interventional Rheumatology: injection procedures under anatomical and ultrasound guidance. MEMBERSHIP
- American College of Rheumatology (ACR)
- French Society of Rheumatology (SFR)
- Emerging EULAR Network (EMEUNET): Visibility and Global Affairs subcommittee
RESEARCH INTEREST
Clinical research in the field of Spondyloarthritis, Psoriatic arthritis, and Rheumatoid arthritis. PRIZE
1st prize award from EMEUNET at the American College of Rheumatology congress for research abstract with the Pitiรฉ-Salpรชtriรจre team (Nov. 2020). PUBLICATIONS
Published in different international journals (papers and book chapters):
- Defining and managing flares in axial spondyloarthritis. doi: 10.1097/BOR.0000000000000883.
- Treat-to-Target in Axial Spondyloarthritis: Are we there yet? Mediterr J Rheumatol 2022;33(Suppl 1):137-41
- Le treat-to-target est-il applicable aux spondyloarthrites axiales ? R***e Rhumatos. 2022 Feb 28;19 (171)
- Prevalence and consequences of psoriasis in recent axial spondyloarthritis: an
analysis of the DESIR cohort over 6 years
Lucasson F, Richette P, Aouad K, Ryussen-Witrand, Wendling D, Fautrel B, Gossec L. RMD Open 2022 Jan 10;8:e001986. doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2021-001986
- Exploring remission concept in axial spondyloarthritis through the perception of rheumatologists using vignettes and priority ratings. Aouad K, Wendling D, Breban M, Dadoun S, Hudry C, Moltรณ A, Pertuiset E, Gossec L. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2021 Sep 16:keab711. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keab711.
- Outcome measures used in psoriatic arthritis registries and cohorts: A systematic literature review of 27 registries or 16,183 patients
Krystel Aouad, Georgia Moysidou, Antsa Rakotozafiarison, Bruno Fautrel, Laure Gossec.
- Update of imaging in the diagnosis and management of axial spondyloarthritis
Aouad K, Maksymowych W, Baraliakos X, Ziade N. Best Practice & Research. Clinical Rheumatology. 2020 Nov 27. doi: 10.1016/j.berh.2020.101628
- Le traitement du rhumatisme psoriasique, quโapportent les nouvelles recommandations? Aouad K., Gossec L. La Lettre du Rhumatologue.2020.
- Traiter le Rhumatisme Psoriasique : que proposent les rhumatologues? Recommandations europรฉennes 2020
Aouad K., Gossec L. DermatoMag, 2020;8:32-6. doi:10.1684/dm.2020.308
- Recommandations pour le traitement du rhumatisme psoriasique en 2020. Rev Rhum Monogr 2020 ;87 :320-5. doi: 10.1016/j.monrhu.2020.05.005.
- La progression structurale dans la spondyloarthrite axiale. Aouad K, Ziade N, Baraliakos X. Rev Rhum 2020;87:181โ6.
- Can Imaging Be a Proxy for Remission in Axial Spondyloarthritis? Aouad K, De Craemer AS, Carron P. Rheum Dis Clin North Am. 2020 May;46(2):311-325. doi: 10.1016/j.rdc.2020.01.006. PMID: 32340704
- Imaging in the preclinical phases of rheumatoid arthritis. Zabotti A, Finzel S, Baraliakos X, Aouad K, Ziade N, Iagnocco A. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2020 May-Jun;38(3):536-542. PMID: 31376263
- Structural progression in axial spondyloarthritis. Joint Bone Spine. 2020 Mar;87(2):131-136. doi: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2019.04.006. PMID: 31067506
- Cut-off value to identify a flare using the Flare Assessment in Rheumatoid Arthritis (FLARE-RA) questionnaire: analysis of the TOSCA study. Krystel Aouad, Philippe Gaudin, Olivier Vittecoq, Jacques Morel, Jean-Marie Berthelot, Eric Senbel, Thierry Schaeverbeke, Frรฉdรฉric Liotรฉ, Renรฉ-Marc Flipo, Alexandrine Pinta, Francis Guillemin, Bruno Fautrel. Rheumatology, keab261. Published: 31 March 2021.
