Rheumatology Faculty
Faculty members of the Division of Rheumatology and Department of Medicine at HSS have academic appointments at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University (WMCCU) and hospital appointments at the East Campus of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. The Rheumatology Program is complemented by the Weill Graduate School of Medical Sciences of Cornell University (WGSMSCU) Program in Immunology which has 30 faculty including 6 based at HSS in Rheumatology (*) and the WGSMSCU (**) Program in Clinical Epidemiology and Health Services Research, which has 12 faculty including 9 affiliated with HSS. All physician faculty members are Board Certified in Rheumatology.
The members of the faculty include:
Stephen A. Paget, MD **
Professor of Medicine
Joseph P. Routh Professor of Medicine and Rheumatic Diseases
Physician-in-Chief, HSS, Chairman of the Division of Rheumatology
M.D. - SUNY, Downstate
Internship & Residency - Johns Hopkins Hospital
Fellowship - Arthritis Rheumatism Branch, NIAMS, NIH; Hospital for Special Surgery
Research Interests: Clinical epidemiology and health services
Research: Vasculitis; Giant cell arthritis and polymyalgia rheumatica; Steroid-induced osteoporosis; Rheumatoid arthritis; SLE; Medical education.
Mary K. Crow, MD*
Professor of Medicine
Director, Immunology Program WGSMSCU
Director of the Mary Kirkland Center For SLE Research
Associate Director of the Division of Rheumatology
Director of Rheumatology Research
M.D. - Cornell University Medical College
Internship & Residency - The New York Hospital
Fellowship - HSS-Rockefeller
Research interests: Immunology of autoimmune disorders, T-B cell interactions; CD 40 ligand and its role in the development of autoimmune disorders, particularly SLE.
Dalit Ashany, MD *
Assistant Professor of Medicine
M.D. - Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Internship & Residency - Columbia-Presbyterian
Fellowship - HSS
Research interests: Immunology of autoimmune disorders: Fas, Apoptosis; Antigen-presenting cells and dendritic cells.
Anne R. Bass, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
M.D. - Columbia College of Physicians & Surgeons
Internship & Residency - Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center
Fellowship - NYU Medical Center
Clinical interests: Lupus; Vasculitis; Lyme disease; Inflammatory eye disease, Inflammatory arthritis.
Jessica R. Berman, MD
Instructor in Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Assistant Attending Physician, Hospital For Special Surgery
M.D. - Harvard Medical School
Residency - Beth Isreal Deaconess Hospital, Boston MA
Fellowship - Hospital for Special Surgery, New York
Clinical Interests: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Still's Disease, Spondyloarthropathies, Mixed and Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Diseases
Nathan Brot, PhD *
Senior Scientist
Ph.D. -UC Berkeley
Postdoctoral Fellowship - NIH
Research interests: Molecular biology; Oxidative tissue damage; Enzyme research.
Gina DelGiudice, MD
Assistant Attending Physician, HSS
Assistant Clinical Professor, RWJ
Adjunct Clinical Instructor of Psychiatry, Mt. Sinai Med. Center
M.D. - Mt. Sinai Medical Center
Internship & Residency - Mt. Sinai Medical Center
Fellowship - HSS
Research interests: Autoimmunity of autism and obsessive-
compulsive disorder.
Doruk Erkan, MD
Assistant Attending Physician, HSS
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University
M.D. - Hacettepe University School of Medicine. Ankara, Turkey
Internship & Residency - Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, New York
Fellowship - HSS
Special Interest - Antiphospholipid Syndrome, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Theodore R. Fields, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Director, Rheumatology Practice Plan; Co-director of the Fellowship Training Program; Coordinator of rheumatology.hss.edu
M.D. - SUNY, Downstate
Internship & Residency - Nassau County Medical Center
Fellowship - SUNY, Stony Brook
Clinical interests: Crystal-induced disorders; Managed care and clinical practice coordination; Computers and their use in clinical practice and rheumatologic care.
