N L Edwards

N L Edwards, M.D.

PROF & PRG DIR

Department: MD-MEDICINE CHAIRMAN
Business Phone: (352) 265-0239
Business Email: edwarnl@ufl.edu

Accomplishments

Master of the American College of Physicians
2015 · American College of Physicians
Master of the American College of Rheumatology
2015 · American College of Rheumatology

Teaching Profile

Courses Taught
2018
MDC7200 Medicine Clerkship
2018
MDC7203 Senior Medicine Clerk
2021
PAS5020 Intro to Medicine 2

Board Certifications

  • Internal Medicine
    American Board of Internal Medicine
  • Rheumatology
    American Board of Internal Medicine

Clinical Profile

Specialties
  • Rheumatology
Areas of Interest
  • Gout
  • Granulomatosis with polyangiitis
  • Osteoarthritis
  • Rheumatoid arthritis

Publications

2020
Development of a multivariable improvement measure for gout.
Arthritis research & therapy. 22(1) [DOI] 10.1186/s13075-020-02254-4. [PMID] 32600452.
2020
Management of Gout in the United States: A Claims-based Analysis.
ACR open rheumatology. 2(3):180-187 [DOI] 10.1002/acr2.11121. [PMID] 32114719.
2020
Patient Perceptions of Gout Management Goals: A Cross-sectional Internet Survey.
Journal of clinical rheumatology : practical reports on rheumatic & musculoskeletal diseases. 26(4):129-133 [DOI] 10.1097/RHU.0000000000000981. [PMID] 32453285.
2019
Evaluation of Proposed Criteria for Remission and Evidence-Based Development of Criteria for Complete Response in Patients With Chronic Refractory Gout.
ACR open rheumatology. 1(4):236-243 [DOI] 10.1002/acr2.1025. [PMID] 31777799.
2019
Experience of finding footwear and factors contributing to footwear choice in people with gout: a mixed methods study using a web-based survey.
Journal of foot and ankle research. 12 [DOI] 10.1186/s13047-018-0313-y. [PMID] 30636975.
2015
2015 Gout classification criteria: an American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism collaborative initiative.
Annals of the rheumatic diseases. 74(10):1789-98 [DOI] 10.1136/annrheumdis-2015-208237. [PMID] 26359487.
2015
An internet survey of common treatments used by patients with gout including cherry extract and juice and other dietary supplements.
Journal of clinical rheumatology : practical reports on rheumatic & musculoskeletal diseases. 21(4):225-6 [DOI] 10.1097/RHU.0000000000000246. [PMID] 26010189.
2014
Application of the OMERACT filter to measures of core outcome domains in recent clinical studies of acute gout.
The Journal of rheumatology. 41(3):574-80 [DOI] 10.3899/jrheum.131245. [PMID] 24429178.
2014
Body mass index and risk of head and neck cancer by race: the Carolina Head and Neck Cancer Epidemiology Study.
Annals of epidemiology. 24(2):160-164.e1 [DOI] 10.1016/j.annepidem.2013.11.004. [PMID] 24342030.
2014
Emerging therapies for gout.
Rheumatic diseases clinics of North America. 40(2):375-87 [DOI] 10.1016/j.rdc.2014.01.013. [PMID] 24703353.
2014
OMERACT endorsement of measures of outcome for studies of acute gout.
The Journal of rheumatology. 41(3):569-73 [DOI] 10.3899/jrheum.131246. [PMID] 24334651.
2011
Quality of care in patients with gout: why is management suboptimal and what can be done about it?
Current rheumatology reports. 13(2):154-9 [DOI] 10.1007/s11926-010-0154-6. [PMID] 21161617.
2011
Work productivity loss due to flares in patients with chronic gout refractory to conventional therapy.
Journal of medical economics. 14(1):10-5 [DOI] 10.3111/13696998.2010.540874. [PMID] 21138339.
2010
Chronic gout: epidemiology, disease progression, treatment and disease burden.
Current medical research and opinion. 26(12):2813-21 [DOI] 10.1185/03007995.2010.533647. [PMID] 21050059.
2009
Febuxostat: a new treatment for hyperuricaemia in gout.
Rheumatology (Oxford, England). 48 Suppl 2:ii15-ii19 [DOI] 10.1093/rheumatology/kep088. [PMID] 19447778.
2009
Outcome domains for studies of acute and chronic gout.
The Journal of rheumatology. 36(10):2342-5 [DOI] 10.3899/jrheum.090370. [PMID] 19820223.
2009
The role of hyperuricemia in vascular disorders.
Current opinion in rheumatology. 21(2):132-7 [DOI] 10.1097/BOR.0b013e3283257b96. [PMID] 19339923.
2008
Clinical Homogeneity and Syndromic Characteristics of Treatment Failure Gout (Tfg) in Four Independent Cohorts
Arthritis and Rheumatism. 58:S180-S181
2008
Efficacy and Safety of Intravenous (Iv) Pegloticase (Pgl) in Subjects With Treatment Failure Gout (Tfg): Phase 3 Results From Gout1 and Gout2
Arthritis and Rheumatism. 58:S400-S401
2008
Febuxostat : a viewpoint by N. Lawrence Edwards.
Drugs. 68(13):1875-6 [PMID] 18729540.
2008
Health-Related Quality-Of-Life (Hrqol) of Patients With Refractory Gout (Refractory-Gout) and Us Veterans Administration Patients With Gout and Comorbities (Va-Gout) Is Poor and Comparable To That in Other Severe Chronic Conditions
Arthritis and Rheumatism. 58
2008
Immunoreactivity and Clinical Response To Pegloticase (Pgl): Pooled Data From Gout1 and Gout2, Pgl Phase 3 Randomized, Double Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trials
Arthritis and Rheumatism. 58
2008
Immunoreactivity and Clinical Response To Pegloticase (Pgl): Pooled Data From Gout1 and Gout2, Pgl Phase 3 Randomized, Double Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trials
Arthritis and Rheumatism. 58
2008
Improvement in Health-Related Quality of Life (Hrql) and Disability Index in Treatment Failure Gout (Tfg) After Pegloticase (Pgl) Therapy: Pooled Results From Gout1 and Gout2, Phase 3, Randomized Double Blind, Placebo (Pbo)-Controlled Trials
Arthritis and Rheumatism. 58
2008
The role of hyperuricemia and gout in kidney and cardiovascular disease.
Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine. 75 Suppl 5:S13-6 [PMID] 18822470.
2008
Tophus Response To Pegloticase (Pgl) Therapy: Pooled Results From Gout1 and Gout2, Pgl Phase 3 Randomized, Double Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trials
Arthritis and Rheumatism. 58
2008
Work Productivity Loss Due To Flares in Treatment-Failure Gout (Tfg)
Arthritis and Rheumatism. 58
2006
Case 6: maintenance therapy for simple intermittent gout.
The American journal of medicine. 119(11 Suppl 1):S20-2 [PMID] 17059908.
2006
Case 7: differential diagnosis of advanced gout.
The American journal of medicine. 119(11 Suppl 1):S23-4 [PMID] 17059909.
2006
Case 9: initiation of urate-lowering therapy for advanced gout complicated by chronic renal insufficiency.
The American journal of medicine. 119(11 Suppl 1):S29-31 [PMID] 17059911.
2005
Treatment of osteoarthritis.
Southern medical journal. 98(2):205-9 [PMID] 15759951.
1995
Axial skeletal changes in paralysed patients may mimic ankylosing spondylitis.
British journal of rheumatology. 34(2):174-7 [PMID] 7704467.
1995
Clinical pathogenesis and diagnosis of osteoarthritis.
Contemporary internal medicine. 7(6):13-6, 21 [PMID] 10150438.
1995
New insights into gouty arthritis.
Contemporary internal medicine. 7(1):55-64 [PMID] 10150333.
1991
Drugs to lower uric acid levels. How to avoid misuse in gouty arthritis.
Postgraduate medicine. 89(2):111-3, 116 [PMID] 1990384.
1990
Magnetic resonance imaging in patients with inflammatory arthritis of the knee.
Clinical rheumatology. 9(1):73-83 [PMID] 2335054.
1989
Cerebrospinal fluid cyclic nucleotide alterations in the Lesch-Nyhan syndrome.
Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 253A:181-4 [PMID] 2560331.
1989
Metabolism of guanosine and its C-8 substituted analogues in human lymphocyte cytoplasm.
Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 253B:285-9 [PMID] 2610119.
1989
Profile of a meeting: how abstracts are written and reviewed.
The Journal of rheumatology. 16(2):145-7 [PMID] 2746562.
1988
‘Rhupus’ syndrome.
Archives of internal medicine. 148(7):1633-6 [PMID] 3382309.
1988
Vasculitis associated with malignancy. Experience with 13 patients and literature review.
Medicine. 67(4):220-30 [PMID] 3292873.
1987
Silicone and rheumatic diseases.
Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism. 17(2):112-8 [PMID] 3334283.

Education

Fellowship – Rheumatology
1979 · University of Michigan
Residency – Internal Medicine
1976 · Creighton University
Medical School
1973 · University of Miami

Contact Details

Phones:
Business:
(352) 265-0239
Emails:
Business:
edwarnl@ufl.edu
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PO Box 100277
GAINESVILLE FL 32610
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J. HILLIS MILLER HEALTH CENTER
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