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Kerstin Morehead, M.D.

-Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
-Co-Director, Clinical Programs in Rheumatology

University of California, San Francisco
400 Parnassus Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94143-0414
Email: kmorehe@itsa.ucsf.edu


Education
2001-2004 University of California, San Francisco
Fellowship in Rheumatology

1998-2001 University of California, San Francisco
Internship and Residency in Internal Medicine

1998 MD, University of Chicago

1989 BA, Microbiology and Immunology
Stanford University


Licensure and Certification
Licensed, State of California
Diplomat, American Board of Internal Medicine


Awards/Honors
1998 Richard W. Reilly Award, University of Chicago
1989 Honors in humanities, Stanford University


Publications
Morehead K, Sack KE. Osteoarthritis. What therapies for this disease of many causes? Postgrad Med. 2003 Nov; 114(5): 11-7.

Hasler T, Albrecht GR, Van Schravendijk MR, Aguiar JC, Morehead KE, Pasloske BL, Ma C, Barnwell JW, Greenwood B, Howard RJ. An improved microassay for Plasmodium falciparum cytoadherence using stable transformants of Chinese hamster ovary cells expressing CD36 or intercellular adhesion molecule-1. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1993 Mar; 48(3): 332-47.

Nakamura K, Hasler T, Morehead K, Howard RJ, Aikawa M. Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocyte receptor(s) for CD36 and thrombospondin are restricted to knobs on the erythrocyte surface.
J Histochem Cytochem. 1992 Sep; 40(9): 1419-22

Howard RJ, Handunnetti SM, Hasler T, Gilladoga A, de Aguiar JC, Pasloske BL, Morehead K, Albrecht GR, van Schravendijk MR. Surface molecules on Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes involved in adherence. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1990 Aug; 43(2 Pt 2): 15-29.

 

Meeting Abstracts
Morehead K, Chan OT, Daikh,DI. Magnetic resonance imaging of central nervous system disease in a murine model of systemic lupus erythematosis. Arthritis and Rheumatism, 2003, October:422.

Morehead K., Cassafer G, Daikh DI. Acceleration of autoimmune disease in (NZBxNZW) F1 lupus prone mice by pristane. FASEB, 2002, April: A559.

Batawrous AL, Morehead K., Kapil A, Musch MW, Chang EB. Heat shock protein 72 (HSP72) mobilizes to cytoskeletal elements of intestinal epithelial (IEC18) cell and protects them from injury. Gastroenterology,1996, April.

   

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