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 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 Jul 13. PMID: 42442456.

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  • Published on 6/8/2026

    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 Jun 08. PMID: 42340275.

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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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  • 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 1/26/2026

    Holden MA, Nicholls E, Abdali Z, Birrell F, Borrelli B, Callaghan M, Dziedzic K, Felson D, Foster NE, Halliday N, Ingram C, Jinks C, Jowett S, Peat G. Provision of knee bracing for knee osteoarthritis (PROP OA): multicentre, parallel group, superiority, statistician blinded, randomised controlled trial. BMJ. 2026 Jan 26; 392:e086005. PMID: 41587822.

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  • Published on 1/19/2026

    Riedstra N, Boel F, van Buuren MM, Ahedi H, Arbabi V, Arden NK, Baart SJ, Bierma-Zeinstra SMA, Cicutini F, Cootes T, Crossley KM, Felson DT, Gielis WP, Heerey JJ, Jones G, Kluzek S, Lane NE, Lindner C, Lynch JA, van Meurs J, Mosler AB, Nelson AE, Nevitt MC, Oei EHG, Runhaar J, Tang J, Weinans H, Agricola R. Severe pincer morphology is associated with incident hip osteoarthritis: prospective individual participant data from 18 935 hips from the World COACH consortium. Br J Sports Med. 2026 Jan 19; 60(2):108-115. PMID: 41192959.

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  • Published on 1/15/2026

    Tang J, Boel F, van Buuren MM, Riedstra NS, van den Berg MA, Ahedi H, Arden NK, Bierma-Zeinstra SMA, Boer CG, Cicutini F, Cootes T, Crossley KM, Felson DT, Gielis WP, Heerey JJ, Jones G, Kluzek S, Lane NE, Lindner C, Lynch JA, van Meurs J, Mosler AB, Nelson AE, Nevitt M, Oei EHG, Runhaar J, Weinans H, Agricola R. Cam morphology and the risk of developing radiographic hip osteoarthritis within 8 years: an individual participant data meta-analysis of 23 886 hips from the world COACH consortium. Br J Sports Med. 2026 Jan 15; 60(1):28-35. PMID: 41314784.

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