Philip Mease

Biography

 Dr. Mease is clinical professor of medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine, director of the rheumatology clinical research division at Swedish Medical Center, and is in clinical practice with Seattle Rheumatology Associates, in Seattle, Washington. He received his undergraduate and medical degrees from Stanford University in Stanford, California. He completed  his residency in internal medicine and fellowship in rheumatology at the University of Washington. Dr. Mease is a leading researcher and educator on disease state and treatment of rheumatic disorders. His research focuses on emerging therapeutics and outcome measures for clinical trials. He has served as principal or co-principal investigator on numerous clinical trials, including recent studies on therapies for psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, rheumatoid arthritis, and lupus, and has authored over 300 articles, numerous abstracts, and book chapters on these and related subjects. He serves on the review boards for The Journal of Rheumatology, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, Arthritis & Rheumatism, Arthritis Care & Research, Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism, and other leading publications. Dr. Mease is or has been a board member of the Psoriasis Foundation, and the Northwest Arthritis and Osteoporosis Institute, and is a founding organizer, immediate past president and current treasurer of the Group for Research and Assessment of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis (GRAPPA), a global research and education association. He is  a member of the Assessment of Spondyloarthritis international Society (ASAS) and the Spondyloarthritis Research and Treatment Network (SPARTAN). Dr. Mease has been active in the Outcome Measures in Rheumatology Clinical Trials (OMERACT) organization as a steering committee member and co-chair of several working groups (psoriatic arthritis, single joint assessment, fibromyalgia and chronic pain) as well as a member of the soluble biomarker and patient participation working groups.  He conducts disease state research in registries such as the Consortium of Rheumatology Researchers of North America (CORRONA) for which he is Director of the Spondyloarthritis and Psoriatic Arthritis arm of the registry and member of the Executive Board. Dr. Mease consults on the design and conduct of clinical trials in various rheumatic diseases and is a recipient of the American College of Rheumatology’s Medical Communicator Award. He is a lifetime member of the National Registry of Who’s Who and has been listed among The Best Doctors in America and The Best Doctors in Washington state

Research Interest

 Rheumatology