Denis Poddubnyy

Research Synopsis

Dr. Denis Poddubnyy is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto and a Clinician Investigator at the University Health Network (UHN) in Toronto, Canada. He serves as the Director of Advanced Imaging Studies for Rheumatic Diseases and Co-director of the Psoriatic Arthritis Program at the Schrieder Arthritis Institute of the UHN.

His research primarily focuses on spondyloarthritis (SpA), including psoriatic arthritis (PsA), with an emphasis on early diagnosis, disease progression, and advanced imaging studies. He has initiated and conducted clinical studies addressing optimized treatment strategies in SpA.

Dr. Poddubnyy also works on integrating artificial intelligence into rheumatology, leading projects that utilize deep learning to enhance the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of spondyloarthritis through the analysis of X-rays and MRI.