Robert Fuhlbrigge, MD, PhD

Professor, Pediatrics-Rheumatology


FacultyPhoto
Medical School
  • MD, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine (1989)
Graduate School
  • PhD, Washington University In St. Louis (1989)
Undergraduate School
  • BS, University of Wisconsin System (WI) (1982)
Internship
  • Washington University/Barnes-Jewish Hospital/St. Louis Children's Hospital (1989)
Residency
  • Washington University/Barnes-Jewish Hospital/St. Louis Children's Hospital, Pediatrics (1990)
Fellowships
  • Children's Hospital (Boston) Program, Pediatric Rheumatology (1992)
Languages
English
Department
Pediatrics-Rheumatology

Professional Titles

  • Section Head - Pediatric Rheumatology

Recognitions

  • New Investigator Award, The Medical Foundation (1999)
    Excellence in the field of biomedical research
  • Diana Ashby Memorial Research Award, Melanoma Research Foundation (2003)
    Excellence in the field of melanoma research
  • Pediatric Rheumatology Visiting Professor Award, American College of Rheumatology Research and Education Foundation/ Amgen (2011)
    Teaching award in clinical Pediatric Rheumatology
  • CARRA Service Award, CHildhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance- CARRA (2013)
    Recognition of outstanding service to CARRA
  • Pediatric Rheumatology Lectureship, James and Nancy Cassidy Foundation (2015)
    Excellence in clinical care in Pediatric Rheumatology
  • Pediatric Rheumatology Visiting Professor Award, American College of Rheumatology Research and Education Foundation/ Amgen (2017)
    Teaching award in clinical Pediatric Rheumatology
  • Pediatric Rheumatology Visiting Professor Award, American College of Rheumatology Research and Education Foundation/ Amgen (2023)
    Teaching award in clinical Pediatric Rheumatology
  • Pediatric Rheumatology Visiting Professor Award, American College of Rheumatology Research and Education Foundation/ Amgen (2024)
    Teaching award in clinical Pediatric Rheumatology

