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Rheumatology Faculty

Roberto Caricchio, MDRoberto Caricchio, MD
Myles J. McDonough Chair in Rheumatology
Division Chief
Professor of Medicine

Clinical/Research Focus:

  • Lupus
  • Polymyositis
  • Systemic Sclerosis

 Elise Pyun, MDElise Pyun, MD
Clinical Chief
Associate Professor of Medicine

Clinical/Research Focus:

  • Inflammatory Arthritis
  • Polymyalgia Rheumatica
  • Vasculitis

Jonathan Cheah, MDJonathan Cheah, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Clinical/Research Focus:

  • Gout / Pseudogout
  • Osteoporosis
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis

Ratnesh Chopra, MDRatnesh Chopra, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Clinical/Research Focus:

  • Ankylosing Spondylitis
  • Gout / Pseudogout
  • Inflammatory Arthritis
  • Lupus
  • Osteoarthritis
  • Polymyalgia Rheumatica
  • Psoriatic Arthritis
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • Spondyloarthropathies
  • Vasculitis

Beata J. Cieslak-Skowronska, MD Beata J. Cieslak-Skowronska, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Clinical/Research Focus:

  • Arithritis of any joint
  • Gout / Pseudogout
  • Inflammatory Arthritis
  • Musculoskeletal Ultrand Image Guided Inj.
  • Osteoarthritis
  • Polymyalgia Rheumatica
  • Psoriatic Arthritis
  • Polymyositis
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis 

Deborah DeMarco, MD Deborah DeMarco, MD
Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education
Professor of Medicine

Clinical/Research Focus:

  • Rheumatology

Elena Gkrouzman, MD Elena Gkrouzman, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Clinical/Research Focus:

  • Antiphospholipid Syndrome
  • Inflammatory Arthritis
  • Lupus

Jonathan Kay, MD Jonathan Kay, MD
Timothy S. and Elaine L. Peterson Chair in Rheumatology
Director, Clinical Research, Rheumatology
Professor of Medicine

Clinical/Research Focus:

  • Ankylosing Spondylitis
  • Psoriatic Arthritis
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis

Nancy Y.N. Liu, MD Nancy Y.N. Liu, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine

Clinical/Research Focus:

  • Ankylosing Spondylitis
  • Gout / Pseudogout
  • Inflammatory Arthritis
  • Lupus
  • Polymyalgia Rheumatica
  • Polymyositis
  • Psoriatic Arthritis
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • Spondyloarthropathies
  • Vasculitis

 Ann Marshak-Rothstein, PhD Ann Marshak-Rothstein, PhD
Professor of Medicine

Clinical/Research Focus:

  • Activation of autoreactive B cells
  • Nucleic acid sensors in autoimmune and autoinflammatory diseases
  • FasL regulation of ocular disorders

 Kerstin Nundel, PhD Kerstin Nundel, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Clinical/Research Focus:

  • Nucleic acid sensing TLRs in B cell tolerance

Yevgeniy Popov, DO Yevgeniy Popov, DO, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Clinical/Research Focus:

  • Gout / Pseudogout
  • Polymyositis
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis

 Jae-Hyuck Shim, PhD Jae-Hyuck Shim, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine

Clinical/Research Focus:

  • Osteoporosis
  • Osteoarthritis
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • Heterotopic ossification

Karen Salomon-Escoto, MD Karen Salomon-Escoto, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine

Clinical/Research Focus:

  • Inflammatory Arthritis
  • Psoriatic Arthritis
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis

Tadatoshi Sato, PhD Tadatoshi Sato, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Clinical/Research Focus:

  • Gene therapy

Zheni Stavre, MDZheni Stavre, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Clinical/Research Focus:

  • Ankylosing Spondylitis
  • Arthritis
  • Giant cell arteritis
  • Gout / Pseudogout
  • Inflammatory Arthritis 
  • Osteoarthritis

Wiliam E. Traverse, MDWilliam E. Traverse, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine

Clinical/Research Focus:

  • Lupus
  • Psoriatic Arthritis
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis 

Peggy Wu, MDPeggy Wu, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine

Clinical/Research Focus:

  • Osteoporosis
  • Psoriatic Arthritis
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis