Physician Profile

Micha Abeles, M.D.

Dr. Micha Abeles is an associate professor of medicine in the Department of Medicine, Division of  Rheumatology at the University of Connecticut Health Center. He has done extensive research in the treatment of patients with rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis and fibromyalgia. Dr. Abeles is a co-author of the Fibromyalgia Criteria Paper and is known for his work on osteonecrosis in systemic lupus erythematosus.

Appointment

• Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, UConn Health Center

Specialty

• Internal Medicine

Subspecialty

• Rheumatology

Certifications
Internal Medicine
Rheumatology

Education
B.A., Cornell University
M.D., State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

State Licensure
Connecticut
New York
Virginia

Residency
Medical Residency, State University of New York

Fellowship
University of Connecticut School of Medicine

Awards
Arthritis Foundation, Speaker’s Award

Selected Publications
Wolfe F., Smythe H.A., Tugwell P., Yunus Y.B., Goldenberg D.L., Campbell S.M., Abeles M., et al: Fibromyalgia: Syndrome definition, measures and criteria items. Report of a multicenter criteria committee. Arth. Rheum. 33:160-172, 1990.

Abeles M., Abeles A.M. The Vioxx debacle revisited. Amer. J. of Med, 118, (9) 1057-58, 2005.

Abeles M.: Osteonecrosis in systemic lupus erythematosus. In: Rheumatology. Klippel & Diepee, eds., Mosby Publishing, London, 1998, pp 7.8.23-7.8.24.

View more publications, see Pubmed listing.

Research Interests

Clinical Research

• Rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis
• Fibromyalgia
• Osteonecrosis in systemic lupus erythematosus
• Gout
• Lyme disease
• Myositis
• Vasculitis
• Polymyalgia rheumatica