Overview
Laura Hummers is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Rheumatology. She graduated from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and trained in internal medicine at Thomas Jefferson University. She then pursued her rheumatology fellowship at Johns Hopkins University and has since been on the faculty working at the Johns Hopkins Scleroderma Center since 2003 where she has been Co-Director of the Center. She received her ScM degree through the Graduate Training Program in Clinical Investigation from the Bloomberg School of Public Health in 2010. Dr. Hummers also serves as Clinical Director for the Division of Rheumatology. Dr. Hummers actively participates in a number of clinical trials and clinical investigations at the Scleroderma Center and has a particular interest in predictors of outcomes in scleroderma. She actively manages a large patient practice focused exclusively on scleroderma and related conditions at Johns Hopkins and actively helps to manage the Johns Hopkins Scleroderma Center longitudinal database. She also has specific expertise in other scleroderma-like conditions such as scleromyxedema, scleredema and eosinophilic fasciitis.
Dr. Hummers is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Arthritis. Her top areas of expertise are Scleroderma, Systemic Sclerosis (SSc), Eosinophilic Fasciitis, and Scleroma.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 138 peer reviewed articles and participating in 7 clinical trials. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, she has co-authored 6 articles in the study of Arthritis.
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Locations
5501 Hopkins Bayview Circle, Floor 1, Floor 1, Baltimore, MD 21224
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Hummers has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
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Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Dr. Ana-Maria Orbai is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Rheumatology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her areas of clinical expertise include rheumatology and psoriatic arthritis. Dr. Orbai earned her M.D. from the Iuliu Hatieganu School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, in Romania. She completed internship and residency training in internal medicine at the Johns Hopkins University-Sinai Hospital program. Subsequently, Dr. Orbai completed her post-doctoral fellowship training in rheumatology at Johns Hopkins. During her fellowship she earned her Master in Health Sciences degree in Clinical Investigation at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Orbai directs the Psoriatic Arthritis Program in the Johns Hopkins Arthritis Center. Her clinical focus is psoriatic arthritis and spodyloarthritis. Dr. Orbai's research aims to understand psoriatic disease subtypes and improve treatment strategies for people with psoriatic arthritis. Dr. Orbai was awarded a Rheumatology Research Foundation Scientist Development award in 2014 and a Jerome L Greene Foundation Scholar award in 2018. Dr. Orbai is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Arthritis. Her top areas of expertise are Psoriatic Arthritis, Psoriasis, Arthritis, and Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA).
Howard University
Gail Kerr is a Rheumatologist in Washington, Washington, D.c.. Dr. Kerr is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Arthritis. Her top areas of expertise are Rheumatoid Lung Disease, Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), Arthritis, and Gout.
Areas of Expertise
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Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Elite
- SclerodermaDr. Hummers isElite. Learn about Scleroderma.
- Systemic Sclerosis (SSc)Dr. Hummers isElite. Learn about Systemic Sclerosis (SSc).
- Distinguished
- Eosinophilic FasciitisDr. Hummers isDistinguished. Learn about Eosinophilic Fasciitis.
- Raynaud PhenomenonDr. Hummers isDistinguished. Learn about Raynaud Phenomenon.
- ScleromaDr. Hummers isDistinguished. Learn about Scleroma.
- Advanced
- Localized SclerodermaDr. Hummers isAdvanced. Learn about Localized Scleroderma.
- MyositisDr. Hummers isAdvanced. Learn about Myositis.
- ScleredemaDr. Hummers isAdvanced. Learn about Scleredema.
- Experienced
- Antisynthetase SyndromeDr. Hummers isExperienced. Learn about Antisynthetase Syndrome.
- ArthritisDr. Hummers isExperienced. Learn about Arthritis.
- DermatomyositisDr. Hummers isExperienced. Learn about Dermatomyositis.
- Eosinophilia-Myalgia SyndromeDr. Hummers isExperienced. Learn about Eosinophilia-Myalgia Syndrome.
- Erythema NodosumDr. Hummers isExperienced. Learn about Erythema Nodosum.
- Granulomatosis with PolyangiitisDr. Hummers isExperienced. Learn about Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis.