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Ralf G. Thiele, M.D.

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Phone Numbers

Appointment: (585) 486-0930

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Faculty Appointments

Patient Care Setting

Allergy, Immunology & Rheumatology

Biography

Dr. Thiele is currently conducting clinical research and is involved in teaching musculoskeletal ultrasound.

Research

Dr. Thiele currently works as an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Rochester in Rochester, NY, in the Allergy/Immunology and Rheumatology Division.
He has trained first in abdominal and thyroid ultrasound starting in 1990 and later specialized in musculoskeletal ultrasound. He was certified in musculoskeletal ultrasound in 1995 in Germany, and again in 2013 with the American College of Rheumatology.
His research interests include sonographic diagnosis and outcomes assessment of crystal arthritis, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and spondyloarthropathy.
He has served as chair of the musculoskeletal section of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, chair of the ultrasound task force of the American College of Rheumatology and has developed and chaired educational ultrasound courses at the University of Rochester, Cooper University Hospital, the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine and the American College of Rheumatology.
He has developed imaging algorithms, practice guidelines and certification in musculoskeletal ultrasound with the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, the Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound, OMERACT, and the American College of Rheumatology.

Credentials

Education

1991
MD | Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universitaet (Germany)

Post-doctoral Training & Residency

07/01/2001 - 06/30/2003
Fellowship in Rheumatology at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

07/01/1999 - 06/27/2001
Residency in Internal Medicine at Carney Hospital (USA)

06/26/1998 - 06/30/1999
Internship in Internal Medicine at Carney Hospital (USA)

07/01/1992 - 06/30/1993
Internship in Internal Medicine at Buerger Hospital

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Publications

Journal Articles

4/5/2021
Yinh J, Torralba KD, Choi KS, Fairchild RM, Cannella A, Salto L, Kissin EY, Thiele R, Oberle EJ, Marston B, Nishio MJ, . "North American musculoskeletal ultrasound scanning protocol of the hip, knee, ankle, and foot: update of a Delphi consensus study." Clinical rheumatology.. 2021 Apr 5; Epub 2021 Apr 05.

11/2018
, Fox MG, Chang EY, Amini B, Bernard SA, Gorbachova T, Ha AS, Iyer RS, Lee KS, Metter DF, Mooar PA, Shah NA, Singer AD, Smith SE, Taljanovic MS, Thiele R, Tynus KM, Kransdorf MJ. "ACR Appropriateness Criteria Chronic Knee Pain." Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR.. 2018 Nov; 15(11S):S302-S312.

11/2018
, Small KM, Adler RS, Shah SH, Roberts CC, Bencardino JT, Appel M, Gyftopoulos S, Metter DF, Mintz DN, Morrison WB, Subhas N, Thiele R, Towers JD, Tynus KM, Weissman BN, Yu JS, Kransdorf MJ. "ACR Appropriateness Criteria Shoulder Pain-Atraumatic." Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR.. 2018 Nov; 15(11S):S388-S402.

Books & Chapters

2009
Chapter Title: Joint Injections
Book Title: Ultrasound Guided Procedures
Author List: Thiele, R
Edited By: Dogra, Saad
Published By: Thieme 2009 in New York

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