Melissa Griffith, MD

Assistant Professor, Medicine-Rheumatology


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Languages
English, Spanish
Department
Medicine-Rheumatology

Publications

  • Matson SM, Griffith M, Lee JS. FocuSSced on the Target in Systemic Sclerosis-Interstitial Lung Disease: Another Arrow in the Quiver?. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2021 Dec 14. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34905698
  • Bowers E, Griffith M, Kolfenbach J, Pearson D, Hammes A, Weinstein E. Quality Improvement Intervention to Reduce Thirty-Day Hospital Readmission Rates Among Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2022 Jan;74(1):126-130. PubMed PMID: 32860731
  • Pham AT, Rachubinski AL, Enriquez-Estrada B, Worek K, Griffith M, Espinosa JM. JAK inhibition for treatment of psoriatic arthritis in Down syndrome. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2021 Sep 1;60(9):e309-e311. PubMed PMID: 33630031
  • Bowers E, Griffith M, Kolfenbach J, Pearson D, Hammes A, Weinstein E. Quality Improvement Intervention to Reduce Thirty-Day Hospital Readmission Rates Among Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2022 Jan;74(1):126-130. PubMed PMID: 32860731
  • Matson SM, Griffith M, Lee JS. FocuSSced on the Target in Systemic Sclerosis-Interstitial Lung Disease: Another Arrow in the Quiver?. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2022 Mar 15;205(6):608-610. PubMed PMID: 34905698
  • West, Sterling G., Kolfenbach, Jason, Zell, JoAnn and Melissa Griffith. “Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.” Rheumatology Secrets, Elsevier, Philadelphia, PA, PA, 2020, pp. 131–151.
  • Pham AT, Rachubinski AL, Enriquez-Estrada B, Worek K, Griffith M, Espinosa JM. JAK inhibition for treatment of psoriatic arthritis in Down syndrome. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2021 Sep 1;60(9):e309-e311. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keab203. PMID: 33630031; PMCID: PMC8410001.

Practice Locations

UCHealth Rheumatology Clinic - Anschutz Medical Campus
1635 Aurora Ct
4th Floor
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-7700

Hospital Affiliation
  • University of Colorado Hospital

Center Affiliations

Specialty Information

Specialties
  • Rheumatology, Board Certification
  • Internal Medicine, Board Certification
  • RhMSUS, Board Certification (2019)
Conditions & Treatments
  • Immune System
  • Immune System - Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • Immune System - Autoimmune Disorders
  • Lungs and Breathing - Interstitial Lung Disease
  • Lungs and Breathing
  • Lungs and Breathing - Granulomatous Lung Disease
  • Lungs and Breathing - Pulmonary Hypertension
Clinical Interests
Autoimmune lung disease Ultrasound in rheumatology