CERT project title: Principal Investigator
email: kenneth.saag@ccc.uab.edu
Department: Immunology/Rheumatology
Academic Title: Professor of Medicine

Phone: (205) 934-0896
Fax: (205) 975-6859

Kenneth Saag, M.D., M.Sc. is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Medicine, and Professor of Epidemiology, at the UAB School of Public Health. He is Director of the Deep South Musculoskeletal (DSM) CERTs since its inception in 2000 and is Associate Director of the Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Center (NIAMS P60). Dr. Saag is a rheumatologist and outcomes researcher with expertise in MSD pharmacoepidemiology and clinical focus in bone health. He is the only rheumatologist on Board of Directors of NOF. He is experienced in population-based investigations, working with large databases, and quality indicator development. Dr. Saag is on the FDA Arthritis Advisory Committee and recently co-chaired the American Medical Association (AMA) Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement on Osteoporosis. He is on the editorial board of Archives of Internal Medicine, Arthritis Care and Research, and Arthritis Research and Therapy. Dr. Saag has previously chaired the Arthritis Foundation Clinical, Therapeutics and Outcomes Study Section, has served on several NIH study sections, IOM Committees, National Committees to develop both arthritis and osteoporosis guidelines, the Musculoskeletal Workgroup of the Cochrane Collaboration, and the NCQA workgroup on Arthritis Quality Indicators.

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He serves as the principal investigator for the DSM CERTs. Dr. Saag directly oversees and participates in all scientific and administrative aspects of the Center. He also serves as the liaison with the UAB CERT advisory committee, CERT coordinating center, AHRQ, and FDA.

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