Shuntaro Shinada, MD

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.

• 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

• Clinical Images: Cutaneous ulcerations in anti-MDA-5 dermatomyositis ACR Open Rheumatol. 2023 Dec 26. . 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

• Terrault, Norah
• Young, Guy
• Stohl, William
• Armstrong, April