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 9/19/2026

    Sudireddy D, Leung B, Neogi T, LaValley M, Felson D, Flynn D, Liew JW. Infection risk associated with steroid-sparing therapies in GCA, PMR, and ANCA-associated vasculitis: A systematic review. Joint Bone Spine. 2026 Sep 19; 94(2):106142. PMID: 42762860.

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  • Published on 9/16/2026

    van den Berg MA, van Tulder G, Ahedi H, Arden NK, Bierma-Zeinstra SMA, Boel F, Boer CG, van Buuren MMA, Cicuttini FM, Cootes TF, Felson DT, Gielis WP, Heerey J, Kemp J, Jones G, Kluzek S, Lane NE, Lindner C, van Meurs JBJ, Mosler AB, Nelson AE, Nevitt MC, Oei EH, Runhaar J, Weinans H, Krijthe JH, Agricola R. Integrating deep learning-based radiographic features with demographic variables for hip osteoarthritis prediction: development and validation using individual participant data from the World COACH Consortium. Osteoarthr Imaging. 2026 Sep 16; 100472. PMID: 42786113.

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  • Published on 8/20/2026

    Wu Y, Xu Y, Okoro PC, Saafi S, de Vries J, Qi X, Oei EHG, Bierma-Zeinstra S, Voortman T, Felson D, van Meurs JBJ, Chaker L, Wilkinson JM, Yau MS, Bertrand J, Boer CG. Genetic and Population Analyses Implicate Thyroid-Related Regulation of RNF144B in Chondrocalcinosis. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2026 Aug 20. PMID: 42621800.

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  • Published on 7/22/2026

    Felix M, McGwin G, Alarcon GS, Osmani L, Felson D, Suter LG, Hsieh E. Glucocorticoid exposure and social support deficits as longitudinal predictors of long-term neuropsychiatric damage in SLE: insights from the LUMINA cohort (LXXXIII). Lupus Sci Med. 2026 Jul 22; 13(2). PMID: 42486615.

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  • Published on 7/13/2026

    Callaghan MJ, Felson DT, Holden MA, Borrelli B, Nicholls E, Birrell F, Foster NE, Halliday N, Ingram C, Jinks C, Peat GM. Sensor-based measures of knee brace adherence have low agreement with self-report methods: A multi-measure study among knee osteoarthritis patients. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2026 Oct; 34(10):1498-1505. PMID: 42442456.

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  • Published on 6/23/2026

    Bateni CP, Ha AS, Bartolotta RJ, Felson D, Geannette CS, Klitzke AK, Laur O, Lee CA, Morris RW, Mujahid N, Wessell DE. ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Chronic Knee Pain: Update 2026. J Am Coll Radiol. 2026 Aug; 23(8):1799-1809. PMID: 42340275.

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  • Published on 6/10/2026

    McGinley B, LaValley MP, Sieberer JM, Fulkerson J, Lynch J, Guermazi A, Roemer FW, Lewis CE, Segal N, Felson DT. Adverse Patellofemoral Morphology and Worsening Osteoarthritis: An Exploration of Composite vs. Single MRI Outcomes. Osteoarthr Imaging. 2026 Jun; 6(2). PMID: 42459970.

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  • Published on 6/2/2026

    Perry TA, Deng Y, Hulley PA, Maciewicz RA, Mitchelmore J, Larsson S, Gogain J, Brachat S, Struglics A, Appleton CT, Kluzek S, Arden NK, Felson D, Bondi L, Kapoor M, Lohmander LS, Welting TJ, Walsh DA, Valdes AM, Jostins-Dean L, Watt FE, Tom BDM, Vincent TL. Large-scale molecular endotype discovery in synovial fluid reveals osteoarthritis as a single biological continuum. Nat Commun. 2026 Jun 02; 17(1). PMID: 42230587.

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  • Published on 5/5/2026

    Liew JW, Jarraya M, Guermazi A, Ukonu NC, Rabasa G, Terkeltaub R, Felson D, Nevitt M, Lewis CE, Torner J, Neogi T. The association of CT-detected intra-articular calcification with MRI-detected effusion-synovitis and Hoffa-synovitis in knee OA: The Multicenter Osteoarthritis study. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2026 Aug; 34(8):1263-1269. PMID: 42097273.

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  • Published on 5/1/2026

    Wolff ML, Nash SH, Lewis CE, Nevitt MC, Felson DT, Neogi T, Torner JC. Health-Related Behaviors Associated With Knee Pain Increase: A Longitudinal Community-Based Cohort Study That Examines Osteoarthritis. ACR Open Rheumatol. 2026 May; 8(5):e90043. PMID: 42053163.

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