David J. Helfrich, MD

  • Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
  • Clinical Director
Academic Interests
  • Autoimmune disease and inflammatory arthritis
  • Osteoporosis and Metabolic bone disease
  • Clinical training of residents and fellows

    Education & Training

  • BS, Georgetown University, 1979
  • MD, University of Pittsburgh, 1983
  • Internal Medicine, Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh, 1986
  • Fellowship in Rheumatology, University of Pittsburgh, 1988
Recent Publications

Scalapino K, Arkachaisri T, Lucas M, Fertig N, Helfrich DJ, Londino AV Jr, Steen VD, Medsger TA Jr. Childhood onset systemic sclerosis: classification, clinical and serologic features, and survival in comparison with adult onset disease. Journal of Rheumatology. 2006; 33(5): 1004-13.