Dr. Lisabeth V Scalzi MD
Rheumatologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Rheumatology
500 University Dr Hershey PA, 17033Rating
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About
Dr. Lisabeth Scalzi practices Pediatric Rheumatology in Hershey, PA. Pediatric rheumatologists treat child patients who suffer from pain in the musculoskeletal system, have symptoms of arthritis, or an autoimmune disorder. Dr. Scalzi evaluates and treats a variety of joint, muscle, and bone disorders; including autoimmune disorders, such as lupus, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma, Kawasaki disease, post-infectious arthritis, chronic vasculitis, and inflammatory disorders of the muscle, eye, or other organs. Dr. Scalzi also is trained in the evaluation of prolonged fever, unexplained complaints of chronic musculoskeletal pain, weakness, poor appetite, fatigue, and/or loss of function or skills.
Education and Training
Albany Medical College - Union University 1994
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Sleep and periodic limb movement in sleep in juvenile fibromyalgia.
- Is there a role for Chlamydia pneumoniae infection in systemic lupus erythematosus and in the associated atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease?
- Remittive agents in pediatric rheumatology.
- Cardiovascular disease risk awareness in systemic lupus erythematosus patients.
- Prolonged expression of CD154 on CD4 T cells from pediatric lupus patients correlates with increased CD154 transcription, increased nuclear factor of activated T cell activity, and glomerulonephritis.
- Racial disparities in age at time of cardiovascular events and cardiovascular-related death in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.
- Peripheral vascular disease in systemic lupus patients.
- Patient preferences and satisfaction in a multispecialty infusion center.
- Commissural size in neonatal rats: effects of sex and prenatal alcohol exposure.
- Lean intervention improves patient discharge times, improves emergency department throughput and reduces congestion.
Treatments
- Mixed Connective Tissue Disease (mctd), Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
- Fever
- Lupus
- Pain
Fellowships
- Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine 2002
- University of Pennsylvania Hospital 2002
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