Publications

  • Yoon J, Leyva-Castillo JM, Wang G, Galand C, Oyoshi MK, Kumar L, Hoff S, He R, Chervonsky A, Oppenheim JJ, Kuchroo VK, van den Brink MR, Malefyt Rde W, Tessier PA, Fuhlbrigge R, Rosenstiel P, Terhorst C, Murphy G, Geha RS. IL-23 induced in keratinocytes by endogenous TLR4 ligands polarizes dendritic cells to drive IL-22 responses to skin immunization. J Exp Med. 2016 Sep 19;213(10):2147-66. PubMed PMID: 27551155
  • Batu ED, Kara Eroglu F, Tsoukas P, Hausmann JS, Bilginer Y, Kenna MA, Licameli GR, Fuhlbrigge RC, Özen S, Dedeoglu F. Periodic Fever, Aphthosis, Pharyngitis, and Adenitis Syndrome: Analysis of Patients From Two Geographic Areas. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2016 Dec;68(12):1859-1865. PubMed PMID: 27059542
  • Henderson LA, Volpi S, Frugoni F, Janssen E, Kim S, Sundel RP, Dedeoglu F, Lo MS, Hazen MM, Beth Son M, Mathieu R, Zurakowski D, Yu N, Lebedeva T, Fuhlbrigge RC, Walter JE, Nee Lee Y, Nigrovic PA, Notarangelo LD. Next-Generation Sequencing Reveals Restriction and Clonotypic Expansion of Treg Cells in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2016 Jul;68(7):1758-68. PubMed PMID: 26815131
  • Bohr AH, Fuhlbrigge RC, Pedersen FK, de Ferranti SD, Müller K. Premature subclinical atherosclerosis in children and young adults with juvenile idiopathic arthritis. A review considering preventive measures. Pediatr Rheumatol Online J. 2016 Jan 6;14(1):3. PubMed PMID: 26738563
  • Ringold S, Nigrovic PA, Feldman BM, Tomlinson GA, von Scheven E, Wallace CA, Huber AM, Schanberg LE, Li SC, Weiss PF, Fuhlbrigge RC, Morgan EM, Kimura Y. The Childhood Arthritis & Rheumatology Research Alliance Consensus Treatment Plans: Towards Comparative Effectiveness in the Pediatric Rheumatic Diseases. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2018 Jan 15. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 29333701
  • Park CO, Fu X, Jiang X, Pan Y, Teague JE, Collins N, Tian T, O'Malley JT, Emerson RO, Kim JH, Jung Y, Watanabe R, Fuhlbrigge RC, Carbone FR, Gebhardt T, Clark RA, Lin CP, Kupper TS. Staged development of long-lived T-cell receptor aß T(H)17 resident memory T-cell population to Candida albicans after skin infection. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2017 Nov 9. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 29128674
  • Tian T, Jin MQ, Dubin K, King SL, Hoetzenecker W, Murphy GF, Chen CA, Kupper TS, Fuhlbrigge RC. IL-1R Type 1-Deficient Mice Demonstrate an Impaired Host Immune Response against Cutaneous Vaccinia Virus Infection. J Immunol. 2017 Jun 1;198(11):4341-4351. PubMed PMID: 28468973
  • Pan Y, Tian T, Park CO, Lofftus SY, Mei S, Liu X, Luo C, O'Malley JT, Gehad A, Teague JE, Divito SJ, Fuhlbrigge R, Puigserver P, Krueger JG, Hotamisligil GS, Clark RA, Kupper TS. Survival of tissue-resident memory T cells requires exogenous lipid uptake and metabolism. Nature. 2017 Mar 9;543(7644):252-256. PubMed PMID: 28219080
  • Aires DJ, Yoshida M, Richardson SK, Bai M, Liu L, Moreno R, Lazar AJF, Wick JA, Rich BE, Murphy G, Blumberg RS, Fuhlbrigge RC, Kupper TS. T-cell trafficking plays an essential role in tumor immunity. Lab Invest. 2019 Jan;99(1):85-92. PubMed PMID: 30353131
  • Ringold S, Nigrovic PA, Feldman BM, Tomlinson GA, von Scheven E, Wallace CA, Huber AM, Schanberg LE, Li SC, Weiss PF, Fuhlbrigge RC, Morgan EM, Kimura Y. The Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Consensus Treatment Plans: Toward Comparative Effectiveness in the Pediatric Rheumatic Diseases. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2018 May;70(5):669-678. PubMed PMID: 29333701
