CURRENT EMPLOYMENT
BON SECOURS RHEUMATOLOGY
Adult Rheumatologist
Diagnostic and Therapeutic Musculoskeletal Ultrasound
August 2015 to Present
RHEUMATOLOGY ON DEMAND, LLC
Rheumatology Consultant
April 2016 to Present
FREESTATE HEALTH, LLC (VIGILIAS, LLC)
Telemedicine Rheumatology Consultant
August 2016 to Present
HORIZON PHARMA
Program Speaker for Krystexxa (pegloticase)
June 2017 to Present
PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT
Professional Disability Associates
Rheumatology Consultant
October 2017 to February 2018
HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS
Bon Secours Health System
Bon Secours St. Mary's Hospital
Bon Secours Richmond Community Hospital
FreeState Health Care - Telemedicine
Ashland Health Center @Ashland, KS
Cheyenne County Hospital @St. Francis, KS
Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas @Pittsburg, KS
Decatur Health Systems @Oberlin, KS
Edwards County Hospital @Kinsley, KS
Graham County Hospital @Hill City, KS
Hamilton County Hospital @Syracuse, KS
Holton Community Hospital @Holton, KS
Horton Community Hospital @Horton, KS
Jewell County Hospital @Mankato, KS
Kiowa Distric Healthcare @Kiowa, KS
Morton County Hospital @Elkhart, KS
Nemaha Valley Community Hospital @Seneca, KS
Oswego Community Hospital @Oswego, KS
Phillips County Hospital @Phillipsburg, KS
Rooks County Hospital @Plainville, KS
South Central Kansas Medical @Arkansas City, KS
Stafford County Hospital @Stafford, KS
Wilson Medical Center @Neodesha, KA
BOARD CERTIFICATION
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RHEUMATOLOGY MUSCULOSKELETAL ULTRASOUND (RhMSUS)
June 2016
AMERICAN BOARD OF INTERNAL MEDICINE IN RHEUMATOLOGY
November 2015
AMERICAN BOARD OF INTERNAL MEDICINE
August 2013
MEDICAL LICENSURE
VIRGINIA
KANSAS
NEW MEXICO
NEBRASKA
MEDICAL AWARDS
Richmond Lupus Medical Honoree 2017
EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
ULTRASOUND SCHOOL OF NORTH AMERICAN RHEUMATOLOGISTS (USSONAR)
Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Training Course
August, 2014 – June 2015
Faculty Instructor
January 2016 – Present
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Adult Rheumatology Fellowship
July1, 2013 – June 2015
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE – WICHITA
Internal Medicine Internship and Residency
July1, 2010 – June 2013
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Doctor of Medicine
August 28, 2006 – May 26, 2010
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON – DOWNTOWN
Bachelor of Science, Biology Major & Chemistry Minor, Cum Laude
August 28, 2002 – May 16, 2006
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Presented grand rounds about infliximab in Rheumatology to NuFactor Speciality Pharmacy March 23, 2018
I have given lectures about immune related adverse events to the Lebanese Society of Rheumatology, Divisions of Rheumatology and Oncology at the American University of Beirut in May 2017
Rheumatology Didactic lectures to St. Francis Family Medicine Residents 2015-2016
CONFERENCE ATTENDENCE
American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
Top Ten Topics Annual Rheumatology Meeting in Beirut, Lebanon in September 2017
DISCLOSURES
HORIZON PHARMA Krystexxa Speaker
PUBLICATIONS
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Masri, Karim R., and John A. Flynn. "Office Orthopedics." The Johns Hopkins Internal Medicine Board Review: Certification and Recertification. By Bimal H. Ashar, Redonda G. Miller, and Stephen D. Sisson. 5th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier, 2016. 395-404. Print.
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Masri, KR. ACR Image Bank. Systemic Sclerosis: Dilated Capillary Loops, Finger.
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Reference: 4-10-0125. (http://images.rheumatology.org/bp/#/search/detail/14840257)
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Masri, KR and Kimberley Steele. ACR Image Bank. IgA Mesenteric Vasculitis: Small Intestine
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Reference: 14-12-0167. (http://images.rheumatology.org/bp/#/search/detail/14840476)
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Masri, KR. ACR Image Bank. Scleroderma: Raynaud's Phenomenon, Hand.
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Reference: 14-10-0128 (http://images.rheumatology.org/bp/#/search/detail/14840277)
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Masri, KR. ACR Image Bank. Metastatic Prostate Cancer: Palmar Fasciitis and Polyarthritis Syndrome, Hands.
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Reference: 14-22-0135 (http://images.rheumatology.org/bp/#/search/detail/14840396)
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Masri, KR. ACR Image Bank. Subtrochanteric Fracture Secondary to Bisphosphonate Use:
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Femur. Reference: 14-25-0007 (http://images.rheumatology.org/bp/#/search/detail/14840455)
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Masri KR and Shaver TS. IgG4-related systemic disease: an uncommon presentation for an uncommon disease. Rheumatology International. Epub 2013 February 1.
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Masri KR, Shaver TS, Shahouri SH, Wang S, Anderson JD, Busch RE, Michaud K,
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Mikuls TR, Caplan L, Wolfe F. Validity and Reliability Problems with Patient Global as a Component of the ACR/EULAR Remission Criteria as Used in Clinical Practice. J Rheumatol. 2012 Jun;39(6):1139-45. Epub 2012 May 15
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Masri, KR and Salyers, WJ. Pentad’s Triad. Kansas Journal of Medicine (KJM)
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Masri, KR and Salyers, WJ. Evaluation of a Submucosal Gastric Lesion. KJM
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Masri, KR and Salyers, WJ. Endoscopy Ultrasound of an Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm. KJM
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Masri, KR, Moussa R, Licke H, El-Haddad B. Chronic Cannabis Use with Hyperemesis,
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Epigastric Pain and Conditioned Showering Behavior: A Case Series. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Research.
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Masri KR, Peters T, Moore J. Fish oil associated myopathy. KJM
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Masri KR, Orozco-Do S, Massey A. The Silence of Neurosyphilis. KJM