Dr. Donald M. Marcus, MD | Houston, TX | Rheumatologist | US News Doctors

Overview

Dr. Donald M. Marcus is a rheumatologist in Houston, Texas and is affiliated with Harris Health Ben Taub General and LBJ Hospitals. He received his medical degree from Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and has been in practice for more than 20 years.

Doctor's Details

Specialties

Specialty

Rheumatology

Rheumatologists diagnose and treat diseases that affect the joints, soft tissue and connective tissues. Many of these conditions result from autoimmune disorders, including rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma and systemic lupus erythematosus.

Subspecialties

General Rheumatology

Doctor's Details

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Location & Contact Information

Doctor Address

1504 Taub Loop, Houston, TX, 77030

(713) 873-8890

Affiliated Hospitals

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Harris Health Ben Taub General and LBJ Hospitals

Education & Experience

Medical School & Residency

New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus)

Residency, Internal Medicine, 1955-1957

Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons

Medical School

University of Rochester

Residency, Internal Medicine, 1959-1960

Certifications & Licensure

American Board of Internal Medicine

Certified in Internal Medicine

TX State Medical License

Active through 2022

Publications

Is there a role for botanical medicines in the twenty-first century?: Promotion of untested traditional therapies by the World Health Organization and China endangers global public health.

Arthur P. Grollman, Donald M. Marcus

Acupuncture and Sham Acupuncture for Pain Relief.

Donald M. Marcus

Global hazards of herbal remedies: lessons from Aristolochia: The lesson from the health hazards of Aristolochia should lead to more research into the safety and efficacy of medicinal plants.

Arthur P. Grollman, Donald M. Marcus

Dietary supplements: What's in a name? What's in the bottle?

Donald M. Marcus

Toxicity of Botanical Medicines: An Overlooked Global Health Problem

Donald M. Marcus, Arthur P. Grollman

Pharmacologic Interventions for Knee Osteoarthritis

Donald M. Marcus

IgG4 related cardiac disease

Hector Carbajal, Lindsay Waters, Jovan M. Popovich, Milton Boniuk, Patricia Chévez-Barrios, Donald M. Marcus, Sandra Lee Sessoms

My career as an immunoglycobiologist.

Donald M. Marcus

Clinical and ethical aspects of placebos in clinical practice.

Donald M. Marcus

Correcting the Record on Dietary Supplement Regulation—Reply

Donald M. Marcus, Arthur P. Grollman

The Consequences of Ineffective Regulation of Dietary Supplements

Donald M. Marcus, Arthur P. Grollman

A Randomized Controlled Trial of Acupuncture for Osteoarthritis of the Knee: Effects of Patient-Provider Communication

Maria E. Suarez-Almazor, Carol Looney, Yanfang Liu, Vanessa Cox, Kenneth Pietz, Donald M. Marcus, Richard L. Street

An evaluation of the evidence in "evidence-based" integrative medicine programs.

Donald M. Marcus, Laurence B. McCullough

Therapy: Herbals and supplements for rheumatic diseases.

Donald M. Marcus

James Harvey Young, PhD, (1915-2006). Historian of medical quackery.

Donald M. Marcus

Initiation of disease-modifying antirheumatic drug therapy in minority and disadvantaged patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Maria E. Suarez-Almazor, Javier P. Berrios-Rivera, Vanessa Cox, Namieta M. Janssen, Donald M. Marcus, Sandra Lee Sessoms

Limitations of "evidence-based indications" for herbs

Donald M. Marcus, Arthur P. Grollman

Review for NCCAM Is Overdue

Donald M. Marcus, Arthur P. Grollman

Trust in physicians and elements of the medical interaction in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus.

Javier P. Berrios-Rivera, Richard L. Street, Maria G Garcia Popa-Lisseanu, Michael A. Kallen, Marsha N. Richardson, Namieta M. Janssen, Donald M. Marcus, John D. Reveille, Noranna B. Warner, Maria E. Suarez-Almazor

Effectiveness and safety of ginger in the treatment of pregnancy-induced nausea and vomiting.

Donald M. Marcus, Wayne R. Snodgrass

A commentary on the American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics position statement on dietary supplement safety and regulation.