Allan Gibofsky, MD, JD
Professor of Medicine
M.D. - Cornell University Medical College
Internship & Residency - The New York Hospital
Fellowship - HSS-Rockefeller
Research interests: Genetics of autoimmune and inflammatory disorders; Rheumatic fever; Lyme disease; RA; Legal aspects of the delivery of medical care.
Susan M. Goodman, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
M.D. - University of Cincinnati School of Medicine
Internship & Residency: Lenox Hill Hospital
Fellowship: Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center
Clinical interests: Clinico-pathological-radiology conferences.
James Hollenberg, MD **
Associate Professor of Medicine
Computer coordinator of the HSS Outcomes Unit
M.D. - Columbia Physicians and Surgeons
Internship & Residency - Cornell Medical Center
Fellowship - New England Medical Center
Research and clinical interests: The computer and its role in research and practice; Registries; Informatics; Artificial intelligence.
Lionel B. Ivashkiv, MD *
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, RA Registry and Repository
Director of the Laboratory of Cytokines and Transcription Factors in Autoimmune Disorders
M.D. - Harvard Medical School
Internship & Residency - NYU Medical Center
Fellowship - Brigham & Women's Hospital
Research interest: Immunology of autoimmune disorders; Cytokines and their role in autoimmune disorders; JAK-STAT transcription pathways in RA; SLE; Cancer.
Lawrence J. Kagen, MD
Professor of Medicine
Director of Occupational Health
M.D. - NYU School of Medicine
Internship & Residency - Columbia-Presbyterian
Fellowship - Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center
Research interests: Myopathies; Inflammatory muscle disorders.
Kyriakos Kirou, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Assistant Attending Physician, Hospital for Special Surgery
M.D. - Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Residency - New York Hospital of Queens, Flushing, NY
Fellowship - Hospital for Special Surgery
Special Clinical Interests: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic Sclerosis
Rheumatoid Arthritis, Psoriatic Arthritis
Thomas J.A. Lehman, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Chief, HSS Division of Pediatric Rheumatology
M.D. - Jefferson Medical College
Internship & Residency - LA Children's Hospital
Fellowship - Arthritis Rheumatism Branch, NIAMS, NIH
Research Interests: Immunology of childhood autoimmune and inflammatory disorders; JRA; Kawasaki's disease; SLE; Pediatric Autoimmune Registry.
Michael D. Lockshin, MD
Professor of Medicine
Director, Barbara Volcker Center for Women and Rheumatic Diseases
Director of the Mary Kirkland Center for SLE Research
M.D. - Harvard Medical School
Residency: Cornell Medical Division, Bellevue Hospital
Fellowship: Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center
Research interests: The anti-phospholipid syndrome; Pregnancy in patients with SLE; Autoimmune disorders in women; The role of gender in autoimmune disorders.
Theresa Lu, MD, PhD*
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
MD, PhD – Yale University
Residency – Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Fellowship – University of California, San Francisco
Research Interests: Endothelial cell migration and platelet-endothelial cell adhesion, molecule (PECAM) marginal zone B cells and autoimmune disorders, the role of lymphoid vasculature and angiogenic mediators in regulating immune function and organization.
C. Ronald MacKenzie, MD **
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Director, HSS Institutional Review Board
Director of the Integrative Care and Research Center
M.D. - University of Calgary
Internship & Residency - Calgary General
Fellowship - HSS/CUMC
Research interests: Clinical Epidemiology and Health Services Research: Osteoporosis and hip fractures; OA; Perioperative Medical care; Integrative medicine; Ethics in medicine.
Steven K. Magid, MD
Coordinator of the Physical Diagnosis Course
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
M.D. - Cornell Medical College
Internship & Residency - Cornell Medical Center
Fellowship - HSS/CUMC
Clinical interests: SLE; RA; General rheumatology.
Carol A. Mancuso, MD **
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Graduate Program of Clinical Epidemiology and Health Services Research, WCGSMSCU
M.D. - CUNY/ Mt. Sinai Medical School
Internship & Residency - The New York Hospital
Fellowship - HSS/CUMC
Clinical Epidemiology and Health Services Research: Outcomes research in orthopaedics, Rheumatology and asthma; Patient satisfaction; Disability in rheumatoid arthritis.
