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Specialty:
Medicine, Rheumatology
Department Affiliation:
Medicine
Hospital Affiliation:
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center
State License:
A137594
Languages:
Burmese
Phone:
310-825-2448
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MSc Geriatric medicine, Keele University, the United Kingdom

Dr. Aung graduated from the Institute of medicine (1) Burma, in 1998 and later trained in Internal medicine and Geriatric medicine in Liverpool, United Kingdom. There she specialized in Orthogeriatrics for years with strong interest in Osteoporosis, while receiving Master of Science in Geriatric medicine from Keele University School of Medicine, MRCP and FRCP titles from the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh; and subsequently worked as a consultant physician at the Nottingham University Hospitals. After 13 years of patient care, teaching, clinical research and service development activities in the United Kingdom, she perused her career path in the United States. She completed residency training in Internal medicine at St May medical center, Long Beach, California and Rheumatology fellowship at UCLA. Dr. Aung is interested in the wide range of the rheumatic diseases including rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, gout, pseudo-gout, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, reactive arthritis, lupus, osteoporosis and various autoimmune diseases.

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Rheumatology - Westwood
200 UCLA Medical Plaza
Suite B365
Los Angeles, CA 90095
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310-794-6553
Medical Board Certifications
Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine, 2015
Certification 2
Rheumatology, American Board of Internal Medicine, 2017
Fellowship
Rheumatology, UCLA School of Medicine, 2015-2017
Fellowship 2
Geriatric Medicine, Royal Liverpool University Hospital Trust, 2004-2009
Residency
Internal Medicine, St. Mary Medical Center, 2013-2015
Residency 2
Internal Medicine-General, Royal Liverpool University Hospital Trust, 2001-2004
Internship
Internal Medicine-General, Yangon General Hospital, 1998-1999
Degree
Institute of Medicine Yangon, Myanmar, MBBS, 1998
Interests
  • Autoimmune Disease
  • Gout

    Gout

    Gout is a health problem that causes inflamed, painful joints. The symptoms are caused by deposits of uric acid crystals at the joints. It is often linked with obesity, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and diabetes.
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  • Lupus

    Lupus

    Systemic lupus erythematosus (lupus) is a disease that causes your body's immune system to attack its own cells and tissues. It causes periods of inflammation to various parts of the body. It can affect your joints, tendons, and skin. It can affect blood vessels. And it can affect organs such as the kidneys, heart, lungs, and brain.
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  • Mixed Connective Tissue Disorder
  • Osteoarthritis

    Osteoarthritis

    Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis. It is a chronic degenerative joint disease that affects mostly middle-aged and older adults. Osteoarthritis causes the breakdown of joint cartilage. It can occur in any joint, but it most often affects the hands, knees, hips, or spine.
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  • Osteoporosis

    Osteoporosis

    Osteoporosis is a disease that causes weak, thinning bones. This leaves the bones at greater risk of breaking. The bones most often affected are the hips, spine, and wrists.
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  • Polymyalgia Rheumatic

    Polymyalgia Rheumatica

    Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is an inflammatory condition that can cause aching and stiffness. It tends to affect the neck, shoulders, and hips. The aching and stiffness are usually worse in the morning.
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  • Pseudogout
  • Psoriatic Arthritis

    Psoriatic Arthritis

    Psoriatic arthritis is a form of arthritis associated with psoriasis. Psoriasis is a chronic skin and nail disease. It causes red, scaly rashes and thick, pitted fingernails. Psoriatic arthritis is similar to rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in symptoms and joint inflammation.
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  • Raynaud´s Syndrome
  • Reactive Arthritis (Reiter´s Syndrome)
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a long-term (chronic) disease that causes inflammation of the joints. The inflammation can be so severe that it affects how the joints and other parts of the body look and function.
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  • Spondylarthropathies
Research Interests
  • Crystal Arthropathy
  • Osteoarthritis
  • Osteoporosis
  • Spondyloarthropathy
Publications
  1. Aung T, Myung G, Fitzgerald JD. Treatment approaches and adherence to urate-lowering therapy for patients with gout. Patient Prefer Adherence. 2017 Apr 19;11:795-800. doi: 10.2147/PPA.S97927
  2. T Aung, G Miller, G Karpouzas. Anti beta 2 glycoprotein IG A antibodies independently and differentially contribute to thrombotic risk in systemic lupus erythematosus above and beyond anti-cardiolipin and lupus anticoagulant, from a contemporary multiethnic patient cohort. Ann Rheum Dis 2016; 75:316-317 doi:10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-eular.1412.
  3. Monica Zell1, Ann Rosenthal, Thanda Aung, Marian Kaldas and John Fitzgerald. Calcium Pyrophosphate Crystal Size, Shape and Appearance Variability. ABSTRACT NUMBER: 2086. 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting September 2017
  4. D Aw, J Thain, T Aung, Masud T. Predicting fracture risk in osteoporosis: the use of fracture prediction tools in an osteoporosis clinic population. Postgrad Med J. 2016 May; 92(1087):267-70. doi: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2015-133454. Epub 2016 Jan 20.
  5. T. Aung, L. Sahakian, B. Skaggs, J. Grossman, M. McMahon. Fatigue is associated with HS-CRP in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. EULAR, June 2017.
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