Sytse Piersma, PhD
Instructor in Medicine
Research Interests: Improving immunotherapy through studying natural killer (NK) cells
Graduate School: University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands (2009-2011)
Fellowship: Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands (2009-2011)
Fellowship: Rheumatology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri (2011-2013)
Christopher Podogorski, MD
Medical School: Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska
Residency: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Fellowship: Rheumatology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri (2022-2024)
Maryam Pourpaki, MD
Medical School: Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Residency: Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio
Fellowship: Rheumatology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri (2014-2016)
Andrea Ramirez-Gomez, MD
Medical School: Centro Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud, Guadalajara, Mexico
Residency: Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri
Fellowship: Rheumatology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri (2019-2021)
Amaad Rana, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Medical School: University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Residency: BJH/Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
Fellowship: Rheumatology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO (2021-2023)
Prabha Ranganathan, MD, MSCI
Professor of Medicine
Research Interests: Rheumatoid arthritis, epidemiology
Medical School: University of Madras, Madras, India (1990)
Residency: BJH/Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri (1995)
Fellowship: Rheumatology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri (1999)
Danielle Robinett, MD
Medical School: Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
Residency: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Fellowship: Rheumatology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri (2018-2020)
Phan Saligrama, MD, PhD
Medical School: The Robert Larner College of Medicine , University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont
Graduate School: University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont
Residency: University of Arizona, Banner University Medical Center, Tucson, Arizona
Fellowship: Rheumatology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri (2019-2021)
Aisha Shaikh, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Research Interests: Vasculitis and interstitial lung disease therapies
Clinical Interests: vasculitis and vasculopathies, interstitial lung diseases in connective tissue disorders, inflammatory muscle disease, systemic lupus erythematosus, Sjogren’s syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis
Medical School: Dow Medical Institute of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan (2001)
Residency: St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri (2006)
Fellowship: Rheumatology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri (2009)