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Member Directory

Full Members

Sibel Aydin, MD
University of Ottawa, Faculty of Medicine; The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Catherine Bakewell, MD, RhMSUS
Intermountain Healthcare

Mohamad Bittar, MD
OHSU

David Borenstein, MD, MACP, MACR
Arthritis & Rheumatism Associates

Ruben Burgos-Vargas, MD
Hospital General de Mexico

Liron Caplan, MD, PhD
University of Colorado

John Carrino, M.D., M.P.H.
Hospital for Special Surgery

Julio Casasola-Vargas, MD
Hospital General de México

Jonathan Chan, MD
University of British Columbia

Vinod Chandran, MBBS, MD, DM, PhD
University of Toronto, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Centre for Prognosis Studies in the Rheumatic Diseases

Elizabeth Chang, MD
Phoenix VA Healthcare System

Krati Chauhan, MD, MPH
University of Vermont School of Medicine

Jia (Sijia Chen) Chen, MD, PhD
Brigham and Women's Hospital

Lan Chen, MD, PhD
University of Pennsylvania

Keith Colaco, MSc, PhD
University of Toronto

Robert Colbert, MD, PhD
NIH/NIAMHS

Maripat Corr, MD
UCSD

Ethan Craig, MD, MHS
University of Pennsylvania

Gary Craig, MD
Arthritis Northwest (Emeritus)

John Cush, MD
RheumNow

Daniel Clegg, MD
University of Utah

Abhijeet Danve, MBBS, MD, FACP
Yale University

John Davis III, MD, MS
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Atul Deodhar, MD, MRCP
Oregon Health & Science University

Laura Diekman,
University of Texas Health Science Center

Soha Dolatabadi, MD
Soha Dolatabadi, MD

Maureen Dubreuil, MD
Boston University Medical Center

Lihi Eder, MD,PhD
University of Toronto

Joerg Ermann, MD
Brigham and Women's Hospital

Meika Fang, MD
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System

Diana Flores Alvarado, MD, PhD
Hospital Universitario Jose Eleuterio González

Ignacio Garcia-Valladares, MD
Centro de Estudios de Investigacion Basica y Clinica, SC (CEIBAC)

Lianne Gensler, MD
University of California, San Francisco

Dafna Gladman, MD, FRCPC
University Health Network, Toronto Western Hospital

Susana González-Chávez, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D.
Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua

Ellen Gravallese, MD
Brigham and Women's Hospital

Guillermo Guaracha-Basañez, MD, MSc
Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvado Zubirán

Nigil Haroon, MD, PhD,DM
University of Toronto

Elaine Husni, MD, MPH
Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Mark Hwang, MD, MS
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Robert Inman, MD
Toronto Western Hospital

Gurjit Kaeley, MD
University of Florida College of Medicine, JAX

Prashant Kaushik, MD
Stratton VAMC

Jonathan Kay, MD
UMass Chan Medical School

Gail Kerr, MD
VA Medical Center

Muhammad Khan, MD
Case Western Reserve University

W. Patrick Knibbe, MD
St. Luke's Clinic-Rheumatology

Kristi Kuhn, MD, PhD
University of Colorado School of Medicine

Anand Kumthekar, MBBS,MD
Montefiore Medical Center/ Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Thomas Learch, MD
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Steve Lee, DO
SCPMG

Jean Liew, MD, MS
Boston University

Tiffany Lin, MD
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Shao-Hsien Liu, PhD, MPH
UMass Chan Medical School

James Louie, MD, MHS
UCLA

Marina Magrey, MD
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

Vikas Majithia, MD, MPH
Mayo Clinic

Walter Maksymowych, MD, FRCP, FACP
University of Alberta, Heritage Medical Research Centre

Fardina Malik, MD
NYU School of Medicine

Adam Mayer, MD
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine

Philip Mease, MD
Seattle Rheumatology Associates

Joseph Merola, MD, MMSc
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Akihiro Nakamura, MD, PhD
Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Queen's University

Ruth Napier, PhD
Oregon Health & Science University

Hillary Norton, MD
Santa Fe Rheumatology

Alexis Ogdie, MD, MSCE
University of Pennsylvania

César Pacheco-Tena, MD, MSc, PhD
Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua

Michael Paley, MD PhD
Washington University in St. Louis

Angelo Papachristos, BSc, BScPT, MBA
St. Michaels Hospital -Unity Health Toronto

Laura Passalent, BScPT, MHSc
Schroeder Arthritis Institute, University Health Network

Denis Poddubnyy, MD, PhD, MSc
University Health Network, University of Toronto

Siba Raychaudhuri, MD
VA Medical Center Sacramento/Univ. California, Davis

Andreas Reimold, MD
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

John Reveille, MD
University of Texas Houston Medical School

Greta Reyes Cordero ,
Hospital Angeles Chihuahua

John Richards, MD
Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Sherry Rohekar, MD
University of Western Ontario

