Faculty: Division of Rheumatology
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Virginia D. Steen, MD
Professor
Chief, Division of Rheumatology
Director, Rheumatology Fellowship Program
Medical Degree: University of Pittsburgh, 1975
Internship: University of Pennsylvania, 1976
Residency: University of Pennsylvania, 1978
Fellowship: University of Pittsburgh, 1980
Certification: Internal Medicine, 1978; Rheumatology, 1980
Special Interests: Treatment of scleroderma, systemic lupus erythematosus, diagnosis of undifferentiated CTD, myositis and interstitial lung diseases in connective tissue diseases
James N. Baraniuk, MD
Professor
Medical Degree: University of Manitoba, Canada, 1981
Internship: St. Thomas Hospital, 1982
Residency: Duke University Medical Center, 1985
Fellowships: Duke University Medical Center, 1987; National Institutes of Health, 1989; National Heart and Lung Institute, London, UK, 1991
Certification: Internal Medicine, 1985; Allergy and Immunology, 1987
Special Interests: Neuroimmune regulation of mucosal function in rhinitis, sinusitis, asthma, and chronic fatigue syndrome
Carol Deane Benedict, MD
Assistant Professor
Wound Healing Medical Specialist
Medical Degree: The George Washington University School of Medicine, 2009
Internship: MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
Residency: MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, 2012
Fellowship: MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, 2014
Certification: Internal Medicine, 2014; Rheumatology, 2015
Special interests: Gout, Rheumatoid arthritis, Psoriatic arthritis, Lupus,
delayed wound healing associated with auto-immune diseases
Daniel Bunker, MD
Assistant Professor
Medical Degree: Georgetown University, 2010
Residency: Mount Sinai Medical Center, 2013
Fellowship: Mount Sinai Medical Center, 2016
Certification: Internal Medicine, 2013; Rheumatology, 2016
Special Interests: Rheumatoid Arthritis, Lupus, Psoriatic Arthritis, Myositis, Musculoskeletal Ultrasound
Megan Lockwood, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Lupus Program Director
Medical Degree: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, 2015
Internship: University of California, San Francisco, 2016
Residency: University of California, San Francisco, 2018
Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital, 2021
Certification: Rheumatology, 2021; Internal Medicine, 2018
Special Interests: Systemic lupus erythematosus, women’s health, osteoporosis, medical education
Stephen Ray Mitchell, MD
Professor
Director, Childhood Arthritis Clinic
Dean for Education, School of Medicine
Medical Degree: University of North Carolina, 1976
Internship: North Carolina Memorial Hospital, 1978
Residency: North Carolina Memorial Hospital, 1981
Fellowship: Georgetown University Medical Center, 1986
Certification: Internal Medicine, 1981; Pediatrics, 1983; Rheumatology, 1986; Pediatric Rheumatology, 1992 and 1999
Special Interests: Educational interventions in housestaff training, pediatric rheumatic diseases
Lauren Smith, MD
Faculty
Medical Degree: University of Florida, 2015
Internship/Residency: UT Southwestern Medical Center, 2018
Fellowship: Johns Hopkins University, 2022
Certification: Internal Medicine, 2018
Special Interests: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, myositis
Caroline Trevisan, MD
Faculty
Medical Degree: Georgetown University School of Medicine, 2017
Internship/Residency: MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, 2020
Fellowship: MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, 2022
Certification: Internal Medicine, 2020
Special Interests: Musculoskeletal ultrasound, myositis, psoriatic arthritis, gout, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis
Sean A. Whelton, MD, FACR, FACP
Associate Professor of Medicine
Medical Degree: Tulane University, 1997
Internship: Georgetown University, 1998
Residency: Georgetown University, 2000
Fellowship: Georgetown University, 2002
Certification: Internal Medicine, 2001, Rheumatology, 2002
Special Interests: Medical Education, Rheumatoid arthritis, Inflammatory Myopathy, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Ankylosing Spondylitis.
Washington, D.C., VA Medical Center Faculty
Gail Kerr, MD
Professor of Medicine
Chief Division of Rheumatology Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Medical Degree: University of the West Indies, 1981
Internship/Residency: University of West Indies. 1987
Fellowship: National Institutes of Medicine/Georgetown University 1990
Certification: Internal Medicine, 1988; Rheumatology, 1990
Special Interests: Vasculitis, Cryoglobulinemia, VA National database research, Sero–negative spondyloarthropathy
Joyce Joseph, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Medical Degree: M.D. 2010
Internship: Loyola University Medical Center, 2011
Residency: Loyola University Medical Center, 2013
Fellowship: University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 2015
Certification: Internal Medicine, 2014; Rheumatology, 2015
Special Interests: Musculoskeletal Ultrasound
Joseph Croft, MD, FACP, MACR
Clinical Professor of Medicine, Rheumatology
Past President of American College of Rheumatology
Medical Degree: Cornell University 1962
Internship/Residency: Strong Memorial, Rochester NY, 1967
Fellowship: NIH, 1969