  • Park CO, Fu X, Jiang X, Pan Y, Teague JE, Collins N, Tian T, O'Malley JT, Emerson RO, Kim JH, Jung Y, Watanabe R, Fuhlbrigge RC, Carbone FR, Gebhardt T, Clark RA, Lin CP, Kupper TS. Staged development of long-lived T-cell receptor aß T(H)17 resident memory T-cell population to Candida albicans after skin infection. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2018 Aug;142(2):647-662. PubMed PMID: 29128674
  • Mamyrova G, Kishi T, Targoff IN, Ehrlich A, Curiel RV, Rider LG; Childhood Myositis Heterogeneity Collaborative Study Group. Features distinguishing clinically amyopathic juvenile dermatomyositis from juvenile dermatomyositis. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2018
  • Wu EY, Li SC, Torok KS, Virkud YV, Fuhlbrigge RC, Rabinovich CE. Baseline Description of the Juvenile Localized Scleroderma Subgroup From the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Legacy Registry. ACR Open Rheumatol. 2019 Apr;1(2):119-124. PubMed PMID: 31777788
  • Li SC, Torok KS, Rabinovich CE, Dedeoglu F, Becker ML, Ferguson PJ, Hong SD, Ibarra MF, Stewart K, Pope E, Higgins GC, Laxer RM, Mason T 2nd, Fuhlbrigge RC, Andrews T. Initial Results from a Pilot Comparative Effectiveness Study of Three Methotrexate-Based Consensus Treatment Plans for Juvenile Localized Scleroderma. J Rheumatol. 2019 Oct 15. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31615917
  • Weishaupt C, Steinert M, Brunner G, Schulze HJ, Fuhlbrigge RC, Goerge T, Loser K. Activation of human vascular endothelium in melanoma metastases induces ICAM-1 and E-selectin expression and results in increased infiltration with effector lymphocytes. Exp Dermatol. 2019 Nov;28(11):1258-1269. PubMed PMID: 31444891
  • Li SC, Fuhlbrigge RC, Laxer RM, Pope E, Ibarra MF, Stewart K, Mason T 2nd, Becker ML, Hong S, Dedeoglu F, Torok KS, Rabinovich CE, Ferguson PJ, Punaro M, Feldman BM, Andrews T, Higgins GC. Developing comparative effectiveness studies for a rare, understudied pediatric disease: lessons learned from the CARRA juvenile localized scleroderma consensus treatment plan pilot study. Pediatr Rheumatol Online J. 2019 Jul 15;17(1):43. PubMed PMID: 31307476
  • Aires DJ, Yoshida M, Richardson SK, Bai M, Liu L, Moreno R, Lazar AJF, Wick JA, Rich BE, Murphy G, Blumberg RS, Fuhlbrigge RC, Kupper TS. T-cell trafficking plays an essential role in tumor immunity. Lab Invest. 2019 Jan;99(1):85-92. PubMed PMID: 30353131
  • Moore, KF and RC Fuhlbrigge. 2019. Familial Autoinflammatory Syndromes. In Rheumatology Secrets, 4th Edition, Editor: Sterling West (Elsevier, Philadelphia). Chapter 79.
  • Weiss PF, Fuhlbrigge RC, von Scheven E, Lovell DJ, Colbert RA, Brunner HI. Children with enthesitis-related arthritis could benefit from treatments targeted for adults with spondyloarthritis. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2020 Dec 5. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33278336
  • Rao S, Kwan BM, Curtis DJ, Swanson A, Bakel LA, Bajaj L, Boguniewicz J, Lockwood JM, Ogawa K, Pemberton K, Fuhlbrigge RC, Brumbaugh D, Givens P, Nozik ES, Sills MR. Implementation of a Rapid Evidence Assessment Infrastructure during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic to Develop Policies, Clinical Pathways, Stimulate Academic Research, and Create Educational Opportunities. J Pediatr. 2020 Oct 20. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33091418
  • Dulek DE, Fuhlbrigge RC, Tribble AC, Connelly JA, Loi MM, El Chebib H, Chandrakasan S, Otto WR, Diorio C, Keim G, Walkovich K, Jaggi P, Girotto JE, Yarbrough A, Behrens EM, Cron RQ, Bassiri H. Multidisciplinary Guidance Regarding the Use of Immunomodulatory Therapies for Acute COVID-19 in Pediatric Patients. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2020 Aug 18. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 32808988
