The Lupus Program consists of a multidisciplinary group of health care professionals. In addition to our rheumatologists, the program includes faculty from dermatology, hematology, nephrology, obstetrics and gynecology, psychiatry, and pulmonology.
Rheumatology
- W. Joseph McCune, MD - Director, Lupus Program
Michael H. and Marcia S. Klein Professor of Rheumatic Diseases
Professor, Department of Internal Medicine - Jason Knight, MD, PhD - Associate Director, Lupus Program
Marvin and Betty Danto Research Professor of Connective Tissue Research
Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine - Nada Abdulaziz, MBBS
Instructor, Department of Internal Medicine - Ruba Kado, MD
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine - J. Michelle Kahlenberg, MD, PhD
Giles G. Bole MD and Dorothy Mulkey MD Research Professor of Rheumatology
Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine - Wendy Marder, MD
Professor, Departments of Internal Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology - Emily Somers, PhD, ScM
Associate Professor, Departments of Internal Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Environmental Health Sciences - Amber Young, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Dermatology
- Yolanda Helfrich, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine. Provides same-day consultation for dermatologic complications of SLE
Hematology
- Paula Bockenstedt, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine. Provides consultation for hematologic complications of SLE and management of anti-phospholipid syndromes
Nephrology
- Puneet Garg, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
- Panduranga Rao, MD, DNB, MS, Professor, Department of Internal Medicine. Provides consultation in the lupus clinic for patients with renal complications of SLE and its treatment
Obstetrics & Gynecology
- Anthony Opipari, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Consultant regarding gynecologic management, cervical atypia, and contraception
- Cosmas van De Ven, MD, Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Consultant regarding patients with high risk pregnancy
Psychiatry
- Rachel Glick, MD, Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Associate Chair for Clinical and Administrative Affairs
Pulmonology
- Kevin Chan, MD, Professor, Department of Internal Medicine. Consultant regarding pulmonary complications of SLE, and infectious complications of SLE and its treatment
