David Felson
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David T Felson, MD, MPH

Professor, Epidemiology - Boston University School of Public Health

(617) 638-5180
david.felson@bmc.org
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Biography

Dr. David Felson's research interests include: understanding how to prevent osteoarthritis and treat osteoarthritis. In osteoarthritis, Dr. Felson’s interests include studying whether treatments for rheumatic diseases are effective and particularly in osteoarthritis, identifying biomechanical risk factors for disease and testing biomechanical treatments and characterizing MRI features of normal knees and knees with pain. He also studies outcome measurement in rheumatic disease and has focused in this work on rheumatoid arthritis trials.

Other Positions

  • Professor, Medicine - Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
  • Investigator - Framingham Heart Study
  • Member, Arthritis & Autoimmune Diseases Research Center - Boston University
  • Member, Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research - Boston University
  • Graduate Medical Sciences Educator and Mentor (Primary Mentor of Graduate Students) - Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Graduate Medical Sciences

Education

  • Johns Hopkins University, MD Field of Study: Medicine
  • Boston University School of Public Health, MPH Field of Study: Public Health
  • Harvard College, AB Field of Study: History/Biochemistry

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Publications

  • Published on 2/13/2026

    Bacon KL, Felson DT, Jafarzadeh SR, Hausdorff JM, Gazit E, Guermazi A, Roemer FW, Segal NA, Lewis CE, Nevitt MC, Kumar D. Association of Wearable Sensor-Derived Gait Measures With Cartilage Damage Over Two Years Among Adults With or at Risk of Knee Osteoarthritis. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2026 Feb 13. PMID: 41685951.

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  • Published on 12/1/2025

    Huang CH, Segal NA, Felson DT, Sherman DA, Lewis CL, Bacon KL, Lynch J, Lewis CE, Stefanik J. Effect of Knee Extensor Power on Knee Pain in Adults With or at Risk for Osteoarthritis: The Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study. J Rheumatol. 2025 Dec 01; 52(12):1281-1287. PMID: 40953946.

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  • Published on 11/21/2025

    Corrigan P, Lewis CL, Costello KE, Kumar D, Felson DT, Neogi T, Bacon KL, LaValley MP, Guermazi A, Roemer F, Nevitt MC, Lewis CE, Torner JC, Stefanik JJ. Relation of vertical ground reaction forces while walking to contralateral structural worsening in adults with unilateral knee osteoarthritis: the Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study. Clin Biomech (Bristol). 2026 Feb; 132:106718. PMID: 41352273.

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  • Published on 11/19/2025

    Sara LK, Felson DT, LaValley MP, Stefanik JJ, Lewis CL. Response to letter to the editor regarding 'The relation of walking forces to structural damage in the knee: The Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study'. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2026 Jan; 34(1):182-183. PMID: 41265825.

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  • Published on 10/30/2025

    Sieberer JM, Park N, Desroches S, Brennan K, Rancu A, McGinley B, Manafzadeh AR, Segal NA, Felson D, Tommasini SM, Wiznia DH, Fulkerson JP. Breaking down tibial tuberosity to trochlear groove distance into two components to enable patient-specific treatment strategies. J ISAKOS. 2026 Feb; 16:101025. PMID: 41173215.

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  • Published on 10/8/2025

    Wallace IJ, Felson DT, Kraus VB, Neogi T, Haugen IK, Huebner JL, Sena CMT, Kivell TL, Holowka NB, Worthington S, Lim YAL, Venkataraman VV, Kraft TS, Lea AJ. Dampened inflammation and reduced risk of osteoarthritis among non-industrialized societies. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2026 Jan; 34(1):18-27. PMID: 41072881.

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  • Published on 9/24/2025

    Parkes MJ, Felson DT, LaValley MP. Increasing Placebo Response Rates and the Threat to Clinical Trials: How Will We Identify Effective Treatments for Rheumatic Disorders? Arthritis Rheumatol. 2026 Jan; 78(1):1-3. PMID: 40583535.

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  • Published on 9/16/2025

    Felson DT, Stokes AC. Obesity, Weight Loss, and Knee Osteoarthritis: The Role of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists. Ann Intern Med. 2025 Nov; 178(11):1657-1658. PMID: 40953448.

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  • Published on 9/12/2025

    Park N, Sieberer JM, McGinley B, Manafzadeh AR, Lynch J, Segal NA, Lewis CE, Guermazi A, Roemer FW, Stefanik J, Felson DT, Fulkerson JP. Measures of Patellofemoral Morphology Predict the Risk of Local Cartilage Damage Progression: A Yale/MOST Collaborative Study. Am J Sports Med. 2025 Oct; 53(12):2881-2888. PMID: 40938089.

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  • Published on 8/18/2025

    van den Berg MA, Boel F, van Buuren MMA, Riedstra NS, Tang J, Ahedi H, Arden NK, Bierma-Zeinstra SMA, Boer CG, Cicuttini FM, Cootes TF, Felson DT, Gielis WP, Heerey J, Jones G, Kluzek S, Lane NE, Lindner C, van Meurs JBJ, Mosler A, Nelson AE, Nevitt MC, Oei EH, Runhaar J, Weinans H, Krijthe JH, Agricola R. Hip Morphology-Based Osteoarthritis Risk Prediction Models: Development and External Validation Using Individual Participant Data From the World COACH Consortium. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2025 Aug 18. PMID: 40826979.

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