JoAnn A. Hornsby, MD, FACR

Rheumatology
Associate Professor & Program Director for Rheumatology Fellowship

Organization:

West Virginia University School of Medicine

Department:

Medicine

Classification:

Graduate Assistant

• MD, Medical University of South Carolina

MANUSCRIPTS:

Jo Ann Hornsby, "Burden of Depression among Working-Age Adults with Rheumatoid Arthritis," Arthritis, vol. 2018, Article ID 8463632, 11 pages, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/8463632/.

"Burden of Depression among Working-Age Adults with Rheumatoid Arthritis ," by Arijita Deb, Nilanjana Dwibedi, Traci LeMasters, JoAnn Hornsby, Wenhui Wei and Usha Sambamoorthi. Submitted for publication

Sharif S, Thomas JM, Donley DA, Gilleland DL, Bonner DE , McCrory JL, Hornsby WG, Zhao H, Lively MW, Hornsby JA, and Stephen E. Always SE. Resistance Exercise Reduces Skeletal Muscle Cachexia and Improves Muscle Function in Rheumatoid Arthritis. Case Reports in Medicine, Vol. 2011,

Kamal KM, Madhavan SM, Hornsby JA, Miller LA, Scott V, Kavookjian J.  Use of tumor necrosis factor inhibitors in rheumatoid arthritis:  A national survey of practicing United States rheumatologists.  Joint Bone Spine 73 (2006) 718-724 and Revue Du Rhumatisme 73 (2006) 1387-1394

Touma SC; Kovach RF; Defazio J; Hornsby JA; Multicentric Reticulohistiocytosis. Archives of Dermatology 2001; 137:1241-1246.

White JS; Hornsby JA; Briggs P; Hornsby WG; Fibromyalgia and Exercise. Aquatic Therapy Journal June 2000;Vol 2 Issue 2:5-11.

Silver RM; Sahn EE; Allen JA; Sahn S; Greene W; Maize JC; and Garen PD; Demonstration of Silicon in Sites of Connective Tissue Disease in patients with Silicone-Gel Breast Implants. Arch Dermatol 1993;129: 63-68.

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:

Member, Clerkship Directors in Internal Medicine  1999- 2016

American Medical Association  1992-2007

Fellow, American College of Rheumatology  1992- Present

Member, Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine 1996-1999

GRANT SUPPORT:

Co-Investigator: “Skin Exposure to Silica Particulate and Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Pilot Study”, WVU Research Corporation Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (PSCoR) grant. Award $21,997 June 1, 2010.

Educational Grant for the Internal Medicine Summer Preceptor ship Program. Northwestern Mutual Foundation Matching Gifts Program.  Amount $1500 July 2007.

Principal Investigator: “West Virginia Community Mental Telehealth Project”, Health Resources and Services Administration. Total grant award $2,798,500. 9/1/2002-2006

Sequential Trial of Anti-Rheumatic Therapy.  P.I. - DiBartolomeo AG; Co-I Allen JA; Antonelli MA; Brick JE; Rozzell MR; Saffle M; $3000 start up 1995.

P.I. - Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate in Type II Diabetics, WVU Hospitals 1993, Enhancing Patient Care Program. Submitted but not funded.

PAST RESEARCH:

Co-Investigator - Effect of Feedback in Virtual Patient Cases on Student Cognitive Engagement: Peer Response Study of SIMPLE and CLIPP Cases during the Internal Medicine and Pediatric Clerkships. IRB approved 6/29/2010

Co-Investigator - Examining the Link between Skin Exposure to Silica Particulate and Rheumatoid Arthritis. IRB approved 4/30/2010

Co-Investigator - The Phase III Clinical Trials of the UVAR Photopheresis System in the Treatment of Progressive Systematic Sclerosis - July 1990 - April 1991.

Research during Rheumatology Fellowship - Adhesion Properties of Scleroderma Fibroblasts; Assays of Fibronectin content in the Matrix of Scleroderma versus Normal Fibroblasts by ELISA - 1989 - 1992.

Charleston Heart Study - Physician Examiner - 1990 - 1991

Co-Investigator - Methotrexate in Rheumatoid Arthritis Chart Review - 1992 - 1995.

Co-Investigator - A Pilot Study:  The Effect of Increasing Core Temperature with Passive Heating and Warm-Water Exercise on Slow Wave Sleep - June 2002 to 2006

Medical Specialties

• Rheumatology

Board Certifications

• Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
• Rheumatology, American Board of Internal Medicine

Special Training

• Residency, Internal Medicine
  Medical University of South Carolina
• Fellowship, Rheumatology
  Medical University of South Carolina