Faculty
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)
John P Atkinson, MD
Samuel B. Grant Professor 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)
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)
Nicole C Droz, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Clinical Interests: Rheumatology, myositis, vasculitis
Medical School: Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska (2013)
Residency: Wright State Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio (2016)
Fellowship: Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Rheumatology, Cleveland, Ohio (2018)
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)
Maria Gonzalez-Mayda, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Medical School: University of Puerto Rico-Medical Sciences Campus (2008)
Residency: Barnes Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri (2008)
Fellowship: Washington University School of Medicine, Rheumatology, St. Louis, Missouri (2010)
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)
Amy Joseph, MD
Professor of Medicine
Research Interests: Rheumatoid arthritis, hepatitis C, epidemiology
Medical School: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee (1986)
Residency: Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, (1986-1989)
Fellowship: Washington University School of Medicine, Rheumatology, St. Louis, Missouri, (1989-1992)
Sana Kang, MBBS, MD
Instructor in Medicine
Medical School: King Edward Medical University, Lahore Pakistan
Residency: Ascension St. John Hospital, Detroit, Michigan
Fellowship: Ascension St. John Hospital, Detroit, Michigan
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
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)
M. Kathryn Liszewski
Assistant Professor of Medicine
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)
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
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)
Beatrice Plougastel Douglas, PhD
Instructor in Medicine
Research Interests: Natural Killer Cells
Graduate School: PhD, University Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris- France (1989-1992)
Post Doctoral Fellowship: Imperial Cancer Research Fund Laboratories - Lincoln's inn Fields, London United Kingdom (1993-1997)
Post Doctoral Fellowship: Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri (1998-2000)
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)
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)
Benjamin D Schwartz, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Medical School: Albert Einstein College Of Medicine, New York, New York (1972)
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)
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)
Reema Syed, MD
Professor of Medicine
Research Interests: systemic lupus erythematosus adult and childhood onset, juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Clinical Interests: systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, juvenile idiopathic arthritis, vasculitis, fever syndromes, childhood onset lupus, scleroderma
Medical School: Dow Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan (1998)
Residency: Michigan State University - Hurley Medical Center, Flint, Michigan (2004)
Fellowship: Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri (2007)
Xiaobo Wu, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
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
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)
