Sebastian E. Cortes
Experienced in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA)

Dr. Sebastian E. Cortes

Rheumatology
UPMC
UPMC Lupus Center, Oakland, Part Of UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital
580 South Aiken Avenue, Suite 430, 
Pittsburgh, PA 
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Experienced in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA)
UPMC
UPMC Lupus Center, Oakland, Part Of UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital
580 South Aiken Avenue, Suite 430, 
Pittsburgh, PA 
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Overview

Sebastian E. Sattui MD, MS, is a rheumatologist and is certified in rheumatology and internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. He is Assistant Professor of Medicine and is the Director of the Vasculitis Center at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He received his medical degree from Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia in Lima, Peru and completed his residency at University of Alabama at Birmingham, followed by his rheumatology fellowship and advance rheumatology/vasculitis fellowship at the Hospital for Special Surgery/Weill Cornell Medicine. Dr. Sattui’s clinical interests include vasculitis, particularly giant cell arteritis (GCA) and ANCA-vasculitis and polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR), and his research interests include treatment outcomes of vasculitis and PMR including age-related outcomes of patients with inflammatory conditions. He has authored several publications in peer-reviewed journals and presented his work in international meetings. He was also awarded the Vasculitis Foundation/Vasculitis Clinical Research Consortium Fellowship Award 2019-2021. Dr. Sattui is a member of the American College of Rheumatology and the American College of Physicians.  View the full list of Dr. Sattui's publications on PubMed.

Dr. Cortes is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA). His top areas of expertise are Necrotizing Vasculitis, Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis, Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA), and Temporal Arteritis.

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 2 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.

Specialties
Rheumatology
Licenses
Internal Medicine in PA
Board Certifications
American Board Of Internal Medicine
American Board Of Internal Medicine
Fellowships
Hospital for Special Surgery
Hospital Affiliations
Magee Womens Hospital Of Upmc Health System
Upmc Presbyterian Shadyside
Upmc Passavant
Languages Spoken
English
French
Spanish
Gender
Male

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Locations

UPMC Lupus Center, Oakland, Part of UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital
580 South Aiken Avenue, Suite 430, Pittsburgh, PA 15232
Call: 412-586-3550

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.


2 Total Publications

Real-World Experience With Avacopan in Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Autoantibody-Associated Vasculitis.
Real-World Experience With Avacopan in Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Autoantibody-Associated Vasculitis.
Journal: Kidney international reports
Published: October 28, 2023
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