V-FIT Speaker Bios
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Alan Baer, MD, FACP, MACR![]() |
Alexandra Villa-Forte, MD
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Alexei Grom, MD
Currently, I focus on identifying risk factors and new therapeutic targets in MAS. Our transnational studies have identified interferon gamma (INF), a dimerized soluble cytokine, as a therapeutic target in patients suffering from MAS. This discovery provided the rationale for a new clinical trial that is currently underway. My research is funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (SJIA) Foundation. I have also received research grants from Sobi, Novartis and AB2Bio. |
Alexis Ogdie, MD
I am an expert in the care of patients with PsA and founder and Director of the Penn Psoriatic Arthritis and Spondyloarthritis Program. My areas of expertise include epidemiology and pharmacoepidemiology, biostatistical methods for observational studies (e.g., complex time to event modeling, prediction modeling), outcome measures (e.g., qualitative and quantitative/psychometric assessment), and more general qualitative methods (e.g., survey, focus group and interview studies). Much of my recent work has been aimed at the design and conduct of randomized controlled trials in PsA with a particular interest in initiating pragmatic trials in PsA. |
Alfred Kim, MD, PhD![]() |
Amanda Alexander, MDAmanda Alexander, MD, is an Assistant Professor and Director of the Rheumatology Fellowship Training Program in the Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Her interests are medical education, musculoskeletal ultrasound, scleroderma, and advocacy. |
Amanda Ombrello, MD
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Amy Cannella, MD, MS, RhMSUS
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Andrea Ramirez Gomez, MDAndrea Ramirez Gomez is a rheumatologist at the University of Chicago. She provides care to patients with a variety of rheumatologic conditions. She has clinical interests in vasculitis and musculoskeletal ultrasound and is passionate about medical education. She currently runs an ultrasound clinic where she also teaches trainees the use of musculoskeletal ultrasound for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. |
Anisha Dua, MD, MPH
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