Elie Gertner

Chair, Institutional Review Board
Rheumatology
HealthPartners Research Foundation
United States of America

Professor Medicine
Biography

Elie Gertner is a Chair, Institutional Review Board  and Head, Internal Medicine/Medical Education; Chief, Section of Rheumatology. Dr. Gertner has completed MD, University of Toronto, Canada; Certifications in Internal Medicine, Rheumatology, and Clinical Densitometry.

Research Intrest

Rheumatology research; medical education; IRB

List of Publications
Gohar A, Adams A, Gertner E, Sackett-Lundeen L, Heitz R, et al., (2009)Working memory capacity is decreased in sleep-deprived internal medicine residents.J Clin Sleep Med. 5:191-197.
Ahmed I, Gertner E, Nelson WB, House CM, Dahiya R (2010)Continuing warfarin therapy is superior to interrupting warfarin with or without bridging anticoagulation therapy in patients undergoing pacemaker and defibrillator implantation. Heart Rhythm. 7:745-749.
Wahedduddin S, Singh JA, Culhane-Pera KA, Gertner E (2010) Gout in the Hmong in the United States. J Clin Rheumatol. 16:262-266.
Zadaka A, Gioe T, Gertner E (2010)Acute crystal-induced arthritis following arthroplasty.J Knee Surg. 23:17-20.
Ahmed I, Gertner E, Nelson WB, House CM, Zhu DW (2010) Chronic kidney disease is an independent predictor of pocket hematoma after pacemaker and defibrillator implantation.J Interv Card Electrophysiol. 29:203-207.
Mertens MT, Gertner E (2011) Rheumatic manifestations of scurvy: a report of three recent cases in a major urban center and a review.Semin Arthritis Rheum. 41:286-290.
Reddy P, Ahrenholz DH, Mohr WJ 3rd, Gertner E (2012) Management of severe rheumatological disease in the burn center.J Burn Care Res. 33:e153-e159.
Muskardin TW1, Gertner E (2012) A 45-year-old man with flank pain and inability to ejaculate.Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 64:616-22.
Ahmed I, Gertner E (2012) Safety of arthrocentesis and joint injection in patients receiving anticoagulation at therapeutic levels. Am J Med. 125:265-269.
Abbass K, Haveman L, Gertner E (2014) Esophagitis dissecans superficialis due to severe methotrexate toxicity. Endoscopy. 46: E99-100.
Mathews BK, Chuang C, Rawal A, Gertner E (2014) Listeria rhomboencephalitis in a patient on a tumor necrosis factor α inhibitor (etanercept).J Clin Rheumatol. 20:325-327.
Emohare O, Cagan A, Polly DW Jr, Gertner E (2015) Opportunistic computed tomography screening shows a high incidence of osteoporosis in ankylosing spondylitis patients with acute vertebral fractures.J Clin Densitom. 18 :17-21.
Thueringer JT, Doll NK, Gertner E (2015)Anakinra for the treatment of acute severe gout in critically ill patients. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 45:81-5.
Ngo LQ, Wu AG, Nguyen MA, McPherson LE, Gertner E (2016) A case report of autoimmune necrotizing myositis presenting as dysphagia and neck swelling.BMC Ear Nose Throat Disord. 16:7.
Gertner E, Rosenbloom MH (2016) Susac syndrome with prominent dermatological findings and a prompt response to intravenous immunoglobulin, steroids, and rituximab: a case report. J Med Case Rep. 10:137.
Bert J, Gertner E (2017) Lupus Gastrointestinal Tract Vasculopathy: Lupus "Enteritis" Involving the Entire Gastrointestinal Tract from Esophagus to Rectum. Case Rep Gastroenterol. 11:48-53.
Tawfik P, Gertner E, McEvoy CE (2017)Severe polyserositis induced by the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine: a case report.J Med Case Rep. 11:142.