
Overview
Dr. Allan Gelber is Professor of Medicine and Deputy Director for Education and Faculty Development in the Division of Rheumatology. He holds a joint appointment in the Department of Epidemiology at the Bloomberg School of Public Health and is Associate Faculty at the Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research. Dr. Gelber is a graduate of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and received both his MPH and PhD degrees (the latter in Clinical Investigation) at the Bloomberg School. He pursued internship and residency training in internal medicine at Duke University and then undertook his fellowship training in rheumatology at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Gelber has had an active role as an Educator in the Rheumatic Diseases. He previously served as Fellowship Program Director at Johns Hopkins from 2001-2011. Thereafter, he shifted his primary educational focus from rheumatology fellows to medical students, and to internal medicine housestaff on the Bayview and Johns Hopkins campuses. He directs the Musculoskeletal Section of the Genes-to-Society Course to the 2nd year medical school class. Currently, Dr. Gelber serves as Thayer Firm Faculty Leader of the Osler Medical Training Program. and among the Aliki Scholars at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. Dr. Gelber chairs the M.D. Admissions Committee at the School of Medicine.
Dr. Gelber is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Scleroderma. His top areas of expertise are Gout, Arthritis, Scleroderma, Knee Replacement, and Endoscopy.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 106 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 9 articles in the study of Scleroderma.
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Locations
1800 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD 21287
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 Bayview Medical Center
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 Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Scleroderma. Her top areas of expertise are Scleroderma, Systemic Sclerosis (SSc), Eosinophilic Fasciitis, and Scleroma.
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Dr. Wigley received his M.D. degree from the University of Florida College of Medicine. He completed an internship and residency at Johns Hopkins where he also trained in a postdoctoral fellowship program. Dr. Wigley is a physician-scientist whose specialty is Raynaud’s phenomenon and scleroderma. He founded The Johns Hopkins Scleroderma Center with Robert A. Wise, M.D., of the Johns Hopkins Division of Pulmonary Medicine. Dr. Wigley has been honored with two American College of Rheumatology awards over the past couple years. He received the ACR Distinguished Clinician Scholar Award in 2009 and the ACR Masters Award in 2011. Dr. Wigley is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Scleroderma. His top areas of expertise are Scleroderma, Systemic Sclerosis (SSc), Raynaud Phenomenon, and Scleroma.
Medstar Medical Group Ii LLC
Virginia Steen is a Rheumatologist and an Allergy and Immunologist in Washington, Washington, D.c.. Dr. Steen is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Scleroderma. Her top areas of expertise are Scleroderma, Systemic Sclerosis (SSc), Kuru, and Scleroma.
Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Distinguished
- GoutDr. Gelber isDistinguished. Learn about Gout.
- Advanced
- ArthritisDr. Gelber isAdvanced. Learn about Arthritis.
- SclerodermaDr. Gelber isAdvanced. Learn about Scleroderma.
- Systemic Sclerosis (SSc)Dr. Gelber isAdvanced. Learn about Systemic Sclerosis (SSc).
- Experienced
- End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD)Dr. Gelber isExperienced. Learn about End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD).
- EndoscopyDr. Gelber isExperienced. Learn about Endoscopy.
- Henoch-Schonlein PurpuraDr. Gelber isExperienced. Learn about Henoch-Schonlein Purpura.
- Knee ReplacementDr. Gelber isExperienced. Learn about Knee Replacement.
- Localized SclerodermaDr. Gelber isExperienced. Learn about Localized Scleroderma.
- Lupus NephritisDr. Gelber isExperienced. Learn about Lupus Nephritis.
