Faculty
Virginia D. Steen, MD
Professor of Medicine
Chief, Division of Rheumatology
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, diagnosis, and management of undifferentiated CTD, Myositis and Interstitial lung diseases in connective tissue diseases
James N. Baraniuk, MD
Professor of Medicine
Medical Degree: University of Manitoba, Canada, 1981Internship: 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
Daniel Bunker, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director, Rheumatology Fellowship Program
Residency: Mount Sinai Medical Center, 2013
Fellowship: Mount Sinai Medical Center, 2016
Certification: Internal Medicine, 2013; Rheumatology, 2016
Special Interests: Gout, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Psoriatic Arthritis, Ankylosing Spondylitis, and Myositis
Megan Lockwood, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Lupus Program Director
Medical Degree: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, 2015Internship: University of California, San Francisco, 2016
Residency: University of California, San Francisco, 2018
Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital, 2021
Certification: Internal Medicine, 2018; Rheumatology, 2021
Special Interests: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, pregnancy in Rheumatic disease, Osteoporosis, and medical education
Stephen Ray Mitchell, MD
Professor of Medicine
Director, Childhood Arthritis Clinic
Dean for Education, School of Medicine
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 house staff training and Pediatric Rheumatic diseases
Carol Deane Benedict Mitnick, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Wound Healing Medical Specialist
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: Delayed wound healing associated with auto-immune diseases, Gout, Rheumatoid arthritis, Psoriatic arthritis, and Lupus
Lauren Smith, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Medical Degree: University of Florida, 2015Internship/Residency: UT Southwestern Medical Center, 2018
Fellowship: Johns Hopkins University, 2022
Certification: Internal Medicine, 2018; Rheumatology, 2022
Special Interests: Systemic Lupus Erythematosis, Gout, and Health disparities
Caroline Trevisan, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Medical Degree: Georgetown University School of Medicine, 2017Internship/Residency: MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, 2020
Fellowship: MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, 2022
Certification: Internal Medicine, 2020; Rheumatology, 2022
Special Interests: Musculoskeletal ultrasound, Myositis, Psoriatic arthritis, Gout, Lupus, and Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Sean A. Whelton, MD, FACR, FACP
Professor of Medicine
Medical Degree: Tulane University, 1997Internship: 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, and Ankylosing Spondylitis
Washington, D.C., VA Medical Center Faculty
Gail Kerr, MD
Professor of Medicine
Chief Division of Rheumatology Veterans Affairs Medical Center
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, and Sero–negative Spondyloarthropathy.
Tahereh Jamshidi, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Medical Degree: Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, 2003Internship: University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Nashville, 2008
Residency: University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Nashville, 2011
Fellowship: Medstar Georgetown University Hospital, 2013
Certification: Internal Medicine 2011, Rheumatology 2013
Special Interests: Rheumatoid arthritis, Gout, Lupus, Osteoarthritis and Psoriatic arthritis
Joyce Joseph, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Medical Degree: Chicago Medical School/Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine Science, 2010Internship: 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
Mercedes Quinones, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Medical Degree: Albany Medical College, 2005Internship/Residency: University of Maryland Medical Center, 2009
Fellowship: University of Maryland Medical Center, 2011
Certification: Internal Medicine, 2009; Pediatrics, 2009; Rheumatology 2012
Special Interests: Clinical research, and identifying and addressing ethnic disparities in Rheumatic diseases, with a focus on the Latino population.