Christine Taliercio

Dynamic individual with clinical experience in Rheumatology. Brings strong problem-solving skills and proactive approach to new tasks. Known for adaptability, creativity, and results-oriented mindset. Committed to making meaningful contributions and advancing organizational goals.

• 01/2019, Rheumatologist, Middlesex Multispecialty Group, Middletown, Connecticut
• 07/2017, 12/2018, Rheumatologist, Trinity Health of New England, Chicopee, Massachusetts
• 07/2017, 12/2018, Rheumatologist, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Massachusetts
• 01/2015, 06/2017, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut
• 07/2013, 06/2017, Rheumatologist, St. Francis Medical Group, Hartford, Connecticut

• 05/2013, 06/2017, Associate Investigator, Studies on the Natural History and Pathogenesis of Polymyositis; Dermatomyositis, and Related Diseases (Study number 91-AR-0196), Bethesda, Maryland
• 06/2012, 04/2013, Principal Investigator, Studies on the Natural History and Pathogenesis of Polymyositis; Dermatomyositis, and Related Diseases (Study number 91-AR-0196), Bethesda, Maryland
• 07/2011, 06/2013, Metzger Scholar and Senior Myositis Fellow, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
• 04/2010, 06/2013, Part-time Hospitalist, Suburban Hospital, John Hopkins University, Bethesda, Maryland

• 10/2021, Board Certified Diplomat in Rheumatology
• 11/2011, Board Certified Diplomat in Rheumatology
• 11/2008, Board Certified Diplomat in Internal Medicine
• 06/2007, COMLEX III
• 03/2004, COMLEX II-CE
• 08/2003, COMLEX I

• 07/2008, 06/2013, National Institutes of Health General Research Loan Repayment Program
• 05/1999, Fellowship award from The Society of Toxicology, Mount Sinai Medical Center

• 10/2023, Patient Experience Committee, Middlesex Multispecialty Group, Middletown, Connecticut
• 05/2014, 12/2015, EPIC Ambulatory Electronic Medical Record Building Committee, St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Hartford, Connecticut

• 07/2009, American College of Rheumatology
• 09/2023, Connecticut Rheumatology Association

• A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of infliximab in refractory polymyositis and dermatomyositis, Semin Arthritis Rheum, 47, 6, 858-864, Schiffenbauer A, Garg M, Castro C, Pokrovnichka A, Joe G, Shrader J, Cabalar IV, Faghihi-Kashani S, Harris-Love MO, Plotz, PH, Miller MW, Gourley M
• Drug-induced Muscle Disease, Drug Safety Quarterly, an online publication of the ACR Drug Safety Committee, 4, 4, 1-2, Castro C, Gourley M
• Diagnosis and treatment of inflammatory myopathy: issues and management, Ther Adv Musc Dis, 4, 2, 111-120, Castro C, Gourley M
• Diagnostic testing and interpretation of tests for autoimmunity, J Allergy Clin Immun, 25, 2, supp 2, S238-S247, Castro C, Gourley M
• Case report: Primary gastric melanoma in a patient with dermatomyositis, Am J of Med Sci, 336, 3, 282-284, Castro C, Khan Y, Awasum M, Belostocki K, Rosenblum G, Belilos E, Carsons S

• A Novel Autosomal Dominant Vacuolar Myopathy, Neuromuscular Directions: Current Concepts in Electrodiagnosis, Neurology/Rheumatology Interface, and Neuromuscular Medicine, New York, New York, 2012
• A Novel Autosomal Dominant Vacuolar Myopathy, Clinical Immunology Society, School in Systemic Autoimmune Disease, Boston, Massachusetts, 2011
• A Novel Autosomal Dominant Hereditary Vacuolar Myopathy, American College of Rheumatology, Research Conference, Bethesda, Maryland, 2010
• Case presentation - abdominal pain, Third Annual Mentoring in Rheumatology Fellows Program, Rancho Mirage, California, 2009
• MRI and bedside ultrasound in myopathies: a look at three patients, Washington D.C. Fellows Forum, Washington D.C., 2009
• Specific Acute Phase Reactants Correlate With Histopathologic Features of Giant Cell Arteritis, American College of Rheumatology, 2006
• Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome, 15th Annual Research Colloquium at Seton Hall University, Seton Hall University, 2004

• Internal Medicine Morning Report, St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Hartford, Connecticut, 2016
• Rheumatology in the 'Real World', National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 2015
• Inflammatory Myopathies, UCHC Rheumatology Grand Rounds, Farmington, Connecticut, 2015
• Update and Review: Inflammatory Myopathies, St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Medicine Grand Rounds, Hartford, Connecticut, 2015
• Inflammatory Myopathies, St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Medicine Grand Rounds, Hartford, Connecticut, 2014
• Muscle Weakness in Rheumatology, St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Community Program, Hartford, Connecticut, 2014
• Internal Medicine Morning Report, St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Hartford, Connecticut, 2014
• Internal Medicine Morning Report, St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Hartford, Connecticut, 2013

• Protocol Navigation Training Program, NIH, 01/2012, 12/2012, Bethesda, Maryland
• 9th Annual Southeastern Fellows Research Skills Retreat, Duke University, 05/2010, Duck, North Carolina
• DNA Microarrays: Principles and Applications Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences, NIH, 10/2010, Bethesda, Maryland
• Introduction to the Principles and Practice of Clinical Research, NIH, 10/2009, 05/2010, Bethesda, Maryland