Elie Gertner, MD
Chair, Institutional Review Board
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HealthPartners Medical Group title: Head, Internal Medicine/Medical Education

Academic title: Professor of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School; Vice Chair, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School.

Education and training: MD, University of Toronto, Canada; FRCP(C), FACP; Certifications in Internal Medicine, Rheumatology, and Clinical Densitometry.

Overview/research interests: Rheumatology research, medical education and Institutional Review Board.

Current research activities and funding:

  • Rheumatology
  • Medical education
Affiliation
positions
  • Research Investigator, Rheumatology
    • Publications While At HealthPartners
    Highlights
    selected publications
    Journal Article
  • Multilevel axial gout: dramatic response to IL-1 inhibition. 
    Journal of Clinical Rheumatology. 2026
  • Severe morbidity and mortality from coronavirus disease 2019 in Hmong individuals with gout. 
    WMJ. 2026
  • The role of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in cardiopulmonary dysfunction due to rheumatologic diseases: a systematic review. 
    ACR open rheumatology. 2026
  • Clinical images: flail elbows: destructive calcium pyrophosphate crystal arthritis. 
    ACR open rheumatology. 2025
  • Marked exacerbation of resolving macrophage activation syndrome in a patient with adult-onset Still's disease following one dose of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor. 
    BMJ Case Reports. 2025
  • Safety profile of using tocilizumab in the treatment of severely ill patients with COVID-19. 
    Southern Medical Journal. 2025
  • Arthritis in the regional cultures of the American Nations: an overlooked component of a larger unhealthy lifestyle syndemic. 
    American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine. 2024
  • Cardiac tamponade in catastrophic adult-onset Still disease with secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis/macrophage activation syndrome: a clinical, histopathologic, and immunologic profile. 
    Ann Intern Med Clin Cases. 2024
  • Colchicine and/or Naltrexone for hospitalized COVID-19 patients not requiring high levels of ventilatory support (COLTREXONE): a prospective, randomized, open-label trial. 
    Cureus. 2024
  • Continuous IV influsion of anakinra. 
    Frontiers in Pharmacology. 2023
  • Unique considerations for the management of gout in the Hmong population: examining tertiary encounters at a large regional health care system. 
    Arthritis Care & Research. 2022
  • A 56-year-old woman with recurrent strokes: a clear case with a therapeutic dilemma. 
    Case Reports in Neurology. 2021
  • Continuous intravenous anakinra infusion to calm the cytokine storm in macrophage activation syndrome. 
    ACR open rheumatology. 2020
  • HLA-B*58: 01 carrier status of Hmong in Minnesota: first in Hmong genotyping for prevalence of this biomarker of risk for severe cutaneous adverse reactions caused by allopurinol. 
    Pharmacogenetics and Genomics. 2020
  • Off-label therapies for COVID-19--are we all in this together?. 
    Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics. 2020
  • Pancreatic panniculitis in active systemic lupus erythematosus. 
    Journal of Cutaneous Pathology. 2019
  • Nivolumab induced remitting seronegative symmetrical synovitis with pitting edema in a patient with melanoma: a case report. 
    Journal of medical case reports. 2018
  • Safety of retrievable inferior vena cava filters in patients with the antiphospholipid syndrome. 
    European journal of rheumatology. 2018
  • Lupus gastrointestinal tract vasculopathy: lupus "enteritis" involving the entire gastrointestinal tract from esophagus to rectum. 
    Case Reports in Gastroenterology. 2017
  • Severe polyserositis induced by the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine: a case report. 
    Journal of medical case reports. 2017
  • A case report of autoimmune necrotizing myositis presenting as dysphagia and neck swelling. 
    BMC Ear, Nose, and Throat Disorders. 2016
  • Susac syndrome with prominent dermatological findings and a prompt response to intravenous immunoglobulin, steroids, and rituximab: a case report. 
    Journal of medical case reports. 2016
  • Anakinra for the treatment of acute severe gout in critically ill patients. 
    Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism. 2015
  • Opportunistic computed tomography screening shows a high incidence of osteoporosis in ankylosing spondylitis patients with acute vertebral fractures. 
    Journal of Clinical Densitometry. 2015
  • Esophagitis dissecans superficialis due to severe methotrexate toxicity. 
    Endoscopy. 2014
  • Listeria rhomboencephalitis in a patient on a tumor necrosis factor alpha inhibitor (etanercept). 
    Journal of Clinical Rheumatology. 2014
  • Opportunistic computed tomography screening for determining osteoporosis in patients with ankylosing spondylitis and spine fractures [abstract#1126]. 
    Arthritis and Rheumatism. 2013