Joseph A. Markenson, MD
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Director, Clinical Trials Unit
M.D. - SUNY, Downstate
Internship & Residency - Downstate Medical Center
Fellowship - HSS/Rockefeller University
Research interests: Drug and biologic trials; RA; SLE; OA.
Eric Meffre, PhD *
Assistant Professor of Immunology, Weill Cornell
PhD – University of Aix Marseille 2, Centre d’Immunologie d’Marseille-Luminy
Postdoctoral Associate – The Rockefeller University, Michel Nussenzweig, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Research Interests: B lymphocyte differentiation and the production of immunoglobulins and autoantibodies
Charis F. Meng, MD
Instructor of Medicine
HSS Integrative Care Center
M.D. - Brown University School of Medicine
Residency - Mount Sinai Medical Center
Fellowship - HSS/CUMC
Research interests: Chronic pain in older patients; Back pain; Acupuncture.
Edward J. Parrish, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director of the Mechanisms of Disease Course in Rheumatology and the Internal Medicine Residency Rheumatology Training Program
M.D. - Bowman Gray School of Medicine
Internship & Residency - Columbia-Presbyterian
Fellowship - Columbia-Presbyterian
Clinical interests: Musculoskeletal disorders in patients with HIV/AIDS; Viral infections and autoimmune disorders.
Margaret G.E. Peterson, PhD
Associate Scientist
Ph.D. - Durham University
Research interests: Statistics in clinical trials; Rheumatology and orthopaedic surgery.
Luminita Pricop, MD*
Associate Scientist, HSS Research Division
M.D.- University of Timisoara, Rumania
Resident - Colentina Hospital
Research fellowship - University of Pittsburgh, Mount Sinai
Research interests: Immunology of autoimmune disorders; Stimulatory and inhibitory Fc receptor function in autoimmune disorders.
Laura Robbins, DSW
Director, Department of Community Education
D.S.W. - City University of New York
Research interests: Education, Clinical epidemiology and health services research; Musculoskeletal disorders in Latino men and women; Osteoporosis; SLE; Educational programs; Pediatric outreach; Community education.
Linda A. Russell, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Member, HSS Women's and Sports Center and the Metabolic Bone Service
M.D. - Tufts University School of Medicine
Internship & Residency - The New York Hospital
Fellowship - HSS/CUMC
Clinical interests: Sports medicine; Osteoporosis; General rheumatology.
Jane E. Salmon, MD*
Professor of Medicine
PI, T32 NIH Rheumatology Research Training Grant
Director of the Mary Kirkland Center for SLE Research
M.D. - Medical College of Physicians and Surgeons
Internship & Residency - The New York Hospital
Fellowship - HSS/CUMC
Research interests: Immunology of autoimmune disorders; Fe receptors; Immune complex tissue damage in SLE; The anti-phospholipid syndrome.
Lisa R. Sammaritano, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
M.D. - Cornell University Medical College
Internship & Residency - The New York Hospital
Fellowship - HSS/CUMC
Research interests: The anti-phospholipid syndrome; Pregnancy in SLE and other connective tissue disorders; Fibromyalgia.
Sergio Schwartzman, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director of the HSS International Center
M.D. - CUNY/Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
Internship & Residency - Mt. Sinai Medical Center
Fellowship - HSS/CUMC
Research interests: Renal disease in SLE; The anti-phospholipid syndrome.
Arthur M. Yee, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor in Medicine
M.D. - Ph.D. - New York University Medical Center
Residency: The New York Hospital
Fellowship: Hospital for Special Surgery/CUMC
Research interests: Fc receptors and their role in autoimmune disorders and infections; Infection and autoimmune disorders.
Diana Yens, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
MD – State University at Stony Brook
Residency – Saint Vincent’s Hospital and Medical Center
Fellowship – NY Medical College at St. Vincent’s Hospital
Research Interests: Decision making in the treatment of connective tissue disorders