Donald M. Marcus

Determinants of treatment adherence in ethnically diverse, economically disadvantaged patients with rheumatic disease.

Maria G Garcia Popa-Lisseanu, Anthony J. Greisinger, Marsha Richardson, Kimberly J. O'Malley, Namieta M. Janssen, Donald M. Marcus, Jasmeet Tagore, Maria E. Suarez-Almazor

Do no harm: avoidance of herbal medicines during pregnancy

Donald M. Marcus, Wayne R. Snodgrass

Ephedra-free is not danger-free.

Donald M. Marcus, Arthur P. Grollman

Norwalk Virus-Like Particle Hemagglutination by Binding to H Histo-Blood Group Antigens

Anne M. Hutson, Robert L. Atmar, Donald M. Marcus, Mary K. Estes

Botanical Medicines — The Need for New Regulations

Donald M. Marcus, Arthur P. Grollman

Integrative medicine is a trojan horse.

Donald M. Marcus

Alternative medicine and The Arthritis Foundation

Donald M. Marcus

Is there a role for ginger in the treatment of osteoarthritis

Donald M. Marcus, Maria E. Suarez-Almazor

How should alternative medicine be taught to medical students and physicians

Donald M. Marcus

Use of peptide ligands to analyze the fine specificity of antibodies against asialo GM1.

Jian-Xia Qiu, Donald M. Marcus

Structure-function studies of an anti-asialo GM1 antibody obtained from a phage display library.

Jian Xia Qiu, Mieko Kai, Eduardo A. Padlan, Donald M. Marcus

Variations among cell lines in the synthesis of sphingolipids in de novo and recycling pathways

Baiba K. Gillard, Rhonda G. Clement, Donald M. Marcus

Decreased synthesis of glycosphingolipids in cells lacking vimentin intermediate filaments.

Baiba K. Gillard, Rhonda G. Clement, Emma Colucci-Guyon, Charles Babinet, Günter Schwarzmann, Takao Taki, Takashi Kasama, Donald M. Marcus

Analytic review of the scientific literature on silicone immune responses: Comment on the article by Marcus

David L. Smalley, Douglas R. Shanklin, Donald M. Marcus

An analytical review of silicone immunology

Donald M. Marcus

Pathways of glycosphingolipid biosynthesis in SW13 cells in the presence and absence of vimentin intermediate filaments

Baiba K. Gillard, Rhonda G. Harrell, Donald M. Marcus

Biosynthesis of glycosphingolipids is reduced in the absence of a vimentin intermediate filament network.

Baiba K. Gillard, Lisa T. Thurmon, Rhonda G. Harrell, Yassemi Capetanaki, Megumi Saito, Robert K. Yu, Donald M. Marcus

Specificity and structure of murine monoclonal antibodies against GM1 ganglioside

Nan-Ping Weng, Erika Ritter, Eftal Yucel, Dai Zhang, Gerd Ritter, Donald M. Marcus

Structure-function studies of anti-3-fucosyllactosamine (Le(x)) and galactosylgloboside antibodies.

James G. Snyder, Quang Dinh, S. L. Morrison, Eduardo A. Padlan, M. Mitchell, Li-Yuan Yu-Lee, Donald M. Marcus

Chapter 21 The structure of human anti-ganglioside antibodies

Donald M. Marcus, Nan-Ping Weng

Variable subcellular localization of glycosphingolipids

Baiba K. Gillard, Lisa T. Thurmon, Donald M. Marcus

Structure and specificities of anti-ganglioside autoantibodies associated with motor neuropathies.

Nan-Ping Weng, Li-Yuan Yu-Lee, I. Sanz, B. M. Patten, Donald M. Marcus

Biosynthesis of the blood group Pk and P1 antigens by human kidney microsomes.

Pascal Bailly, Friedrich Piller, Baiba K. Gillard, Alain Vyrières, Donald M. Marcus, Jean-Pierre Cartron

Polymorphism of human immunoglobulin VH4 germ-line genes.

Nan-Ping Weng, James G. Snyder, Li-Yuan Yu-Lee, Donald M. Marcus

Association of glycosphingolipids with intermediate filaments of mesenchymal, epithelial, glial, and muscle cells

Baiba K. Gillard, Lisa T. Thurmon, Donald M. Marcus

Association of glycosphingolipids with intermediate filaments of human umbilical vein endothelial cells.

