Merrill Eric Gershwin, M.D., Ph.D. (hon.) for UC Davis Health

Merrill Eric Gershwin, M.D., Ph.D. (hon.)

Distinguished Professor of Medicine

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Reviews

Specialties

Immunology

Allergy

Rheumatology

Rheumatology, Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Department

Internal Medicine

Locations and Contact

Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center

Allergy/Rheumatology Clinic
4860 Y St.
Sacramento, CA 95817

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Phone: 916-734-2737

Genome and Biomedical Sciences Building



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Additional Numbers

Clinic Phone

530-752-2884

Physician Referrals

800-4-UCDAVIS (800-482-3284)

Philosophy of Care

To make the patient part of their health team.

Clinical Interests

Dr. Gershwin sees patients with serious refractory immune disease and/or patients needing difficult diagnostiic dilemmas.

Research/Academic Interests

Dr. Gershwin's research insterest is to develop new therapies for patients with serious immune diseases.

Division

Rheumatology, Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Undergraduate School

B.S., Zoology, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY 1966

Medical School

M.D., M.A.C.P., M.A.C.R., Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford CA 1971

Other School

M.S., Astrophysics, Swinburne University, Melbourne, Australia 1998

Internship

Internal Medicine, Tufts University, Boston MA 1971-1972

Residency

Internal Medicine, Tufts University, Boston MA 1972-1973

Fellowship

Rheumatology/Immunology, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD 1973-1975

Honorary Doctirate for a Lifetime Achievement Award,

Master American College of Physicians,

Master American College of Rheumatology,

Weichselbaum-Landsteiner Award, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, 2019

Professor Henry N. Neufeld Memorial Award (United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation), 2014

Vasco De Gama Prize for a lifetime of deep explorations in immunology to benefit mankind, 2013

Chen Z, Zhang W, Selmi C, Ridgway WM, Leung PSC, Zhang F, Gershwin ME. The myristoylated alanine-rich C-kinase substrates (MARCKS): A membrane-anchored mediator of the cell function. Autoimmun Rev. 2021 Nov;20(11):102942. doi:10.1016/j.autrev.2021.102942. Epub 2021 Sep 10. PMID:34509657.

Lleo A, Gershwin ME. Targeting the RANK/RANKL pathway in autoimmune disease and malignancy: future perspectives. Expert Rev Clin Immunol. 2021 Sep;17(9):933-936. doi:10.1080/1744666X.2021.1971972. Epub 2021 Aug 27. PMID:34425712.

Liu Q, Li B, Li Y, Wei Y, Huang B, Liang J, You Z, Li Y, Qian Q, Wang R, Zhang J, Chen R, Lyu Z, Chen Y, Shi M, Xiao X, Wang Q, Miao Q, Fang JY, Gershwin ME, Lian M, Ma X, Tang R. Altered faecal microbiome and metabolome in IgG4-related sclerosing cholangitis and primary sclerosing cholangitis. Gut. 2021 May 25:gutjnl-2020-323565. doi:10.1136/gutjnl-2020-323565. Epub ahead of print. PMID:34035120.

Zhou X, Motta F, Selmi C, Ridgway WM, Gershwin ME, Zhang W. Antibody glycosylation in autoimmune diseases. Autoimmun Rev. 2021 May;20(5):102804. doi:10.1016/j.autrev.2021.102804. Epub 2021 Mar 14. PMID:33727152.

Yao Y, Ma JF, Chang C, Xu T, Gao CY, Gershwin ME, Lian ZX. Immunobiology of T Cells in Sjögren's Syndrome. Clin Rev Allergy Immunol. 2021 Feb;60(1):111-131. doi:10.1007/s12016-020-08793-7. PMID:32390096.

Li Y, Yan L, Wang R, Wang Q, You Z, Li B, Zhang J, Huang B, Chen Y, Li Y, Lian M, Tang R, Qiu D, Gershwin ME, Xiao X, Miao Q, Ma X. Correction to: Serum Immunoglobulin G Levels Predict Biochemical and Histological Remission of Autoimmune Hepatitis Type 1: A Single‑Center Experience and Literature Review. Clin Rev Allergy Immunol. 2021 Mar 5. doi:10.1007/s12016-021-08853-6. Epub ahead of print. Erratum for: Clin Rev Allergy Immunol. 2021 Jan 29.

Motta F, Gershwin ME, Selmi C. Mushrooms and immunity. J Autoimmun. 2021 Feb;117:102576. doi:10.1016/j.jaut.2020.102576. Epub 2020 Dec 1. PMID:33276307.

Li Y, Yan L, Wang R, Wang Q, You Z, Li B, Zhang J, Huang B, Chen Y, Li Y, Lian M, Tang R, Qiu D, Gershwin ME, Xiao X, Miao Q, Ma X. Serum Immunoglobulin G Levels Predict Biochemical and Histological Remission of Autoimmune Hepatitis Type 1: A Single-Center Experience and Literature Review. Clin Rev Allergy Immunol. 2021 Jan 29. doi:10.1007/s12016-021-08833-w. Epub ahead of print. Erratum in: Clin Rev Allergy Immunol. 2021 Mar 5. PMID:33512642.

Islam M, Chang C, Gershwin ME. Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: Immunologic contrasts and connective tissue comparisons. J Transl Autoimmun. 2020 Dec 20;4:100077. doi:10.1016/j.jtauto.2020.100077. PMID:33437956.

Floreani A, Okazaki K, Uchida K, Gershwin ME. IgG4-related disease: Changing epidemiology and new thoughts on a multisystem disease. J Transl Autoimmun. 2020 Dec 19;4:100074. doi:10.1016/j.jtauto.2020.100074. PMID:33490938.