Rheumatology Training Fellowship Program
Mentorship is a critical part of rheumatology training.
Faculty and Staff
Program Directors and Administrative Staff
Peter Grayson, M.D., M.Sc.
Acting Director, Rheumatology Fellowship Program, NIAMS
Clinical and Research Faculty
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Dale Kobrin, M.D.
Associate Director, Rheumatology Fellowship Program, NIAMS
Clinical and Research Faculty
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Robert A. Colbert, M.D., Ph.D.
Clinical Director, NIAMS
Chief, Pediatric Translational Research Branch, NIAMS
Clinical and Research Faculty
Site Director, Pediatric Program
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Tarene Griffiths
Rheumatology Fellowship Program Coordinator
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NIAMS Scholars
Sandra Williams, M.D., Ph.D.
Sandra Williams received her undergraduate degree from the University of Chicago and her M.D. and Ph.D. from Washington University in St. Louis. She completed her residency in internal medicine at Yale New Haven Hospital and her rheumatology fellowship at the NIH. Dr. Williams was subsequently promoted to Metzger Scholar in Translational Research at the NIAMS. Her research studies the intersection of RNA quality control and autoimmune diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).
Program Faculty
Tamara Alliston, Ph.D.
Scientific Director, NIAMS
Chief, Skeletal Mechanobiology Laboratory, NIAMS
Senior Investigator
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Tim Bhattacharyya, M.D.
Head, Clinical and Investigative Orthopedics Surgery Unit, NIAMS
Clinical Faculty
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Robert A. Colbert, M.D., Ph.D.
Clinical Director, NIAMS
Chief, Pediatric Translational Research Branch, NIAMS
Senior Investigator
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Alice Fike, MS, NP
Clinical Operations Manager, NIAMS
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Peter Grayson, M.D., M.Sc.
Acting Director, Rheumatology Fellowship Program, NIAMS
Chief, Vasculitis Translational Research Program, NIAMS
Senior Investigator
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Sarthak Gupta, M.D.
Staff Clinician, NIAMS
Associate Research Physician
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Safaraz Hasni, M.D.
Staff Clinician, NIAMS
Senior Research Physician
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Mariana Kaplan, M.D.
Distinguished Investigator, NIAMS
Chief, Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, NIAMS
Senior Investigator, NIAMS
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Daniel Kastner, M.D., Ph.D.
Distinguished Investigator, NHGRI
Adjunct Investigator, NIAMS
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Hanna Kim, M.S., M.D.
Staff Clinician, NIAMS
Assistant Research Physician
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Dale Kobrin, M.D.
Associate Director, Rheumatology Fellowship Program, NIAMS
Staff Clinician, NIAMS
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Laura Lewandowski, M.S., M.D.
Staff Clinician, NIAMS
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Sahar Lotfi-Emran, M.D., Ph.D.
Staff Clinician, NIAMS
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Amanda Ombrello, M.D.
Staff Clinician, NHGRI
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Michael Ombrello, M.D.
Chief, Translational Genetics and Genomics Section, NIAMS
Investigator
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Iago Pinal-Fernandez, M.D., Ph.D.
Staff Clinician, NIAMS
Senior Research Physician
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Kaitlin Quinn, M.D.
Staff Clinician, NIAMS
Associate Research Physician
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Yani Ruiz-Perdomo, MSN, CRNP
Team Lead (CHC), NIAMS
Nurse Practitioner
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Adam Schiffenbauer, M.D.
Staff Clinician, NIEHS
Associate Research Physician
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Away Rotations
Jemima Albayda, M.D.
Hopkins Program Director
Daniel Bunker, M.D.
Georgetown Program Director