  • Transcatheter aortic valve replacement for advanced valvular disease in active SLE and APS. 
    Lupus. 2013
  • A 45-year-old man with flank pain and inability to ejaculate. 
    Arthritis Care & Research. 2012
  • Management of severe rheumatological disease in the burn center. 
    Journal of burn care & research. 2012
  • Safety of arthrocentesis and joint injection in patients receiving anticoagulation at therapeutic levels. 
    American Journal of Medicine. 2012
  • Acute crystal-induced arthritis following arthroplasty. 
    Journal of Knee Surgery. 2010
  • Chronic kidney disease is an independent predictor of pocket hematoma after pacemaker and defibrillator implantation. 
    Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology. 2010
  • Continuing warfarin therapy is superior to interrupting warfarin with or without bridging anticoagulation therapy in patients undergoing pacemaker and defibrillator implantation. 
    Heart rhythm. 2010
  • Gout in the Hmong in the United States. 
    Journal of Clinical Rheumatology. 2010
  • Addressing the challenges in teaching quality improvement. 
    American Journal of Medicine. 2009
  • Tobacco screening multicomponent quality improvement network program: beyond education. 
    Academic Emergency Medicine. 2009
  • Vasculitis of the gallbladder: case report and spectrum of disease. 
    Journal of Clinical Rheumatology. 2009
  • Working memory capacity is decreased in sleep-deprived internal medicine residents. 
    Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. 2009
  • Chronic septic bursitis caused by dematiaceous fungi. 
    American Journal of Orthopedics (Belle Mead, N.J.). 2007
  • Implementing emergency research requiring exception from informed consent, community consultation, and public disclosure. 
    Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2007
  • Marked inflammation in catastrophic longitudinal myelitis associated with systemic lupus erythematosus. 
    Lupus. 2007
  • Infliximab-associated pneumonitis in rheumatoid arthritis. 
    Journal of Rheumatology. 2006
  • Recurrent pulmonary embolism despite inferior vena cava filter placement in patients with the antiphospholipid syndrome. 
    Journal of Clinical Rheumatology. 2005
  • Recurrent pulmonary embolism despite inferior vena cava filter placement in patients with the antiphospholipid syndrome J Clin Rheumatol
    2005
  • Minocycline-induced central nervous system-pulmonary hypersensitivity syndrome. 
    International Journal of Dermatology. 2003
  • Treatment with sildenafil for the healing of refractory skin ulcerations in the antiphospholipid syndrome. 
    Lupus. 2003
  • Eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome associated with L-tryptophan use. 
    Journal of Rheumatology. 1990
  • Zidovudine-associated myopathy. 
    American Journal of Medicine. 1989
    • Editorial Article
  • COVID-19 trial co-enrolment and subsequent enrolment [editorial]. 
    Lancet (London, England).  396. 2020
    • Conference Poster
  • A comparison of non-operative and operative management of acute spine fractures in ankylosing spondylitis [poster]
    2013
  • A comparison of non-operative and operative management of acute spine fractures in ankylosing spondylitis [poster]
    2013
  • Lipoprotein subclass particles and small vessel elasticity as a potential marker for early atherosclerosis in rheumatoid arthritis, a prospective study [poster]
    2012
  • Elevations of small low-density lipoprotein particles associated with disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis: a potential biomarker for cardiovascular risk [poster]?
    2011
  • Subtrochanteric femoral fractures associated with alendronate therapy: a case series [poster]
    2008
  • Subtrochanteric femoral fractures associated with alendronate therapy: a case series [poster]
    2008
    • Review
  • Guidelines for treatment of Susac syndrome - an update [review]. 
    International Journal of Stroke. 2020
  • Collapsing glomerulopathy in collagen vascular-like disease [review, systematic review]. 
    Lupus. 2014
  • Rheumatic manifestations of scurvy: a report of three recent cases in a major urban center and a review [review]. 
    Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism. 2011
  • Safety of coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention in patients on uninterrupted warfarin therapy: a meta-analysis [review, meta-analysis]. 
    Interventional Cardiology. 2011
    • Abstract
  • Continuation of warfarin is superior to holding warfarin with or without bridging therapy in patients undergoing pacemaker and defibrillator placement [abstract]. 
    Circulation. 2009
    • presentations
    Teaching
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  • Specialty: Internal Medicine

    Education and Training:

    Fellowship in Rheumatology – University of Toronto, Canada

    Residency in Internal Medicine – University of Toronto, Canada

    Medical School – University of Toronto, Canada

    Certification – American Board of Internal Medicine

    Certification – American Board of Internal Medicine-Rheumatology

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