CURRENT EMPLOYMENT

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BON SECOURS RHEUMATOLOGY

Adult Rheumatologist

Diagnostic and Therapeutic Musculoskeletal Ultrasound

August 2015 to Present

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RHEUMATOLOGY ON DEMAND, LLC

Rheumatology Consultant

April 2016 to Present 

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FREESTATE HEALTH, LLC (VIGILIAS, LLC)

Telemedicine Rheumatology Consultant

August 2016 to Present 

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HORIZON PHARMA

Program Speaker for Krystexxa (pegloticase)

June 2017 to Present 

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PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT

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Professional Disability Associates

Rheumatology Consultant

October 2017 to February 2018

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HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS

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Bon Secours Health System

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Bon Secours St. Mary's Hospital

Bon Secours Richmond Community Hospital

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FreeState Health Care - Telemedicine 

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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

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BOARD CERTIFICATION
 

AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RHEUMATOLOGY MUSCULOSKELETAL ULTRASOUND (RhMSUS)

June 2016 

AMERICAN BOARD OF INTERNAL MEDICINE IN RHEUMATOLOGY

November 2015 

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AMERICAN BOARD OF INTERNAL MEDICINE 

August 2013 

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MEDICAL LICENSURE 

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VIRGINIA
KANSAS
NEW MEXICO

NEBRASKA 

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MEDICAL AWARDS

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Richmond Lupus Medical Honoree 2017

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EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL TRAINING 

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ULTRASOUND SCHOOL OF NORTH AMERICAN RHEUMATOLOGISTS (USSONAR)

Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Training Course

August, 2014 – June 2015

Faculty Instructor

January 2016 – Present 

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JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

Adult Rheumatology Fellowship

July1, 2013 – June 2015 

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UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE – WICHITA

Internal Medicine Internship and Residency

July1, 2010 – June 2013 

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AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

Doctor of Medicine

August 28, 2006 – May 26, 2010 

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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON – DOWNTOWN
Bachelor of Science, Biology Major & Chemistry Minor, Cum Laude 

August 28, 2002 – May 16, 2006 

  

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

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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 

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Rheumatology Didactic lectures to St. Francis Family Medicine Residents 2015-2016

         

CONFERENCE ATTENDENCE

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American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)

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Top Ten Topics Annual Rheumatology Meeting in Beirut, Lebanon in September 2017

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DISCLOSURES 

 

HORIZON PHARMA Krystexxa Speaker 

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PUBLICATIONS
 

1. 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.

2. Masri, KR. ACR Image Bank. Systemic Sclerosis: Dilated Capillary Loops, Finger.

   • ​Reference: 4-10-0125. (http://images.rheumatology.org/bp/#/search/detail/14840257) 

3. ​Masri, KR and Kimberley Steele. ACR Image Bank. IgA Mesenteric Vasculitis: Small Intestine ​​

   • ​Reference: 14-12-0167. (http://images.rheumatology.org/bp/#/search/detail/14840476)

4. Masri, KR. ACR Image Bank. Scleroderma: Raynaud's Phenomenon, Hand. 

   • Reference: 14-10-0128 (http://images.rheumatology.org/bp/#/search/detail/14840277) 

5. Masri, KR. ACR Image Bank. Metastatic Prostate Cancer: Palmar Fasciitis and Polyarthritis Syndrome, Hands. 

   • Reference: 14-22-0135 (http://images.rheumatology.org/bp/#/search/detail/14840396) 

6. Masri, KR. ACR Image Bank. Subtrochanteric Fracture Secondary to Bisphosphonate Use:

   • Femur. Reference: 14-25-0007 (http://images.rheumatology.org/bp/#/search/detail/14840455) 

7. Masri KR and Shaver TS. IgG4-related systemic disease: an uncommon presentation for an uncommon disease. Rheumatology International. Epub 2013 February 1. 

8. Masri KR, Shaver TS, Shahouri SH, Wang S, Anderson JD, Busch RE, Michaud K,

9. 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

10. Masri, KR and Salyers, WJ. Pentad’s Triad. Kansas Journal of Medicine (KJM) 

11. Masri, KR and Salyers, WJ. Evaluation of a Submucosal Gastric Lesion. KJM 

12. Masri, KR and Salyers, WJ. Endoscopy Ultrasound of an Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm. KJM 

13. Masri, KR, Moussa R, Licke H, El-Haddad B. Chronic Cannabis Use with Hyperemesis,

14. Epigastric Pain and Conditioned Showering Behavior: A Case Series. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Research. 

15. Masri KR, Peters T, Moore J. Fish oil associated myopathy. KJM 

16.  Masri KR, Orozco-Do S, Massey A. The Silence of Neurosyphilis. KJM 

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