Dr. Barry Sheane

Special Interests

Psoriatic arthritis; Spondyloarthritis

Osteoarthritis

SLE/lupus

Current Membership

American College of Rheumatology (ACR) International Fellow

Faculty of Sports and Exercise Medicine (RCSI and RCPI) – Fellow

Group for Research and Assessment of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis (GRAPPA) - Member

Irish Society of Rheumatology (ISR) - Member

Medical Council of Ireland, Specialist Division – registered

Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (RCPI) - Fellow

Professional Profile

Published manuscripts

1.      Sheane BJ. Managing psoriatic arthritis during COVID-19. Update – Rheumatology & Pain 2021;7(6):32-37.

2.      McKenna MC, Marnane M, Sheane BJ, Connolly S. A case of multifocal motor neuropathy after initiation of ixekizumab for psoriatic arthropathy. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2021;60(8):e282-e283. (Pubmed PMID: 33629111)

 3.      Tselios K, Gladman DD, Sheane BJ, Su J, Urowitz M. All-cause, cause-specific and age-specific standardised mortality ratios of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus in Ontario, Canada over 43 years (1971-2013). Ann Rheum Dis 2019;78(6):802-806. (PubMed PMID: 30992296)

4.      Sheane BJ. Psoriatic arthritis – therapeutic options and treatment targets. Update 2017;3(7):14-16.

5.      Sheane BJ, Gladman DD, Su J, Urowitz MB. Disease outcomes in corticosteroid-naïve patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 2017;69(2):252-256. (PubMed PMID: 27214378) 

6.      Maldonado-Ficco H, Sheane BJ, Thavaneswaran A, Chandran V, Gladman DD.  Magnetic resonance imaging in psoriatic arthritis.  A descriptive study of indications, features and effect on treatment change.  J Clin Rheumatol 2017;23(5):243-245. (PubMed PMID: 28700527)

7.      Sheane BJ. Osteoarthritis – current treatment options and a glimpse of the future. Update 2016;2(4):16-20.

8.      Sheane BJ, Thavaneswaran A, Gladman DD, Chandran V. Attainment of minimal

disease activity using methotrexate in psoriatic arthritis. J Rheumatol 2016;43(9):1718-1723.

(PubMed PMID: 27422895)

9.      Tselios K, Sheane BJ, Gladman DD, Urowitz MB. Optimal monitoring for coronary heart disease risk in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: a systematic review. J Rheumatol 2016;43(1):54-65. (PubMed PMID: 26568591)

10.   Sheane BJ. Dual training in general internal medicine and rheumatology: the Irish context. Ann Rheum Dis 2015;74(9):e55. (PubMed PMID: 25948595)

11.   Sheane BJ, Smyth P, Scott K, Aziz R, Buckley M, Lodge E, Kiely N, Kingston M, McGovern E, Healy M, Walsh JB, Sheils O, Cunnane G.  An association between microRNA-21 expression and vitamin D deficiency in coronary artery disease. MicroRNA 2015;4(1):57-63. (PubMed PMID: 25882990)

12.   Sheane BJ. Tumor necrosis factor inhibition and adipose tissue distribution – are reported changes relevant to cardiometabolic risk? J Rheumatol 2014;41(6):1035-1037. (PubMed PMID: 24882846)

13.   Sheane BJ, Chandran V. Investigational drugs for treating psoriatic arthritis. Expert Opin Investig Drugs 2014;23(7):1001-1016 Apr 23. (PubMed PMID: 24758276)

14.   Sheane BJ, Chandran V. The future of treatment for psoriatic arthritis. Int J Clin Rheumatol 2014;9(1):59-71. (doi:10.2217/ijr.13.69)

15.   Foley D, Browne JE, Zhuang X, Sheane B, O'Driscoll D, Cannon D, et al. The utility of deformable image registration for small artery visualisation in contrast-enhanced whole body MR angiography. Physica medica 2014;30(8):898-908. (PubMed PMID: 25182374)

16.   Sheane BJ, Urowitz MB, Gladman DD. Atherosclerosis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus – Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Subclinical Assessment and Future Study. Rheumatol Curr Res 2013; S5:004. (doi:10.4172/2161-1149.S5-004)

17.   Murphy CL, Sheane B, Durcan L, O’Shea FD, Doran M, Cunnane G. Benefits of pre-referral preparation for rheumatology clinics. Ir Med J 2013;106(9):275-277. (PubMed PMID: 24416850)

18.   Murphy CL, Sheane BJ, Cunnane G. Attitudes towards exercise in patients with chronic disease: the influence of comorbid factors on motivation and ability to exercise. Postgrad Med J 2011;87(1024):96-1000. (PubMed PMID: 21303819)

19.   Machado P, Castrejon I, Katchamart W, Koevoets R, Kuriya B, Schoels M, Silva-Fernández L, Thevissen K, Vercoutere W, Villeneuve E, Aletaha D, Carmona L, Landewé R, van der Heijde D, Bijlsma JW, Bykerk V, Canhão H, Catrina AI, Durez P, Edwards CJ, Mjaavatten MD, Leeb BF, Losada B, Martín-Mola EM, Martinez-Osuna P, Montecucco C, Müller-Ladner U, Østergaard M, Sheane B, Xavier RM, Zochling J, Bombardier C. Multinational evidence-based recommendations on how to investigate and follow-up undifferentiated peripheral inflammatory arthritis: integrating systematic literature research and expert opinion of a broad international panel of rheumatologists in the 3E Initiative. Ann Rheum Dis 2011;70(1):15-24. (PubMed PMID: 20724311)

20.    Sheane BJ, Beddy P, O’Connor M, Miller S, Cunnane G. Targeted ultrasound of the fifth metatarsophalangeal joint in an early inflammatory arthritis cohort. Arthritis Rheum 2009;61(7):1004-8. (PubMed PMID: 19565551)

21.   Bacon CL, Daly P, Sheane B, Conneally EC, Browne PV, McCann S, Ni Chonaghaile M, O’Briain DS, McDermott R, Hollywood D, Wilson G, Vandenberghe E. Successful outcome of patients with relapsed/refractory Hodgkin lymphoma with high dose chemotherapy at the National Bone Marrow Transplant Unit at St. James’s Hospital. Ir Med J 2009;102(1):268. (PubMed PMID: 19284016)

22.   Sheane BJ, Delaney H, Doran MF, Cunnane G. A classical presentation of Paget disease of bone. J Clin Rheumatol 2008;14(6):373. (PubMed PMID: 19060670)

23.   McCarthy EM, Sheane BJ, Cunnane G. Greater focus on clinical rheumatology is required for training in internal medicine. Clin Rheumatol 2009;28(2):139-43. (PubMed PMID: 18766425)

24.   Sheane BJ, Doyle F, Doyle C, O'Loughlin C, Howard D, Cunnane G. Sub-optimal pain control in patients with rheumatic disease. Clin Rheumatol 2008;27(8):1029-33. (PubMed PMID: 18509716)

25.   Sheane BJ, Howard D, Doran MF, Cunnane G. Link between tumor necrosis factor inhibitors and onset of uveitis: comment on the article by Lim et al. Arthritis Rheum 2008;58(5):1554; author reply 1556-7. (PubMed PMID: 18438831)

26.   Sheane BJ, Cunnane G. Tophaceous gout and chronic kidney disease. J Clin Rheumatol 2007;13(5):293. (PubMed PMID: 17921803)