  • Brunner HI, Schanberg LE, Kimura Y, Dennos A, Co DO, Colbert RA, Fuhlbrigge RC, Goldmuntz E, Kingsbury DJ, Patty-Resk C, Mintz S, Onel K, Rider LG, Schneider R, Watts A, von Scheven E, Lovell DJ, Beukelman T. New Medications Are Needed for Children With Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2020 Nov;72(11):1945-1951. PubMed PMID: 32524767
  • Henderson LA, Hoyt KJ, Lee PY, Rao DA, Jonsson AH, Nguyen JP, Rutherford K, Julé AM, Charbonnier LM, Case S, Chang MH, Cohen EM, Dedeoglu F, Fuhlbrigge RC, Halyabar O, Hazen MM, Janssen E, Kim S, Lo J, Lo MS, Meidan E, Son MBF, Sundel RP, Stoll ML, Nusbaum C, Lederer JA, Chatila TA, Nigrovic PA. Th17 reprogramming of T cells in systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis. JCI Insight. 2020 Mar 26;5(6). PubMed PMID: 32213704
  • Tian T, Lofftus S, Pan Y, Stingley CA, King SL, Zhao J, Pan TY, Lock R, Marglous JW, Liu K, Widlund HR, Fuhlbrigge RC, Cichowski K, Kupper TS. IL1a Antagonizes IL1ß and Promotes Adaptive Immune Rejection of Malignant Tumors. Cancer Immunol Res. 2020 May;8(5):660-671. PubMed PMID: 32161110
  • Li SC, Torok KS, Rabinovich CE, Dedeoglu F, Becker ML, Ferguson PJ, Hong SD, Ibarra MF, Stewart K, Pope E, Higgins GC, Laxer RM, Mason T 2nd, Fuhlbrigge RC, Andrews T. Initial Results from a Pilot Comparative Effectiveness Study of 3 Methotrexate-based Consensus Treatment Plans for Juvenile Localized Scleroderma. J Rheumatol. 2020 Aug 1;47(8):1242-1252. PubMed PMID: 31615917
  • Chang MH, Levescot A, Nelson-Maney N, Blaustein RB, Winden KD, Morris A, Wactor A, Balu S, Grieshaber-Bouyer R, Wei K, Henderson LA, Iwakura Y, Clark RA, Rao DA, Fuhlbrigge RC, Nigrovic PA. Arthritis flares mediated by tissue-resident memory T cells in the joint. Cell Rep. 2021 Oct 26;37(4):109902. PubMed PMID: 34706228
  • Bloom JL, Furniss A, Suresh K, Fuhlbrigge RC, Lamb MM, Rosenberg S, Edwards A, O'Leary ST. The Impact of Altitude at Birth on Perinatal Respiratory Support for Neonates with Trisomy 21. Am J Perinatol. 2021 Oct 21. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34674211
  • Fuhlbrigge RC, Schanberg LE, Kimura Y. CARRA: The Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance. Rheum Dis Clin North Am. 2021 Nov;47(4):531-543. PubMed PMID: 34635290
  • Bloom JL, Frank B, Weinman JP, Galambos C, O'Leary ST, Liptzin DR, Fuhlbrigge RC. Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage in children with trisomy 21. Pediatr Rheumatol Online J. 2021 Jul 17;19(1):114. PubMed PMID: 34273981
  • Rao S, Kwan BM, Curtis DJ, Swanson A, Bakel LA, Bajaj L, Boguniewicz J, Lockwood JM, Ogawa K, Pemberton K, Fuhlbrigge RC, Brumbaugh D, Givens P, Nozik ES, Sills MR. Implementation of a Rapid Evidence Assessment Infrastructure during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic to Develop Policies, Clinical Pathways, Stimulate Academic Research, and Create Educational Opportunities. J Pediatr. 2021 Mar;230:4-8.e2. PubMed PMID: 33091418
  • 24) Morishita KA, Wagner-Weiner L, Yen EY, Sivaraman V, James KE, Gerstbacher D, Szymanski AM, O'Neil KM, Cabral DA; CARRA ANCA-Associated Vasculitis Workgroup. Consensus Treatment Plans for Severe Pediatric Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2021 Mar 6. doi: 10.1002/acr.24590. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33675161. 25) Randell RL, Singler L, Cunningham A, Schanberg LE, Cohen-Wolkowiez M, Hornik CP, Balevic SJ; with the CARRA Registry investigators. Delivering clinical trials at home: protocol, design and implementation of a direct-to-family paediatric lupus trial. Lupus Sci Med. 2021 May;8(1):e000494. doi: 10.1136/lupus-2021-000494. PMID: 33963084; PMCID: PMC8108689.
