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Department of Medicine

Faculty

Rheumatology staff conduct a meeting at a table

Beth L. Jonas, MD: Reeves Foundation Distinguished Professor of Medicine; Chief, Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology

Rumey Ishizawar, MD, PhD: Associate Professor of Medicine; Director of UNC Rheumatology Fellowship Training Program

Abigail Gilbert, MD: Assistant Professor of Medicine

Richard Loeser, Jr., MD: Herman and Louise Smith Distinguished Professor of Medicine; Director, UNC Thurston Arthritis Research Center

Amanda Nelson, MD, MSCR, RhMUS: Professor of Medicine medical staff walk along a corridor

Nicole Orzechowski, DO: Associate Professor of Medicine, Director of UNC Rheumatology Clinic

Alfredo Rivadeneira, MD: Professor of Medicine; Director of UNC Therapeutic Infusion Center

Saira Sheikh, MD: Linda Coley Sewell Distinguished Professor of Medicine

Amanda Snyder, MD: Assistant Professor of Medicine; Associate Program Director of UNC Rheumatology Fellowship Training Program

Eveline Wu, MD: Associate Professor of Pediatrics

ADDITIONAL RESEARCH MENTORS

a physician uses a medical instrument to perform diagnostics on a patient's wrist

Kelli Allen, PhD: Professor of Medicine

Leigh Callahan, PhD: Mary Link Briggs Professor of Medicine, Departments of Social Medicine and Orthopedics, Assoc. Director UNC Thurston Arthritis Research Center

Yvonne Golightly, PT, PhD: Associate Professor of Epidemiology

Richard H. Gracely, PhD: Professor, Endodontics, Center for Pain Research and Innovation

Jenny Ting, PhD: William R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor, Department of Genetics; Founding Director, Center for Translational Immunology

Barbara J. Vilen, PhD: Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology