Areas of Expertise:
Rheumatology, Amplified Musculoskeletal Pain Syndrome
Locations:
Main Campus
MD - State University of New York Downstate, Brooklyn, NY
Pediatrics - New York University, New York, NY
Pediatrics - New York University, New York, NY
Pediatric Rheumatology - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
American Board of PediatricsPediatric RheumatologyPediatrics
MS in Clinical Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Attending Physician
Instructor, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Gmuca S, Xiao R, Sherry DD. Patient-proxy agreement on health-related quality of life in juvenile fibromyalgia syndrome. Pediatric Rheumatol Online J. 2019 May 9;17(1):21. doi: 10.1186/s12969-019-0320-y. PMCID: PMC 6507148
Gmuca S, Xiao R, Urquhart A, Weiss PF, Gillham JE, Ginsburg KR, Sherry DD and Gerber JS. The Role of Patient and Parental Resilience in Adolescents with Chronic Musculoskeketal Pain. J Pediatr. April. 2019. pii: S0022-3476(19)30293-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2019.03.006.
Kushner CJ, Tarazi M, Gaffney RG, Feng R, Ardalan K, Brandling-Bennett HA, Castelo-Soccio L, Chang JC, Chiu YE, Gmuca S et al. Evaluation of the reliability and validity of the Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus Disease Area and Severity Index (CLASI) in pediatric cutaneous lupus among pediatric dermatologists and rheumatologists. Br J Dermatol. Jul. 2018.
Gmuca S, Xiao R, Weiss PF, Sherry DD, Knight AK, Gerber JS. Opioid Prescribing and Polypharmacy in Children with Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain. Pain Med. 2018 Jun. doi: 10.1093/pm/pny116.
Gmuca S, Xiao R, Weiss PF, Waldman AT, Gerber JS. Use of rituximab and risk of re-hospitalization for children with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder. Multiple Sclerosis and Demyelinating Disorders. 2018;3(1):3.
Gmuca S, Yu J, Weiss PF, Treat JR, Sherry DD. Erythema Ab Igne in an Adolescent with Chronic Pain: An Alarming Cutaneous Eruption from Heat Exposure. Pediatr Emerg Care. Mar 12, 2018. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000001460
Gmuca S, Sherry DD. Fibromyalgia: Treating Pain in the Juvenile Patient. Paediatr Drugs. 2017 Aug; 19(4):325-338. PMCID: PMC5656276
Gmuca S, Lieberman SM, Mehta J. Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder and Sjögren Syndrome: More Common Than Previously Thought? J Rheumatol. 2017; 44(6):959-60.
Gmuca S, Xiao R, Brandon TG, Pagnini I, Wright TB, Beukelman T, Morgan EM, Weiss PF. Multicenter inception cohort of enthesitis-related arthritis: variation in disease characteristics and treatment approaches. Arthritis Res Ther. 2017; 19:84.
Gmuca S, Boos MD, Treece A, et al. Degos disease mimicking primary vasculitis of the CNS. Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflammation 2016 3: e206. PMCID: PMC4747475.
Gmuca S, Weiss PF. Pediatric Rheumatology: Evaluation and Treatment of Childhood Enthesitis-Related Arthritis. Curr Treat Options in Rheum. 2015 Sep 29:1-15. PMCID: PMC4725597.
Williamson KA, Gmuca S, Rosman EC, Thomas P. Infective Endocarditis and Aortic Valve Abscess in an Infant. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2015 Sep; 31(9):654-5. PMCID: 26335231.
Gmuca S, Weiss PF. Juvenile Spondyloarthritis. Curr Opin Rheumatol 2015. Jul; 27(4):364-72. PMCID: PMC4486266.
Gmuca S, Pouppirt N, Gold-von Simson G. Piperacillin-Tazobactam Toxicity Questions the Need for Pediatric Adverse Event Profiling. Pediatr Endocrinol Rev. 2017 Jun;14(Suppl 2):454-461.
Gmuca S, Weiss PF, Waldman A. Sarcoid with optic nerve presentation. In: Waubant E, Lotze T (eds.). Pediatric Demyelinating Diseases of the Central Nervous System and Their Mimics: A case-based clinical guide. Springer, 2017
Gmuca S, Urquhart A, Weiss PF, Gerber JS, Sherry DD (2018). The Role of Patient and Parental Resilience in Amplified Musculoskeletal Pain Syndrome. Poster presented at: American College of Rheumatology Conference, Chicago IL.
Gmuca S, Urquhart A, Sherry DD (2018). Patient-Proxy Agreement on Health-Related Quality of life in Juvenile Fibromyalgia Syndrome. Poster presented at: American College of Rheumatology Conference, Chicago IL.
Gmuca S, Tress JL, Mosby J, Richardson LP, Sherry DD (2017). Presenting Manifestations of Amplified Musculoskeletal Pain Syndromes in Males versus Females. Poster presented at: CHOP Research Poster Day, Philadelphia, PA; PRSYM, Houston, TX; and RRW, St. Louis Mo.
Gmuca S, Waldman AT, Weiss PF, Gerber JS (2017). Use of Rituximab and Risk of Re-hospitalization for Children with Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder. Poster presented at: CHOP Research Poster Day, Philadelphia PA and PRSYM, Houston TX.
Gmuca S, Xiao R, Knight A, Sherry DD, Weiss PF, Gerber JS (2017). Curbing the Opioid Epidemic: Predictors of Opioid Use in Juvenile Fibromyalgia Syndrome. Annual American College of Rheumatology Conference, San Diego, CA.
Gmuca S, Xiao R, Gerber JS, Weiss PF (2016). Neuromyelitis Optica: Patient Characteristics and Treatment Patterns Among Rheumatologists versus Non-Rheumatologists. Poster presented at: Annual College of Rheumatology Conference, Washington DC.
Gmuca S. “Amplified Musculoskeletal Pain Syndrome.” Reading Hospital Pediatric Grand Rounds, Reading, PA. 2019.
Gmuca S. "Overview of Pediatric Rheumatology Lecture," Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Camden NJ
2019, Rheumatology Research Foundation K Bridge Award
2018, Thrasher Early Career Award
2017, Distinguished Research Trainee Award (Physician Fellow Category), Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
2016, American College of Rheumatology FIT (Fellows in Training) Annual Meeting Scholarship
2016, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Research Poster Day: Patient-Oriented Research Award
2016, Rheumatology Research Foundation: Pediatric Research Award
2015, American College of Rheumatology FIT (Fellows in Training) Annual Meeting Scholarship
2013, PGY-2 of the Year Award
2015-present, Childhood Arthritis & Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA)
2014-present, American College of Rheumatology