Faculty Listing, 2005-2006

Gail S. Kerr, MD, FRCP (Edin), FACP
Title: Associate Professor, Department of Medicine and Chief, Rheumatology Section, VAMC/Washington, DC

Medical Degree: University of West Indies, 1981
Internship: Spanish Town Hospital, Jamaica, 1982
Residency: University of West Indies, 1987
Fellowship: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 1990
Certification: Internal Medicine (MRCP, UK), 1987; Rheumatology, 1994

Special Interests: Clinical and laboratory abnormalities in vasculitis, Hepatitis C and cryoglobulinemia

David J. Nashel, MD
Title: Professor, Department of Medicine and Chief, Department of Medicine, VAMC/Wash., DC

Medical Degree: Temple University School of Medicine, 1964
Internship: Greenwich Hospital, 1965
Residency: Greenwich Hospital, 1967
Fellowship: Cornell Medical Center, 1967-68 and Georgetown University, 1971-72
Certification: Internal Medicine, 1972, 1980; Rheumatology, 1974

Special Interests: Acute phase reactants, Computer based learning systems, Educational interventions in housestaff
Training

J. Steuart Richards, MD
Title: Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine and Assistant Chief, Rheumatology Section, VAMC/Washington, DC

Medical Degree: University of West Indies, 1988
Residency/Chief Residency: Georgetown University/VAMC, 2001
Fellowships: Georgetown University, 1997; University of Alabama/Birmingham, 1998
Certification: Internal Medicine, 2001

Special Interests: inflammatory markers in osteoarthritis, osteoporosis in males and minorities