Advances in Rheumatology Course Directors

John H. Stone, MD, MPH 
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School;
The Edward A. Fox Chair in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital

Michael Weinblatt, MD
John R. Riedman Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School;
Co-Director, Clinical Rheumatology,
Associate Director, Center for Arthritis and Joint Diseases,
Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Advances in Rheumatology Faculty

Gerald Appel, MD
Co-Director, Clinical Nephrology,
Columbia University Irving Medical Center; 
Professor of Medicine, Columbia University

Lisa Christopher-Stine, MD, MPH
John Hopkins University

Meghan Clowse, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine,
Duke University

Christopher Denton, MD
University College London

Flavia Fedeles, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital

Stacey T. Gray, MD
Director, Sinus Center,
Vice Chair of Otolaryngology Education,
Massachusetts Eye and Ear;
Associate Professor of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery,
Vice Chair of Otolaryngology Education,
Residency Program Director,
Harvard Medical School

Rula Hajj-Ali, MD
Cleveland Clinic

Helena Jonsson, MD, PhD
Brigham & Women’s Hospital

Guy Katz, MD
Rheumatology Fellow, PGY-6,
Massachusetts General Hospital

Jeff Katz, MD, MS
Professor of Medicine and Orthopedic Surgery,
Harvard Medical School; 
Director, Orthopedic and Arthritis Center for Outcomes Research,
Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Yumeko Kawano, MD
Rheumatology Fellow,
Brigham and Women's Hospital

Michael Levy, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Neurology,
Massachusetts General Hospital

Brian Mandell, MD, PhD
Cleveland Clinic

Peter Merkel, MD
Chief, Division of Rheumatology,
Professor of Medicine,
Professor of Epidemiology in Biostatistics and Epidemiology,
University of Pennsylvania

Jacquelyn Nestor, MD
Rheumatology Fellow,
Massachusetts General Hospital

Christian Pagnoux, MD, MPH, MSc
University of Toronto/Mount Sinai Hospital

George Papaliodis, MD
Massachusetts Eye & Ear 

Michelle Petri, MD, MPH
Director, Hopkins Lupus Center,
Professor of Medicine,
Johns Hopkins Hospital

Kaitlin Quinn, MD, MHS
Staff Clinician,
NIAMS Vasculitis Translational Research Program,
National Institutes of Health

William F. C. Rigby, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center

Kenneth G. Saag, MD, MSc
Ana Lois Waters Professor,
Director, Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology,
Director, Comprehensive Arthritis, Musculoskeletal, Bone, and Autoimmunity Center,
Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Jose Scher, MD
Steere-Abramson Associate Professor of Medicine,
Associate Director, Research and Transitional Medicine,
Division of Rheumatology,
NYU Langone

Jeff Sparks, MD, MMSc
Associate Physician, Brigham and Women's Hospital;
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Zahi Touma, MD, PhD, FACP, FACR
University of Toronto

Sebastian Unizony, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital

Ruth Ann Vleugels, MD, MPH, MBA
Vice Chair for Academic Affairs, Department of Dermatology,
Director, Atopic Dermatitis Program,
Director, Autoimmune Skin Diseases Program,
Director, Connective Tissue Disease Clinics,
Program Director, Dermatology-Rheumatology Fellowship Program,
Associate Director, Education,
Brigham, and Women's Hospital;
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School

Taylor Wolfgang, MD
Rheumatology Fellow,
Brigham and Women's Hospital

Sook Bin Woo, DMD
Program Director, Graduate Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology,
Associate Professor of Oral Medicine, Infection, and Immunity,
Harvard School of Dental Medicine;
Co-Director, Center for Oral Pathology, StrataDx;
Oral Medicine and Dentistry, Pathology,
Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Malissa Wood, MD
Associate Chief of Cardiology for Diversity and Health Equity,
Co-Director, Corrigan Women's Heart Health Program,
Massachusetts General Hospital;
Associate Professor Medicine, Harvard Medical School