  • 26) Ong MS, Ringold S, Kimura Y, Schanberg LE, Tomlinson GA, Natter MD; CARRA Registry Investigators. Improved disease course associated with early initiation of biologics in untreated polyarticular Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: A trajectory analysis of the STOP-JIA study. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2021 Jun 8. doi: 10.1002/art.41892. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34105303.
  • 27) Kimura Y, Schanberg LE, Tomlinson GA, Riordan ME, Dennos AC, Del Gaizo V, Murphy KL, Weiss PF, Natter M MD, Feldman BM, Ringold S; CARRA STOP-JIA Investigators. The Childhood Arthritis & Rheumatology Research Alliance Start Time Optimization of Biologics in Polyarticular Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Study (STOP-JIA): A Comparative Effectiveness Study of CARRA Consensus Treatment Plans for Untreated Polyarticular JIA. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2021 Jun 8. doi: 10.1002/art.41888. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34105312.
  • 28) Beukelman T, Lougee A, Matsouaka RA, Collier D, Rumsey DG, Schenfeld J, Stryker S, Twilt M, Kimura Y; CARRA Registry Investigators. Patterns of etanercept use in juvenile idiopathic arthritis in the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Registry. Pediatr Rheumatol Online J. 2021 Aug 21;19(1):131. doi: 10.1186/s12969-021-00625-y. PMID: 34419107; PMCID: PMC8380401.
  • 29) Balmuri N, Soulsby WD, Cooley V, Gerber L, Lawson E, Goodman S, Onel K, Mehta B; CARRA Registry Investigators,. Community poverty level influences time to first pediatric rheumatology appointment in Polyarticular Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis. Pediatr Rheumatol Online J. 2021 Aug 14;19(1):122. doi: 10.1186/s12969-021-00610-5. PMID: 34391453; PMCID: PMC8364108.
  • Weiss PF, Fuhlbrigge RC, von Scheven E, Lovell DJ, Colbert RA, Brunner HI. Children With Enthesitis-Related Arthritis and Possible Benefits From Treatments for Adults With Spondyloarthritis. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2022 Jul;74(7):1058-1064. PubMed PMID: 33278336
  • Chang MH, Levescot A, Nelson-Maney N, Blaustein RB, Winden KD, Morris A, Wactor A, Balu S, Grieshaber-Bouyer R, Wei K, Henderson LA, Iwakura Y, Clark RA, Rao DA, Fuhlbrigge RC, Nigrovic PA. Arthritis flares mediated by tissue-resident memory T cells in the joint. Cell Rep. 2021 Oct 26;37(4):109902. PubMed PMID: 34706228
  • Verstegen RHJ, Shrader P, Balevic SJ, Beukelman T, Correll C, Dennos A, Phillips T, Feldman BM. Dosing Variation at Initiation of Adalimumab and Etanercept and Clinical Outcomes in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: A Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Registry Study. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2022 Jan 18. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 35040593
  • Soulsby WD, Balmuri N, Cooley V, Gerber LM, Lawson E, Goodman S, Onel K, Mehta B. Social determinants of health influence disease activity and functional disability in Polyarticular Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis. Pediatr Rheumatol Online J. 2022 Mar 7;20(1):18. PubMed PMID: 35255941
  • Chriswell ME, Fuhlbrigge RC, Lovell MA, Monson M, Bloom JL. Why so low? An unusual case of myositis in a child. Pediatr Rheumatol Online J. 2023 Apr 18;21(1):36. doi: 10.1186/s12969-023-00816-9. PMID: 37072782; PMCID: PMC10111759.
  • Bloom JL, Pickett-Nairn K, Silveira L, Fuhlbrigge RC, Cuthbertson D, Akuthota P, Corbridge TC, Khalidi NA, Koening CL, Langford CA, McAlear CA, Monach PA, Moreland LW, Pagnoux C, Rhee RL, Seo P, Silver J, Specks U, Warrington KJ, Wechsler ME, Merkel PA; Vasculitis Clinical Research Consortium. The Association Between Age at Diagnosis and Disease Characteristics and Damage in Patients with ANCA-Associated Vasculitis. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2023 Jul 11. doi: 10.1002/art.42651. PMID: 37433067.
