Murray H. Passo, MD
Title
Director; Rheumatology Subspecialty Residency (Fellowship)
Appointment
Professor of Pediatrics
Email
murray.passo@cchmc.org
Phone
513-636-4676
Fax
513-636-4116
Bio
Murray H. Passo, MD, is a native of Indiana. He is a graduate of the Indiana University School of Medicine. He is married with two grown children. He and his wife live in Cincinnati with their dog. Dr. Passo has completed both a pediatric residency at James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children and a pediatric rheumatology fellowship at Indiana University Hospital. Dr. Passo is board-certified in both pediatrics and pediatric rheumatology. He recently stepped down as the director of the Rheumatology clinic to focus more time on the fellowship program and quality improvement efforts.
Credentials
MD: Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 1974.
Residency: Pediatrics, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN., 1977
Fellowship: Rheumatology, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN., 1979
MEd: University of Cincinnati College of Education, 2007
Certification: Pediatrics, 1980; Pediatric Rheumatology, 1992, 1999, 2006
Position History
1979-1989
Attending Faculty, Section of Rheumatology
Department of Medicine
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, Indiana
1979-1989
Consultant, Section of Rheumatology
Wishard Memorial Hospital
Richard Roudebush Veteran's Administration Medical Center
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, Indiana
1984-1988
Director, Riley Pediatric Residency Program
Riley Hospital for Children
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, Indiana
1979-1989
Director, Section of Pediatric Rheumatology
Department of Pediatrics
Riley Hospital for Children
Indiana University School of Medicine
1979-1986
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, Indiana
1986-1989
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, Indiana
1989-1995
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Cincinnati, Ohio
1989-2006
Clinical Director of Pediatric Rheumatology
Division of Pediatric Rheumatology
Children's Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati, Ohio
1995-Present
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics
University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine
Cincinnati, Ohio
2003-Present
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Volunteer Faculty
Wright State University School of Medicine
Dayton Children's Medical center
Dayton, OH
Awards and Honors
- Alpha Omega Alpha, Indiana University School of Medicine, 1974
- Children's Hospital Medical Center Chief of Staff Award for Faculty Teaching - Recognition of FIRM, 1991
- Annual Faculty Teaching Award/CHMC Residents, 1998
- American College of Rheumatology Research and Education Foundation Clinician Scholar Educator Award, 2000
- Earl Brewer Rheumatology Leadership Award, AJAO, 2004
- James T. Cassidy Award, AAP/ACR San Diego, CA, 2005
- America's Top Doctors 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
- Best Doctors in America, 2008
Publications, Most Recent
Gerhardt CA, Vannatta K, McKellop JM, Zeller M, Taylor J, Passo M, Noll RB. Brief report: child-rearing practices of caregivers with and without a child with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis: perspectives of caregivers and professionals.J Pediatr Psychol. 2003 Jun; 28(4):275-9.
Reiter-Purtill, Gerhardt CA, Vannatta K, Passo MH, Noll RB. A controlled longitudinal study of the social functioning of children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.J Pediatr Psychol. 2003;28:17-28.
Bowyer S, Rottcher PA, et al.. Health status of patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis at 1 and 5 years after diagnosis.J Rheumatol. 2003;30(2):394-400.
Grom AA, Villanueva J, Lee S, Goldmuntz EA, Passo MH, Filipovich A. Natural killer cell dysfunction in patients with systemic-onset juvenile rheumatoid arthritis and macrophage activation syndrome.J Pediatr. 2003;142(3):292-296.
Shani-Adir A, Lucky AW, Prendiville J, Murphy S, Passo M, Huang FS, Paller AS. Subcutaneous panniculitic T-cell lymphoma in children: response to combination therapy with cyclosporine and chemotherapy.J Am Acad Dermatol. 2004; 50(2 Suppl):S18-22.
Huber AM, Feldman BM, Rennebohm RM, Hicks JE, Lindsley CB, Perez MD, Zemel LS, Wallace CA, Ballinger SH, Passo MH, Reed AM, Summers RM, White PH, Katona LM, Miller FW, Lachenbruch PA, Rider LG; Juvenile Dermatomyositis Disease Activity Collaborative Study Group. Validation and clinical significance of the Childhood Myositis Assessment Scale for assessment of muscle function in the juvenile idiopathic inflammatory myopathies.Arthritis Rheum. 2004 May;50(5):1595-603.
Barnes, MG, Aronow, BJ, Luyrink, LK, Moroldo, MB, Pavlidis, P, Passo, MH, Grom, AA, Hirsch, R, Giannini, EH, Colbert, RA, Glass DN, Thompson SD. Gene expression in juvenile arthritis and spondyloarthropathy: pro-angiogenic ELR+ chemokine genes related to course of arthritis.Rheumatology (Oxford) (2004) 43(8):973-9.
Rennebohm RM, Jones K, Huber AM, Ballinger SH, Bowyer SL, Feldman BM, Hicks J, Katona IM, Lindsley CB, Miller FW, Passo MH, Perez MD, Reed AM, Wallace CA, White PH, Zemel LS, Lachenbruch PA, Hayes JR, Rider LG; Juvenile Dermatomyositis Disease Activity Collaborative Study Group. Normal scores for nine maneuvers of the Childhood Myositis Assessment Scale.Arthritis Rheum. 2004 Jun 15;51(3):365-70.
Brunner HI, Klein-Gitelman MS, Miller MJ, Trombley M, Baldwin N, Kress A, Johnson AL, Barron AC, Griffin TA, Passo MH, Lovell DJ. Health of children with chronic arthritis: relationship of different measures and the quality of parent proxy reporting.Arthritis Rheum. 2004 Oct. 15;51(5):763-773.
