Air Pollution: Is There an Association with Rheumatic Disease?

Dr. Bernatsky

Sasha Bernatsky, MD, is a rheumatologist and epidemiologist at McGill University. She specializes in the use of administrative datasets to study the epidemiology and outcomes of rheumatic diseases.

Dr. Kaplan

Gilaad G. Kaplan, MD, is a gastro­enterologist and an associate professor in the Department of Medicine and Department of Community Health Sciences at the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary. His research expertise is applied to study the relationships between inflammatory bowel diseases and environmental exposures.

Dr. Barnabe

Cheryl Barnabe, MD, is a rheumatologist and assistant professor in the Department of Medicine and Department of Community Health Sciences at the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary. She is trained in clinical epidemiology and has a primary interest in rheumatoid arthritis.

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