Investigator Experience
Medical Directors Roy M. Fleischmann, M.D. and Stanley B. Cohen, M.D. have 50 years of combined clinical research experience and, between them, have published 100 scientific papers and co-authored four medical books. They are lecturers on the subjects of research and treatment of arthritis and osteoporosis and serve as advisors to major pharmaceutical companies.

Roy M. Fleischmann, M.D.
Professor of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology Division

Dr. Fleischmann is a clinical professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School and is in private practice at Rheumatology Associates in Dallas. He has served as Chief of the Division of Rheumatology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at St. Paul since 1978. He is a member of the Inflammation Research Association, the Associates of Clinical Pharmacology and the Drug Information Association. Dr. Fleischmann has been voted one of the Best Doctors in Dallas as well as a Texas Super Doctor.

Stanley B. Cohen, M.D.
Professor of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology Division

Dr. Cohen is a clinical professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School and is in private practice at Rheumatology Associates in Dallas. He is Associate Director of the Division of Rheumatology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at St. Paul. Dr. Cohen is actively involved in teaching rheumatology fellows and residents during their clinical rotations in the office. Dr. Cohen received the Howard C. Coggeshall Lifetime Achievement Service Award from the North Texas Arthritis Foundation in 2006 for longtime support of the Foundation and its programs.

MCRC Investigators
Sharad Lakhanpal, M.D. Jack Vine, M.D. Robert Jenkins, M.D., Ph.D Thomas Geppert, M.D. Talat Kheshgi, M.D.		Imran Iqbal, M.D. Richard Stern, M.D. Zoran Kurepa, M.D., Ph.D Jean Clark, FNP-C Andrea Wheeler, MSN, FNP-C

At MCRC, our highly trained team works to deliver comprehensive research services:

• 10 board Certified Rheumatologists
• 2 Nurse Practitioners
• Certified and Experienced Coordinators
• Dedicated Recruitment Department
• Regulatory Specialist
• ACLS critical care EMT's
• Certified Laboratory Technicians
• Certified Phlebotomists
• EDC Specialists
• Quality Assurance Department