Susan M. Goodman, MD
Dr. Susan Goodman is a Rheumatologist at HSS. She specializes in treatment of patients with inflammatory arthritis such as rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, and spondylarthritis. Her other areas of specialization is in the perioperative care of patients with rheumatic diseases.
Research interests have focused on the perioperative outcomes of rheumatic disease patients undergoing arthroplasty.
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Appointments
Attending Physician, Hospital for Special Surgery
Associate Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College
Specialty
Specialized Centers
Procedures
Arthrocentesis
Intra-Articular Injections
Soft Tissue Injections
Awards
Castle Connolly Top Doctors in New York Metro Area, 2002-2018
New York Magazine Top Doctors, 2014-2018
Affiliations
Quality Coordinating Committee
Professional Safety Committee
Practice Effectiveness Committee
Director, Comprehensive Arthritis Clinical Research Program
Medical Chief, Comprehensive Arthritis Program (CAP)
Inflammatory Arthritis Center Steering Committee
Rehab Advisory Committee
Languages
English
Insurance Information
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO HMO POS
Medicare
Oxford
Oxford Medicare
United Healthcare
Please do not hesitate to contact our office if you have questions regarding your insurance coverage. You may still have coverage subject to the availability of 'out-of-network' benefits.
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Dr. Goodman accepts the following insurance plans:
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO HMO POS
Medicare
Oxford
Oxford Medicare
United Healthcare
Please note, if your insurance is not on this list, you may still have coverage subject to the availability of out-of-network benefits.
If you do not wish to go out-of-network, our Physician Referral Service will help you find an appropriate doctor.
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Education
Internship
Residency
Fellowship
Certification
American Board of Internal Medicine, 1980
American Board of Internal Medicine/Rheumatology, 1982
State Licensure
New York
Patient Education by Dr. Goodman on HSS.edu
Selected Publications
Goodman SM. Rheumatoid arthritis: preoperative evaluation for total hip and total knee replacement surgery. J Clin Rheumatol 2013; Jun;19(4):187-92.
Goodman SM. Invited commentary. Sacroiliitis associated with axial spondyloarthropathy: new concepts and the latest trends. Radiographics 2013; Jul-Aug;33(4):956,8; discussion 959-61.
Goodman SM, Mackenzie CR. Cardiovascular risk in the rheumatic disease patient undergoing orthopedic surgery. Curr Rheumatol Rep 2013; Sep;15(9):354,013-0354-y.
Johnson BK, Goodman SM, Alexiades MM, Figgie MP, Demmer RT, Mandl LA. Patterns and associated risk of perioperative use of anti-tumor necrosis factor in patients with rheumatoid arthritis undergoing total knee replacement. J Rheumatol 2013; May;40(5):617-23.
Stundner O, Chiu YL, Sun X, Goodman SM, Russell LA, Calloway JJ, et al. Perioperative outcomes in patients with rheumatoid versus osteoarthritis for total hip arthroplasty: a population-based study. Clin Exp Rheumatol 2013; Nov 14
Stundner O, Danninger T, Chiu YL, Sun X, Goodman SM, Russell LA, et al. Rheumatoid Arthritis vs Osteoarthritis in Patients Receiving Total Knee Arthroplasty: Perioperative Outcomes. J Arthroplasty 2013; Jun 11;.
Kim SS, Perino G, Boettner F, Miller A, Goodman S. Salmonella septic arthritis of the knees in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus. Lupus 2013; Jun;22(7):740-3.
Goodman SM, Perez-Aso M, Cronstein B. Wound Healing and Anti-Rheumatic Agents. ACR Drug Safety Quarterly 2013; vol 4 (3)
Goodman SM, Mandl LA, Johnson B, Huang W-, Figgie MP, Alexiades M, Ghomrawi H. The Use of Biologic DMARDS Identifies Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients with More Optimistic Expectations of Total Knee Arthroplasty HSSJ in press
For more publications, please see the PubMed listing.
Professional Education by Dr. Goodman on HSS.edu
- The Use of Biologic DMARDS Identifies Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients with More Optimistic Expectations of Total Knee Arthroplasty
- First Time Myocardial Infarction in a Rheumatic Patient After Elective Arthroplasty
- Periprosthetic Joint Infection in Patients with Inflammatory Joint Disease: a Review of Risk Factors and Current Approaches to Diagnosis and Management
- Rhabdomyolysis is a Potential Complication of Total Hip Arthroplasty in the Morbidly Obese
- Perioperative Management of Medications Used in the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis
- SAS Weekly Rounds: Avascular Necrosis
- Perioperative Management of Patients with Connective Tissue Disease
- Surgical Arthritis Service Weekly Rounds: Ankylosing Spondylitis
Research Interests
perioperative outcomes of rheumatic disease patients undergoing arthroplasty
Clinical Trials
- The Established Rheumatoid Arthritis Cohort
- Perioperative Flare in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Characterization of Clinical and Biologic Features
- The PROMIS Rheumatoid Arthritis Longitudinal and Interview Study
- (Synovial Tissues) Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) & Early Rheumatoid Arthritis (ERA) tissue study – Recruitment of patients undergoing synovectomy or upper extremity surgery (UES) or synovial biopsies.
- Do Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Undergoing TKR And THR Require More Transfusions and Have More Pulmonary Disease than OA Controls?
- The RA Biodam Study: Prospective Validation of Soluble Biomarkers as Predictors of Structural Damage in Rheumatoid Arthritis
- A Study of Novel Immune Modulating Biomarkers in Patients with Spondyloarthritis with Axial Involvement
- Do SLE Patients have more Early Adverse Events within 6 Months of THR and TKR?
- Biomarkers in Spondyloarthropathies: A Case Control Study