Alumni

Divya Jayakumar, MBBS
Medical School: Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church Medical College, Kolenchery, India
Residency: Westchester Medical Center University Hospital, Valhalla, New York
Fellowship: Washington University, Rheumatology, St. Louis, Missouri (2017-2019)

Kelvin Lee, MD
Medical School: Ross University School of Medicine, Bridgetown, Barbados
Residency: University of Texas at Houston Medical School, Houton, Texas
Fellowship: Rheumatology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri (2016-2018)

Atinuke Aluko, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Medical School: Oba Okunade Sijuade College of Health Sciences, Igbinedion University, Benin City, Edo, Nigeria
Residency: Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
Fellowship: Rheumatology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri (2020-2022)

Eric Anderson, MD
Medical School: Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
Residency: University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado
Fellowship: Rheumatology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri (2019-2021)

Vladimir N Despotovic, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Medical School: Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan (2004)
Residency: BJH/Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri (2007)
Fellowship: Rheumatology, Washington University School of Medicine,St. Louis, Missouri (2007-2009)
Fellowship: Critical Care, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri (2008-2010)

Colin Diffie, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Research interests: Vasculitis
Clinical interests: Vasculitis and rare diseases, arthritis, treating medically under-served populations
Medical School: Medical School at UT Houston, Houston, Texas (2014)
Residency: BJH/Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri (2017)
Fellowship: Rheumatology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri (2017-2019)

Anneliese Flynn, MD
Medical School: Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
Residency: University of Michigan Hospital, Chief Medical Resident University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Fellowship: Rheumatology, Washington University School of Medicine,St. Louis, Missouri (2017-2019)

Mark Hwang, MD
Medical School: Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
Residency: University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas
Fellowship: Rheumatology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri (2015-2017)

Michiko Inaba, MD
Medical School: Tokai School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
Residency: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
Fellowship: Rheumatology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri (2017-2019)

Luidmila Kastsianok, MD
Medical School: Belarussian State Medical University, Minsk, Belarus, Russia
Residency: St. Mary’s Health Center, Clayton, Missouri
Fellowship: Rheumatology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri (2015-2017)

Mowyad Khalid, MBBS
Medical School: University of Gezia, Wad Medani, Sudan
Residency: Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
Fellowship: Rheumatology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri (2021-2023)

Alfred Kim, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Research Interests: Lupus translational research, B cell biology
Medical School: Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2005)
Residency: Internal Medicine, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri (2007)
Fellowship: Rheumatology, Washington University School of Medicine (2010)

Iris Lee, MD
Instructor in Medicine
Medical School: Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
Residency: BJH/ Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
Fellowship: Rheumatology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri (2018-2021)

Deborah J Lenschow, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine, John S. Daniels Professor in Immunology
Research Interests: Chikungunya viral arthritis, interferons, autoimmunity
Medical School: Univerisity of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois (1998)
Residency: Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri (2000)
Fellowship: Rheumatology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri (2003)

Zhe Liang, MD
Medical School: Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
Residency: BJH/Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
Fellowship: Rheumatology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri (2020-2022)

Hector Molina, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Medical School: University Of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico (1985)
Residency: Veteran's Administration Medical Center, San Juan, Puerto Rico (1988)
Fellowship: Rheumatology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO (1991)

Jacob Murray, DO
Medical School: De Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine, De Moines, Iowa
Residency: University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
Fellowship: Washington University, Rheumatology, St. Louis, Missouri (2021-2023)

Michael Paley, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Research Interests: Uveitis, scleritis, T-cell biology
Graduate School: PhD, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2012)
Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, Medical Scientist Training Program (2014)
Residency: BJH/Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis Missouri (2016)
Fellowship: Rheumatology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri (2017-2019)

Deborah Parks, MD
Professor of Medicine
Research Interests: Rheumatoid arthritis, sarcoidosis, clinical trials
Medical School: University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky (1982)
Residency: Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri (1985)
Fellowship: Rheumatology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri (1988)

Christine Pham, MD
Division Chief, G & EM Magness Professor of Medicine
Research Interests: Neutrophil proteases, nanomedicine for inflammatory arthritis
Clinical Interests: Rheumatology, arthritis, inflammation and proteases
Medical School: University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida (1985)
Residency: Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri (1989)
Felowship: Rheumatology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri (1997)

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)

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)

Shuang Song, MD, PhD
Medical School: West China Medical Center of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
Graduate School: University of California, Berkeley, California
Residency: St. Luke’s Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri
Fellowship: Rheumatology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri (2016-2018)

Can Sungur, MD, PhD
Medical School: University of California, Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA
Residency: Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
Fellowship: Washington University School of Medicine, Rheumatology, St. Louis, MO 2018-2021

Dany Thekkemuriyil, MBBS
Medical School: Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, India
Residency: St. Mary’s Health Center, Richmond Heights, Missouri
Fellowship: Rheumatology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri (2014-2016)

Tiphanie Vogel, MD, PhD
Medical School: University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
Residency: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
Fellowship: Rheumatology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri (2013-2016)

Sophia Weinmann, MD
Medical School: Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Lousiana
Residency: Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
Fellowship: Rheumatology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri (2015-2017)

Fang "Roseanne" Zhao, MD, PhD
Instructor in Medicine
Medical School: University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
Graduate School: University of Cambridge and the National Institute of Health, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Residency: BJH/Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
Fellowship: Rheumatology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri (2018-2021)