Michelene Hearth-Holmes, M.D. FACP
Academic Office:
MSB 55114 Division of Rheumatology and Immunology
University of Nebraska Medical Center
983025 Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE 68198-3025
Practice Locations:
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha VA Medical Center
Education:
1971 B.A. Eckerd College (Florida Presbyterian College), St. Petersburg, FL
1976 M.Ed. Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia
1986 M.D. Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
1989 Internship Emory University Affiliated Hospital, Atlanta, GA Residency
1992 Fellowship Louisiana State University Health Science Center, Rheumatology Section , Shreveport, LA
Current Hospital and Academic Appointments:
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, UNMC
Research Interests/Current Research:
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Medical Education
Osteoporosis
Selected Publications/Current Publications:
1. Hearth-Holmes M, Murphy PE, Davis TC et al: Literacy in patients with chronic disease: systemic lupus
erythematosus (SLE) and the reading level of patient education materials. J Rheum 24:2335-9, 1997
2. Fuseler, J.W., Hearth-Holmes, M., Grisham, M.B., Kang, D., Laroux, F.S., Wolf, R.E. 1999. FK506
attenuates developing and established joint inflammation and suppresses interleukin-6 and nitric oxide expression
in bacterial cell wall-induced polyarthritis. J Rheum 27:190-99, 2000
3. Petri M, Kim MY, Kalunian KC, Grossman J, Hahn BH, Sammaritano LR, Lockshin M, Merrill, JT, Belmont
HM, Askanase AD, McCune WJ, Hearth-Holmes M, et al: Combined Oral Contraceptives in Women with
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. N Engl J Med 353: 2550-8, 2005.
4. Buyon J, Petri M, Kim M, Kalunian K,Grossman J, Hahn B, Merrill J, Sammaritano L,Lochshin M, Alarcon G,
Manzi S, Belmont H, Askanase A, Sigler L, Dooley M, Von Feldt J,McCune W, Friedman A, Wachs J,
Cronin M, Hearth-Holmes M, Tan M and Licciardi F. The Effect of Combined Estrogen and Progesterone
Hormone Replacement Therapy on Disease Activity in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Randomized Trial.
Ann Int Med 142:953-962,2005.
5. Ahmed MM, Berney SM, Wolf RE, Hearth-Holmes M, et al: Prevalence of Active Hepatitis C Virus Infection
in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Am J Med Sci 331 (5): 252-256, 2006.
