Faculty

Monica Guma, M.D., Ph.D.

Susan Lee, M.D.

Ken Kalunian, M.D.

Una Makris, M.D.

Al-Hassan, Eaman, MD.

Staff Physician

Clinical focus: dermatomyositis, anti-synthetase syndrome, immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy, polymyositis, inclusion body myositis, myositis-associated interstitial lung disease, and calcinosis.

Academic focus: clinical trials, epidemiological studies, biomarkers, and advanced imaging in myositis.

Bertin, Samuel, PhD.

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic focus: how environmental exposures and genetic factors drive chronic inflammation, autoimmunity, and lung cancer development
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Boyle, David

Professor of Medicine
RTAD
Director of Laboratories, Clinical and Translational Research Institute Health Sciences

Academic focus: mechanistic biomarkers, synovitis

Bryan, Ru, PhD.

Professor of Medicine

Academic focus: Understanding the role of dysregulated cell metabolism in the pathogenesis of degenerative arthritis
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Carson, Dennis, MD.

Corr, Maripat, MD.

Assistant Vice Chancellor,  Health Sciences Academic Affairs
Professor of Medicine

Clinical focus: general rheumatology, RA
Academic focus: pain research in rheumatic diseases, mechanisms of inflammatory arthritis, translational research collaborations
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Choi, Soo, MD.

Health Sciences Clinical Professor

Clinical focus: general rheumatology, interstitial lung diseases
Academic focus: medical education, interstitial lung diseases

Firestein, Gary, MD.

Distinguished Professor of Medicine
Senior Associate Vice Chancellor of Health Sciences Director

Clinical focus: General rheumatology, rheumatoid arthritis
Academic focus: stromal biology in autoimmune disease and chronic inflammation, epigenetics, translational research collaborations
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Ginsberg, Mark, MD.

Distinguished Professor of Medicine

Academic focus: applying Biochemical and Genetic Approaches to Understanding Cell Adhesion.
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Guma, Monica, MD., PhD.

Hadi, Mohanad, MD.

Staff Physician

Clinical Focus: General rheumatology, osteoporosis

Hsu, Paul, MD., Ph.D.

Staff Physician

Clinical focus: general rheumatology, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis
Academic focus: focuses on characterizing the various roles played by T cells in both the initiation and propagation of inflammatory arthritis, ultrasound-guided synovial biopsies, translational research collaborations 

​Huynh, Doquyen, MD.

Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor

Clinical focus: psoriatic arthritis, rheumatology-dermatology overlap conditions
Academic focus: Clinical trials, epidemiologic research, medical education

​Kalunian, Kenneth C., MD.

Professor of Clinical Medicine
Wolfe Family Director of the UCSD Lupus Center
Vice Chief of Clinical Research

Clinical focus: SLE, rheumatology-dermatology overlap conditions
Academic focus: SLE clinical research, including epidemiologic/outcomes research and translational research collaborations 

Kavanaugh, Arthur, MD.

Professor of Clinical Medicine

Clinical focus: rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, spondyloarthritis
Academic focus: Clinical trials, epidemiologic research, biomarkers
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Lee, Susan, MD.

Health Sciences Clinical Professor
Rheumatology Fellowship Training Program Director​

Clinical focus: General rheumatology, Long COVID
Academic focus: Clinical trials, epidemiologic research, ultrasound-guided synovial biopsies, medical education

​Lopez-Ramirez, Miguel, PhD.

Associate Professor of Medicine

Academic focus: role of genes involved in Cerebral Cavernous Malformations (CCMs) disease and their implications in cardiovascular biology and angiogenesis
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Makris, Una, MD.

Staff Physician and Chief of Rheumatology, San Diego VA

Clinical focus (at VA San Diego): general rheumatology, geriatrics
Academic focus: Clinical trials, health services research, implementation of age-friendly care, behavioral interventions for chronic musculoskeletal pain, epidemiologic research, geriatric rheumatology

​Middleton, Gregg, MD.

Clinical Professor of Medicine and Orthopedics

Clinical focus: Osteoarthritis and musculokelatal problems, general rheumatology
Academic focus: Osteoarthritis and medical education

Nguyen, Katherine, MD.

Health Sciences Clinical Professor

Clinical focus: General rheumatology, Sjogren’s disease
Academic focus: ultrasound-guided synovial biopsies, clinical research in rheumatoid arthritis

Nguyen, Quynh Giao

Staff Physician

Clinical focus: General Rheumatology, Diagnostic and interventional musculoskeletal ultrasound
Academic focus: Next-generation ultrasound approaches

Patel, Puja, MD.

Staff Physician

Clinical Focus: Comprehensive general rheumatology care
Academic Focus: Medical education, mentorship, curriculum development, and healthcare administration

Pedersen, Brian​, MD.

Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor
​​Rheumatology Fellowship Training Associate Program Director​​

Clinical focus: General rheumatology, systemic/sclerosis/scleroderma
Academic focus: medical education

Raz, Eyal, MD.

Professor Emeritus 

Academic focus: understanding consequences of host-environmental interactions on the induction of inflammatory processes and immune responses in the affected host
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Reddy, Dana, MD.

Smith, Chelsey, MD.

Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor
Wolfe Family Associate Director UC San Diego Lupus Center​

Clinical focus: SLE, women's health, rheumatoid arthritis
Academic focus: SLE clinical research, women’s health, integrative medicine

Standord, Stephanie, PhD.

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic focus: role of phosphatases in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis

Chao, Jeannie, MD.

Tighe, Helen, PhD.

Silverman, Gregg, MD.

Terkeltaub, Robert, MD.

Woods Jr., Virgil L., MD.

Zvaifler, Nathan, MD.

Bluestein, Harry, MD.