Pediatric Rheumatology

Lisa F. Imundo, MD Academic Title(s): Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics Contact Information: Tel: (212) 305-9304 Fax: (212) 305-4932 Email: lfi1@columbia.edu

Education:

• Barnard College, Columbia University, BA, 1983
• State University of New York Health Science Center, MD, 1988

Postgraduate Training:

• Intern and Resident, Pediatrics, Babies Hospital, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, 1988-1992
• Clinical Fellow, Pediatric Rheumatology, Babies Hospital, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, 1992-1993
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center

Interests/Specialties:

• Clinical Research into new therapies
• Safety surveillance
• Adjunctive Treatments
• Rehabilitation
• Improving teenage education and adherence

Gail Cawkwell, MD Academic Title(s): Instructor in Clinical Pediatrics Contact Information: Tel: (212) 305-9304 Fax: (212) 305-4932 Email: gdc2103@columbia.edu

Education:

• Duke University, BS, 1984
• McGill University, MDCM, 1988
• University of Cincinnati, PhD, 1995

• Intern and Resident, Pediatrics, Duke University, 1988-1991
• Fellow, Pediatric Rheumatology, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 1991-1994

Interests/Specialties:

• Childhood arthritis
• Epidemiology of rheumatic diseases of childhood
• Clinical trial design and drug development

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Andrew H. Eichenfield, MD Academic Title(s): Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics Contact Information: Tel: (212) 305-9304 Fax: (212) 305-4932 Email: ahe2101@columbia.edu

Education:

• Wesleyan University, B.A., 1975
• University of Health Sciences/The Chicago Medical School, M.D., 1978

• Rotating Intern, Korlebu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana,1972-1974.
• Intern and Resident, Pediatrics, Mount Sinai Medical Center, 1978-1982
• Fellow, Pediatric rheumatology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 1982-84

Interests/Specialties:

• Juvenile idiopathic arthritis
• Systemic lupus erythematosus
• Lyme disease
• Impact of chronic disease in childhood on families

Josephine Isgro, MD Academic Title(s): Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics Contact Information: Tel: (212) 305-9304 Fax: (212) 305-4932 Email: js3512@columbia.edu

Education:

• University of Delaware, BA, 2001
• SUNY Downstate College of Medicine, MD, 2005

• Intern & Resident, Pediatrics, Children's Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University, 2005-2008
• Fellow, Pediatric Rheumatology, Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York-Presbyterian, Columbia University Medical Center, 2008-2011

• Systemic lupus erythematosus
• Adolescent issues and their impact on chronic disease
• Th17 cells in autoimmune disease
• Medical education

James N. Jarvis, MD Academic Title(s): Professor Clinical Pediatrics Contact Information: Email: jj2583@columbia.edi

Education:

• St. John's College, Annapolis, Maryland, BA, 1975
• The University of Vermont College of Medicine, MD, 1979

• Intern and Resident Pediatrics, St. Louis Children's Hospital, 1979-1982
• Chief Resident, St. Louis Children's Hospital, 1985-1986
• Fellow in Rheumatology and Immunogenetics, Barnes Hospital/Washington University School of Medicine, 1984-1989

• Biomarkers in Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Immunology Research

Amy Joan Starr, MD Academic Title(s): Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics Contact Information: Tel: (212) 305-9304 Fax: (212) 304-4932 Email: ajs2213@columbia.edu

Education:

• Brooklyn College, BA, Chemistry, 1970
• Yale Medical School, MD, 1974

• Intern, Pediatrics, Methodist Hospital of Indiana 1975
• Resident, Pediatrics, Albany Medical College 1978

Interests/Specialties:

• Juvenile arthritis in young children
• Systemic lupus erythematosus

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Other Faculty

Susan E. Klepper, PhD, PT Academic Title(s): Assistant Professor of Clinical Physical Therapy Contact Information: Tel: (212) 305-5574 Fax: (212) 304-4569 Email: sek44@columbia.edu

Education:

• St. Louis University, B.S. in Physical Therapy
• St. Louis University, MS in Pediatric Physical Therapy, 1990
• St. Louis University, PhD in Pediatric Physical Therapy, 1996

• Intern, Pediatrics, Methodist Hospital of Indiana 1975
• Resident, Pediatrics, Albany Medical College 1978

Interests/Specialties:

• Physical Activity and Exercise capacity and training in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis and other rheumatic diseases of childhood
• Assessment of function in children with rheumatic disease

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Margaret P. Carson, MSN, CPNP Academic Title(s): Research Nurse Contact Information: Tel: (212) 305-9304 Fax: (212) 304-4932 Email: Mc611@columbia.edu

Education:

• University of Maine, BSN, 1978
• Pace University, MSN, 1984
• Columbia University, Certificate Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, 1999

• Children with rheumatological disorders.
• Pediatric Anesthesia
• Pediatric neurology/Seizure Disorders
• Congenital heart disease

• First Place Award :Most Outstanding Scientific and Educational Exhibit. ASA International Conference. 2006
• Claire Lucille Pace Humanitarian Award, 2001 In recognition of extrodinary service to mankind-CHONY