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Alan Nathaniel Baer, MD

Title(s):

Associate Professor of Medicine

Appointment Phone:

443-444-4646

Primary Location:

Good Samaritan Professional Building

Expertise:

General Internal Medicine, Sjogren's Syndrome

Education and Experience

Training

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (Baltimore MD)/ (1978)

Residencies

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (Nashville TN)/ Internal Medicine (1981)

Fellowships

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (Nashville TN)/ Rheumatology (1983)

Certifications

Rheumatology, American Board of Internal Medicine (1984)
Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine (1981)

Locations

Good Samaritan Professional Building

5601 Loch Raven Boulevard

Russell Morgan Building Room 508

Baltimore, MD 21239

Phone: 443-444-4646

Appointment Phone: 443-444-4646

Fax: 410-630-7496

Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center - 301 Building

301 Mason Lord Drive

301 Building

Baltimore, MD 21224

Phone: 410-550-1887

Appointment Phone: 410-550-1887

Fax: 410-550-6255

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Department / Division

Medicine - Rheumatology

Centers/Institutes

Centers / Institutes

Sjogren's Syndrome Center

Bio

Awards and Honors

Phi Beta Kappa
Alpha Omega Alpha

Expertise

General Internal Medicine
Sjogren's Syndrome

Professional Highlights

Dr. Baer was a faculty member at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York from 1986 to 2007 and served as Chief of the Section of Rheumatology and Fellowship Program Director prior to his faculty appointment at Johns Hopkins.

Research

Research and Publications

Baer AN, Bayless TM, Yardley JH. Intestinal ulceration and malabsorption syndromes. Gastroenterology (1980) 79: 754-765.
Baer AN, Pincus T. Occult systemic lupus erythematosus in elderly men. Journal of the American Medical Association (1983) 249: 3350-3352.
Baer AN, Woosley RL, Pincus T. Further evidence for the lack of association of acetylator phenotype with systemic lupus erythematosus. Arthritis Rheum (1986) 29: 508-514.
Baer AN, McAllister CB, Wilkinson GR, Woosley RL, Pincus T. Altered distribution of debrisoquine oxidation phenotypes in systemic lupus erythematosus. Arthritis Rheum (1986) 29: 843-850.
Baer AN, Dessypris EN, Goldwasser E, Krantz SB. Blunted erythropoietin response to anemia in rheumatoid arthritis. Brit J Haematol (1987) 66: 559-564.
Baer AN, Green FA. Cytochrome P-450 mediated metabolism in active murine SLE. J Rheumatol (1989) 16: 335-338.
Baer AN, Dessypris EN, Krantz SB. The pathogenesis of anemia in rheumatoid arthritis: a clinical and laboratory analysis. Semin Arthritis Rheum (1990) 19: 209-223.
Baer AN, Green FA. Estrogen metabolism in the (New Zealand Black x New Zealand White)F1 murine model of systemic lupus erythematosus. Arthritis Rheum (1990) 33: 107-112.
Baer AN, Costello PB, Green FA. Free and esterified 13(S,R)-hydroxyoctadecadienoic acids: principal oxygenase products in psoriatic skin scales. J Lipid Res (1990) 31: 125-130.
Baer AN, Costello PB, Green FA. Characterization of the chirality of the monohydroxy-eicosatetraenoic acids produced by rat basophilic leukemia cells. Biochem Biophys Res Comm (1990) 169: 332-338.
Baer AN, Costello PB, Green FA. Stereospecificity of the products of the fatty acid oxygenases in psoriatic skin scales. J Lipid Res (1991) 32: 341-347.
Baer AN, Costello PB, Green FA. Stereospecificity of the hydroxyeicosatetraenoic and hydroxyoctadecadienoic acids produced by cultured bovine endothelial cells. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (1991) 1085: 45-52.
Baer AN, Costello PB, Green FA. In vivo activation of an omega-6 oxygenase in human skin. Biochem Biophys Res Commun (1991) 180: 98-104.
Baer, AN, Costello PB, Green FA. Cytotoxicity of fatty acid oxygenase activation in rat basophilic leukemia cells. Clin Immunol Immunopathol (1992) 62: 78-84.
Baer, AN, Green, FA. Cyclooxygenase activity of cultured human mesothelial cells. Prostaglandins. (1993) 46: 37-49.
Baer, AN, Green FA. Fatty acid oxygenase activity of human hair roots. J. Lipid Res. (1993) 34: 1505-1514.
Baer AN, Klaus MV, Green FA. Epidermal fatty acid oxygenases are activated in non-psoriatic dermatoses. J. Invest. Dermatol. (1995) 104: 251-255.
Shin IS, Baer AN, Kwon KC, Papadopoulos E, Siegel JN. Guillain-Barre and Miller Fisher Syndromes Occurring with Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha Antagonist Therapy. Arthritis Rheum (2006) 54: 1429-1434.
Baer AN, Wortmann RL. Polymyositis and Dermatomyositis. In Imboden J, Hellman DB, Stone JH. Current Rheumatology: Diagnosis and Treatment. 2nd edition. New York: McGraw-Hill. 2007.
Baer AN, Wortmann RL. Metabolic, drug-induced and other non-inflammatory myopathies. In Hochberg M, Silman A, Smolen J, Weinblatt ME, Weisman M. Rheumatology. 4th ed. London: Elsevier. 2007.
Baer AN. Metabolic Myopathies. In Klippel JH, Stone JH, Crofford LJ, White PH. Primer on the Rheumatic Diseases, 13th edition. New York:Springer. pp 381-388, 2008
Baer AN, Freer JP. Milling DA, Potter WR, Ruchlin H, Zinnerstrom KH. Breaking Bad News: Use of Cancer Survivors in Role-Playing Exercises. Journal of Palliative Medicine (2008) 11: 885-892.
Baer AN, Wortman RL. The Risk of Malignancy in Patients with Dermatomyositis and Polymyositis. In Kagen L. Inflammatory Myopathies, Springer Humana, in press.
Baer AN, Petri M. Lupus in Pregnancy. In Rodgers B, Yeh J. Student Guide to Complex Pregnancy Management. World Scientific Publishing, in press.

Research Interests