Howard Hauptman is a Rheumatologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Hauptman has been practicing medicine for over 44 years and is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Necrotizing Vasculitis. His top areas of expertise are Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), Rhizomelic Pseudopolyarthritis, Sjogren Syndrome, and Polymyalgia Rheumatica. Dr. Hauptman is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Philip Seo is an Associate Professor in the Division of Rheumatology. A graduate of Harvard College and the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University, Dr. Seo completed his Internal Medicine training as a member of the Osler Medical Service at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Since then, he has worked at Johns Hopkins in several capacities, including as a hospitalist at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, and as an Assistant Chief of Service of the Department of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, before joining the Division of Rheumatology. Dr. Seo is the Director of the Johns Hopkins Vasculitis Center and Director of the Johns Hopkins Rheumatology Fellowship Program. His clinical interests lie in the assessment and treatment of patients with systemic vasculitis, in particular, the ANCA-associated vasculitides, which include granulomatosis with polyangiitis, microscopic polyangiitis, and eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis. Dr. Seo is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Necrotizing Vasculitis. His top areas of expertise are Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis, Vasculitis, Microscopic Polyangiitis, Takayasu Arteritis, and Tissue Biopsy.

Douglas Lienesch is an Internal Medicine specialist and a Rheumatologist in Elkton, Maryland. Dr. Lienesch is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Necrotizing Vasculitis. His top areas of expertise are Sjogren Syndrome, Necrotizing Vasculitis, IgG4-Related Disease, and Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcus Infections.

Dr. Hellmann is one of Johns Hopkins best physicians, teachers, and program builders. He holds the Aliki Perroti endowed Chair, recognizing his leadership in education. Dr. Hellmann’s clinical care and research focus is on vasculitis. Over the last four years, Dr. Hellmann has evaluated over 200 patients with systemic vasculitis. Areas of interest have included granulomatosis with polyangiitis, temporal arteritis, Takayasu’s arteritis, and polyarteritis nodosa. Dr. Hellmann is director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Innovative Medicine which promotes patient-centered care through the creative collaboration of research, teaching, and patient care programs. Dr. Hellmann is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Necrotizing Vasculitis. His top areas of expertise are Behcet Disease, Necrotizing Vasculitis, Takayasu Arteritis, and Juvenile Temporal Arteritis.

Dr. Antiochos sees patients in the Division of Rheumatology on the Bayview campus and conducts basic science research into the pathogenesis of rheumatic diseases in the Division's laboratory. Lab website: Brendan Antiochos MD. Dr. Antiochos is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Necrotizing Vasculitis. His top areas of expertise are Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis, Necrotizing Vasculitis, Sjogren Syndrome, and Vasculitis.

Tazeen Rehman is a Rheumatologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Rehman is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Necrotizing Vasculitis. Her top areas of expertise are Psoriatic Arthritis, Psoriasis, Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), and Fibromyalgia.

Dr. Alan Baer graduated from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1978 and completed his post-graduate medical training in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology at the Johns Hopkins and Vanderbilt University Hospitals. He was a faculty member at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York, from 1986 to 2007, and served there as Chief of the Section of Rheumatology and Fellowship Program Director. He joined the faculty at Johns Hopkins in 2007 and is currently Professor of Medicine and Director of the Jerome L. Greene Sjogren's Syndrome Center. Since 2015, he has been an Investigator in the Sjogren's Syndrome Clinic at the National Institutes of Health. He was Chief of Rheumatology and Clinical Director of the Johns Hopkins University Rheumatology Practice at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland from 2007 to 2014. Dr. Baer is currently engaged in a number of research studies in the area of Sjogren's syndrome, both at Johns Hopkins and in the NIH Sjogren's Syndrome Clinic. He was the principal investigator of the NIH subcontract to Johns Hopkins to conduct the Sjogren's International Registry (SICCA) and enrolled 300 patients into the registry. The SICCA registry has been a rich source of clinical data and biospecimens for research that Dr. Baer is conducting with colleagues at both Hopkins and the University of California-San Francisco. He is conducting a longitudinal observational study of patients with Sjogren's syndrome. Dr. Baer is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Necrotizing Vasculitis. His top areas of expertise are Sjogren Syndrome, Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), Arthritis, and Interstitial Keratitis.

Dr. Ira Fine is an assistant professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He serves as chairman of the Board of Governors at Johns Hopkins at Green Spring Station, where he practices internal medicine, specializing in rheumatology. A member of numerous medical and professional organizations, Dr. Fine is also a member of the Hospital Board of Directors. Dr. Fine received his medical degree from the University of Maryland and completed a medical internship and residency at the University of Maryland Hospital. He completed a clinical fellowship in rheumatology at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. He helped establish the Dr. Ira T. Fine Discovery Fund, a grant program that supports innovative research into arthritis and inflammatory diseases. Dr. Fine is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Necrotizing Vasculitis. His top areas of expertise are Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), Temporal Arteritis, Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA), and Juvenile Temporal Arteritis.

Scott Maurer is a primary care provider, practicing in Geriatrics in Glenwood, Maryland. Dr. Maurer is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Necrotizing Vasculitis. His top areas of expertise are Familial Combined Hyperlipidemia, Xanthoma, Cirrhosis, and High Cholesterol.

