Bonnie Bermas, M.D.
Professor

Dr. Bermas is originally from New York. After graduating from Mount Sinai School of Medicine, she completed her residency in internal medicine at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. Drawn to immunology and autoimmune diseases, she pursued fellowship training in Rheumatology at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and at the National Institutes of Health. Following her training she joined the Rheumatology faculty of the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School where she was promoted to Associate Professor of Medicine. During her tenure at BWH, Dr. Bermas was the Clinical Director of the Lupus Center and Co-Director of the Program in Pregnancy and Rheumatic Diseases. Dr. Bermas brings to UTSW her strong background in the management of complex systemic rheumatic diseases with a special focus in reproductive issues including pre-conception counseling and disease management during pregnancy. Outside of work, Dr. Bermas’ interests include her family, reading, cooking and biking.

Medical School

Mount Sinai School of Medicine (1989)

Residency

New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus) (1989), Internal Medicine

Fellowship

Brigham and Women's Hospital (1990), Rheumatology

Fellowship

National Institutes of Health (1993), Rheumatology

• Pregnancy and Rheumatic Diseases
• Rheumatologic Manifestations of Check-point Inhibitors
• Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Featured Publications

Lactation and Management of Postpartum Disease.

Bermas BL Rheum. Dis. Clin. North Am. 2017 May 43 2 249-262

Organ-specific systemic lupus erythematosus activity during pregnancy is associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes.

Tedeschi SK, Guan H, Fine A, Costenbader KH, Bermas B Clin. Rheumatol. 2016 Jul 35 7 1725-32

Therapy: A fine conception -- BSR/BHPR guidelines on drugs in pregnancy.

Sammaritano LR, Bermas BL Nat Rev Rheumatol 2016 Apr 12 4 197-8

Autoimmune Arthropathy and Uveitis as Complications of Programmed Death 1 Inhibitor Treatment.

de Velasco G, Bermas B, Choueiri TK Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.) 2016 Feb 68 2 556-7

Proceedings from the American College of Rheumatology Reproductive Health Summit: the management of fertility, pregnancy, and lactation in women with autoimmune and systemic inflammatory diseases.

Kavanaugh A, Cush JJ, Ahmed MS, Bermas BL, Chakravarty E, Chambers C, Clowse M, Curtis JR, Dao K, Hankins GD, Koren G, Kim SC, Lapteva L, Mahadevan U, Moore T, Nolan M, Ren Z, Sammaritano LR, Seymour S, Weisman MH Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 2015 Mar 67 3 313-25

Development of SLE among "potential SLE" patients seen in consultation: long-term follow-up.

Al Daabil M, Massarotti EM, Fine A, Tsao H, Ho P, Schur PH, Bermas BL, Costenbader KH Int. J. Clin. Pract. 2014 Dec 68 12 1508-13

Clinical manifestations and survival among adults with (SLE) according to age at diagnosis.

Merola JF, Bermas B, Lu B, Karlson EW, Massarotti E, Schur PH, Costenbader KH Lupus 2014 Jul 23 8 778-84

Designing an intervention for women with systemic lupus erythematosus from medically underserved areas to improve care: a qualitative study.

Feldman CH, Bermas BL, Zibit M, Fraser P, Todd DJ, Fortin PR, Massarotti E, Costenbader KH Lupus 2013 Jan 22 1 52-62

Proliferative responses to recall antigens are associated with pregnancy outcome in women with a history of recurrent spontaneous abortion.

Bermas BL, Hill JA J. Clin. Invest. 1997 Sep 100 6 1330-4

 Featured Books

Pregnancy in Siogren's Syndrome, Mixed Connective Tissue Disease, and Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Disease. In Pregnancy and Rheumatic Diseases

Bermas BL, Sammaritano LR (2014). New York NY, Springer Press

Pregnancy and Rheumatic Disease. In Textbook of Rheumatology

Sammaritano LR, Bermas, BL (2016). Elsevier Health Sciences

The Medical Management of the Rheumatology Patient During Pregnancy. In Pregnancy and Rheumatic Diseases

Bermas BL (2014). New York, NY, Springer Press

Drugs and Pregnancy. In Rheumatology, 6th Ed.

Bermas BL (2015). St. Louis, MO, Mosby

Pregnancy and Fertility in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. In Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, 1st Ed.

Bermas BL, Sammaritano LR (2016). Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Elsevier

• Best Doctors in Boston
  (2017)
• Best Doctors in America
  (2016)
• Best Doctors in America
  (2015)
• Compassionate Caregiver
  Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA (2011)
• Best Doctors in America
  (2010)
• Best Doctors in America
  (2009)
• Best Doctors in Boston
  (2008)
• Best Doctors in Boston
  (2007)
• Best Doctors in Boston
  (2002)
• Alpha Omega Alpha
  Medical Honor Society (1985)

• Dallas County Medical Society (2017)
• Texas Medical Association (2017)
• American College of Rheumatology (1993)