People

Director

Kent

C. Kent Kwoh, MD, MACR

Director, the University of Arizona Arthritis Center
The Charles A.L. and Suzanne M. Stephens Endowed Chair in Rheumatology
Retired Chief, Division of Rheumatology
Professor, Medicine and Medical Imaging
Associate Director, Rheumatology Fellowship Program

Faculty - Rheumatology

barbara

Barbara Bode, MD

Assistant Professor, Medicine
Chief, Division of Rheumatology, Southern Arizona Veteran's Affairs Health Care System
Fellowship Site Director, Southern Arizona Veterans Affairs Health Care System
Chief of Medical Subspecialty Clinic, Southern Arizona Veterans Affairs Health Care System
Acting Chair of Research and Development, Southern Arizona Veterans Affairs Health Care System
joshua

Joshua N. Farr, PhD

Associate Professor, Medicine
The Ethel McChesney Bilby Endowed Chair in Osteoporosis
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Mathew Hutchinson, MD, FACC, FHRS

Interim Chief, Division of Rheumatology
Vice Chair, Clinical Operations, Department of Medicine
Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology Program, Banner - University Medicine Tucson
Professor, Medicine
helene

Helene Kramer, DO

Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine
Southern Arizona Veteran's Affairs Health Care System
Anita

Anita N. Pender, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine
Southern Arizona Veteran's Affairs Health Care System
ernest

Ernest R. Vina, MD, MS

Associate Chief, Division of Rheumatology
Associate Professor, Medicine
Fellowship Program Director
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Marci Macaraeg, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatrics (Rheumatology)
The Charles W. and Sophie T. McKenzie Endowed Chair in Pediatric Rheumatology

Scientific Advisory Board

Kent

C. Kent Kwoh, MD, MACR

Director, the University of Arizona Arthritis Center
The Charles A.L. and Suzanne M. Stephens Endowed Chair in Rheumatology
Retired Chief, Division of Rheumatology
Professor, Medicine and Medical Imaging
Associate Director, Rheumatology Fellowship Program
Chen

Zhao Chen, PhD, MPH

Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Director, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Director, Healthy Aging Lab
Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health
john

John C. Elfar, MD

Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery
Chair, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
yong

Yong Ge, PhD

Associate Professor of Management Information Systems
Eller Fellow

Hendrikus Granzier, PhD

Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Professor, Physiology
Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Professor, Biomedical Engineering
ibrahim

Mohab M. Ibrahim, MD, PhD

Professor, Anesthesiology
Director, Chronic Pain Management Clinic
Program Director, Pain Medicine Fellowship
zong

Zong-Ming Li, PhD

Associate Director, the University of Arizona Arthritis Center
William and Sylvia Rubin Endowed Chair in Orthopaedic Research
Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery and Biomedical Engineering
Vice Chair for Research, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Director, Robert G. Volz, MD, Orthopaedic Research Laboratory
Director, Hand Research Laboratory
janko

Janko Ž. Nikolich, MD, PhD

Department Head and Professor, Immunobiology
Director, Aegis Consortium for Pandemic-Free Future
Co-Director, Arizona Center on Aging
Professor, Medicine
marvin

Marvin J. Slepian, MD

Regents Professor of Medicine and Medical Imaging
Professor and Associate Department Head, Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Materials Science, Engineering, Chemical and Environmental Engineering
McGuire Scholar, UArizona Eller College of Management
Director - Arizona Center for Accelerated Biomedical Innovation
Esther

Esther M. Sternberg, MD

Research Director, Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine
Director, UA Institute on Place and Well-Being
Professor of Medicine
ernest

Ernest R. Vina, MD, MS

Associate Chief, Division of Rheumatology
Associate Professor, Medicine
Fellowship Program Director

Rheumatology Fellows

Center Administration

Greg Gilles

Marketing Specialist
Research Technologist

Research Staff

Greg Gilles

Marketing Specialist
Research Technologist

Lynn Hamilton

Research Program Manager
Arthritis/Musculoskeletal Population Health Program

Clinical Research Unit Staff