Dr. Peter Merkel, MD
Dr. Peter Merkel, MD is a rheumatologist in Philadelphia, PA and has over 35 years of experience in the medical field. Dr. Merkel has extensive experience in Osteoporosis & Screening and Vasculitides. He graduated from Yale School of Medicine in 1988. He is affiliated with medical facilities Penn Presbyterian Medical Center and Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. He is accepting new patients and telehealth appointments.
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Dr. Peter Merkel, MD is a rheumatologist in Philadelphia, PA and has over 35 years of experience in the medical field. Dr. Merkel has extensive experience in Osteoporosis & Screening and Vasculitides. He graduated from Yale School of Medicine in...read moreRheumatology
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Massachusetts General Hospital
Fellowship HospitalHospital Of The University Of Pennsylvania
Residency Hospital, 1991Yale School Of Medicine
Medical School, 1988
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Learn more about medical license public record checkPeripheral CD5+ B Cells in Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis, 2015-07-01
An Interim Report of the Scleroderma Clinical Trials Consortium Working Groups, 2018-07-18
Arterial lesions in giant cell arteritis: A longitudinal study, 2018-05-09
Updating the OMERACT Filter: Core Areas as a basis for defining core outcome sets, 2014-03-15
New Features of Disease after Diagnosis in Six Forms of Systemic Vasculitis, 2013-08-01
Serum periostin as a biomarker in eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis, 2018-10-11
Outcome Measures Used in Clinical Trials for Behcet Syndrome: A Systematic Review, 2014-02-01
Causal Attributions about Disease-Onset and Relapse in Patients with Systemic Vasculitis, 2014-03-15
Clinical course and outcomes of childhood-onset granulomatosis with polyangiitis, 2016-10-06
CHARACTERIZATION OF THE NASAL MICROBIOTA IN GRANULOMATOSIS WITH POLYANGIITIS, 2018-07-11
Alcohol-induced vasculitis: Case report and commentary, 2015-02-25
Multifocal neutrophilic meningoencephalitis: a novel disorder responsive to anakinra, 2021-02-26
Distributed learning for heterogeneous clinical data with application to integrating COVID-19 data across 230 sites, 2022-06-14
Role of macrophage migration inhibitory factor in granulomatosis with polyangiitis, 2018-10-22
Developing a Core Set of Outcome Measures for Behcet Disease: Report from OMERACT 2016, 2017-04-01
Variability of the impact of adverse events on physicians' decision making, 2014-09-25
Defining the Nasal Transcriptome in Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis, 2015-05-14
Disease Activity, ANCA-Type, and Lipid Levels in ANCA-Associated Vasculitis, 2019-09-16
Patterns of Arterial Disease in Takayasu's Arteritis and Giant Cell Arteritis, 2019-08-23
Illness Perceptions and Fatigue in Systemic Vasculitis, 2014-03-13
Pregnancy Outcomes Among Patients With Vasculitis, 2015-03-11
Metabolic pathways and immunometabolism in rare kidney diseases, 2018-05-03
Neutrophil activation in patients with anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody-associated vasculitis and large-vessel vasculitis, 2022-06-29
Diagnostic delays in vasculitis and factors associated with time to diagnosis, 2021-04-21
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- Recipient of 60
hospital awardsAmerica's 100 Best Hospitals Award™ (2025, 2024)
Top in the nation for overall patient experience based on nine measures related to doctor and nurse communication, hospital cleanliness and noise levels, and medication and post-discharge care instructions
View all awardsAmerica's 250 Best Hospitals Award™ (2025, 2024, 2023)
Top in the nation for overall patient experience based on nine measures related to doctor and nurse communication, hospital cleanliness and noise levels, and medication and post-discharge care instructions
View all patient feedbackHow patients felt about the care they received at this hospital.
91%Patients said they were given information about recovering at home7% higher than the national average
86%Patients said that nurses always listened to them and explained things well11% higher than the national average
- Recipient of 38
hospital awardsAmerica's 100 Best Hospitals Award™ (2025)
Top in the nation for overall patient experience based on nine measures related to doctor and nurse communication, hospital cleanliness and noise levels, and medication and post-discharge care instructions
View all awardsAmerica's 250 Best Hospitals Award™ (2025, 2024, 2023)
Top in the nation for overall patient experience based on nine measures related to doctor and nurse communication, hospital cleanliness and noise levels, and medication and post-discharge care instructions
View all patient feedbackHow patients felt about the care they received at this hospital.
89%Patients said they were given information about recovering at home5% higher than the national average
84%Patients said that nurses always listened to them and explained things well9% higher than the national average
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