Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Pediatric Rheumatology

Fellowship · Cincinnati, OH

Sponsored by Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center · Director Jennifer Huggins

Jennifer Huggins, MD
Program Director
Rheumatologist, Associate Professor at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Rheumatology
McKenzie Vater, MD
Associate Program Director of the Fellowship Program
Pediatric medicine physician at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Childhood rheumatic disease; juvenile dermatomyositis; systemic lupus erythematosus; mixed connective tissue disease; juvenile idiopathic arthritis; vasculitis, Medical education; health equity; pediatric rheumatology workforce shortage
Hermine Brunner, MD, MSc, MBA
Director, Division of Rheumatology · Papers with 3 fellows since 2023
Rheumatologist, Professor at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Economic analyses; HRQOL; measurement development; outcome research; lupus, Health-related quality of life; outcome research; lupus, Global Health, Rheumatology
Abigale Jagger, DO
Fellow
Pediatric Rheumatology fellow, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Alexei Grom, MD
Lab Details · Pediatric Rheumatology Fellowship
Rheumatologist, Professor at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Auto-inflammatory diseases, systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis, hemophagocytic syndromes, Rheumatology, Identification of the pathogenic pathways and new therapeutic targets in systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis and its complications (macrophage...
Anna Tryfonos, MD
Fellow
Pediatric Rheumatology fellow, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Audrey Gunn, DO
Fellow
Pediatric Rheumatology fellow, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Celine Silva-Lages, PhD
Faculty
Research Associate at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Daniel Lovell, MD, MPH
Faculty
Rheumatologist, Professor at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Diagnostic evaluation and ongoing care of children with all pediatric onset rheumatic diseases, Performance of clinical trials in children with rheumatic diseases; clinical trials methodology; mentoring of junior faculty, General and Community Pediatrics
Ekemini Ogbu, MD, MSc
Faculty
Rheumatologist, Associate Professor at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Pediatric systemic lupus erythematosus - neuropsychiatric lupus; autoimmune cytopenias; antiphospholipid syndrome, Rheumatology
Grant Schulert, MD, PhD
Faculty · Papers with 2 fellows since 2023
Rheumatologist, Associate Professor at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Pediatric rheumatology; juvenile idiopathic arthritis; macrophage activation syndrome; autoinflammatory syndromes; periodic fevers, Systemic JIA; macrophage activation syndrome; innate immunity; monocyte and macrophage functions; whole exome sequencing, Rheumatology
Haeja Kessler, MD
Fellow
Pediatric Rheumatology fellow, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Ivanna Romankevych, MD, PhD
Fellow
Pediatric Rheumatology fellow, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Jackeline Rodriguez-Smith, MD, MSc
Faculty
Rheumatologist, Assistant Professor at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Rheumatology, Autoinflammatory and hyperinflammatory syndromes; JIA-uveitis; musculoskeletal ultrasound research; pharmaceutical industry-sponsored and...
Kali Chiriboga, DO, MD, MBA
Fellow
Pediatric Rheumatology fellow, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Minal Aundhia, MD
Fellow
Pediatric Rheumatology fellow, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Patricia Fernandez, MD, MSc
Faculty
Rheumatologist, Associate Professor at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Childhood rheumatic diseases; juvenile idiopathic arthritis; systemic lupus erythematosus; musculoskeletal ultrasound, Determine the role of musculoskeletal ultrasound in juvenile arthritis; establishment the use of point of care ultrasound in rheumatology
Sheila Angeles-Han, MD, MSc
Faculty
Pediatric medicine physician, Professor at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis; juvenile idiopathic arthritis-associated uveitis; chronic pediatric non-infectious uveitis, Uveitis; juvenile idiopathic arthritis; biomarkers; visual outcomes; quality of life, Rheumatology
Sherry Thornton, MD, PhD
Faculty
Rheumatologist, Field Service Professor at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Evaluating targets for the treatment of rheumatic disease; angiogenesis; animal models of arthritis, Rheumatology
Stephen Waggoner, PhD
Faculty
Associate Professor at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Viral immunology; natural killer cells; immunoregulation; vaccines; autoimmunity; immune dysfunction in aging., Visit the Waggoner Lab., Digestive Health, Autoimmune Genomics and Etiology
Tracy Ting, MD, MSc
Faculty
Rheumatologist, Associate Professor at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Fibromyalgia; joint hypermobility; juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA); systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), Pediatric Pain Research, Rheumatology

