Overview
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Anca D. Askanase, MD, is Chair of the Department of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Rheumatology (effective April 2026) at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS), New York, NY. The public record shows 314 publications with 11,599 citations (h-index 49), centered on Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research, Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies, Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research. It also documents an investigator role on 5 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 18 companies.
- Most recent indexed publication: 2026 · Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.)
- Top research focus: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research
- 5 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 18 companies
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Indications focusfrom trials led + research topics
Research focusOpenAlex concept fingerprint
Drugs & moleculesacross trials, industry payments and publications
Works withtrial sponsors and companies reporting payments
Scholarshipindexed output and impact (OpenAlex)
View publications ↓Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 54 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 134.
Clinical & industrytrials, payments and federal funding
Federally funded research awards.
Clinical trials
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Listed as an investigator on 5 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- A Study of NKX019, a CD19 CAR NK Cell Therapy, in Subjects With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Sponsor: Hospital for Special Surgery, New York
InvestigatorPhase 1Enrolling, by, invitationNCT06518668 - VIBRANT: VIB4920 for Active Lupus Nephritis
Sponsor: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
InvestigatorPhase 2RecruitingNCT05201469 - Nature of Anifrolumab Impact on Vaccine-Emergent Immunity in SLE
Sponsor: Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
InvestigatorEarly phase 1UnknownNCT04726553
Industry payments
Updated 14 Jul 2026
18 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LPProgram year20257 payments$12,916openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
- Genentech, Inc.Program year20254 payments
- Mylan Inc.Program year20254 payments
NIH funding
We didn't find any NIH-funded research awards for this person in NIH RePORTER. Why? →
Congress activity
Updated 14 Jul 2026
1 congress contribution (2024) across ASH per OpenAlex. The most recent:
- A Phase 1 Study of NKX019, an Allogeneic Chimeric Antigen Receptor Natural Killer (CAR-NK) Cell Therapy in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
ASH Annual Meeting
ASH2024Presenting author
Published abstracts are attributed via the same ORCID-disambiguated authorship as publications, so each is DOI-verified. Podium roles (invited talks, session chairs) and oral/poster type are added as program data is confirmed.
Publications
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- 2025 American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Guideline for the Treatment of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.
Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.)
2026 - 2025 American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Guideline for the Treatment of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.
Arthritis care & research
2026 - Predictive correlates of arthritis and joint damage in systemic lupus erythematosus: a multinational prospective cohort study.
Rheumatology (Oxford, England)
2026 - Efficacy and Safety of Subcutaneous Anifrolumab in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Randomized, Phase 3 Study.
Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.)
2026
Most-cited worksby citation count (OpenAlex)
- 01Trial of Anifrolumab in Active Systemic Lupus Erythematosus1,337 citations2019
- 02Combined Oral Contraceptives in Women with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus1,165 citations2005
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Contact
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Office address
535 East 70th Street, New York, NY 10021
Network
Updated 14 Jul 2026
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Background & recognition
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.
Educationdegrees and training on record
- Board Certified
American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) - Rheumatology
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →health.usnews.com ↗
Editorial & leadership rolesjournal and society appointments
- Leadership positions with American College of Rheumatology
Lupus Foundation of America, Lupus Research Alliance …
verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →news.hss.edu ↗ - Featured leadership profile
Lupus Foundation of America
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Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics (SLICC)
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Awards & honorshonors on the public record
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Secondary affiliationsappointments beyond the home institution
- verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →rheumatologyatcolumbia.org ↗
- Founder and Director
Columbia University Lupus Center
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Columbia Division of Rheumatology
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Media & interviewspress, podcasts and appearances
- PeerView CME video podcast
"Anca D. Askanase, MD, MPH / Philip J. Mease, MD, MACR" (with Philip Mease, on SLE management)
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- provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →lupusbmj.podbean.com ↗
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Online presence
Updated 14 Jul 2026
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Owned accountspublic accounts run by this person
- Doximity
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linkedin.com/in/anca-askanase-a7bba684
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researchgate.net/profile/Anca-Askanase
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Mentions by otherswhere others cite or feature them
- Other
lupus.org/resources/the-expert-series-bonus-episode-the-awakening-when-lupus-looks-like-mental-illness
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youtube.com/watch
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LinkedIn profile: "Anca Askanase - Professor of Medicine at Columbia" (linkedin.com/in/anca-askanase-a7bba684), auth-walled, corroborated via SERP snippet
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