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Maria C. Dall'Era, M.D.

Director, Lupus Clinic

Dr. Maria C. Dall'Era, a rheumatologist, is director of the Lupus Clinic and director of the Department of Medicine Clinical Trials Center. In addition to caring for patients, Dall'Era has a special research interest in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and participates in clinical trials of treatment for generalized lupus and lupus nephritis, an inflammation of the kidney caused by lupus. Through her research, she hopes to develop new and advanced therapies for patients suffering from SLE.

Dall'Era completed a medical degree, internal medicine residency and chief residency and fellowship training in rheumatology at UCSF. Dall'Era also holds the position of assistant clinical professor of medicine at UCSF.

Clinics

Lupus Clinic
400 Parnassus Ave., Floor B1
San Francisco, CA 94143
Phone: (415) 353–2497
Fax: (415) 353–2530

Hours: Monday to Friday; 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Conditions & Treatments

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Education

UCSF School of Medicine 1997

Residencies

UCSF Medical Center, Internal Medicine 2000
UCSF Medical Center, Internal Medicine 2001

Fellowships

UCSF Medical Center, Rheumatology 2004

Selected Research and Publications

  1. Ashouri JF, Davis JL, Farkas A, Durack JC, Ramachandran R, Dall'era M. A young woman with systemic lupus erythematosus and extensive mesenteric vasculitis involving small and medium vessels. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2012 Dec; 64(12):1928-33.
  2. Dall'Era M. Mycophenolate mofetil in the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus. Curr Opin Rheumatol. 2011 Sep; 23(5):454-8.
  3. Yazdany J, Trupin L, Gansky SA, Dall'era M, Yelin EH, Criswell LA, Katz PP. Brief index of lupus damage: a patient-reported measure of damage in systemic lupus erythematosus. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2011 Aug; 63(8):1170-7.
  4. Dall'era M, Chakravarty EF. Treatment of mild, moderate, and severe lupus erythematosus: focus on new therapies. Curr Rheumatol Rep. 2011 Aug; 13(4):308-16.
  5. Dall'Era M, Stone D, Levesque V, Cisternas M, Wofsy D. Identification of biomarkers that predict response to treatment of lupus nephritis with mycophenolate mofetil or pulse cyclophosphamide. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2011 Mar; 63(3):351-7.
  6. Dillon SR, Harder B, Lewis KB, Moore MD, Liu H, Bukowski TR, Hamacher NB, Lantry MM, Maurer M, Krejsa CM, Ellsworth JL, Pederson S, Elkon KB, Wener MH, Dall'Era M, Gross JA. B-lymphocyte stimulator/a proliferation-inducing ligand heterotrimers are elevated in the sera of patients with autoimmune disease and are neutralized by atacicept and B-cell maturation antigen-immunoglobulin. Arthritis Res Ther. 2010; 12(2):R48.
  7. Dall'Era M, Wofsy D. Connective tissue diseases: Belimumab for systemic lupus erythematosus: breaking through? Nat Rev Rheumatol. 2010 Mar; 6(3):124-5.
  8. Dall'Era M, Wofsy D. Biologic therapy for systemic lupus erythematosus. Discov Med. 2010 Jan; 9(44):20-3.
  9. Dall'Era M, Wofsy D. Systemic lupus erythematosus clinical trials-an interim analysis. Nat Rev Rheumatol. 2009 Jun; 5(6):348-51.
  10. Dall'Era M, Chakravarty E, Wallace D, Genovese M, Weisman M, Kavanaugh A, Kalunian K, Dhar P, Vincent E, Pena-Rossi C, Wofsy D. Reduced B lymphocyte and immunoglobulin levels after atacicept treatment in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: results of a multicenter, phase Ib, double-blind, placebo-controlled, dose-escalating trial. Arthritis Rheum. 2007 Dec; 56(12):4142-50.
  11. Gillis JZ, Dall'era M, Gross A, Yazdany J, Davis J. Six refractory lupus patients treated with rituximab: a case series. Arthritis Rheum. 2007 Apr 15; 57(3):538-42.
  12. Dall'Era M, Wofsy D. Clinical trial design in systemic lupus erythematosus. Curr Opin Rheumatol. 2006 Sep; 18(5):476-80.
  13. Dall'era MC, Cardarelli PM, Preston BT, Witte A, Davis JC. Type I interferon correlates with serological and clinical manifestations of SLE. Ann Rheum Dis. 2005 Dec; 64(12):1692-7.
  14. Dall'Era M, Davis JC. Systemic lupus erythematosus. How to manage, when to refer. Postgrad Med. 2003 Nov; 114(5):31-7, 40.

Publications are derived from MEDLINE/PubMed and provided by UCSF Profiles, a service of the Clinical & Translational Science Institute (CTSI) at UCSF. Researchers can make corrections and additions by logging on to UCSF Profiles.

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