  • Kammeyer R, Ogbu EA, Cooper JC, Stolz E, Piquet AL, Fuhlbrigge RC, Bennett JL, Hutaff-Lee C. Cognitive dysfunction in pediatric systemic lupus erythematosus: current knowledge and future directions. Child Neuropsychol. 2023 Oct 30:1-29. doi: 10.1080/09297049.2023.2273573. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37902575.
  • Smitherman EA, Chahine RA, Beukelman T, Lewandowski LB, Rahman AKMF, Wenderfer SE, Curtis JR, Hersh AO; CARRA Registry Investigators. Childhood-Onset Lupus Nephritis in the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Registry: Short-Term Kidney Status and Variation in Care. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2023 Jul;75(7):1553-1562. doi: 10.1002/acr.25002. Epub 2023 Feb 12. PMID: 36775844; PMCID: PMC10500561.
  • Shiff NJ, Shrader P, Correll CK, Dennos A, Phillips T, Beukelman T. Trajectories of disease activity in patients with JIA in the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Registry. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2022 Jun 15. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 35703945
  • Neely J, Ardalan K, Huber A, Kim S. Baseline characteristics of children with juvenile dermatomyositis enrolled in the first year of the new Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance registry. Pediatr Rheumatol Online J. 2022 Jul 19;20(1):50. PubMed PMID: 35854378
  • Ringold S, Dennos AC, Kimura Y, Beukelman T, Shrader P, Phillips TA, Kohlheim M, Schanberg LE, Yeung RSM, Horton DB. Disease Recapture Rates After Medication Discontinuation and Flare in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: An Observational Study Within the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Registry. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2022 Aug 3. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 35921198
  • Balevic SJ, Randell R, Weiner D, Beard C, Schanberg LE, Hornik CP, Cohen-Wolkowiez M, Gonzalez D. Pharmacokinetics of hydroxychloroquine in paediatric lupus: data from a novel, direct-to-family clinical trial. Lupus Sci Med. 2022 Nov;9(1). PubMed PMID: 36328395
  • Hahn T, Daymont C, Beukelman T, Groh B, Hays K, Bingham CA, Scalzi L. Placeholder TextIntraarticular steroids as DMARD-sparing agents for juvenile idiopathic arthritis flares: Analysis of the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Registry. Pediatr Rheumatol Online J. 2022 Nov 25;20(1):107. PubMed PMID: 36434731
  • Verstegen RHJ, Shrader P, Balevic SJ, Beukelman T, Correll C, Dennos A, Phillips T, Feldman BM; CARRA Registry Investigators. Dosing Variation at Initiation of Adalimumab and Etanercept and Clinical Outcomes in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: A Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Registry Study. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2023 Feb;75(2):410-422. doi: 10.1002/acr.24859. PMID: 35040593.
  • Woo JMP, Simmonds F, Dennos A, Son MBF, Lewandowski LB, Rubinstein TB; CARRA Registry investigators. Health Equity Implications of Missing Data Among Youths With Childhood-Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Proof-of-Concept Study in the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Registry. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2023 Nov;75(11):2285-2294. doi: 10.1002/acr.25136. Epub 2023 May 30. PMID: 37093036; PMCID: PMC10593908
  • Sherman MA, Pak K, Pinal-Fernandez I, Flegel WA, Targoff IN, Miller FW, Rider LG, Mammen AL; Childhood Myositis Heterogeneity Collaborative Study Group. Autoantibodies Recognizing Specificity Protein 4 Co-occur With Anti-Transcription Intermediary Factor 1 and Are Associated With Distinct Clinical Features and Immunogenetic Risk Factors in Juvenile Myositis. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2023 Sep;75(9):1668-1677. doi: 10.1002/art.42512. PMID: 36996276; PMCID: PMC10524257
