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 Polymyalgia Rheumatica. His top areas of expertise are Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), Rhizomelic Pseudopolyarthritis, Sjogren Syndrome, and Polymyalgia Rheumatica. Dr. Hauptman is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Laura Cappelli is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Oncology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her areas of clinical expertise include rheumatology and adverse effects from cancer immunotherapy. Dr. Cappelli earned her M.D. from Johns Hopkins. She completed her residency in internal medicine and performed a fellowship in rheumatology at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. She has a MHS in Clinical Investigation from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Cappelli focuses on immune related adverse events due to cancer immunotherapy and all forms of inflammatory arthritis. She co-directs the Immune-related toxicity team which provides clinical, research and educational support for immune related adverse events. Her primary research interest is inflammatory arthritis due to immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy. She also studies rheumatoid arthritis. Dr. Cappelli is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Polymyalgia Rheumatica. Her top areas of expertise are Arthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), Polymyalgia Rheumatica, and Rhizomelic Pseudopolyarthritis.

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 Polymyalgia Rheumatica. His top areas of expertise are Behcet Disease, Necrotizing Vasculitis, Takayasu Arteritis, and Juvenile Temporal Arteritis.

Vel Natesan is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Salisbury, Maryland. Dr. Natesan is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Polymyalgia Rheumatica. His top areas of expertise are Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism, Hypertension, Familial Hypertension, Endoscopy, and Pacemaker Implantation. Dr. Natesan is currently accepting new patients.

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

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

Kevin Groszkowski, M.D., comes to Johns Hopkins Community Physicians with more than nine years of experience in private practice. He served in the United States Navy and Navy Reserve for the past sixteen years, where he holds the rank of Captain. Additionally, he served as the medical officer and flight surgeon for multiple Navy and Marine Corps commands, including the U.S. Naval Academy. Dr. Groszkowski understands the importance of preventative medicine through routine physical exams and screening tests. For patients with chronic diseases, he takes a comprehensive approach in order to best manage these conditions. Dr. Groszkowski lives in Annapolis with his wife and three children. Dr. Groszkowski is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Polymyalgia Rheumatica. His top areas of expertise are Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism, Familial Hypertension, Hypertension, and Congenital Cardiovascular Shunt.

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 Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Polymyalgia Rheumatica. His top areas of expertise are Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis, Necrotizing Vasculitis, Sjogren Syndrome, and Vasculitis.

Larry Shranatan, D.O., practices family medicine at Johns Hopkins Community Physicians Hagerstown. He received his medical degree from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, and completed his residency in family practice at St. Francis Hospital. Dr. Shranatan is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Polymyalgia Rheumatica. His top areas of expertise are Eosinophilic Fasciitis, Familial Hypertension, Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism, and Hypertension.

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 Polymyalgia Rheumatica. 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 Polymyalgia Rheumatica. His top areas of expertise are Familial Combined Hyperlipidemia, Xanthoma, Cirrhosis, and High Cholesterol.

Moe Zan is a Rheumatologist in Columbia, Maryland. Dr. Zan is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Polymyalgia Rheumatica. Her top areas of expertise are Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), Postmenopausal Osteoporosis, Osteoporosis, and Psoriatic Arthritis.