Jennifer Huggins, MD
Program Director
Rheumatologist, Associate Professor at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Rheumatology
McKenzie Vater, MD
Associate Program Director of the Fellowship Program
Pediatric medicine physician at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Childhood rheumatic disease; juvenile dermatomyositis; systemic lupus erythematosus; mixed connective tissue disease; juvenile idiopathic arthritis; vasculitis, Medical education; health equity; pediatric rheumatology workforce shortage
Hermine Brunner, MD, MSc, MBA
Director, Division of Rheumatology · Papers with 3 fellows since 2023
Rheumatologist, Professor at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Economic analyses; HRQOL; measurement development; outcome research; lupus, Health-related quality of life; outcome research; lupus, Global Health, Rheumatology
Abigale Jagger, DO
Fellow
Pediatric Rheumatology fellow, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Alexei Grom, MD
Lab Details · Pediatric Rheumatology Fellowship
Rheumatologist, Professor at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Auto-inflammatory diseases, systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis, hemophagocytic syndromes, Rheumatology, Identification of the pathogenic pathways and new therapeutic targets in systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis and its complications (macrophage...
Anna Tryfonos, MD
Fellow
Pediatric Rheumatology fellow, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Audrey Gunn, DO
Fellow
Pediatric Rheumatology fellow, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Celine Silva-Lages, PhD
Faculty
Research Associate at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Daniel Lovell, MD, MPH
Faculty
Rheumatologist, Professor at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Diagnostic evaluation and ongoing care of children with all pediatric onset rheumatic diseases, Performance of clinical trials in children with rheumatic diseases; clinical trials methodology; mentoring of junior faculty, General and Community Pediatrics
Ekemini Ogbu, MD, MSc
Faculty
Rheumatologist, Associate Professor at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Pediatric systemic lupus erythematosus - neuropsychiatric lupus; autoimmune cytopenias; antiphospholipid syndrome, Rheumatology
Grant Schulert, MD, PhD
Faculty · Papers with 2 fellows since 2023
Rheumatologist, Associate Professor at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Pediatric rheumatology; juvenile idiopathic arthritis; macrophage activation syndrome; autoinflammatory syndromes; periodic fevers, Systemic JIA; macrophage activation syndrome; innate immunity; monocyte and macrophage functions; whole exome sequencing, Rheumatology
Haeja Kessler, MD
Fellow
Pediatric Rheumatology fellow, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Ivanna Romankevych, MD, PhD
Fellow
Pediatric Rheumatology fellow, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Jackeline Rodriguez-Smith, MD, MSc
Faculty
Rheumatologist, Assistant Professor at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Rheumatology, Autoinflammatory and hyperinflammatory syndromes; JIA-uveitis; musculoskeletal ultrasound research; pharmaceutical industry-sponsored and...
Kali Chiriboga, DO, MD, MBA
Fellow
Pediatric Rheumatology fellow, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Minal Aundhia, MD
Fellow
Pediatric Rheumatology fellow, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Patricia Fernandez, MD, MSc
Faculty
Rheumatologist, Associate Professor at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Childhood rheumatic diseases; juvenile idiopathic arthritis; systemic lupus erythematosus; musculoskeletal ultrasound, Determine the role of musculoskeletal ultrasound in juvenile arthritis; establishment the use of point of care ultrasound in rheumatology
Sheila Angeles-Han, MD, MSc
Faculty
Pediatric medicine physician, Professor at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis; juvenile idiopathic arthritis-associated uveitis; chronic pediatric non-infectious uveitis, Uveitis; juvenile idiopathic arthritis; biomarkers; visual outcomes; quality of life, Rheumatology
Sherry Thornton, MD, PhD
Faculty
Rheumatologist, Field Service Professor at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Evaluating targets for the treatment of rheumatic disease; angiogenesis; animal models of arthritis, Rheumatology
Stephen Waggoner, PhD
Faculty
Associate Professor at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Viral immunology; natural killer cells; immunoregulation; vaccines; autoimmunity; immune dysfunction in aging., Visit the Waggoner Lab., Digestive Health, Autoimmune Genomics and Etiology
Tracy Ting, MD, MSc
Faculty
Rheumatologist, Associate Professor at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Fibromyalgia; joint hypermobility; juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA); systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), Pediatric Pain Research, Rheumatology