Kevin Deane, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Medical School:  Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, California

Postgraduate training:

When arrived at UCD: 1997

Past and current professional positions:

Awards and Honors received:

1999, 2001 Golden Apple Teaching Award, University of Colorado

Research Interests:

As part of a collaborative effort with the Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics here at UCD, Dr. Deane is working on a multi-center study investigating the role of genetics and environmental exposures on the development of rheumatoid arthritis-related autoimmunity. He has special interest in the deveopment of pre-clinical prediction models for autoimmune disease.

Representative publications: 

1. Ferucci ED, Majka DS, Parrish LA, Moroldo MB, Ryan M, Passo M, Thompson SD, Deane KD, Rewers M, Arend WP, Glass DN, Norris JM, Holers VM.  Antibodies against cyclic citrullinated peptide are associated with HLA-DR4 in simplex and multiplex polyarticular-onset juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.  Arthritis Rheum. 2005 Jan;52(1):239-46.

2. Deane KD, West SG.  Antiphospholipid Antibodies as a Cause of Pulmonary Capillaritis and Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage: A Case Series and Literature Review.  Sem Arthritis Rheum 2005;35:154-165.

3. Bhatia SS, Majka DS, Kittelson JM, Parrish LA, Ferucci ED, Deane KD, Arend WP, Rewers M, Holers VM, Norris JM. Rheumatoid factor seropositivity is inversely associated with oral contraceptive use in women without rheumatoid arthritis. Ann Rheum Dis. 2006 Jul 25

4. Majka DS, Deane KD, Parrish LA, Lazar AM, Baron AE, Walker CW, Rubertone MV, Gilliland WR, Norris JM, Holers VM. The duration of pre-clinical rheumatoid arthritis-related autoantibody positivity increases in subjects with older age at time of disease diagnosis. Ann Rheum Dis. 2007 Nov 1; [Epub ahead of print]

5. Young KA, Parrish LA, Zerbo GO, Rewers M, Deane KD, Holers VM, Norris JM. Perinatal and early childhood risk factors associated with rheumatoid factor positivity in a healthy pediatric population. Ann Rheum Dis 2007;66(2):179-83.

6.  FitzGerald J, Mandl LA, Cron RQ, Lacaille D, Deane K, Franchin G, Lim SS, Park CC.  Rheumatology fellows’ perception n training and careers in academia: The American College of Rheumatology Fellow Research and Academic Training Survey.  Arthritis Rheum 2009;61(2):266-273.

7.  Feser M, Derber LA, Deane KD, Lezotte DC, Weisman MH, Buckner JH, Mikuls T, O’Dell J, Gregersen PK, Holers VM, Norris JM.  Plasma 25,OH vitamin D levels are not associated with rheumatoid arthritis-related autoantibodies in individuals at elevated risk for rheumatoid arthritis.  J Rheumatology 2009;36(5):943-6.

8.  Gizinski AM, Mascolo M, Loucks JL, Kervitsky A, Meehan RT, Brown KK, Holers VM, Deane KD.  Rheumatoid arthritis(RA)-specific autoantibodies in patients with interstitial lung disease and absence of clinically apparent RA.  Clin Rheumatology, 2009;28(5):611-13.