Dr. Ariel Green is Associate Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her areas of clinical expertise include geriatric medicine and general internal medicine, with a particular interest in reducing use of potentially harmful medications in older adults. Dr. Green earned her medical degree, Master of Public Health and PhD in Clinical Investigation from Johns Hopkins University. She completed her residency in internal medicine at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center and performed a fellowship in geriatric medicine at Johns Hopkins. Her research, supported by the National Institute on Aging, is evaluating the impact on patient and caregiver outcomes of pragmatic interventions to optimize prescribing for older adults with dementia in primary care. Dr. Green is a core faculty member of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Drug Safety and Effectiveness. She is also a member of the American Geriatrics Society Clinical Practice and Models of Care Committee. She co-authored The American Geriatrics Society’s recommendations for Choosing Wisely, a national initiative that aims to promote conversations between patients and doctors about avoiding unhelpful medical tests and treatments. A former journalist, Dr. Green has published personal essays and op-eds in Annals of Internal Medicine, The Washington Post, and The New York Times, among other publications. She has been recognized with several awards, including the American Geriatrics Society Choosing Wisely Champion Award. Dr. Green is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Necrotizing Vasculitis. Her top areas of expertise are Dementia, Microscopic Polyangiitis, Lewy Body Dementia (LBD), and Reticuloendotheliosis.

Dr. Brit Adler is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Rheumatology at Johns Hopkins University. She is building a career as a translational physician-scientist with a focus on Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) and infection-associated chronic illnesses. Her interest in this area emerged from her work in general rheumatology, where she frequently encountered patients with POTS, an often-overlooked and understudied condition. She is particularly interested in investigating the immune dysregulation underlying POTS, Long COVID, and Chronic Lyme Disease. By leveraging her prior experience in autoantibody discovery in rheumatic diseases, Dr. Adler aims to deepen our understanding of these conditions. In addition to her work in general rheumatology, Dr. Adler leads a dedicated POTS clinic and evaluates patients in the Hopkins Autonomic Lab, furthering her commitment to improving care for patients with autonomic disorders. She earned her medical degree from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, and completed her residency in Internal Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Following this, she pursued a clinical and research fellowship in Rheumatology at Johns Hopkins. This provider is registered with the Florida Department of Health to perform telehealth services for patients in Florida. Dr. Adler is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Necrotizing Vasculitis. Her top areas of expertise are Dermatomyositis, Polymyositis, Myositis, and Inclusion Body Myositis.

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 an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Necrotizing Vasculitis. Her top areas of expertise are Lupus Nephritis, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), Discoid Lupus Erythematosus (DLE), and Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus (CLE).

Dr. Stephen D. Sisson is a professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Sisson’s area of clinical expertise is internal medicine. He serves as vice president of clinical operations for the Office of Johns Hopkins Physicians, and as director of the Johns Hopkins Physician Education and Assessment Center (PEAC). He is the Philip A. Tumulty Professor of Medicine. Dr. Sisson holds a B.S. in chemistry from Duke University. He earned his M.D. (Alpha Omega Alpha, with research honors) at Tufts University School of Medicine. He completed an internal medicine internship and residency at Johns Hopkins, serving as assistant chief of service for the Barker Firm. He joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 1996. He served for 15 years as the associate director of the Osler Medical Housestaff Training Program. His research interests include community outreach, medical education and ambulatory care. This provider is registered with the Florida Department of Health to perform telehealth services for patients in Florida. Dr. Sisson is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Necrotizing Vasculitis. His top areas of expertise are COVID-19, Cerebral Palsy, Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia, and Hypereosinophilic Syndrome.

Angus Worthing is a Rheumatologist in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Dr. Worthing is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Necrotizing Vasculitis. His top areas of expertise are Postmenopausal Osteoporosis, Osteoporosis, Raynaud Phenomenon, and Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA).

Alan Matsumoto is a Rheumatologist in Wheaton-Glenmont, Maryland. Dr. Matsumoto is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Necrotizing Vasculitis. His top areas of expertise are Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal Osteoporosis, and Juvenile Primary Osteoporosis.

Louisa Ziglar is a Rheumatologist in Frederick, Maryland. Dr. Ziglar is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Necrotizing Vasculitis. Her top areas of expertise are Arthritis, Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal Osteoporosis, and Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA).

Adey Berhanu is a Rheumatologist in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Dr. Berhanu is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Necrotizing Vasculitis. Her top areas of expertise are Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal Osteoporosis, Tenosynovitis, and Gout.

Evan Siegel is a Rheumatologist in Rockville, Maryland. Dr. Siegel is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Necrotizing Vasculitis. His top areas of expertise are Psoriatic Arthritis, Psoriasis, Osteoporosis, and Postmenopausal Osteoporosis.

Emma Diiorio is a Rheumatologist in Rockville, Maryland. Dr. Diiorio is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Necrotizing Vasculitis. Her top areas of expertise are Postmenopausal Osteoporosis, Osteoporosis, Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), and Psoriasis.

Sam Serafi is a Rheumatologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Serafi is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Necrotizing Vasculitis. His top areas of expertise are Fibromyalgia, Raynaud Phenomenon, Sjogren Syndrome, and Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA).