Kristine M. Lohr, MD

Dr. Kristine M. Lohr received her medical degree from The University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, N.Y. and completed an internal medicine residency at Ohio State University Hospitals, Columbus followed by a three-year research fellowship in rheumatology at Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C. She served on the faculty at The Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee and University of Tennessee Health Sciences in Memphis before joining the University of Kentucky in 2007.

Currently Dr. Lohr is Chief and Medical Director of the Division of Rheumatology, Professor of Medicine, and Director of the Rheumatology Training Program at the University of Kentucky. She is a past recipient of the American College of Rheumatology Research and Education Foundation Clinical Scholar Educator Award, and has served on multiple ACR committees. Current ACR responsibilities include the Committee on Nominations and Appointments and serving as the ACR representative on the US Bone and Joint Initiative Board of Directors.

Dr. Lohr completed a six-year term on the American Board of Internal Medicine Rheumatology Subspecialty Board Test-Writing Committee. Currently she serves on the American Board of Internal Medicine Rheumatology Board. Her research interests focus on medical education and shared decision making. Her clinical interests include all types of inflammatory arthritis and systemic autoimmune disease, as well as gout and other crystalline types of arthritis. She is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology and is participating in Maintenance of Certification.

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