Conditions Treated
- Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Autoimmune Lung Diseases
- Behcet's Disease
- Giant Cell Arteritis (Temporal Arteritis)
- Gout
- Inflammatory Myopathy
- Lupus (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)
- Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD)
- Myositis
- Polymyalgia Rheumatica
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Sarcoidosis
- Sjogren's Syndrome
- Spondyloarthropathy
- Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma)
- Systemic Vasculitis
- Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Disease
Research Areas
- Autoimmune Lung Diseases
- Post Deployment Lung Health - Autoimmune
- Gender:
- Male
Education & Training
Education
- 1971
- University of Texas (Austin, TX), BA with Honors
- 1974
- University of Texas Medical School (Houston, TX), MD
Residency
- 1971
- University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics (Iowa City, IA), Medicine Internship
- 1974
- University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics (Iowa City, IA), Internal Medicine Residency
Fellowship
- 1983
- American College of Physicians, University of Sussex UK, A Blaine Bower Traveling Scholar
- 1984
- American Association of Electrical Engineers, NASA Johnson Space Center (Houston, TX), Summer Faculty Fellowship
- 1985
- American Association of Electrical Engineers, NASA Johnson Space Center (Houston, TX), Summer Faculty Fellowship
- 1980-1984
- University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics (Iowa City, IA), Rheumatology Fellowship
Special Interests
Autoimmune Lung Disease and Post Deployement Lung Health
Board Certification
1983: Rheumatology
1977: Internal Medicine
Teaching or Professional Positions
1998-Present: Faculty Internal Medicine/Rheumatology, National Jewish Health
2008: Battalion Surgeon Navy Mobile Construction Battalion 17, Al Anbar, Iraq
1989-1995: Assistant/Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology, University of Colorado Denver
1991: ICU Physician Fleet Hosp 6 Persian Gulf War U S Navy Reserve
1984-1989: Assistant Professor of Medicine, Rheumatology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston and Consultant Life Sciences Branch, NASA-Johnson Space Center Houston, Texas
Affiliations with the University of Colorado Denver
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Professional Memberships
1991-Present: Association of Military Surgeons of the U.S.
1984-Present: American Association of Immunologist
1982-Present: American College of Rheumatology
1979-Present: American College of Physicians
Awards & Recognition
Abraham Kauvar Presidential Award, National Jewish Health
Meritorious Service Medal with Gold Star – Department of Defense
Publications
Swigris JJ; Olson AL; Fischer A; Lynch DA; Cosgrove GP; Frankel SK; Meehan RT; Robinson C; Smith ML; Mabry TR; Mycophenolate mofetil is safe, well tolerated, and preserves lung function in patients with connective tissue disease-related interstitial lung disease: Chest 2006;130(1):30-6.
Wasfi Y, Meehan RT, Newman LS. Chapter 105 Sarcoidosis. Harris et al: Kelly’s Textbook of Rheumatology 7th edition. 2004. Elsevier Science Philadelphia, PA.
Meehan RT; Neale LS; Kraus ET; Stuart CA; Smith ML; Cintron NM; Sams CF; Alteration in human mononuclear leucocytes following space flight: Immunology; 1992;76(3188):491-7.
Meehan RT, Ashman RF. Early protein synthesis in activated human peripheral blood mono¬nuclear cells. Molecular. Immunol. 22:893-898,1985.
Swigris JJ; Fischer A; Gillis J; Meehan RT; Brown KK; Pulmonary and thrombotic manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus: Chest 2008;133(1):271-80.
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