Clinical and Translational Research
Sambhawana Bhandari, MBBS
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Medical School: Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences, Dhulikhel, Nepal
Residency: Danbury Hospital (Nuvance Health), Danbury, Connecticut
Fellowship: Rheumatology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri (2023-2025)
John P Atkinson, MD
Samuel B. Grant Professor Emeritus of Medicine
Research Interests: Complement and RVCL Research
Medical School: Kansas University, Lawrence, Kansas (1969)
Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts (1969-1971)
Fellowship: National Institutes of Health (1973-1974), NIH postdoctoral research fellowship, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri (1974-1976)
Mohamed Babiker-Mohamed, MBBS
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Medical School: University of Khartoum Faculty of Medicine, Khartoum, Sudan
Residency: AMITA Health Saint Joseph Hospital, Chicago, Illinois
Fellowship: Rheumatology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri (2022-2024)
Colin Diffie, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Research interests: Vasculitis
Clinical interests: Vasculitis, rare diseases, arthritis
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)
Seth Eisen, MD, MSc
Professor Of Medicine
Research Interests:
Clinical Interests:
Medical School: Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri (1962-1966)
Residency: Resident, Washington University School of Medicine and Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri (1972-1974)
Fellowship: USPHS Fellow in Allergy and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri (1969-1972)
Graduate School: Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, Masters in Epidemiology, (1988-1989)
Chyi Hsieh, MD, PhD
Alan A and Edith L Wolff Distinguished Professor of Medicine
Research Interests: Autoimmunity, regulatory T cells, tolerance, and mucosal immunology
Medical School: Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri (1996)
Residency: Internal Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington (1996-1999)
Fellowship: Rheumatology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington (1999-2001)
Postdoctoral Fellowship: Immunology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington (2001-2005)
Eirini Kefalogianni, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Research Interests: The role of cytokines and growth factors that regulate kidney injury, repair and fibrosis
Graduate School: University of Athens School of Biology, Athens, Greece (2002-2007)
Postdoctoral Research Fellow: New York University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, New York, New York (2008-2011)
Postdoctoral Research Fellow: Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Department of Medicine, Renal Division, Boston, Massachusetts (2012-2016)
Visiting Fellow: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Biological Engineering, Boston, Massachusetts (2012-2016)
Alfred Kim, MD, PhD
Associate 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)
Intelly Lee, MD, PhD
Instructor of Medicine
Research Interests: Cytokine signaling, alarmins, skin inflammation, fibrosis
Medical School: University of California , San Francisco, California
Residency: BJH/Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
Fellowship: Rheumatology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri (2021-2024)
Iris Lee, MD
Instructor of Medicine
Research Interests: Arthritis, inflammation
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: University 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)
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)
Hua Pan, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Research Interests: Onco-Nephrology, Cardio-Oncology, Nanotechnology, Inflammation
Graduate School: Huazhong University of Science and Technology; Wuhan, Hubei, P. R. China (1997-2000) Master of Medicine: Biomedicine
Case Western Reserve University; Cleveland, OH (2001 - 2004) ME: Biomedical Engineering
Washington University in St. Louis; St. Louis, MO (2004 - 2007) PhD: Biomedical Engineering
Washington University in St. Louis; St. Louis, MO (2012 - 2014) MBA: General Management/Entrepreneurship
Deborah Parks, MD
Professor of Medicine
Director - Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Clinic
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)
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)
Elisha Roberson, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Research Interests: Genetic basis of hidradenitis suppurativa, other human diseases
Graduate School: John Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland (2004-2009)
Deepali Sen, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Research Interests: Lupus, clinical trials
Medical School: Seth G. S. Medical College, University of Mumbai, India (2003)
Residency: King Edward Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India (2003)
Residency: Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, New Jersey (2010)
Akhil Sood MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Research Interests: Epidemiology & Outcomes, Quality of Care, Lupus
Joy Um, MD
Instructor of Medicine
Medical School: Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio
Residency: MetroHealth Medical Center/Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, Ohio
Fellowship: Rheumatology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri (2023-2026)
Wayne Yokoyama, MD
Sam J. Levin and Audrey Loew Levin Professor of Medicine
Research Interests: Natural killer cells, innate lymphoid cells, autoimmunity
Fang "Roseanne" Zhao, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of 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)
Lisa A Zickuhr, MD, MHPE
Associate Professor of Medicine
Research Interests: Healthcare professions education
Clinical Interests: Systemic lupus erythematosus, autoimmune interstitial lung disease
Medical School: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois 2012
Internship: BJH/Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri (2013)
Residency: BJH/Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri (2015)
Fellowship: Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio (2018)
Graduate School: Master of Health Profession, University of Missouri Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri (2021)