Dr. Moghadam-Kia’s academic interests are inflammatory myopathies, biomarker clinical studies, cutaneous manifestations of systemic rheumatic disease, connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung disease (CTD-ILD), rheumatoid arthritis, spondyloarthritis, teaching and training rheumatology fellows and medicine residents.
- MD, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2003
- MPH, University of Pittsburgh, 2015
- Residency: Internal Medicine, Georgetown University Hospital/Washington Hospital Center, 2012
- Fellowship: Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 2014
Education & Training
Moghadam-Kia S, Oddis CV. Myositis-associated interstitial lung disease. Rev Colomb Reumatol (Engl Ed). 2024;31(Suppl 1):S154-S165.
Saygin D, Biswas PS, Nouraie SM, Ren D, Moghadam-Kia S, McGeachy MJ, Oddis CV, Dzanko S, Ascherman DP, Aggarwal R. Serum cytokine profiles of adults with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2024 Feb;42(2):229-236. PMID: 38179816.
Sen P, R N, Houshmand N, Moghadam Kia S, Joshi M, Saha S, Jagtap K, Agarwal V, Nune A, Nikiphorou E, Tan AL, Shinjo SK, Ziade N, Velikova T, Milchert M, Parodis I, Gracia-Ramos AE, Cavagna L, Kuwana M, Knitza J, Makol A, Patel A, Pauling JD, Wincup C, Barman B, Zamora Tehozol EA, Rojas Serrano J, García-De La Torre I, Colunga-Pedraza IJ, Merayo-Chalico J, Chibuzo OC, Katchamart W, Akawatcharangura Goo P, Shumnalieva R, Chen YM, Hoff LS, El Kibbi L, Halabi H, Vaidya B, Sazliyana Shaharir S, Hasan ATMT, Dey D, Gutiérrez CET, Caballero-Uribe CV, Lilleker JB, Salim B, Gheita T, Chatterjee T, Distler O, Saavedra MA, Day J, Chinoy H; COVAD Study Group; Agarwal V, Aggarwal R, Gupta L. Vaccine hesitancy decreases in rheumatic diseases, long-term concerns remain in myositis: a comparative analysis of the COVAD surveys. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2023 Oct 3;62(10):3291-3301. PMID: 36734536.
Yamaguchi K, Poland P, Bijoy George T, Saygin D, Moghadam-Kia S, Aggarwal R, Oddis CV, Zhu L, Ascherman DP. Correlation between B-cell epitope profile and clinical features of anti-MDA5 antibody-positive dermatomyositis. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2024 Jul 1;63(7):2016-2023. PMID: 37815819.
Adeghate JO, Bonhomme GR, Indermill C, Taylor SL, Rocha M, Moghadam-Kia S, Errera MH. Retinal neovascularization in Susac's syndrome: A rare imaging finding. Oman J Ophthalmol. 2023 Oct 18;16(3):570-572. PMID: 38059113.
Oldroyd AGS, Callen JP, Chinoy H, Chung L, Fiorentino D, Gordon P, Machado PM, McHugh N, Selva-O'Callaghan A, Schmidt J, Tansley SL, Vleugels RA, Werth VP, Moghadam-Kia S, International Myositis Assessment and Clinical Studies Group Cancer Screening Expert Group; Aggarwal R. Author Correction: International Guideline for Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy-Associated Cancer Screening: an International Myositis Assessment and Clinical Studies Group (IMACS) initiative. Nat Rev Rheumatol. 2024 May;20(5):315. PMID: 38548933.
Oddis CV, Rockette HE, Zhu L, Koontz DC, Lacomis D, Venturupalli S, Moghadam-Kia S, Ascherman DP, Crofford L, Dimachkie MM, Ernste F, Gazeley D, Marder G, Aggarwal R. Randomized Trial of Tocilizumab in the Treatment of Refractory Adult Polymyositis and Dermatomyositis. ACR Open Rheumatol. 2022 Nov;4(11):983-990. PMID: 36128663.
Hosono Y, Sie B, Pinal-Fernandez I, Pak K, Mecoli CA, Casal-Dominguez M, Warner BM, Kaplan MJ, Albayda J, Danoff S, Lloyd TE, Paik JJ, Tiniakou E, Aggarwal R, Oddis CV, Moghadam-Kia S, Carmona-Rivera C, Milisenda JC, Grau-Junyent JM, Selva-O'Callaghan A, Christopher-Stine L, Larman HB, Mammen AL. Coexisting autoantibodies against transcription factor Sp4 are associated with decreased cancer risk in patients with dermatomyositis with anti-TIF1γ autoantibodies. Ann Rheum Dis. 2023 Feb;82(2):246-252. PMID: 36008132.
Moghadam-Kia S, Oddis CV. Current and new targets for treating myositis. Curr Opin Pharmacol. 2022 Aug;65:102257. PMID: 35724455.
- Japan College of Rheumatology Award, 2015
- Certificate of achievement for top oral presentation, Congress of Clinical Rheumatology Meeting, Destin, Florida, 2015
- American College of Rheumatology Distinguished Fellow Award, 2014
- Honorable mention-American College of Rheumatology Annual Image Competition, 2013
- Caplan Research Award, University of Pittsburgh Arthritis Center, 2012-2013
- Best Poster Award, American College of Physicians D.C. Chapter Annual Meeting, DC, 2010