Schleiss MR, Bernstein DI, Passo M, Parker S, Meric C, Verdier F, Newkirk MM. Lack of induction of autoantibody responses following immunization with cytomegalovirus (CMV) glycoprotein B (gB) in healthy CMV-seronegative subjects.Vaccine. 2004 Dec 16;23(5):687-92.
Barron Andrea,Tsz-Leung Lee, Janalee Taylor, Terry Moore, Murray H Passo, Thomas B Graham, Thomas Griffin, Alexei Grom, Daniel J Lovell, and Hermine I Brunner. Feasibility and Construct Validity of the Willingness-To-Pay (WTP) Technique for Measuring Health Care Preferences in Children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA).Arthritis and Rheum. 2004 Dec15;51(6):899-908.
Rutter MM, Prahalad S, Passo M, Backijaw PF. Idiopathic hypercalcemia and eosinophilic fasciitis: A novel association.Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism 2004; 17 (9):1251-1254.
Ferucci, ED, Majka, DS, Parrish, LA, Moroldo, MB, Ryan, M, Passo, MH, Thompson, SD, Deane, KD, Rewers, M, Arend, WP, Glass, DN, Norris, JM, Holers, VM. Anti-Cyclic Citrullinated Peptide (CCP) Antibodies Are Associated with HLA-DR4 and Disease Severity in Simplex and Multiplex Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis.Arthritis Rheum. 2005; 52 (1): 239-46.
Villanueva J, Lee S, Giannini EH, Graham TB, Passo MH, Filipovich A, Gromm AA. Natural killer cell dysfunction is a distinguishing feature of systemic onset juvenile rheumatoid arthritis and macrophage activation syndrome.Arthritis Res Ther. 2005;7(1)R30-7.Epub 2004 Nov. 10.
Chung YL, Rider LG, Bell JD, Summers RM, Zemel LS, Rennebohn RM, Passo MH, Hicks J, Miller FW, and Scott DL; Juvenile Dermatomyositis Disease Activity Collaborative Study Group. Muscle Metabolites, Detected in Urine by Proton Spectroscopy, Correlate With Disease Damage in Juvenile Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies.Arthritis and Rheum. 2005 Aug 15;53(4):565-70.
Brunner HI, Johnson AL, Barron AC, Passo MH, Griffin TA, Graham TB, Lovell DJ. Gastrointestinal symptoms and their association with health-related quality of life of children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis: validation of a gastrointestinal symptom questionnaire.J Clin Rheumatol. 2005 Aug;11(4):194-204.
Wargula JC, Lovell DJ, Passo MH, Bove KE, Santangelo JD, Levinson JE. What more can we learn from muscle histopathology in children with dermatomyositis/polymyositis?Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2006 May-Jun;24(3):333-43.
Brunner HI, Mueller M, Rutherford C, Passo MH, Witte D, Grom A, Related Articles, Links Mishra J, Devarajan P. Urinary neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin as a biomarker of nephritis in childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus.Arthritis Rheum. 2006 Aug;54(8):2577-84.
Lovell DJ, Glass D, Ranz J, Kramer S, Huang B, Sierra RI, Henderson CJ, Passo M, Graham B, Bowyer S, Higgins G, Rennebohm R, Schikler KN, Giannini E. A randomized controlled trial of calcium supplementation to increase bone mineral density in children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.Arthritis Rheum. 2006 Jul;54(7):2235-42.
Brunner HI, Taylor j, Britto MT, Corcoran MS, Kramer SL, Melson PG, Kotagal UR, Graham TB, Passo MH. Differences in disease outcomes between Medicaid and privately insured children: possible health disparities in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.Arthritis Rheum. 2006 Jun 15;55(3):378-84.
Brunner HI, Bishnoi A, Barron AC, Houk LJ, Ware A, Farhey Y, Mongey AB, Strife CF, Graham TB, Passo MH. Disease outcomes and ovarian function of childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus.Lupus 2006;15(4):198-206.
Bleesing J, Prada A, Siegel DM, et al. The diagnostic significance of soluble CD163 and soluble interleukin-2 receptor alpha-chain in macrophage activation syndrome and untreated new-onset systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis.Arthritis Rheum 2007;56(3):965-71.
Ruperto N, Ravelli A, Castell E, et al. Cyclosporine A in juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Results of the PRCSG/PRINTO phase IV post marketing surveillance study.Clin Exp Rheumatol 2006;24(5):599-605.
Koneru S, Shishov M, Ware A, Farhey Y, Mongey AB, Graham TB, Passo MH, Houk LJ, Higgins GC, Brunner HI. Effectively measuring adherence to medications for systemic lupus erythematosus in a clinical setting.Arthritis & Rheumatism (Arthritis Care & Research) 2007;57(6):1000-1006.
Presentations, Most Recent
Passo, MH, Wall, E: Joint Pain Through the Eyes, Ears, and Hands of a Rheumatologist and an Orthopedist, November 2001
Passo, MH, Grom A: Systemic Onset Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis and Macrophage Activation Syndrome, Children's Hospital Medical Center Grand Rounds, Dec. 2003
Passo, MH: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, December 2004
Amgen ACR Visiting Professorship, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, 2007
AAP Visiting Professorship, Greenville, NC, Brody school of Medicine, 2007
Amgen ACR visiting professorshop, LSU medical center, Shreveport, LA, 2006
Amgen ACR Visiting professorship, Michigan State, Flint, MI, 2005
Professional Organization Memberships
Special Interests
Psychosocial aspects of rheumatic disease in children; systemic lupus erythematosus; quality improvement; medical education
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