Overview
Dr. Christopher-Stine is the Co-Founder and Director of the Johns Hopkins Myositis Center. She is a Professor of Medicine and Neurology. She is a longstanding core faculty member of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine College Advisory Program and serves as the Co-Chair of the Johns Hopkins Institutional Review Board (IRB 5). Dr. Christopher-Stine graduated Cum Laude with a B.A. in chemistry from Franklin and Marshall College; was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha at Hahnemann University School of Medicine, where she received her MD degree, and she attained her Masters of Public Health degree from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Her internship and residency training were completed at MCP Hahnemann University, where she also served as Chief Resident. She pursued her rheumatology fellowship training at Johns Hopkins.
Dr. Christopher is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Scleroderma. Her top areas of expertise are Myositis, Polymyositis, Dermatomyositis, and Inclusion Body Myositis.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 203 peer reviewed articles and participating in 1 clinical trial. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, she has co-authored 4 articles in the study of Scleroderma.
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Locations
4940 Eastern Avenue, Bayview Medical Offices, Level 01 (G), Clinic 5, Bayview Medical Offices, Level 01 (G), Clinic 5, Baltimore, MD 21224
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Christopher 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.
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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.
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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
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- Elite
- Antisynthetase SyndromeDr. Christopher isElite. Learn about Antisynthetase Syndrome.
- DermatomyositisDr. Christopher isElite. Learn about Dermatomyositis.
- Inclusion Body MyositisDr. Christopher isElite. Learn about Inclusion Body Myositis.
- MyositisDr. Christopher isElite. Learn about Myositis.
- PolymyositisDr. Christopher isElite. Learn about Polymyositis.
- Distinguished
- Necrotizing Myopathy (NM)Dr. Christopher isDistinguished. Learn about Necrotizing Myopathy (NM).
- VEXAS SyndromeDr. Christopher isDistinguished. Learn about VEXAS Syndrome.
- Advanced
- IgG4-Related DiseaseDr. Christopher isAdvanced. Learn about IgG4-Related Disease.
- Juvenile DermatomyositisDr. Christopher isAdvanced. Learn about Juvenile Dermatomyositis.
- Experienced
- ArthritisDr. Christopher isExperienced. Learn about Arthritis.
- Eosinophilia-Myalgia SyndromeDr. Christopher isExperienced. Learn about Eosinophilia-Myalgia Syndrome.
- Febrile NeutropeniaDr. Christopher isExperienced. Learn about Febrile Neutropenia.
- Kienbock's DiseaseDr. Christopher isExperienced. Learn about Kienbock's Disease.
- Light Chain Deposition Disease (LCDD)Dr. Christopher isExperienced. Learn about Light Chain Deposition Disease (LCDD).
- Lung NodulesDr. Christopher isExperienced. Learn about Lung Nodules.