Shari Ling, M.D.
Appointments:
- Staff Clinician with the Clinical Research Branch of the National Institute on Aging Intramural Research Program
Research Interests:
- Muscle Malfunction in Osteoarthritis
- Osteoarthritis and Osteoporosis
- Aging Muscles, Bones, and Joints
- Inflammation Effects on Drug Metabolism
Clinical Interests:
- Osteoarthritis
Selected Publications:
- Ling SM and Bathon JM. Osteoarthritis. Conns Current Therapy 2004, 55th Edition. WB Saunders, Philadelphia PA pages 1044-7.
- Ling S, Wynne C, Remsburg R: Estimates of arthritis prevalence in the nursing home. Presented at the American Geriatrics Society annual meeting, Seattle, Washington. May, 1998.
- Ling S, Willimson J, Fried L, Sayer B, Hirsch R, Hochberg M: The utility of hand photographs in an algorithm for hand osteoarthritis. Presented at the 50th Annual Gerontological Society of America Meeting, Cincinnati, Ohio. November, 1997.
- Ling SM, Wynne CF: Vitamin D deficiency in older adults with rheumatoid arthritis. Presented at the American College of Rheumatology 61st National Scientific Meeting, Washington, D.C. November, 1997.
- Ling, SM: Gallo JJ, Busby-Whitehead J, Rabins PV, Sillman R, Murphy J, (eds): Musculoskeletal Diseases. Reichel's Care of the Elderly: Clinical Aspects of Aging 1999, 5th Edition. William & Wilkens, Baltimore, MD.
- Ling SM, Bathon JM: Osteoarthritis in older adults. JAGS 46:216-225, 1998.
Education:
- M.D.: Georgetown University
- Internship and Residency: Georgetown University
- Post-doctoral Fellowship: Georgetown University, Division of Rheumatology, Immunology & Allergy
- Post-doctoral Fellowship: Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology
Societies:
- American College of Rheumatology
- American Geriatrics Society
- Gerontological Society of America

