Martha Skinner, MD

Martha Skinner is Professor Emerita in Rheumatology (Arthritis) in the Department of Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine and previously Director of Special Projects at the Amyloidosis Center at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM). Dr. Skinner attended medical school at Drexel University College of Medicine and was a Fellow at Boston University School of Medicine in Rheumatology. Her research interests include the treatment and research of amyloid diseases.

She has worked in a program project which was supported by independent research investigators from diverse science backgrounds in the Departments of Medicine, Pathology, Biochemistry, Biophysics and Environmental Health at the Boston University School of Medicine and School of Public Health. The overall theme of the Program was to understand the structural features of amyloidogenic light chains that permit fibril formation in the tissue microenvironment that lead to amyloid deposition.

The International Society of Amyloidosis: brief comments on our symposia and our societyexternal link, opens in a new tab

Localized amyloidosis of the breast: a case seriesexternal link, opens in a new tab

Outcome of AL amyloidosis after high-dose melphalan and autologous stem cell transplantation: long-term results in a series of 421 patientsexternal link, opens in a new tab

Macroglossia - not always AL amyloidosisexternal link, opens in a new tab

The changing face of AA amyloidosis: a single center experienceexternal link, opens in a new tab

High-dose melphalan and autologous stem cell transplantation for AL amyloidosis: recent trends in treatment-related mortality and 1-year survival at a single institutionexternal link, opens in a new tab