Stratos Christianakis, MD

Title(s)Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine (Clinician Educator)
SchoolKeck School of Medicine of Usc
AddressIRD 428 Mail Code:9316
Health Sciences Campus
Los Angeles CA 90089-9099
Phone+1 323 442 1946
ORCID ORCID Icon0000-0002-9264-0667 Additional info
vCardDownload vCard

    Collapse Biography 
    Collapse Education and Training
    Keck School of Medicine USC, Los Angeles, CAMD05/2003Medical School
    Huntington Memorial Hospital, Pasadena, CA06/2006Internal Medicine
    Huntington Memorial Hospital, ital Pasadena, CA06/2007Chief Resident - Internal Medicine
    LAC-USC, Los Angeles, CA06/2009Fellowship - Rheumatology
    Collapse Awards and Honors
    USC1995Deans, Golden State, Town & Gown Scholar
    Huntington Hospital2003Helen Drake Smetz Award Outstanding Resident
    ACR2008Scholars in Autoimmunity
    Arthritis Foundation - Jingle Bell Run2017Medical Honoree

    Collapse Overview 
    Collapse Overview
    Dr. Christianakis' clinical interests include rheumatoid arthritis, spondyloarthritis, systemic lupus, vasculitis, and inflammatory myositis. His clinical research interests include ocular autoimmune diseases, spondyloarthritis, and psoriatic arthritis. He is currently co-managing the once monthly Rheum-Derm Clinic.

    Dr. Christianakis earned his medical degree from the Keck School of Medicine, and after internal medicine residency at Huntington Hospital, he then went on to complete his rheumatology fellowship at LAC+USC Medical Center.

    Collapse ORNG Applications 
    Collapse Featured Publications

    Collapse Bibliographic 
    Collapse Publications
    Publications listed below are automatically derived from MEDLINE/PubMed and other sources, which might result in incorrect or missing publications. Researchers can login to make corrections and additions, or contact us for help. to make corrections and additions.
    Newest   |   Oldest   |   Most Cited   |   Most Discussed   |   Timeline   |   Field Summary   |   Plain Text
    Altmetrics Details PMC Citations indicate the number of times the publication was cited by articles in PubMed Central, and the Altmetric score represents citations in news articles and social media. (Note that publications are often cited in additional ways that are not shown here.) Fields are based on how the National Library of Medicine (NLM) classifies the publication's journal and might not represent the specific topic of the publication. Translation tags are based on the publication type and the MeSH terms NLM assigns to the publication. Some publications (especially newer ones and publications not in PubMed) might not yet be assigned Field or Translation tags.) Click a Field or Translation tag to filter the publications.
    1. Clinical Images: Degos-like lesions in association with NXP-2 dermatomyositis. ACR Open Rheumatol. 2023 Sep; 5(9):435. Alhassan E, Wu KK, Christianakis S, Kim G, Crew A. PMID: 37219413; PMCID: PMC10502847.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions:
    2. The Mushroom Femoral Head in Legg-Calvé-Perthes Disease. J Clin Rheumatol. 2023 06 01; 29(4):e57. Alhassan E, Christianakis S. PMID: 37092897.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions:    Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    3. Dysphagia Due to Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis. J Clin Rheumatol. 2022 12 01; 28(8):e707-e708. Alhassan E, Christianakis S. PMID: 36413104.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    4. Diffuse Calcinosis Cutis. J Clin Rheumatol. 2022 12 01; 28(8):e703. Alhassan E, Christianakis S. PMID: 36251484.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    5. Treatment of Elephantiasic Pretibial Myxedema With Rituximab Therapy. Cutis. 2022 02; 109(2):E16-E18. Patel S, Choi D, Christianakis S, Wysong A, Crew A. PMID: 35659798.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    6. Increased Cathepsin S activity associated with decreased protease inhibitory capacity contributes to altered tear proteins in Sjögren's Syndrome patients. Sci Rep. 2018 07 23; 8(1):11044. Edman MC, Janga SR, Meng Z, Bechtold M, Chen AF, Kim C, Naman L, Sarma A, Teekappanavar N, Kim AY, Madrigal S, Singh S, Ortiz E, Christianakis S, Arkfeld DG, Mack WJ, Heur M, Stohl W, Hamm-Alvarez SF. PMID: 30038391; PMCID: PMC6056496.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 26     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    7. Diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection with T-SPOT(®).TB in a predominantly immigrant population with rheumatologic disorders. Lung. 2015 Feb; 193(1):3-11. Escalante P, Kooda KJ, Khan R, Aye SS, Christianakis S, Arkfeld DG, Ehresmann GR, Kort JJ, Jones BE. PMID: 25318864.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 4     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    8. Tear cathepsin S as a candidate biomarker for Sjögren's syndrome. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2014 Jul; 66(7):1872-81. Hamm-Alvarez SF, Janga SR, Edman MC, Madrigal S, Shah M, Frousiakis SE, Renduchintala K, Zhu J, Bricel S, Silka K, Bach D, Heur M, Christianakis S, Arkfeld DG, Irvine J, Mack WJ, Stohl W. PMID: 24644101; PMCID: PMC4077975.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 60     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    Stratos's Networks
    Concepts (47)
    Derived automatically from this person's publications.
    _
    Co-Authors (7)
    People in Profiles who have published with this person.
    _
    Similar People (60)
    People who share similar concepts with this person.
    _
    Same Department
    Search Department
    _