Baiba K. Gillard, Julian P. Heath, Lisa T. Thurmon, Donald M. Marcus

Heavy and light chain sequences of four monoclonal antibodies that bind galactosylgloboside (GalGb4)

James G. Snyder, Nan-Ping Weng, Li-Yuan Yu-Lee, Donald M. Marcus

Interferon-γ alters expression of endothelial cell-surface glycosphingolipids

Baiba K. Gillard, Mary A. Jones, Ann A. Turner, Dorothy E. Lewis, Donald M. Marcus

Measurement and clinical importance of antibodies to glycosphingolipids.

Donald M. Marcus

Measurement and significance of antibodies against GM1 ganglioside. Report of a workshop, 18 April 1989, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.

Donald M. Marcus, Norman Latov, Bart P. Hsi, Baiba K. Gillard

Serum immunoglobulin levels and naturally occurring antibodies against carbohydrate antigens in germ‐free BALB/c mice fed chemically defined ultrafiltered diet

Nicolaas A. Bos, Hirohisa Kimura, Cornelia G. Meeuwsen, Hendrik De Visser, Maarten P. Hazenberg, Bernard S. Wostmann, Julian R. Pleasants, Robbert Benner, Donald M. Marcus

Human IgM monoclonal proteins that bind 3-fucosyllactosamine, asialo-GM1, and GM1.

Donald M. Marcus, L Perry, S Gilbert, J L Preud'homme, R Kyle

Restricted usage of VH and V kappa genes by murine monoclonal antibodies against 3-fucosyllactosamine.

H Kimura, E S Buescher, Edward D. Ball, Donald M. Marcus

Antibodies against ganglioside GT3 in the sera of patients with type I diabetes mellitus.

Baiba K. Gillard, J. W. Thomas, L. J. Nell, Donald M. Marcus

Lack of suppression by gangliosides of humoral or cellular immunity in vivo.

D. Presti, L. Callegar, G. Toffano, Donald M. Marcus

The Ii and P blood group systems.

Donald M. Marcus

The ABO, Hh, secretor, and Lewis systems.

Donald M. Marcus

Structure of a ganglioside with Cad blood group antigen activity.

Baiba K. Gillard, Dominique Blanchard, Jean Francois Bouhours, Jean-Pierre Cartron, J. Albert van Kuik, Johannis P. Kamerling, Johannes F.G. Vliegenthart, Donald M. Marcus

Monoclonal antibodies that bind to galactosylgloboside (SSEA-3 antigen).

Donald M. Marcus, S. Gilbert, Michiko Sekine, Akemi Suzuki

Glycosphingolipids of human umbilical vein endothelial cells and smooth muscle cells.

Baiba K. Gillard, Mary A. Jones, Donald M. Marcus

New abnormalities in the morphology, cell surface receptors, and electrolyte metabolism of In(Lu) erythrocytes

Mark M. Udden, Masato Umeda, Yukiko Hirano, Donald M. Marcus

Studies of the mechanism by which gangliosides inhibit the proliferative response of murine splenocytes to concanavalin A

Donald M. Marcus, Alicia Dustira, Isabel Diego, Susan Osovitz, Dorothy E. Lewis

The occurrence of anti-3-fucosyllactosamine antibodies and their cross-reactive idiotopes in preimmune and immune mouse sera.

M Umeda, I Diego, Donald M. Marcus

Idiotypic determinants of monoclonal antibodies that bind to 3-fucosyllactosamine.

M Umeda, I Diego, Edward D. Ball, Donald M. Marcus

Spontaneous and plasma factor-mediated transfer of pyrenyl cerebrosides between model and native lipoproteins

David P. Via, John B. Massey, Steven Vignale, Samar K. Kundu, Donald M. Marcus, Henry J. Pownall, Antonio M. Gotto

Identification of a novel ganglioside on erythrocytes with blood group Cad specificity

Dominique Blanchard, Friedrich Piller, Baiba K. Gillard, Donald M. Marcus, Jean-Pierre Cartron

Glycosphingolipids of human plasma.

