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Karen A. Kruzer, M.D., M.A.

Karen A. Kruzer, M.D., M.A.

Allergy, Immunology & Rheumatology

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About Me

Dr. Kruzer is an adult rheumatologist and Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology. She accepts patients with all rheumatologic diseases. Her area of clinical interest is the diagnosis and management of patients with autoimmune connective tissue diseas...
Dr. Kruzer is an adult rheumatologist and Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology. She accepts patients with all rheumatologic diseases. Her area of clinical interest is the diagnosis and management of patients with autoimmune connective tissue disease, with a focus on raynaud’s phenomenon and systemic sclerosis. She is trained in point of care ultrasound for diagnosis and management of musculoskeletal conditions. She is also trained in nailfold video-capillaroscopy for evaluating patients with raynuad's phenomenon. She provides individualized patient care and enjoys providing continuity of care to patients.

Faculty Appointments

Assistant Professor - Department of Medicine, Allergy/Immunology and Rheumatology (SMD)

Credentials

Residency & Fellowship

Fellowship, Rheumatology, University of Rochester Medical Center. 2022 - 2024

Residency, Internal Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center. 2019 - 2022

Education

MD | Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. 2019

MA | Case Western Reserve University. 2014

Awards

Medical and Pediatric Resident Research Award.

John Leddy Fellowship Research Grant.

Research

Dr. Kruzer's research interests include clinical research, quality improvement, and medical education. Her research focuses on early detection of systemic sclerosis with nailfold video-capillaroscopy technology, dermatologic manifestations of rheumatologic disease, and new treatment options for pati...
Dr. Kruzer's research interests include clinical research, quality improvement, and medical education. Her research focuses on early detection of systemic sclerosis with nailfold video-capillaroscopy technology, dermatologic manifestations of rheumatologic disease, and new treatment options for patients with systemic sclerosis. She is a medical educator, with interests in development and evaluation of rheumatology curriculum for postgraduate medical trainees.

Publications

Journal Articles

Response to Letter to the Editor.

Kruzer K, Korman B

Journal of clinical rheumatology : practical reports on rheumatic & musculoskeletal diseases.. 2023 June 129 (4):215. Epub 11/24/2022.

Clinical and Autoantibody Associations in Antinuclear Antibody-Positive Systemic Sclerosis Lacking Prototypic Autoantibodies.

Kruzer K, Goncalves Marangoni R, Heckler I, Elhage A, Varga J, Hinchcliff M, Carns M, Aren K, Wielgosz A, Nuzzo M, Venkataraman I, Korman B

Journal of clinical rheumatology : practical reports on rheumatic & musculoskeletal diseases.. 2023 January 129 (1):47-51. Epub 06/28/2022.

A rare case of catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome triggered by estrogen-containing oral contraceptives in a patient with double heterozygous factor V Leiden and prothrombin G20210A mutations.

McRae HL, Yang AH, Kruzer K, Scott GA, Refaai MA

American journal of hematology.. 2022 February 197 (2):239-242. Epub 03/20/2021.

Collaborative care for bipolar disorder in people living with HIV.

Kruzer K, Avery A, Lavakumar M

General hospital psychiatry.. 2020 64 :117-118. Epub 10/30/2019.

Linezolid-Induced Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis.

Kruzer K, Garner W, Honda K, Packer CD

The Annals of pharmacotherapy.. 2018 December 52 (12):1263-1264. Epub 08/01/2018.

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