James Rosenbaum, MD
Oregon Health & Sciences University, Casey Eye Institute

Dax Rumsey, MD
University of Alberta

Monica Schwartzman, MD, MS
72nd Street Medical Associates

Sergio Schwartzman, MD
The Hospital for Special Surgery

Rouhin Sen, MD, MS
The University of Alabama at Birmingham

Shikha Singla, MD
Medical College of Wisconsin

Judith Smith, MD, PhD
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Matthew Stoll, MD, PhD, MSCS
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Rachael Stovall, MD, MAS
University of Washington

Erin Treemarcki, DO
University of Utah

Shirley Tse, MD, FRCPC
SickKids

Anthony Turkiewicz, MD
Rheumatology Associates

Jessie Walsh, MD
University of Utah

Runsheng Wang, MD, MHS
CUIMC

Michael Ward, MD
NIH/NIAMHS

Robert Warren, MD, PhD, MPH
Medical University South Carolina

Michael Weisman, MD
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Pamela Weiss, MD, MSCE
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

James Witter, MD, PhD, FACR
NIH

David Yu, MD
UCLA

Xiaodong Zhou, MD
University of Texas Medical School at Houston


Associate Members

JORGE AGUILAR ARREOLA, Rheumatologist
Centro de Investigación Médica y Reumatología

Cayla Alexander, Doctor of Nursing Practice
Seattle Rheumatology Associates

Swetha Ann Alexander, MBBS, ABIM
University of Utah

Ali Azza, MD, MBBS
VA Medical Center Detroit

Ana Alvarez del Castillo Araujo, MD
Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey

Thanda Aung, MBBS, MSc, FRCP (Edin)
UCLA

Mohamed Babiker Mohamed, MD
Washington University in St. Louis

Rahaf Baker, MD, MPH
UCSF

Cleopatra Beaton, PhD
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System

Brooke Beckett, MD
OHSU

Delamo Bekele, MBBS
Mayo Clinic Rochester

Savannah Bowman, M.D.
UTHealth Houston

Tina Brar, MD
Tampa VA Healthcare System

Hulya Bukulmez, Medical Doctor
Metrohealth Medical Center/ Case Western Reserve University

Nicholas Butler, MD
Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System

Edna Lizeth Cabrera, Physician
Private

IVETTE CALDERON ESPINOZA, RHEUMAATOLOGY, ADULT
IPEJAL

Adam Carlson, MD
University of Virginia

SANDRA CARRILLO, MSc
HOSPITAL REGIONAL 1° DE OCTUBRE ISSSTE MEXICO CITY

Priyanka Chandratre, BSc (Hons), MBBch, MRCP (UK), PhD, FRCP (UK)
The Ottawa Hospital

Haseeb Chaudhary, MD
Case Western Reserve University/ University Hospitals

Martha Chavira Flores, MD
ISSSTE

Ngai Chow, DC, MSc
University Health Network-Toronto Western Hospital

April Conlon, BSN, MSN, FNP-C
University of Utah School of Medicine

Nasim Dadoud, MD
Loma Linda University

Rahul Dalal, MD, MPH
Brigham and Women's Hospital

Ansaam Daoud, MD
University Hospitals Case Western Reserve University

Sergio Duran-Barragan, MD
Clinica de Investigacion en Reumatologia y Obesidad

Deborah Durkee, MSN
Primary Children's Hospital

Mazen Elyan, MD
St. Elizabeth Physicians

Luis Fajardo Hermosillo, M. Sc
Unidad Médica de Alta Especialidad, Centro Médico Nacional de Occidente, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México

Mark Fisher, MD, MPH
Prima CARE

Seema Frosh, MD
Orlando VA Medical Center

Angélica Mendoza- Fuentes, Rheumatologist and internist
Centro Médico Issemym Toluca

LIZBETH GARCIA ESPINOSA, MD
ONKIMIA

Ana Garcia, physican
unidad inmunologia y reumatologia

Yelitza Gonzalez Bello, MD
CEIBAC

Myriam Guevara, MD
LSU

Monica Guma, MD, PhD
UCSD

Maria Gutierrez-Arcelus, PhD
Brigham and Women's Hospital

Simon Hong, M.D.
NYU Langone Health

Priyanka Iyer, MBBS, MPH
UC Irvine Medical Center

Reem Jan, MBBS, BSc
University of Chicago

Caroline Jones, BScPT, MSc, ACPAC
Unity Health Toronto- St. Michael's Hospital

Paras Karmacharya, MD MS
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Sonam Kiwalkar, MBBS
Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA

Daniel Kuo, MD
TPMG

Robert Lambert, MB BCh, FRCR, FRCPC
University of Alberta

Megan Lane, NP
Aurora Healthcare

Yvonne Lee, MD, MMSc
Northwestern University

CLAUDIA ELIZABETH LOPEZ, MD
HOSPITAL CIVIL VIEJO GUADALAJARA

Sahar Lotfi-Emran, MD, PhD
NIAMS/NIH

Grant Louie, MD
Carroll Arthritis

Andre Lucas Ribeiro, MD, MSc
Women's College Hospital, University of Toronto

Nga Ly, MSN
University of Utah

Ritu Madan, DO
Ohio State University

Tayyab Malik, MD
Good Shepherd Medical Cneter, Marshall, TC

Liam (William) Martin, MB, BAO, BCh, MRCPI, FRCPC
University of Calgary

Ariel Masetto, MD, BAO, BCh, MRPI, FRCPC
University of Sherbrooke

Gregory McDermott, MD
Brigham and Women's Hospital

Jethro Mendola-Byatt, MSc Physiotherapy
Cobourg Orthopaedic & Sports Injury Clinic

