Division of Rheumatology

Elzbieta A. Kaminska

MD, FRCP(C)

Assistant Clinical Professor, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine

Staff Rheumatologist, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton

 

 

Education and Professional Standing

  • MD, Pomeranian Medical Academy, Szczecin, Poland 1979
  • Medical Oncology, Internal Medicine Postgraduate Program-PAM 1979-1982
  • Honorary Clinical Attachment, Charring Cross Hospital, London England 1983
  • Rotating Intern, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia 1984-1985
  • Straight Intern, Internal Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia 1985-1986
  • Internal Medicine Residency, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia 1986-1989
  • FRCP(C) Internal Medicine 1989
  • FRCP(C) Rheumatology 1990

Research Interests

Dr. Kaminska has a distinct interest in connective tissue disease, vasculitis and scleroderma. She has been involved with the Canadian Scleroderma Research Study Group along with its database to enlist patients for the national database.

Selected Publications

  1. Kaminska E. Microangiopathic Syndrome of Encephalopathy, Hearing Loss and Retinal Artery Occlusion in Young Male. Submitted for a poster presentation, XXV Canadian Congress of Neurological Sciences, Alberta, 1990
  2. Pope J, Kaminska E. Variability of Skin Sores and Clinical Measurements in Scleroderma, Journal of Rheumatology, 1995; 22(7): 1271-6
  3. Barron M, Kaminska E. Reliability and validity of Ophthalmoscopic Capilloroscopy in Progressive Systemic Sclerosis, Canadian Scleroderma research group, presented at ACR, 2004
  4. Haraoui, Kaminska E. Anakinra in the Treatment of Adult Onset Still’s Disease, Abstract at Eular, 2004