Daniel J. Wallace

Daniel Jeffrey Wallace (born October 27, 1949) is an American rheumatologist, clinical professor, and author. Wallace has published 500 peer reviewed publications, 9 textbooks, and 28 book chapters on topics such as lupus, Sjögren syndrome, osteoarthritis, and fibromyalgia. He has had the largest cohort of lupus patients in the United States. His contributions to research include being an author of the first paper to demonstrate vitamin D dysfunction and the importance of interleukin 6 in lupus, conducting the first large studies of apheresis in rheumatoid arthritis and lupus, and insights into the mechanisms of action of antimalarials. Wallace's research accomplishments also include conducting many clinical rheumatic disease trials, examining the role of microvascular angina and accelerated atherogenesis in lupus, and work on anti-telomere antibodies which have garnered him 6 papers in The New England Journal of Medicine. Wallace's monograph, The Lupus Book, has sold over 100,000 copies since 1995, and he has edited the last 8 editions of Dubois Lupus Erythematosus, the major lupus textbook.

Early and education Daniel Wallace was born to parents Leon and Fern Wallace in Los Angeles on October 27, 1949. Leon Wallace was a cardiologist who also graduated from University of Southern California. Leon was an intern at Bellevue Hospital. Daniel Wallace was raised in Carthay Circle in Los Angeles and attended Fairfax High School.

Wallace earned a BA at the University of Southern California. During the 1980s, Wallace was chief rheumatology consultant for City of Hope Medical Center. In the early 1990s, Wallace was clinical chief of rheumatology at Cedars-Sinai. Wallace is Fellow of the American College of Physicians, the American College of Rheumatology, and the Royal College of Physicians in London. Wallace also teaches and provides medical care outside of his office hours.

Wallace has written 9 textbooks on autoimmune diseases such as lupus, fibromyalgia, osteoarthritis, and Sjögren syndrome. Wallace has authored 28 book chapters and supplements on these same topics. Wallace has also written 500 peer-reviewed manuscripts. Wallace served on the Medical Executive Committee for the American Society for Apheresis from 1987-1989. He was Co-Chairman (1999-2000) and Vice President (1999-2000) the Lupus Foundation of America and served on the National Medical Advisory Board. Wallace served as Chairman of the Research and Education Foundation of the American College of Rheumatology.

Awards Humanitarian Award, Lupus Foundation of America, 1989 and 1991 The Best Doctors in America, Woodward/White, Aiken, SC, 1994 Sjogren Syndrome Foundation Healthcare Professional Leadership Award, 2012