Christine Anastasiou perlegos, MD, MAS

Education
06/2020 - Rheumatology, University of California San Francisco
06/2016 - Internal Medicine, University of California San Diego
MD, 06/2013 - Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
BS, 05/2009 - Microbial Biology, University of California Berkeley
Honors and Awards
  • Distinguished Fellow Award, American College of Rheumatology, 2020
  • Chief Medical Resident, University of California San Diego, 2016
  • Alpha Omega Alpha, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 2013
  • American Medical Women’s Association Glasgow-Rubin Citation for Academic Achievement, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 2013
  • Departmental Citation in Microbial Biology, University of California Berkeley, 2009
  • Graduated with Highest Distinction, University of California Berkeley, 2009
  • Phi Beta Kappa, University of California Berkeley, 2009
Publications

  1. Izadi Z, Gianfrancesco M, Anastasiou C, Schmajuk G, Yazdany J. Development and validation of a risk scoring system to identify patients with lupus nephritis in electronic health record data. Lupus science & medicine 2024. PMID: 38769054


  2. Stovall R, Kersey E, Li J, Baker R, Anastasiou C, Palmowski A, Schmajuk G, Gensler L, Yazdany J. Incidence rate and factors associated with fractures among Medicare beneficiaries with ankylosing spondylitis in the United States. Arthritis care & research 2023. PMID: 37605840


  4. Taylor T, Anastasiou C, Ja C, Rush S, Trupin L, Dall'Era M, Katz P, Barbour KE, Greenlund KJ, Yazdany J, Gianfrancesco MA. Causes of death among individuals with systemic lupus erythematosus by race and ethnicity: a population-based study. Arthritis care & research 2022. PMID: 35904969


  6. Hammam N, Evans M, Morgan E, Reimold A, Anastasiou C, Kay JL, Yazdany J, Schmajuk G. Treatment of Sarcoidosis in U.S. Rheumatology Practices: Data from ACR's Rheumatology Informatics System for Effectiveness (RISE) Registry. TO REMOVE 2020. PMID: 33105057


  7. Schmajuk G, Li J, Evans M, Anastasiou C, Kay JL, Yazdany J. Quality of care for patients with SLE: data from the American College of Rheumatology's RISE registry. Arthritis care & research 2020. PMID: 32937019


  8. Anastasiou C, Trupin L, Glidden DV, Li J, Gianfrancesco M, Shiboski S, Schmajuk G, Yazdany J. Mortality among Hospitalized Individuals with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in the United States between 2006 and 2016. Arthritis care & research 2020. PMID: 32558160


  9. Hammam N, Li J, Evans M, Kay JL, Izadi Z, Anastasiou C, Gianfrancesco MA, Yazdany J, Schmajuk G. Epidemiology and treatment of Behçet's disease in the USA: insights from the Rheumatology Informatics System for Effectiveness (RISE) Registry with a comparison with other published cohorts from endemic regions. Arthritis research & therapy 2021. PMID: 34461986


  10. Halabi C, Williams EK, Morshed RA, Caffarelli M, Anastasiou C, Tihan T, Cooke D, Abla AA, Dowd CF, Shah V, Chung S, Richie MB. Neurological manifestations of polyarteritis nodosa: a tour of the neuroaxis by case series. BMC neurology 2021. PMID: 34020612


  11. Schmajuk G, Li J, Evans M, Anastasiou C, Izadi Z, Kay JL, Hammam N, Yazdany J. RISE registry reveals potential gaps in medication safety for new users of biologics and targeted synthetic DMARDs. Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism 2020. PMID: 32234243


  12. Anastasiou C, Dulai O, Baskaran A, Proudfoot J, Verhaegen S, Kalunian K. Immunosuppressant use and hospitalisations in adult patients with systemic lupus erythematosus admitted to a tertiary academic medical centre. Volume 5 of Issue 1. Lupus science & medicine 2018. PMID: 29955368


  13. Anastasiou C, Dulai O, Baskaran A, Proudfoot J, Verhaegen S, Kalunian K.. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases Reasons for hospitalisation and immunosuppressant use in adult patients with systemic lupus erythematosus admitted to a tertiary academic medical centre. 2018. PMID:


  14. Anastasiou C, Goh C, Holland V. Recovery of hair in the psoriatic plaques of a patient with coexistent alopecia universalis. Volume 99 of Issue 4. Cutis 2017. PMID: 28492603


  15. Anastasiou C, Scumpia PO, Smart C, Young LC. Papules on the face and body. Volume 95 of Issue 5. Cutis 2015. PMID: 26057515


  16. Anastasiou C, Ahdout J, Dann F, Jeffes E, Serowka K.. Brown Plaque on the Calf: A Case of Hidroacanthoma Simplex Practical Dermatology. 2013. PMID:


  17. Anastasiou C, Luo J, St John MA.. Inflammatory Mediators Regulate IMP-3 Expression in HNSCC Journal of Investigative Medicine. 2011. PMID:


  18. Anastasiou, C., Luo, J., Lin, Y., Dennis, M., Elashof, D., Abemayor, E. and St John, M.. Proinflammatory Mediators Upregulate IMP-3 in HNSCC The Laryngoscope. 2011. PMID: