Education & Training
Medical School
Universidad Nacional de Asuncion
Internship
Transitional Year
- National University Hospital
Residency
Internal Medicine
- Rush University Medical Center
- National University Hospital
Fellowship
Rheumatology
- Washington University School of Medicine
Boards
American Board of Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine/Rheumatology
Insurances
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Academic Information
Division Director, Immunology and Rheumatology
The Michael Einbender Distinguished Professorship in Medicine- Rheumatology
Office
1 Hospital Drive
Columbia, MO 65212
United States
P. 573-882-8095
F. 573-882-1380
Research Interests
- Arthritis
- Lupus
- Gout
Awards & Honors
- American College of Rheumatology, 2000 - present
- Order of Socrates II, University of Missouri School of Medicine, 2009
- Harvard Macy Program for Educators in Health Care Professions, 2009
Publications
- Ivory D, Siva S, Velázquez C, Abdinoor A. Screening for Male Osteoporosis at an Academic Medical Center Retrospective Analysis of DXA Usage Patterns Over 5 Years. Am J Men’s Health. 2012;6(1):68-71
- Davenport D, Velázquez C. New Directions in Fibromyalgia. Missouri Medicine. 2012;109(1):49-52
- Ivory D, Velázquez C. The Forgotten Crystal Arthritis: Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition. Missouri Medic 2012;109(1):64-68
- Dhillon A, Velázquez C, Siva C. Rheumatologic diseases and posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrom case reports and a review of the literature. Rheumatol Int. 2012 Dec;32(12):3707-13
- Dannecker EA, Koltyn KF, Velazquez CR, Arendt-Nielsen L, Graven-Nielsen T. Inducing a blind spot: blind collectors in an investigation of experimental pain. Pain Med. 2015 Jun; 16(6):1145-54. doi: 10.1111/pme Epub 2015 Feb 3. PubMed PMID: 25643823.
- Wilson G, Siva C, Velázquez C, Jones SD, Branahl S. Isolated Aingiitis? A Case of Aortitis with Hepatitis C. Rheumatology Winter Symposium, Maui, HI, January 2012
- Hayes T, Dhillon A, Velázquez C, Siva C. Screening for Tuberculosis, Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis C prior to t initiation of DMARD therapy; QI project to assess the rate of screening. Poster presented at the ACP Misso Regional meeting. September 2012
- Dhillon A, Siva C, Velazquez C (Feb 2013). LGL Leukemia in Rheumatoid arthritis. Poster presented at th Rheumatology Winter Clinical Symposium 2013; Maui, Hawaii.
- Ritesh Kohli, C. Velazquez, C. Siva, Osseous Sarcoidosis [Poster]; ACR Annual Meeting, November, 2015, Francisco