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  • Dr. Jeffrey Browning

    Jeffrey Browning, PhD

    Professor

  • Dr. Giovanni Ligresti

    Giovanni Ligresti, PhD

    Assistant Professor

  • Michelle Yau

    Michelle Yau

    Visiting Researcher

  • Tracy Keane

    Tracy Keane

    Administrative Assistant

  • Dr. Michael York

    Michael York, MD

    Assistant Professor

  • Dr. David Felson

    David Felson, MD, MPH

    Professor of Medicine

  • Dr. Kathryn Bacon

    Kathryn Bacon, PhD

    Assistant Professor

  • Anne Plunkett

    Anne Plunkett

    Communications Manager

  • Grace Marden

    Grace Marden

    Lab Manager

  • Pablo Weilg Espejo, MD

    Rheumatology Fellow

  • Dr. Marcin Trojanowski

    Marcin Trojanowski, MD

    Assistant Professor

  • Aerial view of Boston University Medical Campus
  • Lisa Massa

    Lisa Massa

    Administrative Director

  • Talbot Building, Boston University Medical Campus
  • Sharon Tomlinson

    Sharon Tomlinson

    Fellowship Coordinator

  • Jean Liew, MD, MSc

    Assistant Professor

  • Dr. Maria Trojanowska

    Maria Trojanowska, PhD

    Professor of Medicine

  • Dr. Caryn Libbey

    Caryn Libbey, MD

    Associate Professor

  • Victoria Volfson

    Victoria Volfson

    Student, Immunology

  • Boston University Medical Campus
  • Dr. Eugene Kissin

    Eugene Kissin, MD

    Professor

  • Dr. Alessandra Farina

    Alessandra Farina, MD, PhD

    Assistant Professor

  • Dr. Kosaku Aoyagi

    Kosaku Aoyagi, PhD

    Postdoctoral Researcher

  • Rheumatology Group photo - 2018
  • Clinical Epidemiology Group - 2018
  • Priyanka Ballal, MD

    Rheumatology Fellow

  • Dr. Maureen Dubreuil

    Maureen Dubreuil, MD, MSc

    Assistant Professor

  • Sali Merjanah, MD

    Rheumatology Fellow

  • Juan-Pablo Zertuche, MD

    Rheumatology Fellow

  • Trish Godio

    Patricia Godio

    Grants Manager - Clinical Trials

  • Dr. Andreea Bujor

    Andreea Bujor, MD, PhD

    Assistant Professor

  • Dr. Cara Lewis

    Cara Lewis, PT, PhD

    Associate Professor

  • Boston University Medical Campus
  • Connor Buchholz

    Connor Buchholz

    Clinical Trial Coordinator

  • Dr. Tuhina Neogi

    Tuhina Neogi, MD, PhD

    Chief, Rheumatology Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology

  • Dr. Hans Dooms

    Hans Dooms, PhD

    Assistant Professor of Medicine

  • Dr. Monica Crespo-Bosque

    Monica Crespo-Bosque, MD

    Assistant Professor

  • Dr. Reza Jafarzadeh

    S. Reza Jafarzadeh, PhD

    Assistant Professor

  • Christine Peloquin

    Christine Peloquin

    Statistical Manager

  • Dr. Kyu Chan Kim

    Kyu Chan Kim, MD

    Assistant Professor

The Section of Rheumatology and the Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit, both sections within the Department of Medicine, merged in January 2019, combining the faculty and resources of both sections. Dr. Tuhina Neogi, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, is the Chief of Rheumatology. Within this merged section also sits the Arthritis & Autoimmune Diseases Center (AADC), which focuses on rheumatic disease research.

Faculty members have research interests focusing on different areas of rheumatic diseases and methodology. Clinical and research expertise within the section includes scleroderma, gout, osteoarthritis, spondyloarthritis, lupus, and other forms of inflammatory arthritis and autoimmune diseases. Many of the faculty are national and international leaders in their respective fields, with several faculty leading national treatment guideline efforts and other research and clinical endeavors. The Rheumatology Fellowship Training Program is nationally recognized for its clinical and research training, including musculoskeletal ultrasound training.

The AADC is an internationally recognized center in research, patient care and education, established in 1983 to advance basic, clinical, and epidemiological research in rheumatology and to translate laboratory findings into new therapeutic strategies. The AADC has made substantial contributions to scleroderma research. The clinical research program is internationally recognized for advanced and novel methodology. Additional research foci beyond rheumatology-related diseases include fibrosis, physical therapy, mobile health technologies, imaging (MRI and musculoskeletal ultrasound), and musculoskeletal pain. The section’s research teams have been at the forefront of developing new approaches to study and test new treatments for scleroderma, osteoarthritis, lupus and other autoimmune disorders.

Clinical care is provided at the Boston Medical Center Rheumatology Clinic in state-of-the art facilities.