Daniel J. Wallace, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Daniel J. Wallace

American rheumatologist

Date of Birth: 27-Oct-1949

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States

Profession: rheumatologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Daniel Jeffrey Wallace (born October 27, 1949) is an American rheumatologist, clinical professor, author, and fellow.
Wallace has published 400 peer reviewed publications, 8 textbooks, and 25 book chapters on topics such as Lupus, Sjogren syndrome, osteoarthritis, and fibromyalgia.
He has the largest cohort of lupus patients in the United States (2000).
A full professor of medicine (Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA), he is associate director of the Rheumatology Fellowship Program at Cedars-Sinai.
His seminal contributions to research include being an author of the first paper to demonstrate vitamin D dysfunction and the importance of interleukin-6 in lupus, conducting the first large studies of apheresis in rheumatoid arthritis and lupus, and insights into the mechanisms of action of antimalarials.
Wallace's research accomplishments also include conducting many clinical rheumatic disease trials, examining the role of microvascular angina and accelerated atherogenesis in lupus, and work on anti-telomere antibodies which have garnered him 5 papers in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Wallace’s monograph, The Lupus Book, has sold over 100,000 copies since 1995.