Dr. Shoghik Akoghlanian, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at The Ohio State University, College of Medicine, and Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. As a part-time pediatric rheumatologist at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, she balances clinical care, research, and education. Her primary focus is providing specialized care to children with rheumatic diseases, particularly in …
Dr. Danny Soulsby is a Pediatric Rheumatologist at UCSF Children’s Hospital Oakland, where he balances clinical care with research focused on social determinants of health in pediatric rheumatic diseases, particularly Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE). His interest in rheumatology began in medical school when he cared for a complex patient who …
Dr. Mariana Correia Marques, located in Bethesda, MD, is a physician-researcher at the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS). With a focus on autoinflammation and systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA), Dr. Marques is dedicated to identifying pathways involved in autoinflammatory diseases and optimizing treatments for patients, particularly those with refractory cases …
Dr. Sivia Lapidus is a full-time Pediatric Rheumatologist at Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack Meridian Health, with a passion for translational science research, particularly focused on autoinflammatory diseases. She has been the leader of the CARRA PFAPA/Autoinflammatory Disease Work Group since its inception in 2013 and is also actively involved in the CRMO, Kawasaki …