An associate professor of medicine, and the L. Douglas Lee and Barbara Levinson-Lee Professorship in Clinical Practice, Steven J. Kravet, M.D., M.B.A., serves as president of the largest primary care group in Maryland, Johns Hopkins Community Physicians; a network of suburban community practices that serves more than 900,000 patients annually at more than 40 locations throughout Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Northern Virginia. A third-generation pharmacist and community health care advocate who prizes the relationships that develop between patients and care-givers, Dr. Kravet has spent more than two decades at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, providing strong leadership in a wide variety of community health services. Before being named president of Johns Hopkins Community Physicians in 2009, Dr. Kravet served as medical director of inpatient medical services, internal medicine and ambulatory services, as well as chief medical officer for quality and patient safety, and deputy director for clinical activity in the Department of Medicine at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. As a member of the faculty in the Division of General Internal Medicine, he has obtained invaluable insights into the practical realities of primary care. Having earned an M.B.A. in Johns Hopkins’ Business of Medicine program, he has an excellent understanding of the business issues affecting outpatient care. The American College of Physicians has used Dr. Kravet’s research on primary care processes to formulate plans for redesigning health care practices. After receiving his pharmacist degree from the Rutgers University College of Pharmacy in 1988, Dr. Kravet ran his family’s pharmacy in Spotswood, N.J., until 1992, during which time he worked on obtaining his medical degree from the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. He arrived at Johns Hopkins Bayview as a resident in 1992 and has spent his entire career at Johns Hopkins. Among his honors are the Resident Teaching Award and the Department of Medicine Chairman’s Award. Dr. Kravet practices all aspects of primary care medicine, including prevention and cortisone shots. Dr. Kravet is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Polymyalgia Rheumatica. His top areas of expertise are Hypertension, Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism, Familial Hypertension, and Tinea Versicolor.

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 Polymyalgia Rheumatica. His top areas of expertise are Sjogren Syndrome, Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), Arthritis, and Interstitial Keratitis.

Shabnam Ali is a Rheumatologist in Columbia, Maryland. Dr. Ali is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Polymyalgia Rheumatica. Her top areas of expertise are Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), Polymyositis, Fibromyalgia, and Melorheostosis.

Dr. Rameen J. Molavi is part-time on the medical faculty as an instructor in medicine in the division of General Internal Medicine within the Department of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His area of clinical expertise is internal medicine. Dr. Molavi is also the managing physician and chair of Park Medical Associates, a member of Johns Hopkins Regional Physicians. He is the recipient of the 2025 Samuel P. Asper Award for excellence in medicine from the Maryland Chapter of the American College of Physicians. Dr. Molavi holds a B.A. in biology from Rice University in Houston, TX. He earned his M.D. at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He completed his internship and residency in categorical internal medicine at the Washington University School of Medicine Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, MO. He began medical practice in Lutherville in 1999 and joined Park Medical Associates in 2009. His practice focus is on primary care for adults of all ages. Recent News Articles and Media Coverage Dr. Rameen Molavi: COVID-19 Testing Realities, WYPR (April 28, 2020) Samuel Asper Award, American College of Physicians (2025). Dr. Molavi is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Polymyalgia Rheumatica. His top areas of expertise are Mesenteric Venous Thrombosis, Hypertension, Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism, and Familial Hypertension.

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 Polymyalgia Rheumatica. Her top areas of expertise are Lupus Nephritis, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), Discoid Lupus Erythematosus (DLE), and Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus (CLE).

Dr. Bruce Leff is a professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He holds a joint appointment in the department of health policy and management in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Department of Community and Public Health in the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. Dr. Leff is an internationally recognized leader and researcher in the development, evaluation and dissemination of novel models of care for older adults, including the Hospital at Home, Guided Care, geriatric service line models and medical house call practices. In addition, his research interests extend to issues related to multi-morbidity, performance measurement and case-mix issues. He has a strong interest in health policy issues, is a past Health and Aging Policy Fellow of the American Political Science Association, and has served on multiple technical expert panels for the National Quality Forum, NCQA, and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. An award-winning teacher and mentor, Dr. Leff directed the basic Medicine Clerkship in the School of Medicine until 2021. He is a past-president of the American Academy of Home Care Physicians, past-member of the Board of Regents of the American College of Physicians. He is also past- Chair of the Council of the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM), as well as the past-Chair of the ABIM Geriatric Medicine Board. He currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the ABIM Foundation. Dr. Leff received his B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1983 and his M.D. from New York University in 1987. After residency and fellowship training at Johns Hopkins, he served as a medical officer in the US Army in Seoul, Korea, before joining the faculty in the Department of Medicine in 1994. Dr. Leff is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Polymyalgia Rheumatica. His top areas of expertise are Dementia, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), Hypertension, and COVID-19.

Rachel Kaiser practices in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Dr. Kaiser is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Polymyalgia Rheumatica. Her top areas of expertise are Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal Osteoporosis, Hypermobile Joints, and Rhizomelic Pseudopolyarthritis.

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