My goal is to offer high quality up-to-date care for rheumatologic diseases. I think it is important to listen to my patients and work with them to choose the most beneficial treatment plan.
Darcy Majka, MD
Rheumatology
Practices In:
Westmont
Patients Seen:
Adults
Locations
Board Certifications
Rheumatology
Languages
English
Awards & Accolades
Chicago Magazine, Top Doctors
2022
Chicago Magazine, Top Doctors
2021
Regional Top Doctor
2016
Top Doctor
2015
Outstanding Teaching Award on Subspecialty Rotation of Junior Medicine Clerkship
2014
Regional Top Doctor
2014
Northwestern University Excellence in Teaching Award
2009
American College of Rheumatology/Arthritis Foundation Physician Scientist Development Award
2002
Clinical Interests
Rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, gout, myositis, lupus, Sjogren’s syndrome, polymyalgia rheumatica, cardiovascular disease in rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis, and other rheumatologic autoimmune diseases
Personal Interests
Tennis, exercising, cooking, spending time with family.
Memberships
American College of Rheumatology
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital
Edward Hospital
Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital
School
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Graduation Date:
1997
Degree:
MD
Residency
University of Illinois at Chicago
Resident in Internal Medicine
Fellowships
University of Colorado
Rheumatology
University of Colorado
Rheumatology
Provider’s Publications
Can we accurately predict the development of rheumatoid arthritis in the pre-clinical phase?
October 2003
Radiation Exposures in the Rheumatology Practice
March 2005
Cigarette smoking and the risk of systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis
May 2006
Is calcium and vitamin D supplementation overrated?
July 2006
Response to Levin Letter
January 2007
Is preclinical autoimmunity benign?
September 2014
Antibodies against cyclic citrullinated peptide (CCP) are associated with HLA-DR4 in juvenile polyarticular rheumatoid arthritis
January 2005
Cigarette smoking is associated with rheumatoid factor seropositivity in a population without rheumatoid arthritis
January 2004
Anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide (CCP) antibodies are associated with HLA-DR4 and disease severity in simplex and multiplex juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
January 2005
Rheumatoid factor seropositivity is inversely associated with oral contraceptive use in women without rheumatoid arthritis
July 2006
The Duration of Pre-Clinical Rheumatoid Arthritis-Related Autoantibody Positivity Increases in Subjects with Older Age at Time of Disease Diagnosis
January 2005
Probable RA as defined by the Connective Tissue Disease Screening Questionnaire is associated with rheumatoid factor in a population at-risk for RA that is enriched for DR4 and/or first-degree relative status
January 2006
Specific cytokine and chemokine increases precede the appearance of anti-cyclic citrullinated protein (anti-CCP) antibodies and reumatoid factor (RF) in the pre-clinical period of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) development
January 2016
Physical activity and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis
January 2009
Antiphospholipid antibodies and sub-clinical atherosclerosis in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) cohort
October 2013
Ethnicity and gender differences in the prevalence of rheumatic disease associated autoantibodies: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)
January 2009
Autoantibodies are associated with subclinical atherosclerosis and cardiovascular endpoints in Caucasian and African American women in a prospective study: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)
November 2012
Serum rheumatoid factor and anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibody are associated with subclinical interstitial lung disease in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA): A population-based study
September 2015
Prevalence of unassessed and uncontrolled cardiovascular disease risk factors among rheumatoid arthritis patients in an academic rheumatology practice
September 2015
Provider’s Research
Studies of Autoimmunity and Coronary Artery Disease
Preclinical Autoimmunity
Studies of Autoimmunity and Atherosclerosis
Leveraging Health Information Technology and Team Change to Improve Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Conditions
Ankylosing Spondylitis, Dermatomyositis, Gout, Lupus, Osteoporosis, Polymyositis, Psoriatic Arthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Sjogren’s Syndrome, Vasculitis
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