Category: RHEUM

We are excited to announce that Laura Cannon, MD and Priyanka Rao, MD will join the education team as Associate Program Directors. They were chosen from a pool of excellent candidates, highlighting the strength of educators in the Department of Pediatrics.

Aliese Sarkissian, MD, MBOE was promoted to Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Rheumatology, effective June 1, 2025. Dr. Sarkissian has been a faculty member in Pediatrics since August 2018. Dr. Sarkissian received a BA in Biology from DePauw University in Greencastle, IN in 2006 and a post...

Join us on October 19, 2024 at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary and enjoy the weather, your teammates, and an empowering day of hope, support and passion with activities for the whole family to enjoy. Walk to End Lupus Now ™ events provide all people affected by Lupus and their...

Join us on October 26, 2024 at the Marble Kids Museum & IMAX Theatre in Raleigh for the Juvenile Arthritis Family Fun Day. This Arthritis Foundation event is for families affected by juvenile arthritis and childhood rheumatic diseases. Join us for a brief educational session and then enjoy connecting with...

Caitlan Pinotti, MD joined the Pediatric Division of Rheumatology on August 5, 2024. Dr. Pinotti received her Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, VA in May 2013. She earned her MD from Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine in Richmond, VA in...

Eveline Wu, MD, MSCR, Associate Professor and Division Chief of Pediatric Rheumatology in the Department of Pediatrics, is one of 14 researchers nationwide selected to receive the award this year.

Laura Cannon, Assistant Professor in Rheumatology, was accepted to the 2024-2025 NC TraCS Clinical Trialist Training Program. The Clinical Trialist Training Program (CTTP) is a NC TraCS initiative that provides didactic and experiential training that fosters the development of faculty who are interested in being new site investigators for multicenter...

Aliese Sarkissian, MD, MBOE was a guest speaker at the August 2023 Roadmap Collaborative Action Period Calls where she shared some lessons she’s learned about engaging her colleagues in testing strategies. Dr. Sarkissian was site co-leader in the Roadmap Pilot Collaborative and is now leading a team in the current...

Pan, Wu, and Cannon were published recently in the journal, Contemporary Pediatrics. Biologics to the rescue: changing the treatment paradigm in juvenile idiopathic arthritis considers the use of biologic medication in the treatment of juvenile idiopathic arthritis.

Drs. Laura Cannon and Eve Wu were invited to presented at the 2023 Carolinas Fellows Collaborative Winter Symposium. Dr. Cannon’s presentation was entitled, “Pediatric Rheumatology Potpourri” and Dr. Wu presented, “Autoimmunity and Immunodeficiency: Two Sides of the Same Coin”.