David Roofeh, MD

Affiliations & Leadership

• Program Director of the Rheumatology Fellowship, 2023 - present

Education and Training  

• Undergraduate: New York University, 2003
• Medical School: SUNY Upstate Medical School, 2013
• Internal Medicine/Pediatric Combined Residency: Thomas Jefferson University/A.I. DuPont Hospital for Children/Christiana Care, 2017
• Rheumatology Fellowship: University of Michigan Medical Center, 2019

Honors and Awards 

• Rheumatology Research Mentor of the Year, RWJMS, 2024
• Rheumatology Faculty Teacher of the Year, University of Michigan, 2023
• T32 Institutional Research Training Grant, Systemic Sclerosis and Interstitial Lung Disease, University of Michigan, 2021
• Rheumatology Fellow Teacher of the Year, University of Michigan, 2019
• Internal Medicine Resident Teacher of the Year, Christiana Care Health System, 2017
• Pediatric Resident Teacher of the Year, A.I. DuPont Hospital for Children, 2017
• Mark W. Maxwell Humanitarian Award, Christiana Care Health System, 2017
• American College of Physicians Professionalism Award, Northeast Chapter, 2017
• Gold Humanism Honor Society Inductee, SUNY Upstate Medical Univ., 2011                

Biography

Dr. David Roofeh’s interest in teaching stems from core principles he learned as an undergraduate studying Philosophy and Psychology.  He is a board-certified rheumatologist with expertise in systemic sclerosis and interstitial lung disease.  He joined Rutgers as a faculty member in 2023 and is the Program Director for the Division of Adult Rheumatology. 

Clinical Interests and Description

Dr. Roofeh has a clinical interest in systemic sclerosis and interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD).

Research Interests and Description

Dr. Roofeh is the PI on SSc-ILD clinical trials.

Active education and research projects

• Dr. Roofeh designed a clinical-reasoning focused, cloud-based shared learning platform labeled “The Fellows’ WorkRheum”to teach his fellows, residents, and medical students. 
• He is the PI on SSc-ILD clinical trials.

Publications

• Roofeh D, Distler O, Allanore Y, Denton CP, Khanna D: Treatment of systemic sclerosis associated ILD: Lessons from clinical trials. J Scleroderma Relat Disord 5(2 Suppl): 61-71, 01/2020. PM34079911/PMC8168368

• Roofeh, D., Barratt, S. Wells, A. U., Kawano-Dourado, L., Tashkin, D., Strand, V., Seibold, J., Proudman, S, Brown, K. K., Dellaripa, P. F., Doyle, T., Leonard, T., Matteson, E. L., Oddis, C. V., Solomon, J. J., Sparks, J. A., Vassallo, R., Maxwell, L., Beaton, D., Christensen, R., Townsend, W., Khanna, D. Outcome measurement instrument selection for lung physiology in systemic sclerosis associated interstitial lung disease: A systematic review using the OMERACT filter 2.1 process. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 51(6): 1331-1341 01/2021. PM: 34493396
• Roofeh D, Lin CJF, Goldin J, Kim GH, Furst DE, Denton CP, Huang S, Khanna D, focuSSced investigators.: Tocilizumab Prevents Progression of Early Systemic Sclerosis Associated Interstitial Lung Disease. Arthritis Rheumatol Online ahead of print.: 1-10, 01/2021. PM33538094

• Roofeh D, Brown KK, Kazerooni EA, Tashkin D, Assassi S, Martinez F, Wells AU, Raghu G, Denton CP, Chung L, Hoffmann-Vold AM, Distler O, Johannson KA, Allanore Y, Matteson EL, Kawano-Dourado L, Pauling JD, Seibold JR, Volkmann ER, Walsh SLF, Oddis CV, White ES, Barratt SL, Bernstein EJ, Domsic RT, Dellaripa PF, Conway R, Rosas I, Bhatt N, Hsu V, Ingegnoli F, Kahaleh B, Garcha P, Gupta N, Khanna S, Korsten P, Lin C, Mathai SC, Strand V, Doyle TJ, Steen V, Zoz DF, Ovalles-Bonilla J, Rodriguez-Pinto I, Shenoy PD, Lewandoski A, Belloli E, Lescoat A, Nagaraja V, Ye W, Huang S, Maher T, Khanna D. Systemic sclerosis associated interstitial lung disease: a conceptual framework for subclinical, clinical and progressive disease. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2023;62(5):1877-86. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keac557. PubMed PMID: 36173318; PMCID: PMC10152284.

• Roofeh, D. and J.M. Kahlenberg, Undifferentiated connective tissue disease with an incidental photo-provocation: a case report. Frontiers in Lupus, 2023.

Bibliography

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/david.roofeh.1/bibliography/public/