Shuntaro Shinada, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

Image of Shuntaro Shinada, MD
Is this your profile? Click to edit

Overview

Dr. Shinada graduated from the Keck School of Medicine as a Dean’s Scholar and completed his residency at the LAC+USC Medical Center. Dr. Shinada developed an expertise in Rheumatology through subsequent fellowships: first at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center followed by LAC+USC Medical Center. In addition to his extensive teaching and patient commitments, Dr. Shinada runs a musculoskeletal ultrasound clinic at LAC+USC Medical Center. Dr. Shinada is currently the head instructor at Alhambra Kendo Dojo. Kendo is the art of Japanese fencing.

Awards

  • Amgen Fellows Committee: Amgen Fellows Scholarship, 2003
  • Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc.: Fellows in Rheumatology, 2003
  • Keck School of Medicine of USC: Dean’s Scholar, 1994-1995
  • University of California, Berkeley: Departmental Honors, Molecular and Cell Biology, 1993
  • University of California, Berkeley: Dean’s List, 1990-1992

Publications

  • Clinical Images: Cutaneous ulcerations in anti-MDA-5 dermatomyositis ACR Open Rheumatol. 2024 Mar; 6(3):138. . View in PubMed
  • Nucleophilic fluoroalkylation/cyclization route to fluorinated phthalides Beilstein J Org Chem. 2018; 14:182-186. . View in PubMed
  • Long-term treatment with tenofovir in Asian-American chronic hepatitis B patients is associated with abnormal renal phosphate handling Dig Dis Sci. 2015 Feb; 60(2):566-72. . View in PubMed
  • Reflecting on pain management for patients with osteoarthritis and other rheumatic disorders: there’s more to pain management than managing pain Pain Manag. 2013 Jul; 3(4):295-301. . View in PubMed
  • Evolution of classification criteria for rheumatoid arthritis: how do the 2010 criteria perform? Rheum Dis Clin North Am. 2012 May; 38(2):345-53.. View in PubMed
  • Depression predicts self-reported disease activity in systemic lupus erythematosus Lupus. 2011 Jan; 20(1):80-4. . View in PubMed
  • Management of Corneal Graft Rejection – A Case Series Report and Review of the Literature J Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2010 Sep 29; 1(103). . View in PubMed
  • Successful rituximab therapy of acquired factor VIII inhibitor in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis J Clin Rheumatol. 2007 Apr; 13(2):89-91. . View in PubMed
  • Rituximab treatment for resistant antiphospholipid syndrome J Rheumatol. 2006 Feb; 33(2):355-7. . View in PubMed