Samar K. Kundu, Isabel Diego, Susan Osovitz, Donald M. Marcus

Antibodies to glycosphingolipids in patients with multiple sclerosis.

Tamao Endo, S. Scott Stewart, Samar K. Kundu, Susan Osovitz, Donald M. Marcus

A review of the immunogenic and immuno-modulatory properties of glycosphingolipids.

Donald M. Marcus

Cytotoxic anti‐t cell antibodies in children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis

Karyl S. Barron, Dorothy E. Lewis, Earl J. Brewer, Donald M. Marcus, William T. Shearer

Lymphocyte Subsets and Urinary Excretion of Cytomegalovirus Among Homosexual Men Attending a Clinic for Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Stephen B. Greenberg, Steven Linder, B D Baxter, Elizabeth Faris, Donald M. Marcus, Gordon R. Dreesman

Antibodies to glycosphingolipids in patients with multiple sclerosis and SLE.

Endo T, D D Scott, S S Stewart, S K Kundu, Donald M. Marcus

Antibodies to glycosphingolipids in patients with multiple sclerosis and SLE.

Endo T, D D Scott, S S Stewart, S K Kundu, Donald M. Marcus

Hereditary abnormalities of the OKT4 human lymphocyte epitope in two families

Robin A. Karol, Jerald Eng, David Dennison, Elizabeth Faris, Donald M. Marcus

Binding of momoclonal antibody A2B5 to gangliosides

Samar K. Kundu, Mark A. Pleatman, William̊ A. Redwine, A. E. Boyd, Donald M. Marcus

Imbalances in subsets of T lymphocytes in an inbred pedigree with Omenn's syndrome.

Robin A. Karol, Jerry Eng, James B. Cooper, David K. Dennison, Mary K. Sawyer, E. Clinton Lawrence, Donald M. Marcus, William T. Shearer

Neutral glycolipid antigens as developmental markers of mouse teratocarcinoma and early embryos: an immunologic and chemical analysis.

K R Willison, Robin A. Karol, A Suzuki, Samar K. Kundu, Donald M. Marcus

Glycosphingolipid receptors for anti-Gd and anti-p cold agglutinins

Samar K. Kundu, Donald M. Marcus, Dieter Roelcke

Demyelination in vitro. Absorption studies demonstrate that galactocerebroside is a major target.

Cedric S. Raine, Anne B. Johnson, Donald M. Marcus, Akemi Suzuki, Murray B. Bornstein

Glycosphingolipids of K562 cells: A chemical and immunological analysis

Akemi Suzuki, Robin A. Karol, Samar K. Kundu, Donald M. Marcus

Immunochemical Relationship Between Forssman and Globoside Glycolipid Antigens

Robin A. Karol, Samar K. Kundu, Donald M. Marcus

Breast Carcinoma-associated Antigen: An Immunocytochemical Study

Gloria S. M. Yu, Anna S. Kadish, Anne B. Johnson, Donald M. Marcus

An improved technique for separation of neutral glycosphingolipids by high-performance liquid chromatography.

Akemi Suzuki, Samar K. Kundu, Donald M. Marcus

Preparation and Properties of Antibodies to Gangliosides

Donald M. Marcus, Samar K. Kundu

Immunological reactivity and concentration of glycosphingolipids in adult and umbilical cord erythrocytes

Robin A. Karol, Samar K. Kundu, Akemi Suzuki, Donald M. Marcus

Cell surface glycosphingolipids of normal and leukemic human lymphocytes

Gerald K. Schwarting

Characterization of ferritin from human placenta. Implications for analysis of tissue specificity and microheterogeneity of ferritins.

Daniel J. Lavoie, Shinobu Otsuka, Irving Listowsky

Reaction of antibodies that cause paroxysmal cold hemoglobinuria (PCH) with globoside and Forssman glycosphingolipids

Gerald A. Schwarting, Samar K. Kundu

Abnormal glycolipid composition of erythrocytes with a weak P antigen.

Samar K. Kundu, Susan M. Steane, Judy E. C. Bloom

Glycolipid markers of murine lymphocyte subpopulations.

Kathryn E. Stein, Gerald A. Schwarting

Glycosphingolipids of purified human lymphocytes.

