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Kenneth N Schikler

Kenneth N Schikler, MD

Pediatric Rheumatology

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Highlights

Age Groups Seen

  • Pediatrics
  • Teenagers

Languages

  • English

Gender

Male

About Kenneth N Schikler

Academic Title

Professor of Pediatrics

Biography/ Philosophy of Care

Kenneth Schikler, M.D., is the chief of the Division of Adolescent Medicine at the University of Louisville School of Medicine. In addition to his clinical work, Dr. Schikler is a professor of pediatrics at the UofL School of Medicine, a position held since 2004.

Dr. Schikler is board-certified pediatrician through the American Board of Pediatrics. He is the chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Section on Rheumatology Executive Committee, has served or is serving in several other leadership roles, and is a member of numerous academic societies.

Over the course of his tenure, Dr. Schikler has been recognized as a lauded educator and physician. He was selected in 2014 as one of the ‘Best Doctors in America.’ In 2017, the American Academy of Pediatrics named him recipient of the James T. Cassidy Award, bestowed to an individual for their achievements as an educator and contributions to the field of rheumatology. Twice, he was named UofL’s Top 10 Clinical Teacher of the Year.

He has delivered nearly 200 oral presentations at local, regional, national, and international meetings and his printed work has appeared in more than 80 peer-reviewed journal articles.

Dr. Schikler earned his medical degree in 1968 from the University of Louisville. He completed his residency in pediatrics at University of Louisville Affiliated Hospitals and then went to Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center in New York for fellowship training in adolescent medicine.

Clinical Interests/Research

Hinze CH, Foell D, Johnson AL, Spalding SJ, Gottlieb BS, Morris PW, Kimura Y, Onel K, Li SC, Grom AA, Taylor J, Brunner HI, Huggins JL, Nocton JJ, Haines KA, Edelheit BS, Shishov M, Jung LK, Williams CB, Tesher MS, Costanzo DM, Zemel LS, Dare JA, Passo MH, Ede KC, Olson JC, Cassidy EA, Griffin TA, Wagner-Weiner L, Weiss JE, Vogler LB, Rouster-Stevens KA, Beukelman T, Cron RQ, Kietz D, Schikler K, Mehta J, Ting TV, Verbsky JW, Eberhard AB, Huang B, Giannini EH, Lovell DJ. Serum S100A8/A9 and S100A12 Levels in Children With Polyarticular Forms of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Relationship to Maintenance of Clinically Inactive Disease During Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor Therapy and Occurrence of Disease Flare After Discontinuation of Therapy. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2019 Mar;71(3):451-459.

Wu EY, Li SC, Torok KS, Virkud YV, Fuhlbrigge RC, Rabinovich CE; Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA) Legacy Registry Investigators. Baseline Description of the Juvenile Localized Scleroderma Subgroup From the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Legacy Registry.ACR Open Rheumatol. 2019 Apr 10;1(2):119-124.

Brunner HI, Holland MJ, Beresford MW, Ardoin SP, Appenzeller S, Silva CA, Flores F, Goilav B, Avar Aydin PO, Wenderfer SE, Levy DM, Ravelli A, Khubchandani R, Avcin T, Klein-Gitelman MS, Ruperto N, Feldman BM, Ying J; Paediatric Rheumatology International Trial Organisation and Pediatric Rheumatology Collaborative Study Group. American College of Rheumatology Provisional Criteria for Clinically Relevant Improvement in Children and Adolescents With Childhood-Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2019 May;71(5):579-590.

Weiss JE, Schikler KN, Boneparth AD, Connelly M; CARRA Registry Investigators. Demographic, clinical, and treatment characteristics of the juvenile primary fibromyalgia syndrome cohort enrolled in the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Legacy Registry.Pediatr Rheumatol Online J. 2019 Jul 26;17(1):51.

Mallalieu NL, Wimalasundera S, Hsu JC, Douglass W, Wells C, Penades IC, Cuttica R, Huppertz HI, Joos R, Kimura Y, Milojevic D, Rosenkranz M, Schikler K, Constantin T, Wouters C. Intravenous dosing of tocilizumab in patients younger than two years of age with systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis: results from an open-label phase 1 clinical trial.Pediatr Rheumatol Online J. 2019 Aug 22;17(1):57.

Saper VE, Chen G, Deutsch GH, Guillerman RP, Birgmeier J, Jagadeesh K, Canna S, Schulert G, Deterding R, Xu J, Leung AN, Bouzoubaa L, Abulaban K, Baszis K, Behrens EM, Birmingham J, Casey A, Cidon M, Cron RQ, De A, De Benedetti F, Ferguson I, Fishman MP, Goodman SI, Graham TB, Grom AA, Haines K, Hazen M, Henderson LA, Ho A, Ibarra M, Inman CJ, Jerath R, Khawaja K, Kingsbury DJ, Klein-Gitelman M, Lai K, Lapidus S, Lin C, Lin J, Liptzin DR, Milojevic D, Mombourquette J, Onel K, Ozen S, Perez M, Phillippi K, Prahalad S, Radhakrishna S, Reinhardt A, Riskalla M, Rosenwasser N, Roth J, Schneider R, Schonenberg-Meinema D, Shenoi S, Smith JA, Sönmez HE, Stoll ML, Towe C, Vargas SO, Vehe RK, Young LR, Yang J, Desai T, Balise R, Lu Y, Tian L, Bejerano G, Davis MM, Khatri P, Mellins ED; Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Registry Investigators. Emergent high fatality lung disease in systemic juvenile arthritis. Ann Rheum Dis. 2019 Dec;78(12):1722-1731.

Connelly M, Weiss JE; for the CARRA Registry Investigators. Pain, functional disability, and their Association in Juvenile Fibromyalgia Compared to other pediatric rheumatic diseases. Pediatr Rheumatol Online J. 2019 Nov 6;17(1):72.

Leong JY, Chen P, Yeo JG, Ally F, Chua C, Nur Hazirah S, Poh SL, Pan L, Lai L, Lee ESC, Bathi LDT, Arkachaisri T, Lovell D, Albani S; Pediatric Rheumatology Collaborative Study Group. Immunome perturbation is present in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis who are in remission and will relapse upon anti-TNFα withdrawal.Ann Rheum Dis. 2019 Dec;78(12):1712-1721.

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Locations

  1. Norton Children's Rheumatology

Expertise

Education

  • Fellowship: Montefiore Medical Center, Internal Medicine, 1976
  • Residency: University of Louisville School of Medicine, Pediatrics, 1975
  • Internship: University of Louisville Hospital, Pediatrics, 1973
  • Medical Education: University of Louisville School of Medicine, Doctor of Medicine, 1972

Board Certifications

  • Pediatrics: American Board of Pediatrics, 1977

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