Overview
Dr. Berhanu was born and raised in Denver, Colorado. She attended Stanford University where she earned a B.A. degree in human biology. She earned her medical degree from the University of Illinois School of Medicine and completed her residency in internal medicine at Loyola University in Chicago. She completed her fellowship in rheumatology at New York University’s Langone Medical Center where she served as chief fellow in her final year. Following her fellowship, Dr. Berhanu joined the medical faculty at George Washington University as Assistant Professor of Rheumatology where she had an active clinical practice and trained new physicians.
Dr. Berhanu has a clinical interest in musculoskeletal ultrasound for which she received specialized training from USSONAR and obtained RhMSUS certification from the American College of Rheumatology. She applies her expertise with musculoskeletal ultrasound to her clinical interest in gout and has authored or co-authored several articles on the therapeutic management of gout. In addition to her research interests, Dr. Berhanu has long been dedicated to community service, both locally and abroad. She served as the 2018 Arthritis Foundation “Walk to Cure Arthritis” Medical Honoree and is particularly proud to have worked with the rheumatology program at the teaching hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Dr. Berhanu is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Lupus Nephritis. Her top areas of expertise are Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal Osteoporosis, Tenosynovitis, and Gout.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 4 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
5454 Wisconsin Ave, Suite 600, Chevy Chase, MD 20815
2021 K Street NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20006
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Berhanu 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.
Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
Michelle Petri, M.D. is a Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She attended medical school at Harvard University and fulfilled her internal medicine residency at the Massachusetts General Hospital. In addition, she completed two fellowship programs at the University of California, San Francisco in allergy and immunology and rheumatology. Dr. Petri is the Director of the Hopkins Lupus Cohort, a longitudinal study of morbidity and mortality in systemic lupus erythematosus, and Co-Director of the Hopkins Lupus Pregnancy Center. Dr. Petri is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Lupus Nephritis. Her top areas of expertise are Lupus Nephritis, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus (CLE), Tenotomy, and Osteotomy.
Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
Andrea Fava is a Rheumatologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Fava is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Lupus Nephritis. His top areas of expertise are Lupus Nephritis, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), Scleroderma, and Systemic Sclerosis (SSc).
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Dr. Homa Timlin is an assistant professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her areas of clinical expertise include systemic lupus erythematosus, and lupus nephritis. Dr. Timlin serves on the faculty of the Johns Hopkins Consultative Rheumatology Clinic. A member of the Royal College of Physicians, Dr. Timlin earned her medical degree at Romania’s Universitatea de Medicana Si Farmacie Carol Davila. Upon completion of rheumatology fellowships, Oxford in the United Kingdom and an internal medicine residency in the United States, she joined the Johns Hopkins Lupus Center in 2011. After a one-year postdoctoral lupus fellowship under the mentorship of Dr. Michelle Petri, she finished her post-doctoral fellowship in rheumatology at Johns Hopkins. She also holds a master’s degree in clinical immunology (London University), MRCP diploma (Member of the Royal College of Physicians), Certificate of Completion of Specialty Training (CCST). Dr. Timlin has been an active educator who works with trainees at all levels, nationally and internationally, in the inpatient and outpatient settings. Presently, Dr. Timlin has established a retrospective cohort of several hundred patients with lupus and lupus nephritis, and site lead at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. Dr. Timlin is the medical chair for the local chapter of Lupus Foundation of America (LFA) and the director of an IRB-approved prospective human diagnostic study using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to evaluate lupus nephritis. This provider is registered with the Florida Department of Health to perform telehealth services for patients in Florida. Dr. Timlin is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Lupus Nephritis. Her top areas of expertise are Lupus Nephritis, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), Discoid Lupus Erythematosus (DLE), and Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus (CLE).
Areas of Expertise
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- Distinguished
- OsteoporosisDr. Berhanu isDistinguished. Learn about Osteoporosis.
- Postmenopausal OsteoporosisDr. Berhanu isDistinguished. Learn about Postmenopausal Osteoporosis.
- TenosynovitisDr. Berhanu isDistinguished. Learn about Tenosynovitis.
- Advanced
- Ankylosing SpondylitisDr. Berhanu isAdvanced. Learn about Ankylosing Spondylitis.
- Axial Spondyloarthritis (AxSpA)Dr. Berhanu isAdvanced. Learn about Axial Spondyloarthritis (AxSpA).
- BursitisDr. Berhanu isAdvanced. Learn about Bursitis.
- Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS)Dr. Berhanu isAdvanced. Learn about Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS).
- GoutDr. Berhanu isAdvanced. Learn about Gout.
- Necrotizing VasculitisDr. Berhanu isAdvanced. Learn about Necrotizing Vasculitis.
- Experienced
- Adult Still's DiseaseDr. Berhanu isExperienced. Learn about Adult Still's Disease.
- Behcet DiseaseDr. Berhanu isExperienced. Learn about Behcet Disease.
- Calcium Pyrophosphate ArthritisDr. Berhanu isExperienced. Learn about Calcium Pyrophosphate Arthritis.
- Chondrocalcinosis 2Dr. Berhanu isExperienced. Learn about Chondrocalcinosis 2.
- Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus (CLE)Dr. Berhanu isExperienced. Learn about Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus (CLE).
- DermatomyositisDr. Berhanu isExperienced. Learn about Dermatomyositis.