Clinical Interests

Diagnostic evaluation and ongoing care of children with all pediatric onset rheumatic diseases

Research Interests

Performance of clinical trials in children with rheumatic diseases; clinical trials methodology; mentoring of junior faculty

MD: University of Kansas, Kansas City, Kan., 1978. 

MPH: University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, Texas, 1982. 

Residency: Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Kan. 

Fellowship: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas. 

Certification: Pediatrics, 1984; Pediatric Rheumatology, 1992.

Lovell DJ, Passo MH, Beukelman T, Bowyer SL, Gottlieb BS, Henrickson M, Ilowite NT, Kimura Y, DeWitt EM, Segerman J, Stein LD, Taylor J, Vehe RK, Giannini EH. Measuring process of arthritis care: a proposed set of quality measures for the process of care in juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2011 Jan;63(1):10-6.

Giannini EH, Ilowite NT, Lovell DJ, Wallace CA, Rabinovich CE, Reiff A, Higgins G, Gottlieb B, Chon Y, Zhang N, Baumgartner SW. Effects of long-term etanercept treatment on growth in children with selected categories of juvenile idiopathic arthritis.Arthritis Rheum. 2010 Nov;62(11):3259-64.

Giannini EH, Ilowite NT, Lovell DJ, Wallace CA, Rabinovich CE, Reiff A, Higgins G, Gottlieb B, Singer NG, Chon Y, Lin SL, Baumgartner SW; Pediatric Rheumatology Collaborative Study Group. Long-term safety and effectiveness of etanercept in children with selected categories of juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Arthritis Rheum. 2009 Sep;60(9):2794-804.

Seid M, Opipari L, Huang B, Brunner HI, Lovell DJ. Disease control and health-related quality of life in juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Arthritis Rheum. 2009 Mar 15;61(3):393-9.

Carrasco R, Lovell DJ, Giannini EH, Henderson CJ, Huang B, Kramer S, Ranz J, Heubi J, Glass D. Biochemical markers of bone turnover associated with calcium supplementation in children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis: results of a double-blind, placebo-controlled intervention trial.Arthritis Rheum. 2008 Dec;58(12):3932-40.

Lovell DJ, Ruperto N, Goodman S, Reiff A, Jung L, Jarosova K, Nemcova D, Mouy R, Sandborg C, Bohnsack J, Elewaut D, Foeldvari I, Gerloni V, Rovensky J, Minden K, Vehe RK, Weiner LW, Horneff G, Huppertz HI, Olson NY, Medich JR, Carcereri-De-Prati R, McIlraith MJ, Giannini EH, Martini A; Pediatric Rheumatology Collaborative Study Group; Pediatric Rheumatology International Trials Organisation. Adalimumab with or without methotrexate in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. N Engl J Med. 2008 Aug 21;359(8):810-20.

Ting TV, Lovell DJ. Does early sulfasalazine treatment provide long-term benefits to patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis?Nat Clin Pract Rheumatol. 2008 Jul;4(7):344-5.

Lovell DJ, Reiff A, Ilowite NT, Wallace CA, Chon Y, Lin SL, Baumgartner SW, Giannini EH; Pediatric Rheumatology Collaborative Study Group. Safety and efficacy of up to eight years of continuous etanercept therapy in patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Rheum. 2008 May;58(5):1496-504.

Shishov M, Henrickson M, Burgos-Vargas R, Rubio-Pérez N, Baca V, Romero-Feregrino R, Solís-Vallejo E, Huang B, Grom AA, Lovell DJ. Systemic features and early prognostic factors in Hispanic and non-Hispanic children from the United States of America and Mexico with systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2007 Nov-Dec;25(6):907-14.

Lovell DJ. Update on treatment of arthritis in children: new treatments, new goals.Bull NYU Hosp Jt Dis. 2006;64(1-2):72-6. Review.