Faculty

Co-Activity Directors

Leonard H. Calabrese, DO
Vice Chairman
Department of Rheumatic & Immunologic Diseases
R.J. Fasenmyer Chair in Clinical Immunology
The Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio

Nizar N. Zein, MD
Director of Clinical Hepatology
Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Digestive Disease Center
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio

Planning Committee

Ed Keystone, MD, FRCPC
Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto
Director, Rebecca MacDonald Center for Arthritis and Autoimmune Disease
Director, Division of Advanced Therapeutics in Arthritis
Consultant, Rheumatology
Mount Sinai Hospital
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Christopher T. Ritchlin, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology Unit
University of Rochester Medical Center
Rochester, New York

E. William St. Clair, MD
Professor of Medicine and Immunology
Department of Medicine
Division of Rheumatology and Immunology
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina

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FACULTY

Jean-Paul Achkar, MD Director, Gastroenterology Fellowship Program Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology The Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, Ohio

Aaron A. Brzezinski, MD Staff Physician Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology The Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, Ohio

Charles Camisa, MD Head of Clinical Dermatology Vice Chair, Department of Dermatology Cleveland Clinic Florida Naples, Florida

Jeffrey A. Cohen, MD Director of the Experimental Therapeutics Program Edward J. & Louise E. Mellen Center for Multiple Sclerosis Research and Treatment Department of Neurology The Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, Ohio

Daniel Culver, DO Director of Community Outreach at the Sarcoidosis Center of Excellence Clinical Associate Department of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine The Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, Ohio

John J. Cush, MD Chief, Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas Clinical Professor of Medicine The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School Dallas, Texas

Claudio Fiocchi, MD Professor of Medicine Case Western Reserve University Division of Gastroenterology University Hospitals of Cleveland Cleveland, Ohio

JoAnne L. Flynn, PhD Associate Professor University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Department of Molecular Genetics & Biochemistry Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

David A. Fox, MD Professor of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology Chief, Division of Rheumatology Director, Multipurpose Arthritis & Musculoskeletal Diseases Center University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan

Steven M. Gordon, MD Chairman, Department of Infectious Diseases The Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, Ohio

Gary S. Hoffman, MD Chairman, Department of Rheumatic & Immunologic Diseases Professor and Harold C. Schott Chairman, Rheumatic & Immunologic Diseases The Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, Ohio

Neil J. Korman, MD, PhD Associate Professor of Dermatology Case Western Reserve University University Hospitals of Cleveland Cleveland, Ohio

Steven P. LaRosa, MD Director, Clinical Coordinating Center Division of Infectious Disease Rhode Island Hospital Assistant Professor of Medicine Brown Medical School Providence, Rhode Island

Bret A. Lashner, MD Director for the Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology The Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, Ohio

Peter E. Lipsky, MD Chief, Autoimmunity Branch National Institute of Arthritis & Musculoskeletal & Skin Disease Bethesda, Maryland

Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD Vice Chairman of Medicine for Education Department of Rheumatic & Immunologic Diseases The Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, Ohio

Jonelle K. McDonnell, MD Associate Staff Section of Clinical Dermatology The Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, Ohio

Iain B. McInnes, FRCP, PhD Professor of Experimental Medicine University of Glasgow Glasgow Royal Infirmary Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

Steven A. Porcelli, MD Murray and Evelyne Weinstock Professor Department of Microbiology and Immunology Professor, Department of Medicine Albert Einstein College of Medicine Bronx, New York

William F.C. Rigby, MD Professor of Medicine, Microbiology & Immunology Dartmouth Medical School Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Lebanon, New Hampshire

Mary Jane Thomassen, PhD Director, Cytokine Biology Laboratory Department of Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Medicine The Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, Ohio

Cornelia M. Weyand, MD, PhD Professor of Medicine Director, Lowance Center for Human Immunology Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta, Georgia

James B. Young, MD Chairman, Division of Medicine Professor & Chairman Kaufman Center for Heart Failure The Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, Ohio