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Una Makris, MD, MSc

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Positions

Associate Professor, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Associate Professor, VA North Texas Healthcare System

Location

Dallas, TX

Una Makris, MD, MSc, is a clinical investigator at the North Texas VA Health Care System and Associate Professor of Internal Medicine in the Division of Rheumatic Diseases at UT Southwestern Medical Center. As a clinically trained rheumatologist, with a research focus on aging, she is well positioned to investigate important questions that bridge the fields of rheumatology and geriatrics. Her research uses mixed-methods to better understand the impact of back pain in older adults. Her current research focuses on evaluating the effectiveness and implementation of a novel behavioral intervention she developed with and for older adults with comorbid musculoskeletal pain and depressive symptoms. Dr. Makris has published over 40 manuscripts and her research has been supported by VA HSRD, NIA, PCORI and Rheumatology Research Foundation (RRF). She serves on several NIH and RRF study sections and has focused much of her efforts towards promoting aging principles among medical/surgical specialists.

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1. Association Between Frailty Status and Readmissions in Hospitalized Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.. ACR open rheumatology. 6:700-706. 2024
2. Prevalence and Factors Associated with De-escalation of Anti-TNFs in Older Adults with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Medicare Claims-Based Observational Study.. Drugs & aging. 41:601-613. 2024
3. High Interleukin-13 level is associated with disease stability in interstitial Lung disease.. Heliyon. 10:-. 2024
4. Frailty and Risk of Serious Infections in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis Treated With Biologic or Targeted-Synthetic Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs.. Arthritis care & research. 76:627-635. 2024
5. Mindfulness and yoga therapy for acute pain in sickle cell disease.. EJHaem. 5:131-135. 2023
6. Initiation of Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs in Older Medicare Beneficiaries With New Diagnosis of Late-Onset Rheumatoid Arthritis.. ACR open rheumatology. 5:694-700. 2023
7. Use of Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Supporting Shared Decision-Making Between Patients With Cancer and Clinicians.. ACR open rheumatology. 5:305-307. 2023
8. Clin-STAR corner: 2021 update in musculoskeletal pain in older adults with a focus on osteoarthritis-related pain.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 71:2373-2380. 2023
9. Veterans Health Administration research in aging: Opportunities for high impact across the academic career.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 71:3001-3004. 2023
10. Low Rates of Reproductive Counseling Documentation in Women With Interstitial Pneumonia With Autoimmune Features.. Journal of clinical rheumatology : practical reports on rheumatic & musculoskeletal diseases. 29:145-150. 2022
11. Optimizing Medication Use in Older Adults With Rheumatic Musculoskeletal Diseases: Deprescribing as an Approach When Less May Be More.. ACR open rheumatology. 4:1031-1041. 2022
12. An Analysis of the Role of Mental Health in a Randomized Trial of a Walking Intervention for Black Veterans With Chronic Pain.. The journal of pain. 24:55-67. 2022
13. Taxonomy of Quality of Care Indicators: Tracing the Path from Clinical Practice Guidelines to Quality Measurement and Beyond.. Rheumatic diseases clinics of North America. 48:601-615. 2022
14. Health Literacy and Patient Activation in the Pediatric to Adult Transition in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Patient and Health Care Team Perspectives.. ACR open rheumatology. 4:782-793. 2022
15. Therapeutic recreation camps for youth with childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus: perceived psychosocial benefits.. Pediatric rheumatology online journal. 20:-. 2022
16. Interstitial Pneumonia with Autoimmune Features: What the Rheumatologist Needs to Know.. Current rheumatology reports. 24:213-226. 2022
17. Additional risk factors associated with thrombosis and pregnancy morbidity in a unique cohort of antiphospholipid antibody-positive patients.. Chinese medical journal. 135:658-664. 2022
18. Variables Associated With Response to Therapy in Patients With Interstitial Pneumonia With Autoimmune Features.. Journal of clinical rheumatology : practical reports on rheumatic & musculoskeletal diseases. 28:84-88. 2022
19. "You Just Have to Keep Going, You Can't Give Up": Coping mechanisms among young adults with lupus transferring to adult care.. Lupus. 30:2221-2229. 2021
20. Decisional Regret Among Older Adults Undergoing Corrective Surgery for Adult Spinal Deformity: A Single Institutional Study.. Spine. 47:E337-E346. 2021
21. Patient and Spine Surgeon Perceptions on Shared Decision Making in the Treatment of Older Adults Undergoing Corrective Surgery for Adult Spinal Deformity.. Spine. 47:730-736. 2021
22. Time to First Completed Visit and Health Care Utilization Among Young Adults Transferring From Pediatric to Adult Rheumatologic Care in a Safety-Net Hospital.. Arthritis care & research. 73:1730-1738. 2021
23. Predictors of Adverse outcomes in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus transitioning to adult care.. Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism. 51:353-359. 2021
24. Association of Breast Implants with Nonspecific Symptoms, Connective Tissue Diseases, and Allergic Reactions: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis.. Plastic and reconstructive surgery. 147:42e-49e. 2021
25. Clinical Team Perspectives on the Psychosocial Aspects of Transition to Adult Care for Patients With Childhood-Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.. Arthritis care & research. 73:39-47. 2020
26. Adalimumab-associated psoriasiform rash in an African-American patient.. BMJ case reports. 13. 2020
27. Comparison of patient-reported outcomes measurement information system and legacy instruments in multiple domains among older veterans with chronic back pain.. BMC musculoskeletal disorders. 21:-. 2020
28. Ethnic Disparities in Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Incidence and Prevalence Among Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients in the United States: a Systematic Review.. ACR open rheumatology. 2:525-532. 2020
29. Musculoskeletal Pain in Older Adults: A Clinical Review.. The Medical clinics of North America. 104:855-872. 2020
30. Caring for older veterans with chronic low back pain using a geriatric syndrome approach: Rationale and methods for the aging back clinics (ABC) trial.. Contemporary clinical trials. -. 2020
31. Do Decision Aids Benefit Patients with Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain? A Systematic Review.. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.). 21:951-969. 2020
32. Association of Statin Use with Increased Risk of Musculoskeletal Conditions: A Retrospective Cohort Study.. Drug safety. 41:939-950. 2018
33. The role of cardiovascular disease risk assessed by ASCVD score in primary thrombosis prophylaxis strategy among antiphospholipid antibody carriers.. Lupus. 27:2177-2178. 2018
34. A Research Agenda for Advancing Non-pharmacological Management of Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: Findings from a VHA State-of-the-art Conference.. Journal of general internal medicine. 33:11-15. 2018
35. Leadership Lessons: Building and Nurturing a High-Performing Clinical Research Team.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 66:1258-1261. 2018
36. Identifying Additional Risk Factors for Thrombosis and Pregnancy Morbidities Among Antiphospholipid Antibodies Carriers.. Clinical and applied thrombosis/hemostasis : official journal of the International Academy of Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis. 24:980-985. 2018
37. Barriers and Facilitators of Mentoring for Trainees and Early Career Investigators in Rheumatology Research: Current State, Identification of Needs, and Road Map to an Inter-Institutional Adult Rheumatology Mentoring Program.. Arthritis care & research. 70:445-453. 2018
38. How does autoimmune disease impact treatment and outcomes among patients with lung cancer? A national SEER-Medicare analysis.. Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands). 97-102. 2017
39. Restricting Back Pain and Subsequent Disability in Activities of Daily Living Among Community-Living Older Adults.. Journal of aging and health. 30:1482-1494. 2017
40. Association of Statin Use With Risk of Back Disorder Diagnoses.. JAMA internal medicine. 177:1044-1046. 2017
41. Physical, Emotional, and Social Impacts of Restricting Back Pain in Older Adults: A Qualitative Study.. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.). 18:1225-1235. 2017
42. Aging, the Medical Subspecialties, and Career Development: Where We Were, Where We Are Going.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 65:680-687. 2017
43. Patient Priority Weighting of the Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire Does Not Change Results of the Lumbar Epidural Steroid Injections for Spinal Stenosis Trial.. Spine. 42:42-48. 2017
44. Pharmacotherapies in Geriatric Chronic Pain Management.. Clinics in geriatric medicine. 32:705-724. 2016
45. Gaps in Aging Research as it Applies to Rheumatologic Clinical Care.. Clinics in geriatric medicine. 33:119-133. 2016
46. The Relationship Among Neuromuscular Impairments, Chronic Back Pain, and Mobility in Older Adults.. PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation. 8:738-47. 2016
47. A Prospective Study of Back Pain and Risk of Falls Among Older Community-dwelling Women.. The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences. 71:1177-83. 2016
48. Exposure to High-Risk Medications is Associated With Worse Outcomes in Older Veterans With Chronic Pain.. The American journal of the medical sciences. 350:279-85. 2015
49. Barriers to and Facilitators of a Career as a Physician-Scientist Among Rheumatologists in the US.. Arthritis care & research. 67:1191-1201. 2015
50. Ageism, negative attitudes, and competing co-morbidities--why older adults may not seek care for restricting back pain: a qualitative study.. BMC geriatrics. -. 2015
51. Problem areas identified as important to older adults with lumbar spinal stenosis.. The spine journal : official journal of the North American Spine Society. 15:1636-44. 2015
52. Association of skeletal muscle relaxers and antihistamines on mortality, hospitalizations, and emergency department visits in elderly patients: a nationwide retrospective cohort study.. BMC geriatrics. -. 2015
53. Restricting back pain and subsequent mobility disability in community-living older persons.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 62:2142-7. 2014
54. Management of persistent pain in the older patient: a clinical review.. JAMA. 312:825-36. 2014
55. Update in rheumatology: evidence published in 2013.. Annals of internal medicine. 161:200-4. 2014
56. Illness representations of restricting back pain: the older Person’s perspective.. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.). 15:938-46. 2014
57. Risk factors for restricting back pain in older persons.. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 15:62-7. 2013
58. Statins and musculoskeletal conditions, arthropathies, and injuries.. JAMA internal medicine. 173:1-10. 2013
59. Epidemiology of restricting back pain in community-living older persons.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 59:610-4. 2011
60. Adverse effects of topical nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs in older adults with osteoarthritis: a systematic literature review.. The Journal of rheumatology. 37:1236-43. 2010