John Miller, MD
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Vishnu Mohan, MD
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston

Rosario Molano-Romero, PA-C, MPAS, MSCI
University of Utah

Matthew Mullen, M.D.
University of Alabama-Birmingham

John O'Neill, MB, BAO, BCh, MSc, MRCPI, FRCR (UK)
St Josephs Healthcare

Diana Padilla, MD
Reumátika, Centro de Vanguardia en Reumatología

Nirupa Patel, MD
LSU Health Sciences Center

Gopi Penmetsa, MBBS, MD
University of Utah Hospital

Samuel Poon, MD
Manchester MA Medical Center

Emma Puron-Gonzalez, MD
Hospital Zambrano Hellion

Amir Razmjou, MD, MSc
UCLA

Jodie Reis, MD, BHK, FRCPC
University of Saskatchewan

Patricia Remalante-Rayco, MD
University Health Network

Nicolas Richard , MD, FRCPC
Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont

Sandra Rincón Narvaez, Md
Instituto de Seguridad y Servicios Sociales de los Trabajadores del Estado

Vijaya Rivera, Md
Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra

Ernesto Rodriguez, MD
Florida Medical Clinic

José Pablo Romero-López, PhD
Facultad de Estudios Superiores Iztacala, UNAM

Romy Schwabe,
Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases , Bath, UK

Jae-Hyuck Shim, Ph.D
Univ. of Massachusetts Medical School

SANDRA SICSIK, RHEUMATOLOGY
HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE COAHUILA UNIDAD TORREON

Kimi Smith, MSN
University of Utah

Bret Sohn, MD, MS
Stamford Health Medical Group

Kelly Steed, MD
James J. Peters VA Medical Center

Liya Stolyar, MD
VA Palo Alto Healthcare System

Christopher Striebich, MD, PhD
University of Colorado

Maria Suarez-Almazor, MD, PhD
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Amy Tang, Bachelor of Health Sciences
Queen's University

Asha Thomas, MD
Central Texas VA Hospital

Alison To, BHSc, MScOT
Unity Health Toronto -St. Michael's Hospital

Linh Truong, MD
University of California, Los Angeles

Alexander Tsoukas, MD
McGill University

Christy Vath, PA-c
Seattle Rheumatology Associates

JESSICA VILLASEÑOR PADILLA, Medical Doctor (University of Guadalajara, 2014). Rheumatology Specialist (University of Guadalajara, 2019). Currently enrolled in a Master's in Regional Anesthesia and Ultrasound-Guided Interventional Pain Management (University of Salamanca, Spain, 2024-2025)
University of Guadalajara

Pablo Villasenor-Ovies, MD
Hospital General Tijuana

Steven Vlad, MD, PhD
Tufts Medical Center

Andrew Vreede, MD
University of Michigan

Maida Wong, MD
University of California Irvine/Tibor Rubin VA Medical Center Long Beach

James Yeung, MD, FRCPC
University of British Columbia

Richard Zamore, MD, MPH
Lahey Hospital and Medical Center

DORIS ZARAGOZA VALDEZ, Medical Degree, Rheumatologyst
Maro Diagnóstico Integral


Trainee Members

Swetha Ann Alexander, MBBS, ABIM
University of Utah

Mohamed Babiker Mohamed, MD
Washington University in St. Louis

Chesca Barrios, MD
UCLA

Savannah Bowman, M.D.
UTHealth Houston

Virginia Carrizo Abarza, MD
Toronto Western Hospital / University of Toronto

Mathieu Choufani, MD
Brigham and Women's Hospital

Sarah Danielson, BA
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Elizabeth Dente, MD
UCLA

Renato Ferrandiz Espadin, M.D; M.H.A.
University of Washington

Madeleine Gertz, Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
Oregon Health & Science University

Alana Haussmann, MD
University of California Los Angeles

Julia Hernandez, B.S
University of California, San Francisco

Milad Heydari-Kamjani, D.O
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

David Kellner, MD
UCLA Health

Fadi Kharouf, MD
Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto

Christine Loftis, BS, MD
University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine

Pankti Mehta, MBBS, MD, DM
University of Toronto

Kristen Mengwasser, MD PhD
UCSF

Reza Mirza, MD
Sunnybrook Hospital

Brittney Newby, MD, PhD
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Appledene Osbourne, MD, MS
University of California San Francisco

Ujjwol Risal, MD
Women's College Hospital/University of Toronto

Amy Tang, Bachelor of Health Sciences
Queen's University

Amy Trang, MD
UCLA

Joy Um, MD
Washington University in St. Louis

Lisa Wang, Bachelor of Health Sciences
Queen's University

Brian Wu, PhD
Queen's University

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