PERSONAL:

 

 

 

Date of Birth:          October 18, 1960

 

Place of Birth:         New York, N.Y.

 

   

 

                             

 

EDUCATION:

Princeton University, Princeton, NJ                A.B.                                        1982

 

            (Summa Cum Laude in Biochemistry; thesis: "Application of

 

Phosphorescence Anisotropy to the study of Chromatin Structure"

 

Supervisor: Michael Hogan, Ph.D.)

Cornell University Medical College, NY          M.D. with Honors in Research     1986

 

(Thesis: "Studies in the Immunology of Chronic ITP" Supervisor:

 

James Bussel, M.D.)

TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:

Intern in Medicine, The New York Hospital, NY, NY                                                1986-87

 

Assistant Resident in Medicine, The New York Hospital, NY, NY                            1987-89

 

Assistant Chief Resident, The New York Hospital, NY, NY                                   1988-89

 

Clinical and Research Fellow in Rheumatic Diseases,

 

     The Hospital for Special Surgery, NY, NY                                                       1989-92

 

Instructor in Medicine, Cornell Univ. Medical Coll, NY, NY                                    1992-93

 

Assistant Scientist, The Hospital for Special Surgery, NY, NY                                 1992-

 

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cornell Univ. Med., NY, NY                                1993-94

 

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cornell Univ. Med., NY, NY                  1994-

 

Cohen & Porges, Rheumatologists, LLP, Hewlett, NY                                          1993-2002

 

Andrew J. Porges, M.D. P.C., Roslyn, NY                                                           2002-Current           

 

 

 

AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS:

 

 

 

Phi Beta Kappa, Princeton University                                                                 1982

 

Biochemistry Departmental Award, Princeton University                                     1982

 

Louis Gibofsky Research Award, Cornell Medical College                                   1985

 

Dean's Research Prize, Cornell Medical College                                                 1986

 

Alpha Omega Alpha, Cornell Medical College                                                    1986

 

Postdoctoral Fellow of The Arthritis Foundation                                                  1990-93

 

Senior Rheumatology Scholar Award, American College of Rheumatology            1991

 

Trainee Investigator Award, American Fed. For Clinical Research                        1992

 

 

 

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS:

 

 

 

American College of Rheumatology, Fellow

 

American College of Physicians, Member
American Federation for Clinical Research, Member

 

 

 

 

 

BOARD CERTIFICATION:

 

 

 

American Board of Internal Medicine                                             1989

 

American College of Rheumatology                                               1992, Recertified 2002

 

PUBLICATIONS:

 

 

 

Porges AJ, Bussel JB, Kimberly RP, et al. Elevation of platelet-associated antibody levels in patients with chronic ITP expressing the B8 and/or DR3 allotype. Tissue Antigens 26:132-137, 1985.

Bussel JB, Pahwa S, Porges AJ, et al. Correlation of in vitro antibody synthesis with the outcome of chronic ITP. J. Clin. Invest. 6:50-56, 1986.

Porges AJ and Reeves WH. Autoepitopes of the P70/P80 (Ku) antigen are in regions of evolutionary instability. Arth. Rheum. 32:s81, 1989. [Abstract]

Porges AJ, Ng T, Reeves WH. Antigenic determinants of the Ku (P70/P80) autoantigen are poorly conserved between species. J.Immuno. 145:4222-28, 1990.

Porges AJ, Beattie SL, Ritchlin C, Kimberly RP, Christian CL. Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus at increased risked for Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia Arth.Rheum. 19:1191-2109,1992.

Porges AJ, Redecha PB, Pan LC, Knowles R, Salmon JE, Kimberly RP, Amplification and expression of human FcyRI polymorphisms. Arth. Rhem. 34:S168,1991. [Abstract]

Porges AJ, Beattie SL, Ritchlin C, Kimberly RP, Christian CL. Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus at risk for Pneumacystis carinii pneumonia. J.Rheum. 19:1191-94, 1992.

Porges AJ, Redecha PB, Doebele R, Pan LC, Salmon JE, and Kimberly RP. Novel Fcy receptor I family gene products in human mononuclear cells, J. Clin. Invest. 90:2102-2109,1992.

Porges AJ, Redech PB, Kimerly WT, Csernok E, Gross WL, and Kimberly RP. Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodiesenage and activate human neutrophils via Fcy Receptor IIal. J.Immunol. 1271-1280, 1994.

 

 

 

 

 

BOOK AND MONOGRAPH CHAPTERS:

 

 

 

Edberg JC, Salmon JE, Porges AJ, and Kimberly PR: Immunopathology of SLE. in: Rheumatology, edited by JH Klippel and PA Dieppe, Gower Medical Publishing, London, 1993.

Porges DY, Porges AJ, and Gibofsky A. Etiology and genetics of collagen diseases. In: Beutner E, ed. in: Clinics in Dermatology. New York: Elsevier, 1992.

Porges AJ: ANCA Positivity in Rheumatology, edited by JH Klippel and PA Dieppe, Gower Medical Publishing, London; 1993.

 

CLINICAL RESEARCH:

 

 

 

Principal Investigator:

 

VIGOR                  (Merck/Rheumatoid Arthritis)                          1999

 

PROMPT               (Centocor/Rheumatoid Arthritis)                   1999

 

IMPACT                (P&G/Aventis/Osteoporosis)                          1999

 

HWA 486/4009       (Hoechst/Rheumatoid Arthritis)                   2000

 

162-00                    (Merck/Osteoporosis)                                    2000

 

HUPS                    (Sanofi/Osteoarthritis)                                     2001

 

GOUT                    (TAP/Gout)                                                       2002

 

EDGE                    (Merck/Osteoarthritis)                                    2002

 

CONTROL            (Genentech/Psoriasis)                                    2003

 

SPRING                 (Scios/RA)                                                       2004

 

WA18063                (Roche/RA)                                                    2005

 

M04-697                  (Abbott/Osteoarthritis/Pain)                        2006

 

SUNRISE                (Genentech/Rheumatoid Arthritis)                  2006

 

GOLIVE                 (Centocor/Rheumatoid Arthritis)                       2006