Kathryn E. Stein

Binding of N -Acetylgalactosamine-Containing Compounds by a Human IgM Paraprotein

Masaharu Naiki

Identification of Sialosylparagloboside as the Erythrocyte Receptor for an ‘Anti‐p’ Antibody

G A Schwarting, M Metaxas

The Reactions of Antibodies to Paragloboside (Lacto-N-Neotetraosyl Ceramide) with Human Erythrocytes and Lymphocytes

Gerald A. Schwarting

Inhibition of leukocyte migration by human breast-cancer-associated antigens.

Anna S. Kadish, Barry R. Bloom

Ganglioside localization in cerebellar cortex: an immunoperoxidase study with antibody to GM1 ganglioside.

Cecile De Baecque, Anne B. Johnson, Masaharu Naiki, Gerald A. Schwarting

Abnormalities in the glycosphingolipid content of human Pk and p erythrocytes.

Masaharu Naiki, Samar K. Kundu

Immunochemical properties of glycolipids and phospholipids.

Gerald A. Schwarting

Immunologic Aspects of Cancer of the Breast

An immunochemical study of the human blood group P1, P, and PK glycosphingolipid antigens.

Masaharu Naiki

Measurement of serum ferritin by radioimmunoassay: results in normal individuals and patients with breast cancer.

Nira Zinberg

Human erythrocyte P and Pk blood group antigens: identification as glycosphingolipids.

Masaharu Naiki

Interactions of saccharides with concanavalin A. Relation between calcium ions and the binding of saccharides to concanavalin A.

Curtis F. Brewer, Arthur P. Grollman, H. Sternlicht

Isolation of ferritin from human mammary and pancreatic carcinomas by means of antibody immunoadsorbents.

Nira Zinberg

BINDING ORIENTATIONS OF α- AND β-METHYL-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE TO CONCANAVALIN A AS STUDIED BY 13C CARBON MAGNETIC RESONANCE *

Curtis F. Brewer, Arthur P. Grollman, H. Sternlicht

Binding of 13C-Enriched α-Methyl-D-Glucopyranoside to Concanavalin A as Studied by Carbon Magnetic Resonance

C. F. Brewer, H. Sternlicht, Arthur P. Grollman

Antigens of Human Wart Tissue

Franklin Pass, Rosamond Janis

Isolation of a Substance with Blood ‐group P1 Activity from Human Erythrocyte Stroma

Localization of Glycosphingolipids in Human Tissues by Immunofluorescence

Rosamond Janis

Fucosyltransferase found in human milk. Product of the Lewis blood group gene.

Zelda Jarkovsky, Arthur P. Grollman

DISCUSSION: THE NATURE OF THE Lea AND Leb ANTIGENS IN HUMAN PLASMA

Specificity of Rabbit Antibody to Formaldehyde Treated Rabbit Serum Albumin

Franklin Pass

Glycosphingolipids with Lewis blood group activity: uptake by human erythrocytes.

Louise E. Cass

The ABO and Lewis blood-group system. Immunochemistry, genetics and relation to human disease.

Studies of blood group substances. IV. Caprine IgG and IgM antibodies to human H substance.

Louise E. Cass

Studies of blood group substances. 3. A caprine antiserum containing antibodies to two antigenic determinants on type H hog gastric mucin.

Louise E. Cass

The nature of so-called Leb substance.

Bastani Am, Richard E. Rosenfield, Arthur P. Grollman

Studies of Blood Group Substances

Ali M. Bastani, Richard E. Rosenfield, Arthur P. Grollman

Studies of blood group substances. I. Caprine precipitating antisera to human Le-a and Le-b blood group substances.

Arthur P. Grollman

IMMUNOCHEMICAL STUDIES ON BLOOD GROUPS. XXXI. DESTRUCTION OF BLOOD GROUP A ACTIVITY BY AN ENZYME FROM CLOSTRIDIUM TERTIUM WHICH DEACETYLATES N-ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE IN INTACT BLOOD GROUP SUBSTANCES.

Elvin A. Kabat, Gerald Schiffman

The Nucleoprotein Complement-Fixation Test in the Diagnosis of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Raymond Captain Scalettar, Lois A. Simonton, Louis H. Muschel

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