  • Sherman MA, Yang Q, Gutierrez-Alamillo L, Pak K, Flegel WA, Mammen AL, Rider LG, Casciola-Rosen LA; Childhood Myositis Heterogeneity Collaborative Study Group. Clinical features and immunogenetic risk factors associated with additional autoantibodies in anti-transcriptional intermediary factor 1? juvenile-onset dermatomyositis. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2023 Dec 7. doi: 10.1002/art.42768. PMID: 38059274
  • Beukelman T, Tomlinson G, Nigrovic PA, Dennos A, Del Gaizo V, Jelinek M, Riordan ME, Schanberg LE, Mohan S, Pfeifer E, Kimura Y. First-line options for systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis treatment: an observational study of Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Consensus Treatment Plans. Pediatr Rheumatol Online J. 2022 Dec 8;20(1):113. PubMed PMID: 36482434
  • Chang MH, Fuhlbrigge RC, Nigrovic PA. Joint-specific memory, resident memory T cells and the rolling window of opportunity in arthritis. Nat Rev Rheumatol. 2024 May;20(5):258-271. PubMed PMID: 38600215
  • Li SC, Rabinovich CE, Becker ML, Torok KS, Ferguson PJ, Dedeoglu F, Hong S, Sivaraman V, Laxer RM, Stewart K, Ibarra MF, Mason T 2nd, Higgins G, Pope E, Li X, Lozy T, Fuhlbrigge RC; CARRA Registry Investigators. Capturing the Range of Disease Involvement in Localized Scleroderma: The Localized scleroderma Total Severity Scale (LoTSS). Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2023 Dec 26. doi: 10.1002/acr.25281. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38148547.
  • Li SC, Rabinovich CE, Becker ML, Torok KS, Ferguson PJ, Dedeoglu F, Hong S, Sivaraman V, Laxer RM, Stewart K, Ibarra MF, Mason T 2nd, Higgins G, Pope E, Li X, Lozy T, Fuhlbrigge RC. Capturing the Range of Disease Involvement in Localized Scleroderma: The Localized Scleroderma Total Severity Scale. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2024 May;76(5):616-626. PubMed PMID: 38148547
  • Bloom JL, Pickett-Nairn K, Silveira L, Fuhlbrigge RC, Cuthbertson D, Akuthota P, Corbridge TC, Khalidi NA, Koening CL, Langford CA, McAlear CA, Monach PA, Moreland LW, Pagnoux C, Rhee RL, Seo P, Silver J, Specks U, Warrington KJ, Wechsler ME, Merkel PA. The Association Between Age at Diagnosis and Disease Characteristics and Damage in Patients With ANCA-Associated Vasculitis. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2023 Dec;75(12):2216-2227. PubMed PMID: 37433067

Professional Memberships

  • CARRA- Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance, Board of Directors
  • American College of Rheumatology, Member

Practice Locations

Children's Hospital Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
13123 East 16th Ave
Aurora, CO 80045
720-777-1234

Hospital Affiliation
  • Children's Hospital Colorado

Specialty Information

Specialties
  • Pediatric Rheumatology, Board Certification
Conditions & Treatments
  • Immune System - Autoimmune Disorders
  • Immune System
  • Immune System - Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • Spine - Sacroiliac Joint
  • Bones, Joints and Muscles - Arthritis
  • Bones, Joints and Muscles
  • Child and Teen Health - Pediatric Diseases and Conditions
  • Child and Teen Health
  • Eyes and Vision - Uveitis and Ocular Immunology
  • Eyes and Vision
  • Genetic Conditions and Testing
  • Lungs and Breathing - Interstitial Lung Disease
  • Lungs and Breathing
  • Lungs and Breathing - Granulomatous Lung Disease
  • Spine
  • Kawasaki Disease
  • Kidneys and Urinary System
Clinical Interests
Pediatric Rheumatology

Care Philosophy
I strive to provide the best care for my patients, taking every aspect of a patient’s body and health into consideration during diagnosis and treatment.