Faculty and Staff

The Early Arthritis Initiative is staffed by a team of experienced physicians who have expertise in the diagnosis and treatment of rheumatologic diseases.

• Theodore R. Fields, MD, Clinical Director
• Lisa Vasanth, MD, MS, Research Director
  
  
• Dalit Ashany, MD
• Doruk Erkan, MD
• Kyriakos A. Kirou, MD
• Steven K. Magid, MD
• Lisa A. Mandl, MD, MPH
• Joseph A. Markenson, MD
• Charis F. Meng, MD
• Edward J. Parrish, MD
• Linda A. Russell, MD
• Sergio Schwartzman, MD
• Arthur M. Yee, MD, PhD
  
  
• Stephen A. Paget, MD, Physician in Chief, HSS and Chairman, HSS Division of Rheumatology
  
  
• Adena Batterman, MSW, LCSW, Manager, RA Support and Education Programs
  
  
• Meredith Wolrich, LMSW, Social Work Coordinator, Early Arthritis Initiative
  
  
• Cookie Reyes, Clinical and Administrative Coordinator